Bakersfield CA

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — Nearly a week after an east Bakersfield man was killed in a hit-and-run, his family says they are still searching for answers and frustrated with what they describe as a lack of communication with the California Highway Patrol. Pablo Ortiz was killed shortly after midnight...

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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The Bakersfield Police Department is asking for the community’s help in identifying a couple accused of siphoning gas from a vehicle that belongs to the United States Marine Corps Recruitment Center. Police said on Thursday, August 27th, 2026, at around 4:15 a.m., two people...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A man accepted a plea deal Thursday in a fatal shooting that took place at a hotel on Union Avenue six years ago. David Bobo Thomas, 42, pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter, according to court records. The remaining charges, including murder and assault with a gun, were dismissed.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Exactly four years ago today, deputies with the Kern County Sheriff’s Office located the deceased body of 25-year-old Larry Christy Jr. on a dirt road near Boron. The sheriff’s office said that it was suspected that Christy was murdered was murdered between the night...

Central Valley parents signed petitions demanding cameras be placed in California’s special education classrooms, as is allowed in states such as Texas and Louisiana.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The Kern County Sheriff’s Office is seeking information in the 2022 shooting death of 25-year-old Larry Christy Jr., whose body was found on a remote dirt road north of Boron. KCSO said on September 11, 2022, at around 8 p.m., deputies found the body...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Kern County coroner’s office has identified the 55-year-old man who was killed in a traffic collision earlier this week as Jose Manuel Mendez Camacho, of Avenal. According to the California Highway Patrol, Camacho was operating a 2006 Chevrolet eastbound on Highway 46 at Wildwood Road i

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — A Bakersfield man, with a warrant for grand theft, was arrested after allegedly stealing about $200 in Target merchandise in Delano and was linked to a separate theft days earlier. The Delano Police Department said on September 10, 2026, at around 3:55 p.m., officers were...

One more hot day before things start looking a bit better!. Friday's forecast high in Bakersfield is 99°. By Saturday we drop to 94°, and we're all the way down to 85° by Sunday!. Highs in the KRV and even many desert areas will fall into the...