3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (209+ words) The city of Bakersfield is adding red light cameras to major roadways in an effort to beef up enforcement beyond its existing cameras. In 2018, the intersection at Coffee Road and Stockdale Highway was one of the most cited in the…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (164+ words) Police arrest 7 people in trespassing sweep bakersfield.com Seven people were arrested Sept. 2 during a trespassing sweep around Bakersfield. Bakersfield police reported arresting seven people Sept. 2 and issuing seven citations to people accused of trespassing near the Garces Circle, the…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (150+ words) bakersfield.com The Kern County District Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday it has filed first-degree murder charges against a man suspected of killing James Craig Turner in early August. The agency named the suspect as Umar Faheem Waldron, who it…...

6+ day, 50+ min ago   (141+ words) bakersfield.com A deputy or deputies with the Kern County Sheriff’s Office shot a man accused of wielding a sword Thursday in Rosamond, the agency reported Tuesday.It said in a news release a deputy responding to a…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (131+ words) bakersfield.com A Richgrove man died Sunday night in McFarland after being shot, the Kern County coroner’s office reported. It said in a news release that Agustin Mata Rodriguez, age 18, died from his injuries at 10:56 p.m. at Kern…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (135+ words) bakersfield.com The woman struck by a vehicle and killed Sunday evening in the 2500 block of South Union Avenue has been identified. The Kern County coroner’s office reported that 34-year-old Bakersfield resident Crystal Louise Spores died from her injuries…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (130+ words) Coroner IDs pedestrian stuck along Airport Drive bakersfield.com The Kern County coroner’s office has identified a pedestrian who was killed early Saturday along Airport Drive south of Olive Drive. It said 22-year-old Kevin Daniel Stevens was struck at…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (131+ words) bakersfield.com Two Mexican nationals wanted in connection with a 1997 murder in Mexico were arrested last week in Bakersfield, the U.S. Marshals Service reported. It said Raul Marin, age 56, and Jorge Marin Marin, 55, were taken into custody last week in response…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago   (126+ words) bakersfield.com When Sheriff Donny Youngblood and the Kern County Sheriff’s Office recently elected, with the Board of Supervisors’ approval, to allocate $1.2 million toward two armor-clad tactical vehicles, the decision was framed around a single priority: SWAT…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago   (130+ words) bakersfield.com The Kern County Sheriff's Office is asking the public's help with information involving the occupants of a dark gray or black four-door sedan that was involved in a double homicide in May. Two people were found dead…...