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Eyewitness News staff pack food donations for CAPK for annual Sinclair Day of Service
13+ hour, 6+ min ago (175+ words) KBAK Eyewitness News staff pack food donations for CAPK for annual Sinclair Day of Service BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) " As National Volunteer Month kicked off on April 1, Eyewitness News employees rolled up their sleeves at the Community Action Partnership of…...
Do you think a luxury apartment complex in downtown Bakersfield will drive people away?
15+ hour, 22+ min ago (49+ words) KBAK Do you think a luxury apartment complex in downtown Bakersfield will drive people away? BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) " Do you think a luxury apartment complex in downtown Bakersfield will drive people away? Vote below....
Americans lost over $20 billion in 2025 to online scams; FBI report finds
6+ hour, 44+ min ago (284+ words) KBAK Americans lost over $20 billion in 2025 to online scams; FBI report finds by GEOFF HARRIS | The National News Desk WASHINGTON (TNND) " New FBI data shows Americans lost over $20 billon to cryptocurrency and other online scams in 2025. A 26% increase year-over-year. The…...
Bakersfield plans luxury apartments at former Greyhound depot in downtown revival push
6+ hour, 56+ min ago (331+ words) BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) A long-troubled stretch of downtown Bakersfield could soon get a major makeover at the site of the former Greyhound bus depot, once a gateway into the city that later became known as a hot spot for…...
Deputies snap up $1 million in Legos after Mojave truck heist goes brickside up
9+ hour, 47+ min ago (177+ words) KBAK BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) " Kern County sheriff's deputies made a million-dollar recovery when they seized a large amount of Lego sets in a botched truck heist in Mojave on Wednesday. On April 8, 2026, deputies from the Mojave Substation responded to…...
Juvenile arrested in SW Bakersfield after assault rifle, ammunition found during home call
9+ hour, 18+ min ago (181+ words) KBAK Juvenile arrested in SW Bakersfield after assault rifle, ammunition found during home call BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) " Probation officers said recently that a juvenile was arrested in southwest Bakersfield for allegedly possessing an assault rifle and several high-capacity magazines....
BPD seek help identifying suspects accused of credit card fraud on Ming Avenue
11+ hour, 49+ min ago (142+ words) KBAK BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) " Bakersfield police are asking for the public's help identifying two suspects accused of using a victim's stolen credit cards after the victim lost a handbag at a gas station on Ming Avenue, near the Valley…...
Crews respond to vegetation fire in southeast Bakersfield
1+ day, 27+ min ago (162+ words) City and county firefighters are working to extinguish a southeast Bakersfield vegetation fire that ignited Wednesday morning. BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) " City and county firefighters are working to extinguish a southeast Bakersfield vegetation fire that ignited Wednesday morning. The grass…...
Vallejo man ID'd in Highway 99 wrong-way crash in Delano
19+ hour, 39+ min ago (288+ words) BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) " The passenger who died in a wrong-way crash Saturday on Highway 99 in Delano was identified as 55-year-old Joel Salomon Sanchez Perez, of Vallejo. Several others were hurt, and the highway was shut down temporarily overnight. RELATED:…...
Witnesses question EMS response time after Easter shooting injures 2 in SE Bakersfield
18+ hour, 3+ min ago (241+ words) by Jasmin Knox, Eyewitness News Gunshots rang out Easter Sunday, with one of the people shot seen in surveillance running to a group of people, including one dressed as an Easter Bunny. KBAK/KBFX BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) " A shooting…...