The motorcyclist killed in a southwest Bakersfield crash on July 3 was identified as Miguel Angel Raya, 46, of Wasco.

The California Highway Patrol announced a driver’s license and DUI checkpoint in an unincorporated area of Bakersfield for ...

"We have so many opportunities and vacancies from retirements over the years that those positions open up quicker than they ...

Illegal fireworks sparked 80 fires across Bakersfield on the Fourth of July, with crews responding to one every five minutes.

Police shot a suspect who allegedly approached officers with a knife at a Walmart in southwest Bakersfield Thursday night.

One person is dead and two people are hospitalized after an assault early Saturday in a residential area of southwest.

The Bakersfield Fire Department had a busy night Friday, with almost 80 fire responses. 50 occurred between 7 p.m. and 1 a.m.

The Bakersfield Police Department is asking for the community’s help in finding a missing 17-year-old boy.Police said Michael ...

The Kern County coroner's office has identified a woman who was found dead in central Bakersfield on Tuesday. Carol Joyce Ross, 60, of Bakersfield, was found dead in the 200 block of 6th Street at ...

The Fourth of July has passed but the danger for man’s best friend is still very real. Last week, 40 dogs had to be ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — For almost a decade, Edlin Gonzales was content to live in an aging studio apartment near Los Angeles’s bustling Miracle Mile, a canyon of tall office buildings, museums ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — For this pass-through city, long a favorite target for jokes from late-night comedians, the small stuff turns out not to be small at all. Highway 99 races through almond ...