The Bakersfield Police Department wants your input on its revised use of force policy. The department hosted a community meeting on Sept. 4 to introduce the ...

When Bakersfield College opened in 1913, it shared space on the campus of what today is Bakersfield High School. College officials made their priorities ...

A man convicted of a 2000 robbery at a Safe One Credit Union in Bakersfield has been granted parole, the Kern County District ...

At least one motorcyclist sustained major injuries in a crash on Garces Highway, north of Bakersfield, on Wednesday night, ...

23ABC News learned from witnesses that first responders shut down traffic in the area as they cleared a totaled car away. We have reached out to the Bakersfield Police Department for more information.

A transient that stole a car from a Good Samaritan led officers on a cross-county pursuit Wednesday afternoon. The pursuit began in Bakersfield after the bystander offered to give the suspect a ...

A running debate about Kern’s economic health has been rekindled by a recent study ranking the county at the very bottom of the nation’s 100 largest metropolitan areas in terms of job opportunities ...

Cal State Bakersfield assistant men’s basketball coach Kevin Mays was arrested Thursday on suspicion of human trafficking and ...

Mayors from 13 California cities, including Bakersfield Mayor Karen Goh, are backing state Senate legislation to get more homeless people into treatment.

D iscussions are underway that could see the first stage of the California high speed railway, which is currently under ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom made an unannounced visit to downtown Bakersfield on Oct. 28 for the second and final day of the California Economic Summit. In apparent recognition of criticism that he was ...