Bakersfield, CA News Reports and Accidents

California Highway Patrol officers will conduct a driver's license and DUI checkpoint this Saturday in an unincorporated area of Bakersfield. The checkpoint will be set up Dec. 14 between 6 p.m. Read More

Driver and pedestrian safety in Bakersfield has been a longstanding and growing concern for residents and officials. Read More

Bakersfield sees reports in car thefts, with high-end vehicles being prime targets; California Highway Patrol offers preventive measures. Read More

A passenger in a U-Haul box truck was killed about 1:53 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8, in a single-vehicle accident on Highway 32. The Tehama County Coroner's Office identified the deceased man as Mark ... Read More

California State University, Bakersfield will facilitate a free public forum about the state of human trafficking in Kern County Dec. 10. Read More

An ongoing joint Bakersfield law enforcement operation has paid off just before the end of the year, according to Governor Gavin Newsom's office. Read More

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The heaviest traffic in Southern California during Thanksgiving week is expected Wednesday on northbound Interstate 5 between Los Angeles and Bakersfield. Almost 80 million Americans will travel for ... Read More

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK / KBFX) - Caltrans said Tuesday morning that westbound Highway 58 to northbound Highway 99 is blocked due to an overturned semi-trailer truck. The semi-trailer spilled hay on ... Read More

Rescuers from the Kern County Fire Department are working to free two people trapped in a vehicle that went off the side of Highway 178 in Mountain Mesa on ... Read More

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) - The westbound Highway 58 connector to northbound Highway 99 reopened after a semi-truck's trailer tipped over and forced a temporary closure, according to the CHP ... Read More

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) - The atmospheric river's downpour on Bakersfield has reduced southbound highway 99 to two lanes, just south of Taft Highway, according to the CHP Traffic Incident ... Read More

The heaviest traffic in Southern California during Thanksgiving week is expected Wednesday on northbound Interstate 5 between Los Angeles and Bakersfield. Almost 80 million Americans will travel for ... Read More

The heaviest traffic in Southern California during Thanksgiving week is expected Wednesday on northbound Interstate 5 between Los Angeles and Bakersfield. Almost 80 million Americans will travel for ... Read More

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) - The coroner's office has identified the woman who was killed in a three vehicle crash in Tehachapi. The crash happened around 8 a.m. on Highway 58 near Sand Canyon. Read More

A vehicle hit two pedestrians around 1 a.m. Sunday on northbound Highway 99, south of Houghton Road, killing one, according to the California Highway Patrol. Bakersfield Area officers found that ... Read More

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) - It was another deadly weekend for passengers and pedestrians on the streets of Bakersfield, but this time, it was a 2-year-old boy who was tragically killed in a car crash ... Read More

at approximately 1 a.m., the Kern County Fire Department and California Highway Patrol officers were on the scene of a vehicle versus two pedestrians off Highway 99 and Houghton Road. One of the ... Read More

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) - Two people are dead after a three vehicle crash on westbound Highway 58 in the Tehachapi area Friday morning. The crash was reported in the area of westbound Highway 58 ... Read More