A building fire in the area of Stockdale Highway and California Avenue has prompted a large response from the Bakersfield Fire Department Thursday morning. Information on ... Read More

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) - Southbound Interstate 5 just north of Highway 119 is closed due to a multi-vehicle crash and big rig fire Wednesday morning. The crash was reported in the area of just ... Read More

Minor injuries were reported on Sunday morning, September 6, after a gray Chevrolet Silverado and silver Ford | Contact Accident Reports (888) 657-1460 for help if you were in this accident. Read More

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) - A brush fire burning in between southbound and northbound lanes of Interstate 5 south of Bakersfield is causing delays Monday evening. A brush fire was reported at ... Read More

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) - A fire on southbound Interstate 5 has now burned 30 acres and prompted an evacuation warning, according to the Kern County Fire Department. Officials with KCFD said the ... Read More

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) - The Bakersfield Police Department is investigating an incident involving a theft and felony vandalism - and seeking the public's help identifying the suspects. BPD said ... Read More

A two-vehicle traffic accident involving a motorhome and a passenger vehicle was reported on August 2 on southbound I-15 near | Contact Accident Reports (888) 657-1460 for help if you were in this ... Read More

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) - A Southern California woman is in custody after she allegedly failed to stop along Interstate 5 near the Grapevine and led officers on a pursuit Tuesday morning. The ... Read More

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) - A man who was shot by Ridgecrest police during a traffic stop last Thursday after allegedly pointing a gun at officers has died, according to the Kern County Coroner's ... Read More

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) - The Kern County Coroner's Office identified a man who was struck by a vehicle while riding a bicycle on Weedpatch Highway early Thursday morning. William Gerry Porter, 39, ... Read More

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK / KBFX) - Highway 178 has been closed at the mouth of the canyon through Borel Road daily from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. since last Friday, reopening briefly on Sunday before resuming ... Read More

The California Highway Patrol identified 27-year-old Gabrielle Hinojosa as the Bakersfield woman killed in a single-car crash on Highway 166. Read More

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) - A crash involving a semi-truck and another vehicle that damaged a guardrail is causing delays for drivers near the Grapevine Thursday afternoon. The collision was reported ... Read More

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) - A fire to a semi-truck is causing delays to drivers along I-5 south of Bakersfield on Tuesday afternoon. Read More

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) - The California Highway Patrol Bakersfield area is set to host a Start Smart class for teen drivers and their parents on Tuesday. The class is set for April 7 at 6 p.m. at ... Read More

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) - The Buttonwillow California Highway Patrol Office is set to host a Start Smart class for new teens drivers and their parents on April 14. The free two-hour class is ... Read More

On March 19, 2026, San Bernardino County Fire quietly dropped a short reel with a loud message: if you break down on the long, lonely stretch of Interstate 15 near Baker, there is a good chance the ... Read More

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) - A fire to a semi-truck Tuesday morning is slowing traffic along I-5 into the evening hours in the Grapevine south of Bakersfield. A fire to a semi-truck was reported in ... Read More

A big rig that caught fire closed northbound Interstate 5, turning about a 90-minute drive to Bakersfield into a four-hour ride that made the Chatsworth High boys soccer team late and caused its CIF ... Read More

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) - A fire to a semi-truck Tuesday morning is slowing traffic along I-5 into the evening hours in the Grapevine south of Bakersfield. A fire to a semi-truck was reported in ... Read More

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A man has died after crashing into a canal near south of Bakersfield.California Highway Patrol says a 62-year-old man was driving west on Herring Road, west of Highway 99, in heavy fog conditions.CHP ... Read More

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) - One person is dead and two others were injured after fiery head-on crash early Friday morning on Stockdale Highway. The crash was reported around 12:38 a.m. along ... Read More

California's foggy weather stretches from Bakersfield to Shasta County. Motorists driving Interstate 5, Interstate 80 and several highways may find visibility limited. Tips to remember when driving in ... Read More

Hard Rock Casino Tejon is set to open on Nov. 13 near the Highway 99 and Interstate 5 split in Mettler. The casino is located on Tejon Indian trial land south of Bakersfield off the Highway 166 exit. Read More

The Bakersfield Police Department received a grant of over $35,000 for its Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Program. Officials said the $35,110 grant was received from the California Office of Traffic ... Read More

The first major storm of the season is making its way through Kern County and Bakersfield. Several roads around Kern County are impacted by closures or warnings ... Read More

Silas Valentino is SFGATE's travel editor. He was born in Bakersfield and raised in Marin County. Outside of reading, writing and storytelling, Silas values his family (including 11 nieces and nephews ... Read More

Between Los Angeles and Bakersfield, where Interstate 5 cuts through California's golden hills, a shopping paradise emerges like a mirage in the distance. Tejon Ranch Outlets in Arvin stands as a ... Read More

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem criticized Gov. Gavin Newsom for issuing a commercial driver's license to an undocumented individual, Partap Singh, who was involved in a ... Read More

A Bakersfield family continues to grapple with the aftermath of a devastating 2024 crash in the Mojave Desert that left their 5-year-old daughter, Dalilah, with ... Read More

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem slammed Gov. Gavin Newsom on X Thursday in connection with a truck collision that left a 5-year-old Bakersfield girl with skull fractures, ... Read More

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK / KBFX) - Highway 178 at the Mouth of the Canyon is closed. The CHP's website said Caltrans will be setting up a closer on Highway 178 at the Kern Canyon. The website said at 3 ... Read More

A 65-year-old man was killed in a hit-and-run crash in Lake Isabella on Tuesday, according to the California Highway Patrol. CHP said the Bakersfield Communications Center received a call of a ... Read More

The city of Bakersfield plans to begin work on the eastbound and northbound traffic lanes of California Avenue between Stockdale Highway and Real Road on Monday, continuing through Oct. 27. The lane ... Read More

Localized evacuations in Rio Vista Mobile Homes were being conducted as of 5 p.m., about an hour after a wildfire was reported near Highway 101 and the Baker Avenue onramp, Santa Rosa Assistant Fire ... Read More

Localized evacuations in Rio Vista Mobile Homes were being conducted as of 5 p.m., about an hour after a wildfire was reported near Highway 101 and the Baker Avenue onramp, Santa Rosa Assistant Fire ... Read More

Highway 166, which links Highway 101 near Santa Maria with Highway 99 near Bakersfield, is being rebuilt along the Cuyama River at a cost that sometimes exceeds a million dollars a mile. [Adjusted for ... Read More

During southbound closures, traffic will exit at the Corby / Baker Avenue offramp, then turn right onto Santa Rosa Avenue, right onto Hearn Avenue and left onto Corby Avenue to return to Highway 101. Read More

On Sunday, August 10, just after 6 p.m., officers from the Bakersfield Police Department were dispatched to the 4400 block of Union Avenue due to a report of a two-vehicle crash.When offivers arrived, ... Read More

A 2015 Frontier High School graduate is starting his career as an officer with the California Highway Patrol in the West Los Angeles Area. The CHP Bakersfield office congratulated Officer Andrew ... Read More

Firefighters are working to contain fires near South H Street and Hosking Avenue on Monday afternoon. Firefighters were called to the area near Highway 99 at ... Read More

The Kern County Coroner's Office identified the driver who died in a rollover crash along Highway 99. Luis Antonio Merced Jr., 35, of Bakersfield was driving ... Read More

A commercial vehicle fire has closed down all northbound lanes on Interstate 15, south of Baker, according to the Barstow California Highway Patrol. Read More

A commercial vehicle caught fire on Interstate 15, causing all northbound lanes to temporarily close near mile marker 133, just south of Baker, California, according to a post on X by California ... Read More

A commercial vehicle caught fire on Interstate 15 on Monday, causing all northbound lanes to temporarily close near mile marker 133, just south of Baker, California, according to a post on X by ... Read More

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) - A vehicle fire temporarily closed down a portion of the I-15 south of Baker, California, on Monday. According to the California Highway Patrol in Barstow, all northbound lanes of ... Read More

**I-15 TEMPORARY CLOSURE** All NB lanes of I-15 near mile marker 133, south of Baker are currently closed due to a commercial vehicle fire. All NB traffic will be rerouted back south at Zzyzx Road. Read More

A commercial vehicle fire has closed down all northbound lanes on Interstate 15, south of Baker, according to the Barstow California Highway Patrol. Read More

The deadly crash happened at about 7:23 p.m. on July 6, 2025, on Highway 65, north of Minneola Avenue. Bakersfield, CA - One person was killed and three others were injured after a driver tried to ... Read More

Parts of Highway 99 in the Bakersfield area will be closed at night this week so that crews can install framework structures known as falsework, city government announced Monday. The closures were set ... Read More

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Just after 10 a.m. on Monday, June 30, the Bakersfield Communications Center received a report of a vehicle on the right shoulder of southbound Interstate 5, so ... Read More

A Bakersfield man died in a crash Friday morning on Highway 58 at Driver Road, according to the Kern County coroner's office. Read More

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) - A man has been ordered to stand trial on a felony hit-and-run charge filed in connection with a crash on Buck Owens Boulevard that killed a pedestrian. At the conclusion ... Read More

A woman from Bakersfield has been arrested after she allegedly hit a pedestrian with her vehicle in Ventura and fled the scene. Mysti Ary, 48, hit a 25-year-old woman from Los Angeles on State ... Read More

A two-vehicle crash on the I-15 Freeway left nine people hospitalized on Sunday morning in San Bernardino County, officials say. It happened in the southbound lanes north of Baker, according to ... Read More

A 23-year-old Bakersfield man was killed early Friday when the vehicle he was driving was struck by another on Highway 178 just ... 4900 California Ave., Suite 100A Bakersfield, CA 93309 ... Read More

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(KGET) - It was a wild car chase of more than 100 miles and it ended in Los Angeles. It started in downtown Bakersfield ... per hour at times as he raced down Interstate 5. He eventually made it to ... Read More

An armed carjacking suspect was arrested after they allegedly stole a vehicle and led Bakersfield police and California Highway Patrol on a pursuit Thursday ... Read More

A man wanted for an alleged armed robbery in Bakersfield was taken into custody after a pursuit ended with a flat tire on the 10 Freeway in West Los Angeles. The California Highway Patrol said the ... Read More

The Police Department arrested four drivers for allegedly driving under the influence, cited 33 drivers, and impounded 25 vehicles in a DUI and ... Read More

Bakersfield, CA. - One person was killed in a collision on Tuesday afternoon in Bakersfield. According to the California Highway Patrol, the accident happened near Taft Highway (Highway 119) at Coles ... Read More

The Bakersfield Police Department (BPD) announced they are investigating a deadly crash that left one man dead, and two others injured in Southeast Bakersfield Saturday night.Officers responded to a ... Read More

Alcohol was involved in the fatal two-vehicle crash at an intersection near Delano on Wednesday, according to the California Highway Patrol. On May 7 at around 3:38 p.m., CHP Bakersfield Area units ... Read More

Border Patrol announced a Bakersfield woman with multiple DUI's was arrested after about 120 pounds of meth was allegedly found in her vehicle. Gregory K. Bovino, U.S. Border Patrol Sector Chief ... Read More

A 57-year-old man died following a head-on crash on Weedpatch Highway late Friday night, according to the California Highway ... as Conrad Lynn Hackney of Bakersfield. The driver of the Toyota ... Read More

A 57-year-old Bakersfield man was killed at 10 p.m. Friday when his vehicle collided with another on Weedpatch Highway just north of East Wilson Road, the Kern County coroner's office reported Monday. Read More

The crash occurred around Willfred Avenue and traffic is backed up to around Baker Avenue, off exit 488A, according to Sigalert. Read More

California Highway Patrol- Bakersfield reported that a special enforcement operation on Interstate 5 through the Grapevine resulted in 318 citations being ... Read More

A deadly traffic collision occurred Monday morning on Stradley Ave in Bakersfield, leaving one person dead following a | Contact Police Accident Reports (888) 657-1460 for help if you were in this ... Read More

California State University, Bakersfield has alerted students and staff to a rise in vehicle wheel and tire thefts occurring near and on campus grounds. Read More

The Police Department is investigating a crash that occurred in southwest involving at least one vehicle, according to an Eyewitness ... Read More

Bakersfield, CA (March 14, 2025) - Emergency responders rushed to the scene of a pedestrian accident on Thursday night at the Rosedale Highway onramp near State Route 99 South. The collision occurred ... Read More

One person was injured in the accident and was transported to the hospital for treatment. 1 Injured in Bakersfield Crash on Highway 43 near Pond Road. Bakersfield, CA. - One per ... Read More

A 46-year-old man was driving a 2004 Toyota Scion westbound on Edison Highway when he struck the pedestrian. Lister Mora Prudencio Killed in Bakersfield Pedestrian Accident on Edi ... Read More

A pedestrian suffered injuries in a hit-and-run crash at the eastbound State Route 178 (SR-178) on-ramp at Union | Contact Police Accident Reports (888) 657-1460 for help if you were in this accident. Read More

A Silver Alert has been issued for a missing 72-year-old man last seen in Bakersfield.The California Highway Patrol said John Lewis was last seen on Friday, Feb ... Read More

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK / KBFX) - A man on probation was arrested last week after officers discovered a loaded handgun and drugs during a home visit near Rosedale Highway, said the Kern County ... Read More

Lake Elsinore, CA. - Josh Nichols, 44, has been identified as the pedestrian who died after being struck by a car early Tuesday morning. According to the Riverside County Sheriff's Office, the ... Read More

Nighttime closures are planned this week on Highway 101 as construction workers install supports for the new highway overpass at Hearn Avenue. All north- and southbound lanes between the Baker and ... Read More

Cathy Miller, owner of Tastries Bakery off Rosedale Highway, told 17 News it's business as usual, despite the years-long legal battle. Read More

A person was pronounced dead after his body was found in a vehicle along Highway 58 near General Beale Road early Wednesday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol. CHP told 17 News ... Read More

One person was arrested and over 100 citations were issued during a CHP operation throughout Bakersfield on Monday.The California Highway Patrol said on Februar ... Read More

19-Year-Old Driver Killed, 5 Injured in Head-On Collision near Hageman Road BAKERSFIELD, CA (February 5, 2025) - Sunday night, a two-vehicle crash on Highway 58 claimed the life of Mariana ... Read More

One person was killed and another was hospitalized following a car crash in Bakersfield on Friday afternoon. According to a California Highway Patrol report, the accident happened at the intersection ... Read More

According to the California Highway Patrol, the accident happened around 5:47 p.m. at Edison Highway and Fairfax Road. Two vehicles were recovered at the accident scene. The circumstances surrounding ... Read More

Candace Lorraine Rios, wife of Arnold Rios, who was severely injured by an alleged drunken driver before the 2023 Bakersfield Christmas Parade, was killed in an accident Wednesday, attorneys for ... Read More