Bakersfield CA

BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK/KBFX) — The co-defendant, charged with setting 62-year-old Roxana Jo Kelley on fire and killing her on State Road, was arraigned in court on Friday, according to Kern County court records. Misha Allen initially failed to appear on Wednesday. She pleaded not guilty to murder on Friday, April...

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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — Well, the highlight of the week that was is that after 39 rainless days the heavens opened up and the raindrops came on down, officially adding to the bone dry Bakersfield rain gauge on the very last day of the month of March. The previous record of a rainless March, set back in...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Bakersfield Fire Department announced the retirement of Steve Hamblet who served the fire department for more than 35 years. Officials with the fire department said Hamblet exemplified commitment and dedications and his service will not be forgotten. The fire department wishes him the...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — It was a family affair. In January of last year, brothers Matthew and Larry Chavez and their mother, Michelle Ballantine, were arrested after a stabbing victim was found outside the door of their east Bakersfield home. Matthew Chavez was charged with murder; the others, accused of lying...

WESTWOOD, Ohio (WKRC) — A local woman is in jail after she allegedly assaulted her boyfriend and threw steak knives at him. According to court records, 2-year-old India Stephens got into an argument with her boyfriend at an apartment on Queen City Avenue in Westwood Wednesday. The victim told police that Stephens...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A man found guilty of sexually abusing a child beginning when she was 7 was sentenced Thursday to 76 years and eight months in prison, according to prosecutors. Carlos Robles, 31, was sentenced by Judge Gloria Cannon after being found guilty of 10 felony counts related to sexual assault...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Kern High School District is considering building a new high school as well as possible ways to fund the potential project that would cost hundreds of millions of dollars, according to the Board of Trustees meeting agenda for Tuesday. KHSD’s current student capacity is 37,183,...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK/KBFX) — A man convicted of shooting his adult son, Angel Preciado, 23, to death over an electric bill last November, was sentenced on Thursday to 21 years in prison, according to the Kern County court website. Court records indicate that Jose Guadalupe Preciado, father of Angel, was...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Mercy Hospital Downtown was temporarily placed on lockdown Friday afternoon after someone called in a swatting hoax at the hospital, officials said. The hospital received the threat and was placed on lockdown to investigate a hospital spokesperson said. Bakersfield Police Department...