Bakersfield CA

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A 32-year-old man was arrested Tuesday after sheriff’s deputies investigated two separate incidents in the area of South Fairfax Road. Michael Ortiz, 32, was arrested for alleged attempted murder, elder abuse, burglary, vandalism, false imprisonment, robbery, damage to a wireless device,...

Brett Curtis Hair, a 23-year-old from Bakersfield, pleaded guilty to pointing a laser at a Kern County Sheriff's Office helicopter. The incident happened on September 11, 2024. According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, his actions created a safety risk for those on board. At around 12:17 a.m., a helicopter on...

Dr. Megan Haugland, a second-year OB-GYN resident at Kern Medical, speaks at Tuesday’s rally in Bakersfield, calling for lawmakers to protect Medicaid funding that supports essential health services for vulnerable patients in the Central Valley. Health workers and community members gathered at Kern Medical on May 12,...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The Kern County Coroner’s Office said the cause of death for a one-month-old baby who died a week after being found unresponsive at a Bakersfield home in November 2024. The cause of death was blunt head trauma. The coroner’s report said on November 24,...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — On Nov. 29, 2022, Ricardo Mathews — son of legendary funk singer Rick James — was serving time in Kern Valley State Prison in Delano. Mathews left his cell and crouched down in a fighting stance next to another inmate’s cell while holding a self-made slungshot — a small mass of […]

Veronica Jacuinde says she received her bipolar diagnosis at 33-years-old. Now, nearly 20 years later, she breaks her silence, sharing her journey with Kern County.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Chief of the Bakersfield Police Department, Greg Terry, first discussed on 17 News at Sunrise, the arrest of detective Marc Lugo and what is currently being done. After getting a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, The Sheriff’s Office Special Victims Unit and...

In a bid to prevent wildfires, Kern County firefighters perform a controlled burn near I-5, urging drivers to exercise caution.

Police describe Osoriovargas as 5 feet tall, weighing 130 pounds with brown hair and black eyes. She was last seen wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, black pants and blue and white Vans shoes.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Bakersfield Police Department asked the community to assist in locating a 12-year-old girl last seen Tuesday. Isabella Caliee Montes-Velasquez, 12, was last seen at around 9:27 a.m. May 13 in the area of Panama Lane and Akers Road, according to police. Montes-Velasquez is considered...