Bakersfield CA

Evacuation warnings for the Madre Fire have now reached into our Kern County neighborhoods. The community of Fellows is now under an evacuation warning as the wildfire continues to spread.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — He was hoping to get a lesser charge than murder. After all, he told detectives, he didn’t make a habit of killing people. He didn’t want them to think he “blatantly offed somebody.” Jeremy Daniel Cruzen told Bakersfield police detectives he acted in self-defense when he hit a man in the...

The California Highway Patrol issued an Amber Alert for a 7-year-old boy that was abducted in Kern County. Angel Wagner was last seen late Thursday evening, around 11:50 p.m., on the 1300 block of Sims Street in Ridgecrest, CHP said. He was believed to be with 42-year-old Michael Abbott, according to CHP. Abbott’s...

Police officers shot and wounded the suspect of an assault who then tried to attack responding officers outside a Walmart on Thursday evening in southwest Bakersfield, according to officials.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A man arrested in connection to a deadly shooting on Interstate 5 has been charged with murder, according to court records. Juan Humberto Loza is due in court Thursday afternoon to answer to charges of first-degree murder, shooting at an occupied motor vehicle, possession of a gun by a...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A motorcyclist died after getting involved in a vehicle collision in southwest Bakersfield Thursday morning, according to the Bakersfield Police Department. At around 6:45 a.m., Bakersfield police officers responded to the scene of a collision involving a vehicle and motorcycle at White...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK/KBFX) — A woman allegedly charged at Bakersfield police and was shot during an officer-involved incident Thursday night at the Walmart Supercenter on Gosford Road, said an official. Her condition is unknown. Just before 8:30 p.m., the woman allegedly charged toward officers before she was...

TAFT, Calif.(KBAK/KBFX) — Five Mexican residents were arrested on Wednesday, July 2, 2025, following a multi-agency operation that dismantled a large methamphetamine conversion lab in Taft, according to the Kern County Sheriff's Office. The operation uncovered 242.2 pounds of methamphetamine and over 2,500 pounds of...

The Fourth of July brings joy and excitement to many. For others, it brings disaster, in the form of an inferno.

Around 6,000 Students in Kern County experience homelessness, and 600 don't have a a gaurdian, advocates call for better resources and housing solutions in Kern County.