Bakersfield CA

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The Kern County Coroner’s Office has identified the woman who died after a crash in Inyokern on June 16 as 20-year-old Harmony Anne Hoyer of Ridgecrest. The CHP’s website said on June 16, 2026, at around 10:31 p.m., there was a report of a...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Kern County Coroner’s Office has released the cause of death for a man who was found in a canal on Lake Street in June. According to coroner officials, the man, identified as Martin Jeu Plascencia, was found in a canal in the 1400 block of Lake Street on June 13. […]

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Kern County Coroner’s Office identified a 20-year-old woman who was killed in a crash involving a semi-truck on Highway 395 in June. Coroner officials identified the driver as Harmony Anne Hoyer, 20, of Ridgecrest. Hoyer was the driver of a vehicle that collided with a semi-truck on sou

In-N-Out Burger and Chick-fil-A are coming to East Bakersfield's City Lights development, set to open on the old mall site in spring 2027.

Bakersfield nurses will picket Mercy Hospital Thursday over Dignity Health layoffs affecting 57 employees, including 33 nurses.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — At least one person was swept away in the Kern River near Hart Park on Thursday evening, according to an eyewitness. Kern County search and rescue personnel were seen searching in the area of River and Bison roads for a person in the river, and Kern County deputies were also in the are

California officials have escalated their campaign to build affordable housing by filing lawsuits that accused five cities of flouting legal deadlines for submitting plans to meet housing shortages.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Boys & Girls Club of Kern County will soon provide more after school and enrichment opportunities for children around the county. Starting soon, the Club will add three more locations in Kern County, with two in Bakersfield and one in Lamont. “We are excited to welcome our Club members

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A construction company is joining forces with Habitat for Humanity Golden Empire to help rehabilitate parts of Bakersfield. Layton Construction is teaming up with the local Habitat for Humanity chapter to put on a community volunteer work day to rehab a Bakersfield home and help strengthen

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — A driver fled after a hit-and-run crash injured a man in southwest Bakersfield on Wednesday afternoon, according to the Bakersfield Police Department. Police said the crash happened around 3:18 p.m. in the 4000 block of Wilson Road near Akers Road, where a man was struck...