Bakersfield tax preparer admits guilt in $25 million tax fraud scheme involving stolen identities and fake businesses, facing up to 10 years in prison and $250,000 fine.  Read More ...

The husband of Kern County District 5 Supervisor Leticia Perez was arrested over the weekend after allegedly making criminal ...

Bakersfield nonprofit tackles teen fentanyl crisis with free education program as county reports 50 deaths in four months.

Two former prison facilities in Kern County could soon augment the federal government’s immigrant detention capacity as the ...

Victor Cruz, a 40-year-old Bakersfield tax return preparer, pleaded guilty to aiding in a massive tax fraud scheme that ...

The Kern County Coroner’s Office identified a man who died after an explosion that occurred while manufacturing black powder ...

The Kern County Coroner’s Office identified a man who was killed in an early morning homicide in south Bakersfield on July 11. Coroner officials said Kalani Mason Jr., 30, of Bakersfield was shot in ...

A 79-year-old man who accidentally drowned in a home pool in June was identified as Jose Garcia Rodriguez Jr., of Bakersfield ...

The death of a 73-year-old Bakersfield man whose body was found June 20 in a residential pool in the 3700 block of Granada Avenue has been ruled an accident by ...

The Kern County Coroner has identified a Taft man killed in a crash on Highway 119 in the Bakersfield area in January.

The Bakersfield Police Department said they arrested Fernando Jara, the husband of District 5 Kern County Board of Supervisor Leticia Perez, on Saturday.Police said officers were called to a home in ...

The California State Senate gave the legislature's final stamp of approval on Assembly Bill 379 in a 33-2 vote. Newsom has already signaled he supports at least part of the proposal.