Bakersfield CA

Three suspects with a baby were arrested for a string of retail thefts targeting stores across Southern California. The suspects, all Bakersfield residents, were identified as: Ventura County sheriff’s deputies began investigating after loss prevention workers from Bath & Body Works and Old Navy reported the theft...

Books in Motion brings children's stories to life with a prehistoric twist, featuring dancing dinosaurs that entertain and inspire young readers.

Small businesses and private nonprofit organizations in Kern, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, and Ventura counties have until August 29, 2025, to apply for federal disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) following the Mountain Fire that began on November 6, 2024. The SBA’s Economic Injury...

The SNIP Bus performed 108 spay/neuter surgeries in East Bakersfield in one day, helping combat pet overpopulation as local shelters face overcrowding and high euthanasia rates.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK/KBFX) — Kern County Animal Services is leveraging technology from Petco Love Lost to create a comprehensive online database, interactive map, and facial recognition system to help locate lost animals. Petco Love Lost, established in 1999, has facilitated more than 120,000 pet reunions. The...

Doing good feels good. That’s one of the lessons a person can take from the work of Rick Shaw and his colleagues with a pair of grassroots Bakersfield nonprofits -- Play Thru It and SVS Cares.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Delano Police Department is celebrating new additions to the police force. The department posted this photo on Facebook of the officers who recently graduated the 161st Basic Academy of the Tulare-Kings Counties Basic Peace Officer Academy. Officers Jose Delgado, Orlando Guzman, Kaia...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Kern County Coroner’s Office identified a man killed by an alleged drunken driver in a crash early Sunday. The man was identified as Salvador Gallegos Jr., 35, of Bakersfield. Gallegos Jr. was driving on Fairfax Road at around 12:30 a.m. when a man driving a pickup truck and suspected...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Firefighters with the Kern County Fire Department extinguished a 77-acre fire Saturday evening near the Lost Hills area. Firefighters were dispatched to an area near Highway 46 and Highway 33 around 6:27 p.m., according to officials. As firefighters were leaving the fire station a column...

Temps remain just below average in the Valley. Meanwhile, a high pressure system brings extreme heat in the mid-south U.S. with warnings and advisories in effect.