A recent study by the Public Policy Institute of California — a non-profit, non-partisan research organization — shows that ...

The Bakersfield Police Department said it removed 31 encampments along the Kern Riverbed on Wednesday. On April 23, ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — 28 people were arrested after multiple agencies cleared 31 encampments along the Kern ...

A new report found Kern County ranked first in the state for the rate of cases filed under Proposition 36 as well as voter ...

One of the first requests by new Shafter Chief of Police Randy Milligan has hit the streets in Shafter: body-worn cameras.

For the first time since his arrest in connection with kidnapping a 10-year-old girl he met playing the online game Roblox, an Elk Grove man spoke to a reporter while in jail. He denied all the ...

Another officer placed a tourniquet on the downed officer while the Director of Public Safety went after and engaged the suspect at gunpoint. The suspect who shot the officer is a 17-year-old girl.

Matthew Macatuno Naval was charged with kidnapping and unlawful sexual conduct with a minor Sunday, authorities said.

One person was arrested and another rescued in a human-trafficking investigation conducted by t Police Department and the Kern County Sheriff's office in partnership with other local, state and ...

A woman is pleading for answers and trying to make sense of a KCSO deputy-involved shooting that claimed the life of her ...

Domestic violence calls surged in Fresno County, driving up the San Joaquin Valley's rate despite declines elsewhere.

The Kern County coroner's office identified the man killed during an officer-involved shooting Thursday as 22-year-old Bakersfield resident Joshua Emanuel Pritchard. A news release the agency issued ...