Bakersfield CA

As the caregiver of a spouse with irreversible dementia, I neglected to fully understand this advice: You can care for others best when you also care for yourself. When my husband was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s four years ago, I immediately went into protective mode. All I wanted was to do everything in my power to kee

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Jurors are in deadlock over how to convict Lindsay Clancy — the mother who is accused of killing her three children. We are taking a deeper look at the trial with Criminal Defense Attorney Alekxia Torres Stallings to break down where this trial might go. Watch the full interview in the […]

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The California Highway Patrol will be conducting a Holiday Enforcement Period for the Labor Day weekend. The enforcement period will be from Friday, September 4, at 6 p.m. to Monday, September 7, at 11:59 p.m. According to CHP, during the enforcement period, officers statewide will...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Closing arguments were presented Wednesday in the trial of a man charged with murder in a deadly shooting seven years ago in east Bakersfield. 17 News live blogged attorneys’ statements in the trial of Michael Angel Cervantes, 33, who’s accused of killing Bryan Lee Redman following a confro

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — In just a few years, students won’t have to trek down Interstate 58 to access Bakersfield-grade college degrees or work opportunities — they can get it right in Tehachapi. Phase one of the new Cerro Coso Community College campus construction includes 19,320 square feet of instructional spac

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A two-year prison term was handed down Tuesday in connection with a hit-and-run crash in 2024 that killed a woman walking on Ming Avenue. Eliezer Camacena-Martinez, 28, pleaded no contest in June to hit-and-run causing death, according to court records. Kern County District Attorney’s Offic

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Bakersfield Police Department is asking for the community’s assistance in identifying a woman wanted for allegedly punching a vehicle. According to police, the incident happened Aug. 21 at around 7:20 p.m. Police said the woman punched a vehicle that was parked in the 2600 block of Call

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Kern County coroner’s office has completed a postmortem exam and confirmed that the man who was found in a house fire in June died of smoke inhalation and thermal burns. Emergency personnel were dispatched to a residence on the 1000 block of Royal Way after receiving reports of a fire [

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A Kern County jury has found the man who set a car on fire in McFarland guilty of arson and automobile insurance fraud. The District Attorney’s Office said Daniel Montes was convicted after he drove a Jeep Gladiator from the Hard Rock Casino to a rural area near McFarland in December […]

BAKERSFIELD. Calif. (KGET) — The Bakersfield Police Department is warning the community not to share personal information with two individuals. Police said the two individuals — Gianfranco Lopez Butron, 29, and Jean Pierre Jara Lopez, 33 — have recently been seen at several vehicle collisions in the area, interviewing