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A tragic incident unfolded in Bakersfield when two young boys, a one-year-old and a two-year-old, were left unattended in a ...

In an unrelated action, California’s gasoline excise tax, which is adjusted annually, increased 1.6 cents per gallon on ...

Assembly Bill 400, a proposed piece of legislation concerning police canines, is set for a committee hearing on July 1. The ...

California approved the Darden Clean Energy Project, a massive battery storage facility that could power 850,000 homes for ...

A woman was arrested in East Bakersfield on Tuesday after running from law enforcement for hours. She faces charges of ...

A Bakersfield man died in a crash Friday morning on Highway 58 at Driver Road, according to the Kern County coroner's office. Raul Inguanzo Jr., 39, of Bakersfield, died at the scene of the 12:35 a.m.

A new study examined areas where cities aren’t making the grade when it comes to education and here’s what the data revealed.

The housing market in Bakersfield has continued to increase in all aspects — supply, demand and prices — through the month of ...

Firefighters found "eight little pups" hiding in a den as they extinguished a brush fire in Southern California this week.