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.

A two-alarm vegetation fire broke out at 12007 S. Union Ave in Bakersfield, prompting a swift response from multiple Kern ...

A woman, who allegedly charged at Bakersfield police with a large hunting-style knife, was shot by officers Thursday night at ...

The Bakersfield Police Department is asking for the public’s help in finding an at-risk missing adult, last seen in southwest ...

Red, White, and brake lights as streets are planning to close with ongoing Fourth of July events happening in Bakersfield.

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

The Fourth of July brings joy and excitement to many. For others, it brings disaster, in the form of an inferno.

With California accounting for 22% of nationwide fireworks injuries last year, local doctors and residents urge caution when ...

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 ...

Call it the canary-in-the-coal-mine effect. It's the idea that people outside Bakersfield are watching the city to see what ...

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