BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — 60 to 80 people protesting near the Padre Hotel Tuesday night against ICE dispersed about 15 minutes after officers declared an unlawful assembly. No arrests were made.
The Bakersfield Police Department said on October 20, 2026, at around 10:30 p.m., officers were called to the 1700 block of 18th Street, at the Padre Hotel, for multiple calls regarding people across the street making excessively loud noise.
When officers arrived, they saw about 60 to 80 people east of the Padre Hotel, with protestors banging pots, honking vehicle horns, yelling, and playing a variety of musical instruments.
Protestors held signs protesting against ICE.
Bakersfield police said officers established a containment zone near the hotel and made announcements in both English and Spanish declaring it an unlawful assembly based upon penal code and municipal code violations…