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It's been more than 60 years since a powerful earthquake shook our region. In 1952, a 7.3 magnitude quake centered near A...
A firefighter is recovering from his injuries after battling a house fire in southeast Bakersfield.Thefirefighter suffered se...
The Bakersfield City School District passed a new provision Tuesday night that would protect students against cyber bullying....
Two men are behind bars after a fatal hit and run in east Bakersfield. Anthony Saldana, 21,was either walking or riding a ska...
We are seeking the public's assistance in locating a vehicle that was involved in a felony hit and run collision that occ...
Two family members of a San Francisco 49ers player are dead after their car is hit by a suspected drunk driver after the Supe...
A California study shows driver's licenses for illegal immigrants would make streets safer. The DMV report says unlicense...
Alcohol is to blame for a head-on collision in Tehachapi. The accident happened around 4p.m. Tuesday. Authorities say Daniel ...
Police have recommended charges be filed against the driver who struck and killed a young Delano girl. Shaylyn Linoliar, 12,d...
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Southern California motorists had a tough morning commute thanks to cars skidding out on rainy streets. T...
A man is wanted for allegedly stabbing a 61-year old victim in central Bakersfield. It happenedTuesday afternoon around 5:15 ...
A Kern County firefighter is injured on a call in Taft. It happened around 6 p.m.Tuesday in the 600 block of Lucard Street wh...
Two Bakersfield pedestrians are injured when they're hit by a passing vehicle. The men were standing in the roadway in th...
There's one group of law enforcement officials who won't be taking a break for Thanksgiving. The Highway Patrol says ...
Many military veterans are facing challenges behind the wheel. In fact, traffic accidents are the leading cause of death for ...
Each year, 1.5 million people are harmed by medication mistakes, more than 190,000 preventable deaths occur in hospitals and ...
First degree murder, that's the charge leveled against a suspected drunk driver who reportedly killed a Bakersfield woman...
On October 29, 2012, at approximately 3:47 a.m., a 2008 Scion XB was travelingsouthbound in the northbound lanes of Coffee Ro...
The California Highway Patrol says a criminal charge should be filed against a Kern County sheriff's deputy who struck an...
Police are on the lookout for the driver who hit and killed an elderly man in central Bakersfield. The accident happened arou...
A head-on crashFriday morningcloses Taft Highway in both directions. The accident happened around 6:45 a.m. on Highway 119 at...
As people head out for the last three-day weekend of the summer, the Bakersfield Fire Department would like to offer some saf...
The Central California Better Business Bureau in partnership with the Kern CountyFire Department is pleased to bring you &quo...
A truck driver is dead and another hurt following a fiery crash on Highway 99 that shut down a portion of the road. The morni...
A little girl is dead after a tragic accident in central Bakersfield. Police were called out to 1420 Monterey Street at 3:45 ...
WILLOW CREEK, Calif. (AP) - Earthquakes are shaking southern and northern regions of California.A U.S. Geological Survey comp...
Crews have contained the Lancer Fire near Lebec. Kern County firefighters were called to the area at about 3:30 p.m. Sunday w...
942 calls, about 40 per hour. That's how Independence Day went for the Kern County firefighters. They were called to 18 s...
County crews tackle a fire in Derby Acres. Over two dozen firefighters responded around 11:00 p.m. Wednesdayto the 28,000 blo...
Tense moments for two Bakersfield police officers during an accident in the middle of a high-speed pursuit. It happened Tuesd...
A man is in the hospital after trying to rescue a child at Isabella Lake. It happened Saturday around 12:15p.m. when a child ...
Two drunk drivers are behind bars after the latest DUI-Drivers License checkpoint in Bakersfield. Police held the checkpoint ...
Bakersfield residents who have neighbors illegally shooting or storing fireworks can call a temporary fire department hotline...
DETROIT (AP) - Toyota is adding two Lexus SUVs to its hugerecalls for unintended acceleration. The National Highway Traffic S...
A three-alarm fire sends a Bodfish man to the hospital with serious burns. County Fire crews were called to the 200 block of ...
Touch-and-go for fire crews tackling a blaze in Wofford Heights. The call came in around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday from the 7400 bloc...
Investigators are trying to determine the cause of a massive fire in northeast Bakersfield. It broke out around 5 a.m. Tuesda...
GORMAN, Calif. (AP) - A nearly 700-acre brushfire is burningnorth of Los Angeles but authorities say no homes are threateneda...
UKIAH, Calif. (AP) - Two minor earthquakes have shaken NorthernCalifornia. A U.S. Geological Survey computer-generated report...
County Fire crews got the call Friday around 2:00 p.m. for a blaze near Boone Canyon Road and Mountain View Drive in Onyx. Ov...
If you're planning on driving to Las VegasonFridayexpect some delays. Interstate 15 is a mess at the Nevada state line af...
A five year-old boy has died after falling into a Bakersfield canal. Dominic Valencia was reportedly walking with his mother ...
Fire crews are being released fromLake Isabella after completely containing the Gulch Fire, a 385-acre wildfire thathad threa...
Fire crews are being released fromLake Isabella after completely containing the Gulch Fire, a 385-acre wildfire thathad threa...
Bakersfield police will conduct a DUI/Driver's License checkpoint Friday at an undisclosed location in the city. Periodic...
The American Red Cross has opened a shelter at Lake Isabella Senior Center, 6409 Lake Isabella to assist those affected by th...
60 percent contained -- that's the latest word from Kern County Fire as crews battle a blaze along the Grapevine. The fir...
Two workers are dead in separate industrial accidents.An oil tank explosion in central Arvin Tuesday at 9:15 a.m. left one ma...
An oil tank exploded in central Arvinkilling one man and leaving another person critically injured. Kern County Fire crews we...
A blow-out ends in tragedy on a Kern County roadway. Four people are dead after an accident Sunday on Highway 99 near Pond Ro...
A grasshopper outbreak is wreakinghavoc in a portion of Solano County. County officials said Thursday the insects are eating ...
A preliminary report from the U.S. Geological Survey says the magnitude-4.1 quakecenetered in Orange County struck at 8:17 p....
Independence Day is coming up and the Bakersfield Fire Department wants you to celebrate in a safe and sane manner. KERN Radi...
The Bakersfield woman accused of killing a motorcyclist in a texting-while-driving case could still be on the road. The Baker...
A fire broke out Sunday in the 6000 block of Claude Avenue in Rosedale. On Wednesday the displaced resident asked for help fr...
A steel plate ruptured a gas line and created a hole in the middle of a road in Southwest Bakersfield. Shortly after 2:00 a.m...
Accidental drowning, that's the word from the Kern County coroner's office in the death of a Bakersfield woman. Dorot...
County Fire crews were called out Monday afternoon to the 13,900 block of Back Canyon Road in Twin Oaks for a fire on about t...
Another vacant house goes up in smoke -- this one in Lamont. The call came in to County Fire around 1:00 a.m. Sunday for a fi...
Three people suffered major injuries in what authorities say was a DUI crash in south Bakersfield. David Lopez, 25, of Tulare...
County Fire crews put out a fire in east Bakersfield. The call came in around 8:15 p.m. Monday from the 1300 block of El Sere...
A three-alarm fire ripped through a business in east Bakersfield Tuesday night. The call came in around 11:30from the 1700 bl...
A man is dead after flipping his truck during rush hour on Highway 99. Authorities say Jorge Ruiz, 19, was driving a truck an...
About 50 firefighters worked more than four hours to extinguish the blaze burning in a field south of Highway 33 outside Taft...
We've learned the names of two toddlers found dead after a fire in East Bakersfield. On Friday, Kern County Fire crews fo...
A car versus a semi leaves a Bakersfield woman dead. Mary Ellen Kelly, 59, of Bakersfield died at the scene around 3:00 p.m. ...
A gas leak shuts down part of a busy Bakersfield street. It happenedyesterday (mon) during a routine inspection and forced th...
FEBRUARY 14, 2012 -- Grape boxes caught fire near Bakersfield on Tuesday evening.According to the Kern County Fire Department...
FEBRUARY 14, 2012 -- Bakersfield Police are cracking down next Saturday on unsafe motorcyclists.The safety enforcement operat...
FEBRUARY 14, 2012 -- Asbestos was found at another water pumping plant near the Grapevine.KERO said tests at the Wheeler Ridg...
FEBRUARY 14, 2012 -- An investigation is underway after a 50-year-old man was discovered dead inside his Bakersfield home on ...
FEBRUARY 14, 2012 -- Hundreds of people were shaken following an earthquake that struck the Northern California coast.The U.S...
FEBRUARY 14, 2012 -- A firefighter received a minor injury at a mobile home fire in Rosamond, Calif. on Monday.According to t...
FEBRUARY 14, 2012 -- A suspicious fire broke out, burning a vacant home in McFarland, Calif. on Monday evening.According to t...
FEBRUARY 14, 2012 -- A strip mall burned in East Bakersfield early Tuesday.According to the Kern County Fire Department, at 1...
FEBRUARY 13, 2012 -- An RV caught fire behind a home in Wasco, Calif. No one was hurt, though the person living in it was dis...
FEBRUARY 13, 2012 -- Eight DUI arrests were made on Union Avenue last Friday in a crackdown on drunk drivers.According to the...
FEBRUARY 13, 2012 -- Firefighters tackled a mobile home blaze in Wofford Heights, Calif. on Sunday.According to the Kern Coun...
FEBRUARY 13, 2012 -- A Delano, Calif. man had to be rescued from an elevator.According to the Kern County Fire Department, fi...
FEBRUARY 9, 2012 -- Want to help Kern County disaster victims? The local Red Cross is lookingfor volunteers to collect donati...
FEBRUARY 9, 2012 -- Bakersfield police are on the lookout for speeders.BPD's Traffic Enforcement Detail held a patrol in ...
FEBRUARY 9, 2012 -- A good samaritan was burned trying to save his animals from a Bakersfield fire.The blaze broke out Wednes...
FEBRUARY 8, 2012 --Reville Niccolls, chair of the KC Aids Advisory Board appeared on the Scott Cox Show about raising awarene...
FEBRUARY 8, 2012 -- A small earthquake hit off the coast of Catalina Island.KERO reported the 3.4 magnitude temblor struck ab...
FEBRUARY 8, 2012 -- Things got hairy at rush hour Tuesday morning on Highway 58 when a big rig pulling a woodchipper jacknife...
FEBRUARY 8, 2012 -- Kern County fire investigators are searching for clues to determine the cause of a house fire in Oildale,...
FEBRUARY 6, 2012 -- A man was airlfted to Kern Medical Center with serious leg injuries Monday after a truck reportedly went ...
FEBRUARY 6, 2012 -- It's a celebration of survival at a local hospital.The Grossman Burn Center at San Joaquin Community ...
FEBRUARY 6, 2012 -- A pickup truck smashed into two children in Taft, Calif. on Sunday.A driver in a raised Ford F-250 pickup...
FEBRUARY 3, 2012 -- Thirty-four academy graduates are ready to roll out with the Kern CountyFire Department.Kern County Fire ...
FEBRUARY 2, 2012 -- Two people are safe Thursday after being rescued in Kernville, Calif.Little information has been released...
FEBRUARY 2, 2012 -- A floor furnace was likely to blame in a Tehachapi, Calif. house fire on Wednesday that killed 3 dogs and...
FEBRUARY 2, 2012 -- Drinkers be responsible, the police are on the lookout.On Friday, Feb. 3, the Bakersfield Police Departme...
JANUARY 31, 2012 -- A fire broke out in an air conditioning unit at a store, causing employees and a customer to scramble for...
JANUARY 30, 2012 -- Two people escaped a burning apartment in Mojave, Calif. early Monday morning.According to the Kern Count...
JANUARY 29, 2012 -- Kern County Sheriff's Office officials said detectives were investigating the death of a 3-year-old b...
JANUARY 26, 2012 -- Two dogs and a cat died in a house fire in East Bakersfield on Wednesday, where nine pets lived. The home...
An explosion and fire broke out at a local oil company facility on Tuesday evening.According to the Kern County Fire Departme...
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will be soon be releasing their latest work on the Isabella Dam Project and they want to kno...
A North Hollywood man died in a crash near Tulare, Calif., while a Bakersfield man and his passenger were injured.The Califor...
Fire crews knocked down a fire at a vacant home in Bakersfield in fifteen minutes on Sunday. Officials said the cause of the ...
Police officials suspect a 34-year-old driver who ran a red light and crashed into another vehicle on Sunday, may have been d...
A propane tanker leaked onto Highway 178 on Saturday.According to the Kern County Fire Department, at approximately 2:50 p.m....
Three dogs saved a man's life at a house fire in Bakersfield on Saturday, although all three dogs died.According to the Kern ...
A flaming toaster may have sparked a blaze that ripped through a house in east Bakersfield.According to the Kern County Fire ...
Jailbirds got out of hand at a local prison, injuring six during a fight. Several inmates at Taft Correctional Institution we...
The agriculture industry is relieved they're finally getting some water from Mother Nature.Recent freezing temperatures and d...
Section of Allen Road set to be closed Jan. 22-24.Work on the new train crossing at Allen Road will force part of Hageman Roa...
Section of Allen Road set to be closed Jan. 22-24.Work on the new train crossing at Allen Road will force part of Hageman Roa...
The Red Cross is assisting a two-person, one-dog family from East Bakersfield after an early Thursday morning blaze broke out...
A Kern County Sheriff's deputy was injured after the patrol car he was driving was crashed into by a red-light runner. A cra...
A family of five is recovering from a house fire in McFarland,Calif. Kern County Fire Captain Derek Tisinger told KERN Radio...
A man is wanted in connection with a Dec. 3 hit-and-run at East Brundage Lane and South Owens Street. Bakersfield Police sai...
A wildfire that started on Wednesday is still burning Thursday near Lake of the Woods, Calif.According to the Kern County Fir...
Ninety tickets were handed out Wednesday morning during a speed enforcement on Allen Road. Bakersfield Police said a series o...
Fire officials said a blaze at an East Bakersfield church on Tuesday evening is suspicious.According to the Kern County Fire ...
The Bakersfield Police Department cleared an officer who crashed into and killed a bicyclist while driving in August 2011.Acc...
Fire crews were busy on Tuesday, battling three residential fires in eastern Kern County. One resident was injured.According ...
Fire torches a commerical building in central Bakersfield. Bakersfield City fire crews rolled out to 1019 34th Street on Sat...
A fire at a vacant home in Taft, Calif. on Sunday is still under investigation.According to the Kern County Fire Department, ...
A driver is listed in stable condition after his car crashed in the Kern River Canyon on Friday. At about 6:30 a.m., a BMW d...
Six employees had to be evacuated after a fire broke out at a manufacturing facility on Thursday.According to the Kern County...
A word of advice from local firefighters about how to properly dispose of ashes, as well as some smoking safety tips.. The B...
A garage fire in East Bakersfield caused $150,000 in damage.According to the Kern County Fire Department, at approximatel...
An electrical short may have caused a house fire in East Bakersfield on Wednesday.According to the Kern County Fire Departmen...
A mix of unseasonably dry conditions and gunfire caused a grass fire in Kern County on Monday.According to the Kern County Fi...
An autopsy is being done on a truck driver who died Saturday morning after crashing near California City. The California High...
A 24-year-old man was killed early Monday when his motorcycle slammed into a vehicle in north Bakersfield.On 1/9/12, at about...
Kern County Fire Department officials said they stopped seasonal burning because of this winter's unusually dry conditions.Ac...
The Bakersfield Californian reported that the names of three Bakersfield people involved in a fatal accident road Sunday afte...
A 15-year-old girl crossing Panama Lane early Tuesday was severly injured by a vehicle in southwest Bakersfield.According to ...
The Bakersfield Police Department said 6 DUI offenders were caught at a New Year's Eve checkpoint.On Saturday, Dec. 31, the B...
A family of four was displaced after an apartment house caught fire in southwest Bakersfield.It happened around 7:30 a.m. Wed...
Police say to drive safe with New Year's, adding, they will be cracking down on potential deadly motorists.The Bakersfield Po...
A lucky family of eight escaped uninjured when their Delano, Calif. home with no smoke alarms caught fire early Wednesday mor...
A 22-year-old man in Inyokern, Calif. suffered burns during a fire. According to the Kern County Fire Department, a fire bro...
Fire destroyed an East Bakersfield apartment.The call came about 6:30 a.m. last Friday from 1010 Oregon Street, where Bakersf...
Kern County Fire Department crews were busy Thursday night and Friday morning, receiving three structure fire calls in Delano...
Safe drinking water is at the top of the holiday wish list for some Californians. For years, residents of Seville, Calif. and...
Bakersfield Police Department officials said on Wednesday their Secret Witness Program is offering a reward of up to $5,0...
Some serious injuries for a Shafter, Calif. man.The Highway Patrol said 32-year-old Ranulfo Rosas was driving westbound on Se...
Two small earthquakes jolted Southern and Central California Monday and Tuesday. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said a mag...
While investigation goes on, Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood said he can't say much about last Friday's deadly officer-i...
Three adults and two children escaped injury when a Taft, Calif. attic caught on fire Monday morning. One firefighter was inj...
A Bakersfield restaurant can't serve booze for a little while. John Carr of California Alcohol Beverage Control told Kern Ra...
Elderly drivers. Should we fear them? How do we take their car keys away when they're incompetent?Bakersfield attorneys Bobby...
One person was rescued from a duplex fire on Thursday in Oildale, Calif.Kern County Fire Department officials said they recei...
Distracted drivers kill thousands each year and now the National Transportation and Safety Board wants toend texting and cell...
Bakersfield Police Department officials suspect a truck was involved in the hit-and-run death of a pedestrian killed on a sou...
An investigation continues after a home-built plane crashed near Mojave, Calif. leaving a man dead. Investigators from the Fe...
Was an Oildale, Calif. man shot while walking down a street, at a home, or otherwise on Thursday?Sheriff's officials want to ...
A Bakersfield man is dead after losing control of his vehicle east of Bakersfield. The California Highway Patrol said the ma...
A Bakersfield man crashed his vehicle into a pedestrian on a busy Oildale, Calif. thoroughfare.Officials said 27-year-old Osc...
Kern County sheriff's investigators are trying to determine what caused the death of a Tehachapi, Calif. man found dead insid...
A few dozen Bakersfield residents will be getting free smoke alarms thanks to a local grant.The Bakersfield City Fire Departm...
While Santa Ana winds gusting at 97 miles per hour struck Los Angeles on Wednesday, gusts only half as strong are expected in...
An El Cajon, Calif. man died Monday after turning in front of a big-rig south of Bakersfield. The California Highway Patrol ...
Police officials said on Friday and Saturday, the Bakersfield Police Department will conduct a DUI / Driver License Checkpoin...
A 76-year-old woman crossing an East Bakersfield street was hit and killed by a semi truck on Tuesday morning.At 9:01 a.m., B...
A woman crossing an East Bakersfield street was hit and killed by a semi truck on Tuesday morning.At 9:01 a.m., Bakersfield ...
A Bakersfield man suffered major injuries in a single car crash on Sunday.The California Highway Patrol said 43-year-old Keve...
Four hikers lost on Mt. Pinos were discovered safe and unharmed, according to the Kern County Sheriff's Office. But now offic...
Apparently you're not the only one who still sees people talking or texting while driving. The Bakersfield Police Department ...
Two people lost their lives after an early morning crash south of Bakersfield. On Thanksgiving Day around 5 a.m., the driver ...
The holidays are upon us and while some are spreading good cheer, others are not.Det. John Rodriguez appeared on Bakersfield'...
The Bakersfield Police Department are stepping up their patrols and DUI enforcement this Thanksgiving week.The Bakersfield Po...
On Friday Nov. 18, the Bakersfield Police Department will conduct a DUI / Driver License Checkpoint atan undisclosed location...
If you see tents in front of San Joaquin Hospital on Thursday, it's not a revival meeting or the circus coming to town. It's ...
Two people are now homeless after a fire engulfed their Oildale, Calif. home on Tuesday.According to the Kern County Fire Dep...
The Kern County Fire Department said the 2011 wildland fire season will soon officially be over.According to fire officials, ...
A family of four was displaced by a fire on Monday in Delano, Calif.According to the Kern County Fire Department, on Nov. 14 ...
Kern County Museum workers had a scare as fire erupted at Pioneer Village and nearly torched the oldest building there. A sm...
A home in Oildale, Calif., was ablaze early Thursday morning.Twenty-one firefighters from the Kern County Fire Department and...
As the temperature drops, space heater usage rises and is often to blame for fire incidents. Battalion Chief Ross Kelly provi...
All summer long Kern County Fire Department crews worked to thin out vegetation and prevent fires. Now they're burning off th...
AUDIO:California's nearly two million veterans are being offered a chance to brush up on their driving skills for free. A.A.R...
Fire torched an apartment complex in Arvin, Calif. According to the Kern County Fire Department, the call came in around 5:3...
A head-on collision took the life of a Bakersfield man on Saturday. Nicholas McDowell, 29, died Saturday night around 8:45 p...
The Kern County Sheriff's Office describes a suspect as armed and dangerous after a fatal shooting in east Bakersfield Thursd...
Strong wind gusts and blowing dust wreaked havoc on Kern County highway visibility and residential areas, knocking down tree ...
A 4.1 magnitude earthquake rattled the Kern County desert on Tuesday. The 4.1 magnitude quake hit Tuesday at 8:38 a.m. near...
Questions are swirling after the abrupt retirement of Kern County's top fire official.Fire Chief Nick Dunn surprised the Kern...
A young motorcyclist has major injuries after an accident on South Union Avenue near Houghton Road. Sergeant Bryan Hefner of...
A Buttonwillow, Calif., house fire early Sunday morning caused thousands of dollars in damage.23-ABC reported that Kern Count...
A Kern County sheriff's deputy is in stable condition Friday after an early morning crash Thursday morning into a guardrail t...
Trying to get to the airport this early holiday season in Bakersfield?Expect road delays or use an alternative route, rather ...
Rescue crews plucked a man from an SUV that crashed over the side of a cliff on Highway 178 Wednesday. Officials said the cr...
Nearly two dozen county firefighters rolled out to a call in Lamont yesterday afternoon.Dispatchers sent the team out around ...
Kern County fire crews tended to one of their own Sunday morning. The Department received a call around 10 a.m. Sunday mornin...
As of yesterday afternoon, the Station Fire south of Bakersfield has been 25 percent contained. Fire officials said, as of Su...
One person is dead and two people are suffering from major injuries after a crash near Shafter, Calif. The crash occurred Su...
A fire in Boron, Calif., claimed the lives of three dogs early Sunday morning.Around 5 a.m. Sunday morning, fire crews found ...
A Texas man is dead after a wreck north of Bakersfield. Homero Ramos, 42, died Wednesday morning, Oct. 19, when his car coll...
Quick action by Kern County firefighters saved a Kernville, Calif., home and the dogs who live there. Firefighters received ...
A wildfire started by a metal grinder Tuesday morning is close to full containment.Firefighters made good progress against a ...
A Bakersfield man is dead after making good on a threat to crash into the Kern Canyon. A 41-year-old man led officers on a c...
Drivers distracted by their phones should beware this week as the California Highway Patrol conducts a zero tolerance campaig...
Kern County firefighters battled a blaze that destroyed a small home and damaged a larger building in McFarland, Calif. The 4...
A fatal car wreck closed a busy local highway yesterday morning. After a crash involving a Chevy Impala and a big-rig, Highwa...
A man killed in a multi-vehicle East Bakersfield crash last Thursday, Oct. 6, has been identified as 33-year-old Robert Blain...
Residents of an east Bakersfield home jumped to safety when a fire spread through their building.Around 12:41 Saturday mornin...
National Fire Prevention week kicks off Sunday, Oct. 9, and local fire officials are spreading the word about keeping safe fr...
Residents of Kern County's outlying areas could be paying as much as a $150,000 for fire protection of their properties. ...
The owners of a single-wide mobile home in Oildale, Calif., are now out of a place to live. A fire broke out around 2:30 p.m....
Some careless cooking caused a home to catch fire on Wednesday. According to the Kern County Fire Department, 14 Kern County ...
A Bakersfield man died Tuesday after being hit by a train. The Kern County Sheriff's Office said the incident occurred aroun...
An electrical fire burned an apartment in south Bakersfield Monday evening. Neighbors called 911 after seeing smoke coming fr...
A Wasco, Calif., man escaped from a burning house Wednesday morning after being alerted by his neighbor of the fire. Accordin...
Los Angeles-bound drivers should be aware of possible delays on Interstate 5 southbound in the Fort Tejon-Lebec area. Caltran...
The Kern County Coroner indentified the driver killed when his pickup reportedly pulled in front of a big rig on Highway 166 ...
Multiple fires were sparked over the weekend in Kern County, all caused by lightning.According to the Kern County Fire Depart...
The pilot of a small airplane was seriously injured when the plane he was flying, owned by a Bakersfield man, crashed on take...
For those who think Bakersfield has the worst air in the nation, there is some good news. Bakersfield has tied for third amon...
A big rig went out of control on the Grapevine portion of Interstate 5 on Wednesday, crashing and injuring the driver.Accordi...
A Kern County pilot was leading the race during the crash at the National Championship Air Races in Reno, Nevada. He Talked t...
Having trouble breathing Central Valley's smog-laden air this week? There's a good reason for it and you need to know.Valley ...
Firefighters found a male body in the remains of a house fire in Bodfish, Calif. At approximately 8:42 a.m. Monday morning, t...
A fire in South Lake, Calif. on Sunday caused $25,000 in damage to a home as firefighters fought the dangerous blaze amid...
Due to the Breckenridge Complex Fire, the partial closure of Hart Park is still in effect. The northeast corner of the park,...
Good news for those living in Arvin, Calif. who are worried about their city's poor air. Arvin residents will be monitoring ...
California's rural traffic fatality rate is the fifth highest in the nation. Will it worsen?Officials said the state's rural ...
Gas as loud as a jet engine? What's this?In case you think this is a joke, it's not. Kern County Fire Department officials sa...
How much are the current lightning-sparked mountain fires affecting southern Central Valley air quality?Brenda Turner from th...
The Kern County Emergency Operations System (EOS) said they have answered 2,000 to 3,000 calls since lightning-sparked wildfi...
A Bakersfield woman is dead after a single-vehicle accident near Buttonwillow, Calif..The 54-year-old woman is yet to be iden...
A garage fire in Bakersfield on Monday temporarily displaced a families in a local four-plex, Kern County fire officials said...
Listen in as Meadows Field Director Jack Gotcher talks about how airlines are reorganizing, and how that will affect air trav...
One person received minor injuries in Lamont, Calif. when an acetylene tank burst on a welding truck on Tuesday.According to ...
A man shot to death another man, then turned the gun on himself last Saturday, according to the Kern County Sheriff's Office....
The number of homes destroyed in the Canyon Fire has been increased to 27, according to the Kern County Fire Department on Sa...
Fire officials said a mountain fire west of the Kern River on Tuesday had the potential of growing to a 3,000-acre blaze. Luc...
State investigators said no workplace safety laws were violated when a Chevron oilfield worker died after falling into a sink...
Hurricane Irene may have passed through. But the aftermath isn't over. Bakersfield's First Morning News spoke with Fox News R...
Looks like at least one Kern County cat has some of its nine lives left as it was treated for smoke inhalation after being re...
A home caught fire in a neighborhood near the intersection of Hageman and Jewetta early Monday morning after a fire began in ...
Nine grass and vegetation fires burned Kern County over the weekend. Some were sparked by lightning, while other causes remai...
Downed power lines hampered efforts in rescuing a victim from a car crash on Saturday.According to the Kern County Fire Depar...
The body of an unidentified male was pulled out of the Kern River on Tuesday afternoon after reports of a body seen floating ...
According to the Kern County Sheriff's Office an Oildale, Calif. man stabbed his own brother in the arm on Sunday night.Offic...
Low-level hazardous waste barrels burned in a north Bakersfield laboratory during a fire along Highway 99 on Saturday.Accordi...
Half of a pile of 1,100 tons of hay caught fire on Thursday near Lamont, Calif. after the hay spontaneously combusted, accord...
Kern County Sheriff's Office officials said a Taft-area deputy shot and killed an attacking pit bull after responding to repo...
A fire caused by a van tire blowout on Tuesday in mountain vegetation along Interstate 5 near Fort Tejon was 100-percent cont...
A fire near Fellows, Calif. burned 135 acres in an oil field on Monday, according to the Kern County Fire Department.Fire off...
A Kern County Sheriff's Office deputy was injured early Monday morning in a rollover crash on Taft Highway, according to sher...
A pair of hikers missing since Saturday in the Oak Flat Lookout area eventually hitchhiked to safety on Sunday morning, accor...
A glue spill on Saturday caused a quite a mess along Highway 58 after two big rigs sideswiped each other. One person was hurt...
Luxury cars on board a big rig caught fire and burned on Saturday, causing half a million dollars in damage.According to the ...
City and county fire crews battled a fire at an apartment complex in East Bakersfield on Thursday, displacing several familie...
On Saturday, Aug. 13, the Bakersfield Police Department will be conducting a DUI / Driver License Checkpoint at an undisclose...
According to the Bakersfield Police Department, they will be cracking down on motorcyclist safety on Aug. 11 and Aug. 28 thro...
A vegetation fire torched at least 160 acres on Tuesday in Walker Basin, Calif. after a cutting machine sparked the blaze.Acc...
The KernCounty Board of Supervisors will vote on Tuesday whether or not to ban medicinal marijuana. Walter Stormant of Kern R...
The Bakersfield Police Department announced on Thursday they will conduct DUI / Driver License Checkpoints at undisclosed loc...
Kern County firefighters were using air tankers, helicopters and manpower to battle a vegetation fire burning 300-acres of oi...
Bakersfield's First Morning News talks with Officer Chris Cochran of the Office of Traffic Safety to fill the community in on...
A 100-mile-per-hour chase in the southern Central Valley near Arvin and Lamont, Calif. netted sheriff's deputies a stolen veh...
2011 continues to be a dangerous year for campers along the KernRiver. The river's latest victim is a missing 17-year-old mal...
A barn went up in flames in Maricopa, Calif. on Sat, destroying $200,000 in property and contents.At 1:09 p.m., July 23, ...
An early morning fire at an East Bakersfield church caused more than $200,000 in damages early Thursday morning, accordin...
A house fire in South Lake, Calif. near Lake Isabella on Monday was possibly caused by an aromatherapy candle, according to t...
A Tuesday chemical fire did not pose a significant health risk to northwest bakersfield, according to the Kern County Fire De...
A Kern County firefighter suffered a minor head injury in a three-alarm July 4 blaze in a vacant Bakersfield building.Accordi...
Four people were injured in a Taft, Calif. duplex fire early Tuesday, including three children.According to the Kern County F...
Fire officials said a short circuit in a cooler may have caused a fire in a party rental store in East Bakersfield early Tues...
A 55-year-old man from Thousand Oaks camping at the Kern River was swept away by currents on Sunday and is presumed drowned. ...
The Bakersfield Police Department released statistics regarding its recent Sunday DUI checkpoint. One arrest was made and mor...
According to the Kern County Sheriff's Office, an intoxicated man without a driver's license was arrested driving a stolen ve...
The Kern County Fire Department said on Tuesday evening they contained 98 percent of the Antelope Fire and would continue mop...
Three stranded tubers were rescued from an island in the Kern River after their floating device deflated on Wednesday.Accordi...
A Wasco DUI checkpoint is scheduled for the city of Wasco on June 17, according to the Kern County Sheriff's Office.Summer is...
An 18-year-old Bakersfield man was arrested on Thursday for DUI and being an unlicensed driver after being a red light runner...
Fires already ravaging Kern County's mountains and grasslands haved torched hundreds of acres, including the Key Fire, which ...
The Kern County Fire Battalion Chief who was injured in a car crash while responding to a fire on Tuesday is back home restin...
After the Range and Dog fires broke out on Saturday torching 57 acres, the Kern County Fire Department reported three other f...
The Kern County Fire Department said a battery charger used on a motorcycle battery caught a barn on fire, causing $70,00...
With the unusually cool weather, arrival of summer and high runoff in rivers, streams and lakes comes more danger as tourists...
Multiple fires burnined in Kern County on Wednesday. At least one person was injured. All fires are under investigation by th...
Fire officials will declare the arrival of wildland fire season on Monday afternoon, including a warning to residents in moun...
Two cars with drivers both under the influence of alcohol were involved in a deadly car vs. pedestrian collision early Saturd...
Kern County Sheriff's Office Gang Suppression Section deputies chased and arrested a man on Thursday after the report of a st...
Fire officials still don't know what caused a house fire in Ridgecrest on Wednesday afternoon.According to the Kern County Fi...
A Monday vacant house fire in East Bakersfield is under investigation, according to the Kern County Fire Department.Fire offi...
A fire that burned vegetation on an island in the Kern River injured two people early Monday morning.According to the Kern Co...
A fire on Thursday displaced a family of four in Shafter, Calif. and did $75,000 in property damage.According to the Kern...
A fire on Thursday displaced a family of four in Shafter, Calif. and did $75,000 in property damage.According to the Kern...
The Bakersfield Police Department continues to make an effort to monitor local roadways and catch vehicle violators and drunk...
According to the Bakersfield Police Department, the driver of a Toyota died and a ten-year-old boy was injured after their ca...
A Wasco man is dead after a solo vehicle accident on a busy central valley highway. Darryl Fitzpatrick, 27, died after he cra...
The residents are safe but their mobile home is damaged by a fire in Delano. Kern County Fire says it started around 9:40 Sa...
A woman fled her car in East Bakersfield on Thursday evening after robbers demanded money and shot through her car window, ac...
The Bakersfield Police Department announced that on Friday (April 8) they will conduct a DUI/Driver License Checkpoint at an ...
Two girls were rescued after a harrowing experience along the Killer Kern River.It happened Wednesday around 6 p.m. when two ...
Public safety agencies are no longer safe when it comes to Kern County's budget battles. That's the word from the board of su...
A Tuesday fire that originally started in a Shafter home attic caused enough damage to displace a family of five.According to...
A man wanted in connection with a hit-and-run crash that killed a 48-year-old woman on Tuesday morning was caught later that ...
A big rig fire on Interstate 5 south of Bakersfield Tuesday damaged pesticide-making chemicals in the rig's trailer, accordin...
A fire in Oildale on Tuesday caused $20,000 in damage to an apartment and displaced a family and their dog, according to the ...
A fire Tuesday morning in East Bakersfield caused $10,000 in damage, while the Kern County Fire Department said they and city...
Weather could be creating some hazardous conditions in Kern County's mountainous areas on Wednesday. Heavy snow and low tempe...
A man who was spraying chemicals inside a tanker truck fell unconscious on Wednesday and had to be rescued, according to the ...
A Mexican food restaurant in Shafter caught fire on Tuesday night. One firefighter was injured in the 2-alarm blaze.According...
A $1-million-dollar fire at Olive Knolls Church in Bakersfield early Saturday morning began in a kitchen, Kern County Fire Of...
A 20-year-old man who was last seen at a party was found dead in a field in Mojave, according to the Kern County Sheriff's Of...
No injuries were reported in an early morning house fire in Lamont where on-duty firefighters spotted a vacant house on fire ...
Shafter Press and a laundry facility caught fire in a 2-alarm blaze at a strip mall on Thursday evening in Shafter.According ...
A house caught fire in Bodfish on Monday and a family escaped unharmed and called 911 after seeing smoke. Fire officials said...
The Bakersfield Police Department are asking for the community's help in connection with a fatal hit-and-run Feb. 1 near the ...
San Joaquin Community Hospital and the Bakersfield Firefighters Burn Foundation have partnered for “Bowling for Burn Su...
One person was injured when a vehicle crashed into the Kern River Canyon on Friday.On Feb. 11, at approximately 10:28 a.m., ...
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