We have so many opportunities and vacancies from retirements over the years that those positions open up quicker than they ...

Illegal fireworks sparked 80 fires across Bakersfield on the Fourth of July, with crews responding to one every five minutes.

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The Bakersfield Police Department is requesting the public’s assistance in the search of a missing 17-year-old boy last seen ...

Police shot a suspect who allegedly approached officers with a knife at a Walmart in southwest Bakersfield Thursday night.

One person is dead and two people are hospitalized after an assault early Saturday in a residential area of southwest.

The Bakersfield Police Department is asking for the community’s help in finding a missing 17-year-old boy.Police said Michael ...

The Bakersfield Police Department is seeking the public's assistance in locating an at-risk missing adult, Miguel Pantoja.

The Kern County coroner's office has identified a woman who was found dead in central Bakersfield on Tuesday. Carol Joyce Ross, 60, of Bakersfield, was found dead in the 200 block of 6th Street at ...

While it’s true Bakersfield is the ninth largest city in California, on Independence Day in the Westchester neighborhood, it was just about as small town as you can get. But in a grand way. The 36th ...

Police say one person has died and two others — including the suspect — were injured in an assault early Saturday in southwest Bakersfield. Shortly ...

Police reports detail the gut-wrenching account of the horrific death of the one-year-old boy strapped in his car seat with a ...