Bakersfield CA

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Kern County Coroner’s Office identified the driver and passenger who died after their vehicle crashed into a guardrail on Highway 99 on Friday. Alexes Napoleon Perez Rivera, 20, of Bakersfield, was the driver of a vehicle that was traveling southbound on Highway 99 north of Union...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A vigil was held Tuesday afternoon for Juana Guerrero, the 16-year-old killed in a suspected DUI crash on Sunday. Family and friends of Guerrero attended the vigil, showing support for her sudden passing. “We wanted to thank everybody in the Bakersfield area who has come out and shown all...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Dylan Brar, the founder of “One Shot at a Time,” presented the Boys & Girls Clubs of Kern County with a $30 thousand check Monday. Brar said his non-profit is aimed to help kids of the Boys & Girls Clubs and to teach as many people as he can to play […]

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The Kern County Coroner’s Office has identified the two people killed in the Highway 99 crash on August 8 as Alexes Napoleon Perez Rivera and Samuel Ignacio Hernandez Cervantes, both 20 years old. The California Highway Patrol responded to a report of a solo-vehicle...

A 47-year-old man who died in a car crash has been identified by the Kern County Coroner's Office.

Child care costs in Bakersfield have reached $700/month for infants while providers continue closing. How are local families coping?

The Bakersfield Recovery Services opens a new housing navigation center for community support, set to serve as a place to bridge the gap between housing insecurity, addiction recovery and more.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Bakersfield Police Department and Kern High School District officials are investigating a non-credible threat made to Frontier High School on Wednesday. In a message sent to parents, officials with the school said there were additional officers on campus before school investigating a...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A bicyclist is dead after a crash with a vehicle in southwest Bakersfield Tuesday morning. Officers were dispatched to the 900 block of Mohawk Street around 6:19 a.m. for the report of a vehicle and bike crash. At the scene, officers found a bicyclist who was pronounced dead at the scene....

CALIFORNIA - We’re keeping an eye on several active fire incidents across the Central Coast and Southern California, with steady progress being made on containment and ongoing support for affected communities, according to the California state website. Gifford Fire – San Luis Obispo & Santa Barbara Counties. At...