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After nine months at sea, the aircraft carrier USS Lincoln docked in Thailand Wednesday, providing much needed relief for the 5,000 on board.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — Shafter police have found no credible threats after being made aware of threats circulating on social media regarding local schools. The Shafter Police Department said they have been made aware of threats circulating on social media regarding local schools and said they take all threat

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Bakersfield Police Department is asking for the community’s help in identifying a suspect who allegedly stole gas from a vehicle in a Home Depot parking lot. At around 10:15 p.m. Friday, Aug. 28, the suspect was captured on video surveillance crawling under the victim’s vehicle and punc

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The third and final defendant charged in the 2020 shooting death of a man outside Central Cali Market was sentenced Wednesday to 50 years to life in prison, prosecutors said. Brandon Billingsley, 23, pleaded no contest last month to murder and gang participation charges. Co-defendants Mark

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A man is dead after a crash on Panama Road, west of Tejon Highway Thursday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol. CHP said officers responded to the crash at 4:48 a.m. for the report of a crash involving two vehicles. According to CHP, a 68-year-old man was driving a 2001 […]

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — A man accused of hitting and killing a 17-year-old girl on Union Avenue last month with a vehicle was arraigned on Wednesday and faces a pending trial date in October. Jeff Ferguson, 67, was arraigned on Wednesday and re-entered a not guilty plea to hit-and-run...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Various homeowners all over town are reporting that their mail is being stolen from neighborhood mailboxes, as police say master mailbox keys are circulating on the black market. In the neighborhoods off Old River Road in southwest Bakersfield, many people are reporting their mail is being

Former Sevita Health caregivers in Bakersfield speak out about staffing and safety concerns at a group home for adults with developmental disabilities.

After Jessica Lewis's four-year-old son came home with bruises and no phone call from the school, she tells 23ABC her journey for justice now calls for cameras inside special education classrooms.

Paying extra to park closer to the front door may sound like something reserved for stadiums, airports or valet parking. But at a mall in Bakersfield, shoppers are now being charged up to $10 a day for preferred parking, raising a familiar question for Coachella Valley shoppers: Could paid parking eventually become mor