In 2022, the city of Bakersfield and the police department launched a gun violence reduction strategy. Since then, city officials say the city is safer now prior to the pandemic.

A tree was uprooted in southwest Bakersfield Thursday afternoon.It happened in the CVS Pharmacy’s parking lot on Stockdale ...

An 86-year-old Kansas City man will plead guilty Friday to the 2023 shooting of Ralph Yarl, a Black teenager who rang the man ...

Rain is forecasted to fall in Bakersfield and Kern County through Thursday and into Friday, forecasters said. There is a ...

No arrests were made after Bakersfield police conducted a house search Thursday in east Bakersfield. The Bakersfield Police ...

Students from several high schools walked out of class Wednesday morning and are in downtown Bakersfield to protest the ...

Fatal collisions are down in Bakersfield but there’s still more work to be done to improve safety on city streets, according ...

There's a time and place to recognize all the opportunity a new sewer system can represent — new homes, new stores, a new community — and Wednesday morning in southeast Bakersfield was it, or at least ...

Immigration raids that began in early January in the Central Valley triggered widespread fear, protests and boycotts.

Seven Taiwanese are among 260 people freed from an online scam hub near the Thai-Myanmar border. Victims are getting health checks before returning home.

Bakersfield city councilmember Eric Arias shared his vision for the southeast Bakersfield community, starting with what he says are necessary infrastructure improvements.