Crashes, truck fires and hours-long backups are turning travel on Interstate 5 through the Grapevine into what drivers describe as a frustrating gamble, especia ... Read More

A fire involving an Amazon semi-truck on northbound Interstate 5 is slowing traffic in the area of Grapevine Road Wednesday morning. The fire was reported around 9:14 ... Read More

A fast-growing brush fire near Gorman brought traffic on Interstate 5 through the Grapevine to a standstill for hours Friday, forcing drivers to change plans ... 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

A vehichle causgh fire this morning on northbound highway 5. 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

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

California Highway Patrol were dispatched to a solo-vehicle crash on Interstate 5, north of Highway 43 early on Thursday. An initial investigation indicated the driver was an unidentified male. He was ... 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

A 39-year-old bicyclist died early Thursday morning after CHP says he stopped in the southbound lane on Weedpatch Highway and was struck by a vehicle. The California Highway Patrol said on Thursday, ... Read More

Drivers are facing heavy delays on Monday afternoon on the southbound I-5 near the Laval Road off-ramp due to a road closure, according to the CHP's ... Read More

Kern County Fire officials said 121 acres have burned. Additional resources have been requested.Highway 178 was closed in both directions Monday morning after a ... Read More

A 26-year-old Moreno Valley man died five days after a crash on southbound Interstate 5 near Lost Hills Road, according to the Kern County Coroner's Office. Read More

Caltrans has announced the closure of the Tejon Pass rest areas on Interstate 5 in Kern County for a major construction project, starting today and lasting ... Read More

A vegetation fire has temporarily closed Interstate 5 near Highway 46 on Friday night, according to CHP's website. Both directions of the I-5 are closed in the ... 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

A semi-trailer truck caught on fire, delaying traffic on northbound Interstate 5, on Tuesday at around 4:40 p.m., according to CHP's website. Read More

Drivers traveling through the Grapevine should prepare for long-term lane closures on Interstate 5 near Lebec as Caltrans begins work tied to the Interstate 5 ... 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

Expect delays after a semi-truck caught fire, causing the number four lane to be closed on northbound Interstate 5 at Grapevine Road on Monday afternoon.The CH ... 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

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

There are reports of over 15 vehicles involved in a crash on eastbound Highway 58 near Towerline Road Tuesday morning, causing closures to both sides of the hig ... Read More

A multi-vehicle crash along eastbound Highway 58 is blocking all lanes, according to the California Highway Patrol. The incident was first reported at around ... Read More

Expect delays traveling northbound on Interstate 5 near Grapevine Road after a vehicle overturned and crashed into the center divider Monday morning.The CHP's w ... 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

A semi-trailer was struck by another vehicle, causing it to catch fire and delay traffic on southbound I-5, just north of Highway 46, on Friday night ... 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

The California Highway Patrol is investigating a crash into a canal west of Shafter that injured at least two people Monday evening. The crash was reported just before 6 p.m. near West Lerdo Highway ... 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

Expect delays on Corpus Road near Interstate 5 after a semi-truck overturned, spilling grapes, Monday morning.The CHP's website said on October 27, 2025, at aro ... 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

CHP said the number three lane is open. The far right lane remains closed.--------------Expect delays traveling south on Interstate 5 as the ... Read More

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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

A 27-year-old Covina woman was identified as the victim in a traffic collision early on Sept. 17 along southbound Interstate 5 north of Valpredo Avenue. Read More

A North Hollywood man was killed Monday when the vehicle he was driving was struck by another along northbound Interstate 5 north of Rowlee Road in Buttonwillow, the Kern County ... Read More

A motorcycle crash and a separate car fire caused a massive traffic backup on the 5 Freeway in Arleta Tuesday morning. Preliminary information on the crash was limited; however, CHP officials put ... Read More

A 24-year-old man from North Hollywood died after a crash on Interstate 5 near Rowlee Road Monday afternoon. Officers were dispatched to Interstate 5 near Rowlee Road at about 12:02 p.m. for a ... 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

Both directions of Highway 178 at the mouth of the canyon are closed due to a crash between a pickup truck and a sedan, according to CHP's website. 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

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

The California Highway Patrol said its specially marked patrol vehicle has been making an impact on Eastern Kern County.CHP Mojave posted that a vehicle was sto ... 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

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

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 27-year-old woman is facing felony charges after allegedly driving drunk and hitting a car parked on the shoulder of Highway 178, killing one occupant and ... Read More

Congress voted on a joint resolution that aims to undo several epa policies affecting California vehicles. On Thursday, President Donald Trump signed these resolutions. 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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Highway 178 remained closed well into day two of the Democrat Fire. The blaze has been going since 2:30 p.m. on Sunday. Father of California bombing suspect says son burned down their house ... Read More

The California Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal wreck that took place Monday evening. The driver of a 2018 Jeep Compass has died after veering off the ... Read More

Traffic was briefly halted on Interstate 5 early Thursday as flames from a vehicle fire in the southbound lanes just south of Grapevine Road spread to a nearby hillside. Read More

The U.S. Geological Survey recorded three earthquakes Monday just west of Interstate 5 near Mettler. The first earthquake was the largest at magnitude 3.8 and was recorded at 12:09 p.m. The two ... Read More

(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 Kern County coroner's office on Monday identified the man who struck a metal street post on Highway 178 east of the Haley Street off-ramp on Friday and died. Read More

A pedestrian was killed Friday night in the 700 block of East California Avenue wher Police said a driver believed to be under the influence of alcohol struck him, ... Read More

A solo vehicle crash on southbound Highway 99, just south of Rosedale Highway, left a man with major injuries Saturday evening, according to the California High ... 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

' Nighttime full closures of southbound Highway 99 to Ming Avenue off-ramp are planned for 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. Monday through Thursday as crews remove shoring. Motorists can exit at the Stockdale Highway ... 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