The Kern County Coroner’s Office identified the driver who died in a rollover crash along Highway 99. Luis Antonio Merced Jr.

The Kern County Coroner’s Office has identified a 15-year-old girl who drowned in the Kern River as Ester Isabel Villanueva ...

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Police are searching for Gabriella Vasquez, a 16-year-old last seen Sunday morning on Molokai Drive. Call BPD at 327-7111 ...

Central California prepares for its fifth day of a heat wave, peaking at 101° in Bakersfield on Tuesday. Cooler temperatures and breezy winds are expected Wednesday.

The Bakersfield Police Department is asking for the community's assistance in locating an at-risk missing adult. Brenda Jacquelin Reyes is considered at risk due to mental illness. Reyes was last seen ...

The Kern County Coroner’s Office identified a man who was killed in an early morning homicide in south Bakersfield on July 11. Coroner officials said Kalani Mason Jr., 30, of Bakersfield was shot in ...

A man died after his vehicle veered off Highway 99 and overturned north of Bakersfield on Friday, according to the California ...

Two drivers were arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol during a DUI checkpoint in east Bakersfield ...

Amtrak's San Joaquins train service has to cancel trips from Oakland to Bakersfield and back Tuesday morning because of engine failure on a train, according to the train agency.

One man died in a shooting and one man was taken to a hospital with stab wounds after an incident Friday morning in southeast Bakersfield, according to the Bakersfield Police Department. Officers were ...

Join local musical legends and the next generation of performers in a celebration of the B Sound with the first-ever B ...