A crash near the Buttonwillow Rest Area temporarily closed a lane on northbound I-5; traffic was moving in both lanes by 4:30 p.m.

Ridgecrest police want help finding James Anthony Griego, who faces three warrants including spousal injury and burglary charges.

A driver refused to stop near West Columbus and Chester, and officers found a firearm inside the vehicle afterward.

A jury found Sonny Veleta guilty in the 2021 East Bakersfield killing of Cesar Joseph Malta, 19, during a botched marijuana sale.

Oildale to south Bakersfield went dark Wednesday morning, with crews still working out what caused the twin outages.

The labor leader died at her Bakersfield home; her family has asked for privacy while they grieve.

A driver in a 2011 Infiniti M37 left the roadway and hit a chain-link fence before being rushed to Kern Medical.

Gustavo Montoya pleaded no contest to vehicular manslaughter and agreed to testify against Tevin Brandt over the 2023 Highway 99 crash that killed two sisters.

Crews removed about 13 tons of trash along the Kern River during an October 21 sweep that cleared 17 encampments.

A black Dodge Challenger veered into a pedestrian near Olympia and Gallup drives before fleeing the scene, Bakersfield police say.

A local review found Megan's Law listings pointing to a Hageman Road intersection and a commercial truck lot instead of real homes.

Ana Barbosa vanished from Oildale in May 2024. Her daughter keeps pushing for answers as investigators eye the husband.

Good Dog Ranch volunteers drove a yellow bus of rescued dogs straight into Kern County's overcrowded shelter crisis — and out of it.