Frustration is mounting among residents and community leaders in Bakersfield as they grapple with ongoing issues of crime, ...

Ahmed Taher, who has worked at the Smoke Island Smoke Shop for three and a half years, said things are already improving.

The Board of Parole Hearings denied parole for an armed robber who was sentenced to 25 years in state prison, the Kern County ...

A man who had been reported missing from South K Street has been found, according to the Bakersfield Police Department.

Thousands of people protesting mass deportations planned by President Donald Trump marched in Southern California, including ...

Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Rohit Chopra was fired after he said that the bureau was ready to work with the Trump administration.

Two people were arrested after a stolen vehicle pursuit ended Friday morning in east Bakersfield. Julian Lugo, 36, and ...

The Police Department is asking for help finding at-risk identical twin sisters who were last seen on Thursday in east.

A District Attorney's Office spokesperson on Friday said, to protect the integrity of the case, they couldn't disclose ...

Kern County and Bakersfield City fire crews have been working together to extinguish a warehouse fire near E Brundage Lane ...

A theatrical new neighbor is moving into Eastchester. On Wednesday, Bakersfield Community Theatre made public its plans to move downtown to a spot it will renovate on 19th Street. The move is coming ...

The local nonprofit CityServe has long worked with its collaborative network of churches to assist and empower Kern County residents in need. But when an unprecedented string of wind-driven wildfires ...