The 16-year-old driver of a vehicle that plunged into a canal after 1 a.m. Sunday on Cottonwood Road south of Panama Lane died after his 2014 Toyota became submerged, and ...

Bakersfield police said alcohol impairment and speed appear to be factors in a Saturday night crash in which a driver hit a stopped vehicle, leading to the death at the ...

The ancient, blue, heavy-knit sweater adorned with the giant letter “B” tucked away in Michael Heslov’s L.A.-area home ...

More than 60 firefighters battled a three-alarm fire at a pair of commercial buildings in north Bakersfield early Saturday ...

Hezbollah has confirmed the death of high-ranking official Nabil Kaouk in an Israeli strike. It comes a day after the ...

Bakersfield resident Fred Polard, right, with his friend and fellow veteran, Dave Beattie, talks with a reporter about his 23 ...

It’s been more than six months since I joined the Kern Community College District as chancellor, and as we embark on another ...

In the last moments of my 17-year-old daughter’s life, I sat beside her on Highway 62 in San Bernardino County, holding her ...

A bill authored by Sen. Shannon Grove and championed by celebrity Paris Hilton was signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom ...

Signs of the city’s thriving Punjabi Sikh population are visible all over southwest Bakersfield: Elders on their daily walks, ...

Casey Schaubschlager was just 21 years old and on his final deployment in Iraq in 2005 when his Humvee was hit with an ...

Vince Fong's name will appear twice on the November ballot, but the B Republican is only seeking reelection for one office.