Bakersfield CA

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — California Highway Patrol officers will conduct a pedestrian safety operation in Bakersfield next week targeting motorists and pedestrians who fail to yield the right-of-way or otherwise take unsafe and illegal actions. During the Sept. 24 operation, plainclothes officers will cross the...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The Kern County Coroner’s Office has identified a man killed on Weedpatch Highway as 54-year-old Antonio Escutia Guzman of Lamont. The report said on August 29, 2025, at around 9 p.m., Guzman was struck by a vehicle on southbound Weedpatch Highway, south of Kearney Avenue in Lamont.

September 17, 2025 – Kern County Sheriff’s Office officials report that on September 15, 2025, at approximately 8:00 a.m., deputies from the Kern County Sheriff’s Office Rosamond Substation conducted a traffic stop near Rosamond Boulevard and Sierra Highway. The driver, identified as Bridget Ray, was on felony...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — It’s a staple of local Basque cuisine – Pyrenees bread, an institution so old it predates the automobile. Although you can’t get it in grocery stores anymore, you can get it in many local restaurants including at the Kern County Fair. Three locally managed food booths at the fair are...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — A 38-year-old man was arrested after allegedly burglarizing several businesses throughout Bakersfield with a cash register “grab." Bakersfield police said the month of September has been marked with cash register “grab” and business thefts, primarily targeted at businesses in...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — Heavy rains have caused flash floods to occur in certain areas of the Kern County desert on Thursday. The rain is from remnants of Tropical Storm Mario and will run through central to southern California through Friday, according to the Weather Authority team. Several flash...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The Kern County Coroner’s Office has identified the driver killed after a crash on Interstate 5 as 24-year-old Jorge Vidal Aguirre-Munguia. The California Highway Patrol said on September 15, 2025, at around 12:02 p.m., officers were called to a two-vehicle crash on northbound...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A man was sentenced Wednesday to time served in the hit-and-run death of a pedestrian walking outside a crosswalk on Union Avenue. Oscar Quintero-Lopez received a two-year prison term with credit for time served. He’d been in custody since the December crash. He was also ordered to attend...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Three people have accepted plea deals in connection with a deadly shooting last year at the Super 8 Motel on South Union Avenue. Titus Gray, 20, pleaded no contest last week to voluntary manslaughter and human trafficking, according to court records. Co-defendants Conchise Gray — Titus...

Delano leaders open dialogue to ease fears and strengthen trust between residents and law enforcement.