Bakersfield CA

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — A dynamic winter-like storm system, that began organizing over British Columbia (Canada), is currently diving south-southwest, along and just off the Oregon and Northern California coast early Monday morning. This is what we call "retrograding," as this area of low pressure, rather...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — “Carl the Collector,” the PBS Kids series created by New York Times bestselling author/illustrator Zachariah OHora (“My Cousin Momo”) has received so much positive attention that all the parties behind it had to do was keep making the program the same way. The show has given parents and...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — 14 motorcyclists associated with either the Hells Angels or Hermanos Unidos motorcycle gangs were arrested Friday after allegedly leading officers on a pursuit. The Kern County Sheriff’s Office said on October 10, 2025, at around 7:47 p.m., the Kern County Sheriff’s Office received a...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The Bakersfield Police Department is asking for the community’s help in finding a missing 14-year-old girl. Police said Racheal Tuller was last seen on October 12, 2025, at around 4:19 p.m., in the 4800 block of White Lane, near Stine Road. Racheal is described...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The Bakersfield Police Department is asking for the community’s help in identifying and finding two people accused of stealing items from a business and selling them. Police said it happened on Monday, September 1, at 1813 Chester Avenue. According to police, the woman removed...

Back and forth periods, the physicality was intense, and both teams were putting up a fight. Ethan Cardwell’s fist just grazed Rem Pitlick’s face. It didn’t matter that Pitlick used to be among the ‘Cuda; it was the home opener, and the Barracuda was doing everything to win.

Taft's Oildorado Days celebration brings hundreds of visitors every five years for parades, family fun and economic benefits to local businesses.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Two motorcycle riders suffered severe injuries Sunday morning after colliding into a vehicle making a U-turn along Highway 178, according to Bakersfield police. Officers and emergency responders were called to the 13300 block of Highway 178 on Sunday at around 9:38 a.m. for a report of a...

Four Arrested, Meth Seized in Rosamond Narcotics Investigations. October 11, 2025 – Kern County Sheriff’s Office officials report that deputies from the Sheriff’s Office Rosamond Substation arrested four individuals and seized methamphetamine and other evidence following two related investigations at a condemned...

Convicted serial rapist Sergio Venegas, 62, has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, according to the Kern County District Attorney’s Office. Venegas previously served 30 years in prison for a rape committed in 1989. Within months of his release, he attempted another violent assault.