Bakersfield CA

What is it about being a baker that gets Jim Balmain up in the morning? "Well, it's basically people are number one," he said.

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) — A driver who pleaded no contest to killing a bicyclist while driving drunk in south Bakersfield has been sentenced to twelve years in prison. Caleb Rodriguez, 27, learned his fate last week after pleading no contest to gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, hit and run causing death,...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Bakersfield Police Chief Greg Terry announced his retirement from the department. On social media, the department posted that after nearly six years of leading the police department he plans to retire in April 2026. Chief Terry was hired by the police department in 1997 and was...

Downtown Bakersfield has a new heartbeat—a place where neon lights flicker, guitars wail, and the legacy of country music comes alive night after night. Welcome to Rooster’s Honky Tonk — a labor of love, a tribute to Bakersfield’s musical soul, and a symbol of revival brought to life by two longtime friends: Seven...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The California Highway Patrol will launch a 12-hour Maximum Enforcement Period (MEP) from 6 p.m. Friday, October 31, through 6 a.m. Saturday, November 1, to protect motorists and prevent impaired driving. During the operation, all available CHP officers will be on patrol statewide,...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Criminal proceedings were suspended and a competency exam ordered Friday for an 83-year-old Bakersfield man charged with murder. Michael Roland Wildrick is scheduled to undergo the exam before Nov. 20, when he’s due back in court for a ruling on whether he’s competent to stand trial....

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The murder trial of a 20-year-old man accused of driving while impaired in a crash that killed a Bakersfield grandmother was postponed Friday after an attorney said there were continuing efforts to try to settle the case. Karim Reyad, who appeared in court with attorneys H.A. Sala and...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The California Highway Patrol Bakersfield office is remembering the agency’s first officer killed in the line of duty. Officials with CHP said on social media that Officer Howard Garlinger was killed in a motorcycle crash at the intersection of Niles and Haley streets on Oct. 30, 1929....

BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK/KBFX) — A pedestrian was struck and killed in the area of Stine Road and Summer Tree Lane on Thursday afternoon, said Bakersfield police. At around 4:20 p.m., officers arrived at the area of Stine Road and Summer Tree Lane for a report of a vehicle that struck a pedestrian. Officers found a...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A Sacramento father is dead, a mother is injured and an infant is uninjured after a crash on Interstate 5 early Friday morning. Officers with the California Highway Patrol responded to Interstate 5 near Lerdo Highway around 5:39 a.m. for the report of a single-vehicle crash. Investigation...