There is flooding in an alley in downtown Bakersfield Friday afternoon. Video from the area of M Street between 19th and 20th streets shows water flowing out ... Read More

She'd leaned over to vacuum her vehicle at a Downtown Bakersfield car wash when she felt a hand brush her inner thigh. The woman looked down and saw a cellphone, its camera screen activated, held ... Read More

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. Fire crews have been able ... 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

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 ... Read More