Cari Anderson survived a brutal 1997 attack near Golden State Highway but died before seeing Michael Fontes convicted.

A Bakersfield resident now faces drug and firearms charges after agents found a rifle with a drum magazine and $6,500 in cash.

Jacob Ramirez Aguilar was released from juvenile custody in May 2026. By October, he was accused of killing again in Richgrove.

The Pinos Fire broke out on U.S. Forest Service land in Kern County, with its cause and containment still unknown.

Security video caught muzzle flashes as shots struck a KBAK/KBFX conference room and office on Westwind Drive. No one was hurt, and no arrest had been made as of Monday.

The new fire broke out near federal land in Kern County two days after the Cyrus Fire erupted near Lake Isabella.

Crews reached 61% containment by Saturday evening near Kernville after flames threatened homes on Lake Isabella's east side.

Crews hoisted the teen and a 26-year-old Texas man from a burning car 300 feet below Highway 178 after a Flock-camera-aided manhunt.

DEA and Kern County deputies tied a Hinkley desert raid to a second arrest in Bakersfield, with stolen firearms among the evidence.

The 16-year CHP veteran leaves behind a wife, two kids, parents and two sisters. Flags at the Capitol are to be flown at half-staff.

Deputies rushed to a Pixley home Sunday after a 2-year-old boy was shot while an adult cleaned a firearm inside.

A shooting involving San Antonio police occurred west of downtown.