After seeing a 74% reduction in gun violence rates since 2021, the city of Bakersfield said it is planning to seek nearly $5 ...

Three-digit temperatures can already feel like too much, but driving with the windows down due to leaky air conditioning can ...

Genesis Mata was set to start second grade at Pauly Elementary next week. She loved to dance, her grandmother said at a vigil ...

Heat continues to rise into the weekend, and Bakersfield could have a heatwave through next week. As heat builds in, take ...

A corner lot in east Bakersfield that's been vacant for the past 20 years will soon be the site to two new permanently affordable homes, the first to be built by the Bakersfield Community Land Trust.

Bakersfield police are attempting to locate a missing adult who was last seen on Monday. Adrean Ayala, 37, went missing ...

An 8-year-old girl was found dead in a locked bathroom at the La Quinta Hotel on Riverside Drive over the weekend, according ...

Specialized vehicles are collecting block-by-block air quality data in Bakersfield as part of a $27 million statewide ...

The ongoing debate over redistricting is providing California Democrats with an opportunity to challenge the Trump administrati ...

SANTA MARIA, Calif. (AP) — More than 800 structures are threatened by a massive wildfire in central California that left at ...

Yet there’s more to Bakersfield, and those of us who have loved/loathed it for generations wrestle with the challenges every day. We’re one of the poorest cities in California.

Bakersfield, once the butt of jokes, is booming. So are many other inland California cities. July 22, 2019 More than 6 years ago Summary ...