Bakersfield CA

On June 1, the Tumbleweed project in California’s Kern County became the first major battery installation in the U.S. that can discharge power for up to eight hours at a time — twice as long as typical energy-storage facilities. The U.S. power sector now builds more battery storage...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A man is dead and another is injured after being hit by a vehicle on Kern Street Saturday. According to the Bakersfield Police Department, just before 10 p.m. officers were called to the intersection of Kern and Delores streets for the report of two men lying in the roadway. Investigation s

It was a grand hotel from the roaring 20s, one of the finest between LA and San Francisco. But like so many landmarks of the past, it met the wrecking ball. The rise and fall of Bakersfield’s El Tejon Hotel, today on KVPR’s Central Valley Roots. The year...

He took 10 hostages, tied up five of them, and placed other suspected explosives on hostages.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The weather story for the new week ahead will the a new trough moving into the West Coast. What this means for us locally is cooler temperatures and blustery winds for parts of our area - with the KRV, some of the mountains and the desert regions experiencing the windiest conditions.

KERN COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) – CAL FIRE SLO crews stopped the forward progress of a vegetation fire near Kern County at 50 acres just after 1:30 p.m. Sunday. The fire first broke out around 12:30 p.m. at the county line near Highway 41 and had a potential of over 200 acres, according to CAL FIRE SLO. The post Crews atta

A man died and another was injured after a vehicle struck two pedestrians on Kern Street in Bakersfield Saturday night, police say.

Arising in rebellion against the sleek sounds coming from Nashville at the time, the California “Bakersfield sound” gave rise to some of country music’s finest, most notably Merle Haggard and Buck Owens. While his name is less recognizable, neither artist would exist without Wynn Stewart. Videos by...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — KCSO Search and Rescue continues its search for a man who was reported to be swept away in the Kern River near Lake Isabella on Saturday. The Kern County Sheriff’s Office said on Saturday, June 6, deputies and Kern Valley Search and Rescue were called to a report of a person swept away

FBI agents shot and killed a man who held 10 people hostage for 15 hours inside a Bakersfield Chase Bank while claiming to have a bomb.