Bakersfield CA

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Bakersfield Fire Department is seeking the public’s help identifying the people or person involved in the arson incident earlier this month. Bakersfield FD is investigating an arson fire that occurred at Mariscos Las Islitas Mexican Restaurant, located at 1601 Panama Lane, the departmen

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Eastbound traffic on Highway 58 experienced delays following a collision involving three vehicles Thursday afternoon. The crash was reported at around 4:15 p.m. on Highway 58, just west of Madison Street and east of Union Avenue, according to the California Highway Patrol’s Traffic Incident

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — A 34-year-old man accused of shooting four people, including a minor, in Oildale in early July has pleaded not guilty to a weapon charge, according to court records. Tyler Boyer was arraigned Wednesday and entered a not guilty plea to discharging a firearm in the...

Nurses protest Dignity Health layoffs in Bakersfield, warning 137 job cuts across 2 California hospitals could harm patient care.

State Route 41 was closed from the Kings and Kern County line to the East Junction of state Route 46 in San Luis Obispo County due to the Cotton Fire, which burned 80 acres.

When a gray wolf comes into view on Jack Lavers’ Kern County, Calif., ranch, the veteran cattleman doesn’t need binoculars to know what he’s seeing. “It is a different experience to witness one firsthand up close,” Lavers says. “To be honest, it gives you the chills. They don’t move like a normal dog or a coyote, and t

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A man convicted of attempted murder and other charges for shooting someone with whom he fought at a family gathering was sentenced Wednesday to 14 years to life in prison, plus four years, according to prosecutors. Devaun Means, 49, was convicted earlier this year in the April 22, 2025, sho

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — A state appeals court has denied an effort by the California Attorney General’s Office to overturn a judge’s decision granting mental health diversion to former Kern County Supervisor Zack Scrivner. The 5th District Court of Appeal denied the petition challenging the diversion order,..

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Early on July 5, as Independence Day celebrations continued, an SUV sped through an Oildale neighborhood. The driver took off when residents told him to slow down. Ten minutes later — after dropping off two passengers — he returned and opened fire from the vehicle, wounding four people incl

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Kern County Coroner’s Office identified the 17-year-old boy from Lost Hills who died after being struck by a vehicle while on a gas-powered bike. David Vargas Vasquez of Lost Hills was riding a “gas-powered bicycle” on northbound Lost Hills Road, south of King Street, around 11:23 p.m.