BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK / KBFX) - A tree that was blocking westbound traffic earlier Monday on Truxtun Avenue near Coffee Road has now been cleared. Traffic is now flowing through the street. The ... Read More

Kern County targeting people with warrants relating to impaired driving. The Bakersfield Police Department said on October 30, 2024, the Bakersfield Police Department Traffic Unit took part in a multi ... Read More

The Bakersfield Police Department was awarded a $490,000 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) to support ongoing enforcement and education p ... Read More

A Hughson teenager has been identified after being fatally struck by a vehicle in Bakersfield, according to the Kern County Coroner's Office. Jules Lilia ... Read More

the Kern County coroner's office reported Friday. Jules Lilia Cortes of Hughson, Calif., died at the scene in the 18000 block of Panama Lane in Bakersfield, the coroner reported. Read More

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) - Two brothers have been sentenced in connection with a crash in 2021 on Union Avenue that resulted in a 10-vehicle pileup and one death. Jose Catarino-Reyes was sentenced ... Read More

Campos, a 42-year-old Mexican national residing in Bakersfield, has been sentenced to over eight years in prison for his role in a drug distribution operation and ... Read More

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) - A 70-year-old man was killed early Tuesday when the Jeep he was driving veered into the opposite lane of Hageman Road - directly in the path of a big rig, according to ... Read More

Two Bakersfield police officers who stopped a vehicle in the 300 block of Union Avenue on Friday for multiple vehicle code violations found a stolen gun, ammunition, about four pounds ... Read More

CHP and Bakersfield police are investigating a deadly pedestrian crash Halloween night along the Westside Parkway, according to CHP's website. It happened at ... Read More

A pedestrian was struck and seriously injured by a vehicle Thursday afternoon in northwest Bakersfield, officials said. Read More

Woman Killed in Double-Vehicle Collision on Panama Lane in Bakersfield Bakersfield, CA (October 30, 2024) On Sunday evening, a woman was killed after a ... Read More

Fatal Collision on Highway 46 Claims Life of Santa Maria Resident Bakersfield, CA (October 30, 2024) On Saturday evening, a Santa Maria man lost ... Read More

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) - Three pedestrians lost their lives over this deadly weekend - all of them hit by cars. Tragedy, upon tragedy, upon tragedy. A woman's life lost in Bakersfield, one teenage ... Read More

while walking along Highway 46 near Kecks Road, according to KGET. The California Highway Patrol (CHP) responded to the accident just after 8:00 p.m. on the stretch of highway east of Kecks Road. Read More

A 26-year-old Bakersfield man was killed in a hit-and-run crash on Highway 99 in Tulare County, when his Nissan Altima was rear-ended by a Chevrolet Silverado, which then hit a Ford Escape. Read More

CHP is looking for the driver of a black Chevy Silverado after they rear-ended two vehicles on Highway 99 near Tulare and left a 26-year-old Bakersfield man dea ... Read More

Following the historic path of farmworkers led by Cesar Chavez in 1966, Sikh organizers chose the same Highway 99 route from Delano to Sacramento. The march began on Oct. 9 in Bakersfield ... Read More

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK / KBFX) - A woman died after she was hit by two vehicles on Panama Lane early Sunday morning. The Bakersfield Police Department said on October 27, 2024, at around 5:30 a.m., ... Read More