Kern County is making its first use of Proposition 36, a new law passed in the last election aimed at increasing criminal penalties for repeat theft and drug offenders.

President-elect Donald Trump is promising tariffs and deportations. Those could both have substantial impacts on the country's economy ...

Although the time frame has altered over the years, the Great 48 Jam knows how to keep musicians and bluegrass lovers coming ...

A fire broke out in a Southeast residence nearly a week after the owners were proclaimed dead. BFD & BPD both have open investigations to determine what happened on the property.

Fire officials say the fire was reported in the 3900 block of Teal Street around 12:39 p.m. The structure was previously ...

The Bakersfield Police Department is looking for 32-year-old Gurjinder Singh. He is accused of shooting and killing a man in ...

The Police Department is asking for help in finding a missing at-risk 15-year-old girl, last seen January 2 near Union Avenue ...

BPD is asking for the community’s assistance in locating an at-risk, missing teen last seen near east Bakersfield. Seriah ...

The Bakersfield Police Department asked for the public’s help in finding a 15-year-old girl who went missing Thursday.

A preliminary hearing was postponed Friday for the first person in the county charged under a new law that took effect with ...

The Kern County Coroner’s Office has identified the man killed in a suspected DUI crash an hour after it struck midnight on ...

The Kern County Coroner’s Office identified a man who was stabbed in East Bakersfield on New Years Day. The coroner’s office ...