The Kern County Coroner’s Office has identified the man killed after being struck by a truck on the Chester Avenue bridge as ...

Dustin Towery picked the wrong day to steal a scooter. His arrest came a day after Prop 36 took effect — leading to a felony ...

Bakersfield police reported clearing 31 encampments along the Kern River in an operation Wednesday that included 28 arrests ...

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

Cities in California make up a significant proportion of the country's most polluted metropolitan areas when it comes to air ...

An increase in thefts and fights led to the same action at a Target store in the Valley Plaza Mall, in Bakersfield, California, in August 2023, attributed to increased theft and fights. Signage ...

Gavin Newsom released new statistics comparing crime rates from 2023 with those of 2024. According to an analysis of ...

Team work makes the dream work. Barrington’s Jamaican Kitchen, a popular Jamaican restaurant in Bakersfield, California, was forced to close its doors due to financial difficulties. The owner is ...

Preliminary 2024 crime statistics from across California show a decline in both violent and property crime, according to a new analysis by the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC). Drawing on ...

Even with these additions, the maps badly need updating, according to Cal Advocates, which represents ratepayers before the California Public Utilities Commission. A proposal from the agency would ...

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is pledging the “biggest crackdown on crime in Canadian history” by targeting three-time serious offenders with maximum life imprisonment. The Conservative ...

(AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File) GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A California man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to trying to kill U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh at his home in a suburb of Washington, D.C., ...