The Borel Fire burning east of Bakersfield along Highway 178 grew to more than 14,500 acres Friday with evacuation orders in place for surrounding mountain communities. Read More

The Borel Fire, a fast-moving wildfire that broke out on Wednesday, July 24, along Highway 178 east of Bakersfield in Kern County, California, burned more than 31,000 acres as of Saturday. The fire ... Read More

A large brush fire, named the so-called "Morning Fire" in northeast Bakersfield has closed sections of Highway 178, according to California Highway Patrol's website. Kern Canyon Road is closed from ... Read More

On July 26, Bakersfield police will conduct a DUI / Driver's license checkpoint from 6 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. The checkpoint, being held at an undisclosed location within city limits, is a tool used to ... Read More

Five arrests were made after a vehicle pursuit ended at a Palmdale Walmart, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office. On July 24, a police chase ended in Victorville after San ... Read More

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) - The California Highway Patrol of Mojave welcomed a new officer to the patrol on July 12. CHP officials say Office Perez graduated from the California Highway Patrol ... Read More

Firefighters are working to contain a fire burning along Highway 178 that has forced a closure of the canyon Wednesday afternoon. Read More

Bakersfield police are investigating a crash that left a person dead Wednesday morning on Mohawk Street. Emergency crews were called to Mohawk Street and ... Read More

Highway 178 at Kern Canyon is closed after a vehicle fire left at least one person dead Wednesday afternoon.The California Highway Patrol's website said on July ... Read More

Two people are dead and one person was injured after a head-on crash south of Bakersfield, according to the California Highway Patrol. Read More

Moviegoers ran toward the tornadoes this weekend, propelling '?Twisters'? to a blockbuster opening. The standalone sequel to the 1996 hit made $80.5 million in ticket sales from 4,151 theaters in North ... Read More

The California Highway Patrol responded to a fatal motorcycle crash in south Bakersfield Friday night. On July 19, one person was killed after a motorcyclist collided with a tree on South Union Avenue ... Read More

Stockdale Podiatry Group was originally founded in the early 1980's and was located in Southwest Bakersfield California. As the city of Bakersfield ... to the corner of Stockdale Highway and Stine ... Read More

A pedestrian died around 9 p.m. July 4 on Highway 178 near Beale Avenue, according to the Kern County coroner's office. Frank Julio Raygoza, 61, of Bakersfield was hit by a car and died at the scene, ... Read More

Two Bakersfield natives have been sworn into two different California Highway Patrol offices. Officials with CHP say Officer Karanveer Kang was sworn into the highway patrol and assigned to the ... Read More

The man struck and killed by a vehicle on Highway 178, east of Beale Avenue on July 4th was identified as Frank Julio Raygoza, 61, of Bakersfield, said the ... Read More

Woman Dies in Wrong-Way Head-On Crash on Panama Lane Bakersfield, CA (July 12, 2024) On Thursday evening, a 40-year-old Arvin man was hurt, while a female driver was killed in a 2-vehicle collision on ... Read More

Senator Shannon Grove's SB 1414 (R-Bakersfield) has successfully passed the Assembly Public Safety Committee after undergoing some significant changes.The bill ... Read More

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