Bakersfield CA

BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK/KBFX) — A DUI probation sweep led to the arrest of a Lamont man and the discovery of two low-caliber rifles and cocaine, according to the Kern County Probation Department. The sweep, conducted by the department's Adult Probation Services Division on September 4, 2025, targeted individuals...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — In July, Sebastian Dominguez was charged with possession of nitrous oxide, a gas that provides a high when inhaled. A month later, Dominguez, 19, blamed the drug for what he claimed was an accidental shooting that killed a teenager during a party held in the middle of the night at...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Jarvis Keith Naff Jr., 26, was walking back from a party to his car with a woman in southwest Bakersfield at around 11 p.m. on April 17, 2022. It was Easter night and around 50 people had come to a home in the neighborhood for a celebration. Their plan to wrap […]

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — A man was arrested for attempted murder after allegedly stabbing a person in Shafter Wednesday night. The Shafter Police Department said on September 3, 2025, at about 8 p.m., officers were dispatched to the 200 block of Pacific Avenue for a report of a stabbing that had just happened.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — A man was convicted of several charges, including murder, after a 97-mile pursuit ended with him driving on the wrong side of the road and hitting a vehicle head-on, killing a passenger in 2021. The Kern County District Attorney’s Office said a Kern County jury...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A woman charged with murder in her 1-year-old son’s hot car death will have her trial date postponed, as an attorney on the case is currently engaged in another trial. Maya Hernandez, 20, had a brief hearing Thursday and is due back in court Monday, when a new trial date is […]

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — Court documents reveal the suspect in a shooting at the Panorama Bluffs claimed to have accidentally discharged a gun while high on inhalants, killing a 17-year-old boy. The Bakersfield Police Department said on Sunday, August 17, 2025, just before 1 a.m., officers were called to...

Magicians are behind Neon Plaza signs at Kern County Museum.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A Ridgecrest man was arrested Tuesday after he allegedly almost struck two Bakersfield Fire Department firefighters and yelled obscenities in downtown Bakersfield. Police said the suspect was identified as 40-year-old Jason Hernandez. Two firefighters were standing outside the rear of...

California Highway Patrol Newhall-area Office personnel detained a suspect after receiving a “Be on the Look Out” broadcast regarding a suspect involved in an assault with a deadly weapon incident in Bakersfield on Tuesday morning, according to CHP officials. The suspect was traveling toward the Newhall area at...