The death of a man Monday night at the scene of a vehicle fire in the Lamont area is being investigated as suspicious, the Kern County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday.

Two defendants were convicted Monday of the first-degree murder of a man July 29, 2024 in Lamont, the Kern County District Attorney’s Office reported.

Deputies with the Kern County Sheriff’s Office arrested three Bakersfield residents Monday afternoon after a search warrant served in the 1200 block of Smith Street turned up thousands of dollars’ worth of recently stolen property, the agency reported.

A man died at Kern Medical Sunday afternoon after he was struck by a vehicle at California and Union avenues earlier in the day.

One man died and a second suffered minor injuries Saturday when they walked in front a vehicle outside a crosswalk, according to the Bakersfield Police Department. 

A woman who was both shot and struck by a vehicle that failed to stop near Panorama Park was taken to a hospital Saturday morning in critical condition, according to the Bakersfield Police Department. 

A 57-year-old third-strike inmate was granted parole May 27, according to the Kern County District Attorney’s Office, which opposed his release.

An Arvin woman died Wednesday morning after the vehicle she was driving was struck by another at East Panama Lane and Tejon Highway, the Kern County coroner’s office reported.

A 37-year-old Bakersfield man died April 8 from what the Kern County coroner’s office has determined was an accidental drowning in the Arvin/Edison Canal at the end of the 4900 block of Ashe Road.

The Kern County coroner’s office has identified a 39-year-old Bakersfield bicyclist who it says died June 4 after being struck by a vehicle on Highway 184 south of Eucalyptus Drive.

The Bakersfield Police Department asked for the public’s help Friday in identifying a woman who it says stole items from a room at the Super 8 Motel in the 600 block of Real Road after driving her vehicle into the door.

The Bakersfield Police Department requested assistance Friday in identifying a man who it says broke into Jake’s Tex Mex along Oak Street at 3 a.m. May 22 then stole electronics.

The Bakersfield Police Department asked for the public’s help Friday in identifying a woman who it says broke into a vehicle and stole items May 23 in the 2100 block of Chester Avenue.

A Shafter man died Tuesday after the vehicle he was driving collided with another at 7th Standard Road and Poplar Avenue in Bakersfield, the Kern County coroner’s office said.

A 66-year-old Bakersfield man died Wednesday evening when the bicycle he was riding was struck by a vehicle at Brundage Lane and A Street, the Kern County coroner’s office reported.

An extraordinary 16-hour hostage situation in downtown Bakersfield came to a deadly end Wednesday morning when FBI personnel shot and killed a man armed with apparent explosive devices who was reported to have held 10 people against their will.

A woman was killed Wednesday morning after an auto theft suspect who was leading officers on a high-speed pursuit collided with her vehicle along East Panama Lane, according to the Bakersfield Police Department.

A man with a bomb allegedly strapped to his chest took hostages inside a bank building Tuesday afternoon in downtown Bakersfield, prompting an evacuation of surrounding streets that lasted well into the night, police said.

A man who died May 19 after being found unresponsive at the site of a structure fire in the 200 block of Owens Street has been identified by the Kern County coroner’s office.

The Bakersfield Police Department asked for the public’s help Tuesday in locating a teenager it says is considered at-risk because he has never before gone missing.

Former Kern County District Attorney Edward R. “Ed” Jagels was arrested Monday afternoon on suspicion of DUI, according to Kern County Sheriff’s Office records.

A man found dead May 20 in southeast Bakersfield has been identified as a 40-year-old resident of the city, the Kern County coroner’s office reported Monday.

Thursday was memorable for all the wrong reasons after two 18-year-olds just hours from graduation crashed on a motorcycle at high speed in a suspected DUI in northeast Bakersfield.

The Kern County coroner’s office has identified a 21-year-old man who died May 23 after the vehicle he was driving veered into Isabella Lake.

The Bakersfield Police Department asked for the public’s help in finding an at-risk man last seen at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the 100 block of Old Drovers Lane.

A California City man died Wednesday morning after the vehicle he was a passenger in veered off a roadway and crashed, according to the Kern County coroner’s office.

A 25-year-old Bakersfield man died Tuesday afternoon after the vehicle he was driving collided with a semi-truck on Highway 58 a mile east of Tower Line Road, the Kern County coroner’s office reported Thursday.

The Kern County coroner’s office has identified one of the two people found dead Monday in east Bakersfield.

A 42-year-old Bakersfield woman has been charged with two drug-related felonies and a misdemeanor, the Kern County District Attorney’s Office reported.

Bakersfield police apprehended four adults and a juvenile Monday on suspicion of reckless motorcycle and bicycle activity in the area of The Park at River Walk.

An at-risk teenager went missing last week in the 900 block of White Lane, the Bakersfield Police Department reported Tuesday.

Bakersfield police are looking for a man suspected of sexually battering a victim May 19 in the 200 block of Chester Avenue.

The helicopter pilot who died in a crash March 9 in Mojave has been identified as a 62-year-old man from New Plymouth, Idaho.

The Bakersfield Police Department reported that an 11-year-old girl who went missing Tuesday has been found.

A teenager who went missing Monday night in the 4200 block of Boulder Pass Drive has been found, the Bakersfield Police Department reported.

A man whose vehicle struck a tree March 28 along Highway 178 has been identified as a 65-year-old Weldon resident.

The Kern County coroner’s office has determined that a 71-year-old man found dead Oct. 13 in south Bakersfield was the victim of a homicide.

The Kern County Sheriff’s Office has launched a homicide investigation after deputies found the bodies of two men Monday night in east Bakersfield.

A 56-year-old man found Feb. 6 in the Arvin/Edison Canal died from an accidental drowning, the Kern County coroner’s office reported Tuesday.

Video footage released this week by the Kern County Sheriff’s Office shows one of its deputies trying three times to run over a man accused of killing a six-year Tulare County Sheriff’s deputy last month in Porterville.

An incident review board convened by the Kern County Sheriff’s Office has determined that use of force in the case of a man who died in an officer-involved shooting May 10 was within the department’s policy.

The Bakersfield Police Department reported Wednesday it has found a 16-year-old who it said was considered at-risk because she had never before run away.

Two people were arrested, cited and released May 11 during a “shoulder tap” operation the Bakersfield Police Department conducted with the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.

An inmate who escaped custody at 11 a.m. Wednesday while visiting Kern Medical was apprehended less than two hours later by deputies with the Kern County Sheriff’s Office, the agency reported.

Employees at three different stores in west Bakersfield were arrested, cited and released during a minor decoy operation the Bakersfield Police Department carried out in partnership with the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.

A 54-year-old Delano man who was found dead May 19 after suffering a fatal gunshot wound has been identified by the Kern County coroner’s office.

The Bakersfield Police Department made one arrest, impounded five vehicles and issued more than two dozen citations during a series of pre-planned vehicle takeovers Saturday, the agency reported Tuesday.

The River Fire that started Monday morning near the mouth of the Kern River Canyon grew by 1,200 acres Tuesday even as firefighters were able to reach 55% containment from just 10% one day earlier.