Bakersfield police to conduct DUI checkpoint on Friday, Feb. 6

The Bakersfield Police Department Traffic Unit is set to conduct a DUI/Driver’s License Checkpoint on Friday, Feb. 6, 2026, ...
The Bakersfield Californian

Coroner IDs body found in canal

A 56-year-old Bakersfield man was found dead Friday morning in the Arvin/Edison Canal at the end of the 6600 block of Crescent School Drive, the Kern County coroner's office reported.

Coroner ID’s man killed in single-vehicle crash in south Bakersfield

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Kern County Coroner’s Office identified a man who was found dead in a south Bakersfield ...

More than 5 years later, woman who skipped hearing in deadly hit-and-run still not found

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — On Nov. 6, 2020, Trumonika Johnson, charged with hit-and-run in a crash that killed a ...
The Bakersfield Californian

Coroner's office IDs victim in Mojave crash

A 24-year-old California City woman has been identified as the victim in a vehicle crash Tuesday in Mojave. The Kern County coroner’s office reported Thursday that Baylee Nicole Anderson was driving ...

New Chapman Highway stoplight solves an access issue for Kern's Food Hall

Burger Boys closed in May last year to make way for a new stoplight at the Kern's entrance. Here's what to know.

On Highway 127, I discovered the breathtaking wonders of going the long way

The weathered gems along the two-lane stretch that runs north from Baker toward the Nevada border.

1 arrested in deadly hit-and-run on Bruceville Road in Elk Grove

Elk Grove police arrested Kushmit Singh, 31, in connection with the hit-and-run that left a 61-year-old man dead.
The San Joaquin Valley Sun

Judge grants mental health diversion to Riddhi Patel

A Kern County Superior Court Judge has granted Bakersfield activist Riddhi Patel a mental health diversion. Patel will return to court next month for a status hearing and a progress report on the ...