It’s a stretch, we suppose, to call bat-biting a stage gimmick, because to local fans – and yes, he played Bakersfield several times over the years – he was much more than a freak show.

Bakersfield may be in the dry Central Valley today, but it was once covered by an ancient ocean teeming with marine life — including sharks.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Cal Water crews are in a neighborhood in East Bakersfield working on repairing a water main that broke early Wednesday morning.

The Kern County Sheriff's Office seeks the public's help is locating a missing teen last seen in south Bakersfield.

The number of unsheltered people in the metro Bakersfield area, which includes Oildale, has dropped by about 10% according to the latest point-in-time count.

The Bakersfield Police Department on Tuesday released body-worn camera footage of an officer-involved shooting that sent a woman to the hospital on July 3.

Fallout Bakersfield is a new total conversion mod for Doom that brings the style of the original Fallout 1997 game into Id's first-person shooter.

A Bakersfield diner staple has expanded its breakfast and lunch options to the Central Coast. Honey I’m Home Pismo Cafe opened its doors on the Fourth of July at 620 Cypress St. in Pismo Beach ...

Good morning. It’s Wednesday. Today we’ll take a closer look at the appellate court decision that put the case of Etan Patz back in the spotlight, 46 years after he disappeared. We’ll also ...

Is Your Dog Seeing a Spirit? 5 Planetary Signs That Indicate a Haunted Presence Neeraj Dhankher / TOI Astrology / Jul 23, 2025, 10:22 IST ...

Alessandra Gutierrez, an 8 year old girl from Bakersfield who sings Mariachi, recently performed the National Anthem at Dodgers Stadium.

New tools from OpenAI and Perplexity can browse the web for you. If the idea takes off, these generative AI agents could turn the internet into a ghost town where only bots roam.