Bakersfield CA

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Officials with the Kern County Fair warned potential vendors of a scam email offering opportunities for the 2025 Kern County Fair. According to a post on the fair’s Facebook page, the fraudulent email is being sent from the email address [email protected]. All...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — As the new school year approaches, experts emphasize the importance of students re-establishing their routines, particularly their sleep schedules. Dr. Puja Bithalani from Kaiser Permanente advised parents to begin adjusting their children's sleep routines five to seven days before...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A 19-year-old man was accused of threatening to kill another man in Ridgecrest while holding a rifle, according to the Ridgecrest Police Department. On July 29 at around 6:17 p.m., officers responded to the 800 block of West Upjohn Avenue for a report of a person who allegedly pointed an...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A convicted felon out of Sonoma County was arrested in Kern County on Friday afternoon, according to the Stallion Springs Police Department. Officers in the Stallion Springs area received information regarding a felony vehicle entering the area around 3:10 p.m. The driver of the vehicle...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Luis Soto-Espinoza told police he drank too much at a party and blacked out, claiming he had no memory of stabbing an ex-girlfriend to death and wounding her friend before stabbing himself in the neck. “I don’t know what to say, I don’t remember any of that,” Soto-Espinoza said according...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A United States Army Air Forces captain who was killed during a mission in World War II was accounted for in January and will return home to Kern County for his burial, according to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. Capt. Arthur M. Lingo, who was 24 at the time of his […]

Pretrial hearings are scheduled for the man accused of causing a hit-and-run accident that killed a Taft man on July 27. Alejandro Padilla has pleaded not guilty to charges of vehicular manslaughter and hit and run on the death of Joe Paul Gongora on the 1000 block of Kern Street.

Fatal Pedestrian Crash on 900 Union Avenue Kills 1 [Bakersfield, CA]. 1 Person Hurt in Bakersfield Pedestrian Accident on 900 Union Avenue BAKERSFIELD, CA (August 4, 2025) – Saturday morning, a fatal pedestrian crash on 900 Union Avenue killed one person. The incident happened at around 9:00 a.m. at the 900 block of...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The California Highway Patrol said its specially marked patrol vehicle has been making an impact on Eastern Kern County. CHP Mojave posted that a vehicle was stopped for exceeding the maximum speed limit and allegedly driving at 118 miles per hour. “That’s incredibly dangerous,”...

Happy Monday, Kern County. We have a busy weather week here on the west coast. During the day Monday, a weak trough passes through the Pacific Northwest. That interrupts the development of our big warm up, but only for a short period. We're still getting the heat later this week.