A man, Kira Conerly-Burton II, has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the murder of Michael Rico Stubbs, 32, according to ...

Specialized vehicles are collecting block-by-block air quality data in Bakersfield as part of a $27 million statewide ...

A 28-year-old man was sentenced to life in prison without parole for a deadly car-to-car shooting in central Bakersfield. Kira Conerly-Burton II was sentenced last week in the death of Michael Rico ...

A Bakersfield native and his wife were killed while walking on a hiking trail with their daughters on Saturday in Arkansas.

The couple that was killed while they were hiking in Arkansas’ Devil’s Den State Park on Saturday, reportedly have ties to ...

The trial of a man charged with driving drunk in a crash that injured multiple spectators at the 2023 Bakersfield Christmas ...

Kern County begins the week with warm temperatures and some gusty winds in the desert. Valley temperatures are expected to reach the upper 90s midweek.

Broadway in Bakersfield is back for the 2025-2026 season. The Dignity Health Theater partnered with Nederlander National ...

The Kern County Coroner’s Office has identified a man who was found dead on Beardsley Avenue as 38-year-old Mitchell Lee ...

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 ...

Damian, who has lived in Bakersfield for 16 years, said she feels deeply concerned seeing the river completely dry, its desiccated ecosystem deteriorating. “People in this town deserve a river ...

BAKERSFIELD — The Kern River cascades from the Sierra Nevada in a steep-sided canyon, coursing through granite boulders, and flows to the northeast side of Bakersfield. There, beside cottonwoods ...