Bakersfield CA

March 28, 2026 – Kern County Sheriff’s Office officials report that due to a significant increase in copper wire thefts from agricultural equipment around Kern County, detectives with the Kern County Sheriff’s Office Rural Crimes Investigation Unit (RCIU) initiated an investigation and identified 50-year-old AGUSTIN...

After a five-day jury trial, the two men who shot State Trooper Adam Cothron two years ago at a traffic stop have been convicted. According to a statement from the District Attorney Bryant Dunaway, Putnam County jury convicted Timothy Laquan Davis, Jr. and Braze Roland Rucker of Attempted First Degree Murder of a law...

Community Action Partnership of Kern (CAPK) is looking for a new board member to represent the East Kern Low-Income Sector. Applicants must be 18 or older, live in East Kern, and either identify as a low-income resident or represent the low-income community.

On March 26, the Delano Branch Library held its Grand Re-Opening, which aimed to offer more space and resources to better serve its residents. For the residents of Delano, the Delano Branch Library, established in 1912, has been a staple, fostering generations of memories. It was first owned by the...

Kern County’s healthcare scene is buzzing with opportunities this month — from flexible caregiving roles to high‑paying medical contracts. Here are a few worth checking out:

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — High pressure slowly moving across Texas means the warmth will start to move away as well, but not before another warm afternoon with temperatures well above average for our area on Sunday. Then the changes await: a trough of low pressure will relieve the ridge...

One summer day in 1988, before the sun rose, my parents packed my three younger sisters and me into our beige Chevy station wagon. We drove from Oxnard to Delano, Calif., to stand in support of what would become César Chávez’s final fast. I remember the brutal heat, the crowded tent, the feeling we were part of...

The Kern County Sheriff's Office is investigating a shooting in East Bakersfield that left a man hospitalized Saturday night.

A California man who treated Tampa International Airport like a drug pipeline will be spending more than two decades in federal prison. On Feb. 27, 2026, 32-year-old Jacob Paul Arjona of Bakersfield was sentenced to 24 years and six months after prosecutors said he orchestrated a cross-country methamphetamine...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The Kern County Coroner’s Office has identified the woman killed after being stabbed on College Avenue as 30-year-old Yolanda Rojo of Bakersfield. The Bakersfield Police Department said on March 25, at around 9:47 p.m., officers were called to a report of an assault in...