As the summer months continue, the community faces an urgent need for blood donations.An upcoming blood drive is scheduled for Friday, August 15, at the Houch ...

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 ...

Highway 178 was closed in both directions Monday night after officials recovered a vehicle near Lake Isabella. According to the California Highway Patrol incident page, the crash happened just after 6 ...

Raphael "Godspeed" Jimenez, an undefeated professional MMA fighter, reflects on his journey into the sport that has become ...

A devastating fire on Saturday night left several residents without homes, including Francisca Nuñez Carranza, who lost ...

A Southern California family is desperately searching for their loved one, who they say went missing in the Kern River this ...

The Kern County Board of Supervisors is set to discuss a proposal aimed at curbing the illegal sale of catalytic converters.

The body of a missing hiker, 36-year-old Drew Hall from Visalia, was discovered on July 13, 2025, below Sawtooth Peak in ...

Victor Cruz, a 40-year-old Bakersfield tax return preparer, pleaded guilty to aiding in a massive tax fraud scheme that ...

A 37-year-old man from Taft died from injuries sustained in an explosion while manufacturing black powder fireworks, the Kern ...

An 87-year-old Taft man, Lloyd Carroll Byrd, died after a crash with another vehicle on Taft Highway on January 31, 2025, ...

A 79-year-old man who accidentally drowned in a home pool in June was identified as Jose Garcia Rodriguez Jr., of Bakersfield ...