Police shot a suspect who allegedly approached officers with a knife at a Walmart in southwest Bakersfield Thursday night.

A two-alarm vegetation fire broke out at 12007 S. Union Ave in Bakersfield, prompting a swift response from multiple Kern ...

A woman, who allegedly charged at Bakersfield police with a large hunting-style knife, was shot by officers Thursday night at ...

One person is dead and two people are hospitalized after an assault early Saturday in a residential area of southwest.

The Bakersfield Police Department is asking for the public’s help in finding an at-risk missing adult, last seen in southwest ...

Red, White, and brake lights as streets are planning to close with ongoing Fourth of July events happening in Bakersfield.

The Fourth of July brings joy and excitement to many. For others, it brings disaster, in the form of an inferno.

With California accounting for 22% of nationwide fireworks injuries last year, local doctors and residents urge caution when ...

Call it the canary-in-the-coal-mine effect. It's the idea that people outside Bakersfield are watching the city to see what ...

A man was arrested on suspicion of stabbing a woman to death on Tuesday in central Bakersfield. Officials with the Bakersfield Police Department said Angel ...

A motorcyclist died Thursday morning after colliding with a vehicle in southwest Bakersfield, police reported. The unidentified man operating the motorcycle hit a vehicle at White Lane and Old River ...

Police reports detail the gut-wrenching account of the horrific death of the one-year-old boy strapped in his car seat with a ...