Bakersfield CA

BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK/KBFX) — The Bakersfield Police Department is asking for the public's help in finding a missing at-risk 16-year-old girl, Love Icelyn Dixon. Dixon was last seen on July 10, 2025, at 10:43 p.m. in the 2900 block of Morocco Court, in east Bakersfield. She is at risk of being a first-time runaway.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The U.S. Marshals task force is asking the community to help in finding a parolee at large. Fred Lara, 57, is on parole for failing to register as a sex offender. Lara has a criminal history that includes spousal abuse, false imprisonment, sexual battery, and driving under the influence....

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A woman whose 1-year-old son died after she left him in a car while she got a lip filler injection is scheduled for a preliminary hearing next week. Maya Hernandez, 20, has pleaded not guilty to charges of involuntary manslaughter and two counts of child cruelty in connection with leaving...

INLAND EMPIRE, CA — An inmate with a tie to Riverside County was found mortally wounded in his cell on Independence Day, and state officials say his death is being investigated as a homicide. At about 6:21 a.m. July 4, staff at Kern Valley State Prison in Delano discovered...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK/KBFX) — The Bakersfield Police Department is seeking the public's assistance in identifying two suspects involved in a burglary at Secure Care Self Storage on the 4200 block of Hughes Lane. The incident occurred on May 31, 2025, when the suspects forced entry into a storage unit and...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Bakersfield police will be screening motorists for proper licensing and signs of impairment Friday night at an undisclosed location. A DUI checkpoint was announced for July 11, between 6:30 p.m. and 2:00 a.m., according to the Bakersfield Police Department. Officers will be scanning...

The Kern County District Attorney is taking a second look at an elder abuse case after the victim’s daughter raised concerns about how the original investigation was handled.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Bakersfield police are investigating a vandalism incident that took place at a downtown Salvation Army store on Friday. Police say a suspect was walking near the business, located at 120 19 Street, and proceeded to throw a rock into the window of the business, causing it to break. The...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A trail full of bullets and bloodshed, drugs and stolen vehicles in a 10-day stretch of crime, and it all started with a homicide near the 700 block of Wildwood Road in Wasco. It started with the June 29 shooting death of 34-year-old Marissa Ramirez-Tellez off Wildwood Road. Her family...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — At least one person died after a deadly rollover crash on Highway 99, north of Bakersfield, according to the California highway Patrol Incident Page. The crash was first reported around 7:39 p.m. of a vehicle possibly trying to take an onramp at a high rate...