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A 53-year-old man from Bakersfield died when the big rig he was driving went off Highway 101 south of Orcutt. The crash occurred at 2:30 p.m. Read More

A lawsuit has been filed over the death of a man struck by a Bakersfield Police Department vehicle on South Union Avenue last year. The suit alleges negligence ... Read More

A Lake Isabella woman faces two years in custody after pleading no contest to driving drunk in a southwest Bakersfield crash that resulted in fatal injuries to the other driver, prosecutors said. Read More

A woman who crashed into two parked cars in northwest Bakersfield was arrested for driving under the influence over the weekend, according to the California ... Read More

A woman was arrested following a DUI crash that left her SUV overturned in northwest Bakersfield on Saturday night, according to the California Highway Patrol. Read More

A 25-year-old man was identified who crashed into a tree over the weekend and died by the Kern County Coroner's Office. Read More

A 44-year-old motorcyclist died on Sunday, about three weeks after a crash with a trailer back on 7th Standard Road on December 21, 2024, said the Kern County ... Read More

The Kern County Coroner identified the man killed in the hit-and-run on Buck Owens Boulevard as Antonio Enrique Arjona, 41, of Bakersfield. Read More

A 61-year-old man was arrested Thursday in connection with a hit-and-run crash in March that killed a pedestrian, Bakersfield police said. Floyd Luster was no longer listed in custody as of Friday ... Read More

The Kern County Fire Department and the B Fire Department have wasted no time in sending more than 160 firefighters and dozens of vehicles to assist in the battle against ... Read More

The California Highway Patrol is investigating a head-on crash Wednesday evening in southeast Bakersfield. At around 6:04 p.m., a white Honda sedan and black SUV crashed head-on along Taft Highway and ... Read More

Family and friends of a couple who died when the car they were in collided at high speed with a Bakersfield police vehicle said they'd been drinking ... Read More

A Bakersfield Police officer discharged his firearm while responding to a trespassing report on Tuesday, according to the Bakersfield Police Department. Read More

No one was hurt after an officer accidentally discharged his gun during a call in central Bakersfield early Tuesday morning.The Bakersfield Police Department sa ... Read More

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The Bakersfield Police Department is looking for suspects that allegedly killed a man in downtown Bakersfield.There is currently no suspect information.BPD sai ... Read More

A serious collision between a motorcycle and a loose horse at the intersection of Houghton Road and Ashe Road on Tuesday evening resulted in major injuries. Read More

Fatal Crash on Highway 58 in North Edwards Claims at Least One Life Bakersfield, CA (January 3, 2025) On Wednesday ... Read More

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) - A home where an apparent murder-suicide happened last month, caught fire Thursday night. Firefighters responded to a home on Hosking Ave. near Highway 99 just before ... Read More

Police suspect alcohol was a factor in a fatal single-vehicle crash early New Year's Day in southwest Bakersfield. Read More