The Bakersfield Fire Department is set to roll out a new ordinance aimed at safeguarding neighborhoods from wildfires even in ...

Former Kern County Supervisor Zack Scrivner's status conference hearing on child sexual assault and weapons charges has been ...

A Bakersfield mother and her five children are among four families left homeless after a fire believed to be caused by Fourth ...

The Bakersfield Police Department's annual use of force report indicates a decline in the use of force by officers.

The U.S. Marshals task force is asking the community to help in finding a parolee at large. Fred Lara, 57, is on parole for failing to register as a sex offender. Lara has a criminal history that ...

A date has been set for the official grand opening of downtown’s renovated and modernized Woolworth’s building – Oct. 25. If ...

A Bakersfield mother faces involuntary manslaughter and child endangerment charges after her one-year-old baby died from being left in a hot car.

Fishing report compiled by California Outdoors Hall of Fame member Dave Hurley and edited by Roger George, who guides in the ...

Despite its growth, records show the shelter averaged a 96% capacity rate earlier this year, and an average of 55 people are ...

The Bakersfield Police Department Traffic Unit is set to hold a DUI/driver’s license checkpoint on Friday, July 11, 2025, at ...

Police Department Traffic Unit will be conduct a DUI and driver’s license checkpoint from 6:30 p.m. Friday to 2 a.m. Saturday ...

The Bakersfield Police Department asks for the community’s help in locating a man missing since February. Jesse Collins III was last seen Feb. 7 in the 400 block of 34th Street. He is described as ...