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 r…

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.

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

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 off…

A 31-year-old man was convicted Monday of six felony counts including forcible sodomy of a victim under 14 years of age, possession of child p…

An inmate serving a sentence of 119 years to life in prison at Kern Valley State Prison was found guilty Thursday of attacking the facility’s …

Four drivers were arrested on suspicion of DUI during an eight-hour sobriety checkpoint Saturday night in the 1400 block of Union Avenue, the …

An unusual decision this week at the highest level of Kern County government won’t cut off victims’ services at the Family Justice Center in B…

The Bakersfield Police Department requested the public’s help Wednesday in identifying three people who it said are suspects in a theft and ba…