Bakersfield CA

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — A semi-trailer fire on Friday evening shut down at least one lane of northbound Interstate 5 just south of Vista Del Lago Road, delaying traffic, according to CHP's website. The semi-trailer fire was reported around 7 p.m., according to CHP. The cab of the truck...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The Bakersfield Police Department is asking for the community’s help with identifying two people and their truck. The suspects are accused of breaking into a car parked at the Walmart parking lot on Gosford Road and taking over $30,000 in gold coins. Bakersfield police...

If you’re caring for an older parent, a young child or anyone with a chronic health condition, the next three days demand your attention. A dangerous heat wave is settling over the San Joaquin Valley — one strong enough that overnight temperatures won’t drop far enough to give bodies a real chance to recover. The Natio

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — 17 homeless encampments, along with 38 tons of debris, were removed in southeast Bakersfield during a multi-agency operation. It ended with eight people arrested and three dogs seized. The Bakersfield Police Department said on Wednesday, July 29th, 2026, the Bakersfield Police Departme

Five adults and two juveniles received treatment at the scene. – A Bakersfield man was arrested Thursday after police said he pepper sprayed five adults and two juveniles during a confrontation in the parking lot of Food 4 Less in San Luis Obispo. The incident occurred at about 11:45 a.m....

Fire destroyed a house north of Taft Thursday evening. The was reported at 7:14 p.m. Kern County firefighters arrived minutes later to find the single-family residence on the 1200 block of North Lincoln Street engulfed in flames and smoke. The house sustained extensive damage from front to back. Five engines...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The Bakersfield Police Department is asking for the community’s help in identifying two people accused of taking five electric bikes from a commercial yard on White Lane. Police said it happened at a commercial yard in the 5300 block of White Lane, where the...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Bakersfield Police Department is seeking the community’s help in identifying a suspect who was allegedly involved in a theft. Investigators said the suspect removed and fled with a portion of the Mechanics Bank sign, located at 5151 Stockdale Highway on Friday, July 24. BPD described th

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Weeks after a local doctor and plastic surgeon was found dead in a northeast Bakersfield residential pool, her manner of death was ruled as “undetermined.” Sarwa Ama Aldoori was found decease in a swimming pool behind an upscale home in the 1400 block of Pineglen Drive on the evening of Jun

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The family of the man who was struck and killed by a vehicle in Lamont last Sunday has started a GoFundMe campaign. Officials said the victim in the collision was 26-year-old Julio Armando Figueroa of Bakersfield, who was walking westbound when he was killed at the intersection of Di Giorgi