Latest Kern County, California and US and world news from 23ABC in Bakersfield, Calif.

Latest Kern County, California and US and world news from 23ABC in Bakersfield, Calif.

A man who initially faced a murder charge for opening fire following the Kansas City Chiefs’ 2024 Super Bowl win was sentenced Monday to two years in prison in a ...

A 24-year-old Bakersfield man accused of beating another man and leaving him in the street in June 2025, where he was later run over, appeared in court Friday ...

A plea deal has been reached in connection with the death of a 78-year-old man who died months after being punched in the head. Larcellus Scott, 42, on Friday ...

A popular manager of Pismo’s Coastal Grill in north Fresno is back home after nine months in immigration detention, his boss confirmed Monday. Psalm Behpoor, 42, had been arrested by agents in June ...

According to the deputies, Matthew Jared Vukmer, 53, is charged with first-degree murder after he allegedly stabbed Paula Floyd, 54, Friday morning at his home in the Wyngate community southeast of ...

In the past two years, Bakersfield and Kern County have experienced remarkable reductions in violent crime. Bakersfield ...

A woman facing murder charges in the death of a 3-year-old in 2024 had her trial delayed to June, according to Kern County court records.

Masuma Khan said she was kept in frigid conditions, often without warm clothes, appropriate food or access to vital medicine.

Some cities continue showing that decent rent does not always disappear completely. Three cities, in particular, still keep ...

Maya Hernandez has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after her 1-year-old son died when she left him and his brother in a sweltering hot car while she was having a Brazilian butt lift ...