Bakersfield CA

Community leaders and InterFaith leaders from across the state gathered and led a three day conference in Kern County to expose the conditions caused by private prison corporations in California. Kern County currently has three for profit detention facilities: Golden State Annex in McFarland, Mesa Verde in...

A 14-year-old Bakersfield artist won top honors at the Kern County Fair, but her family says her artwork was returned damaged — and promised prize money never came.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif (KGET) — A man arrested in a shooting that wounded another man on a street near the Kern County Fairgrounds was arraigned Tuesday. Thomas Anderson, 19, is being held on a total of $750,000 bail in connection with two cases, including the shooting that occurred on the night of Sept. 22. He’s due […]

The Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream plant in southwest Bakersfield will be temporarily laying off 726 workers for "necessary upgrades," according to a county WARN notice.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — Kern County Behavioral Health and Recovery Services has been awarded $8 million in grant funding to expand mental health and addiction treatment services. This marks the fifth time the county applied for the Proposition 47 grant, which is part of a larger $127 million allocation...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK/KBFX) — A rolled-over semi-trailer truck has blocked traffic north of Bakersfield on Monday evening, said CHP's website. At least 100 gallons of oil have spilled, CHP said. It happened just before 7 p.m. in the area of Sherwood Avenue and Wildwood Road in the Wasco area. Wildwood...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK/KBFX) — A passenger is dead and a driver is hospitalized after a solo-vehicle crash early Tuesday morning on Highway 99. The California Highway Patrol said on Tuesday, September 30, 2025, at around 3:14 a.m., officers were called to northbound Highway 99, north of Panama Lane, for a report of...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A man found guilty of assaulting a Kern County sheriff’s deputy who attempted to detain him has been sentenced to prison. Quane Dupri Sutton was given a five-year term at Monday’s sentencing hearing, according to the District Attorney’s Office. A jury last month found the 26-year-old...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Kern County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an in-custody death reported on Sept. 9, which occurred after the man was booked and awaiting trial. A 34-year-old man died due to unknown circumstances, according to the sheriff’s office AB 2761 Reporting page. The man was booked and...

The suspect in the murder of a man in Taft Heights early on Sept. 15 confessed to the deadly shooting to 911 operator and a short time later to deputies as they arrived on scene, according to court documents. Nahaman Bucato is charged with first degree murder and could face...