The crash happened around 9 a.m. when the man was crossing Union Avenue near 9th Street.

Twenty Kern County residents will become naturalized U.S. citizens May 3. Officials with the Fresno office of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will come to Bakersfield for a swearing-in ceremony.

A spaceship bankrolled by British tycoon Sir Richard Branson made its first powered flight Monday in a test that moves Virgin Galactic toward its goal of flying into space later this year.

A spaceship bankrolled by British tycoon Sir Richard Branson made its first powered flight Monday in a test that moves Virgin Galactic toward its goal of flying into space later this year.

Three people were hospitalized after they were exposed to an insecticide that is commonly used to keep flies and gnats away from horses, according to environmental health officials.

The federal receiver who controls medical care in California prisons on Monday ordered thousands of high-risk inmates out of two Central Valley prisons in response to dozens of deaths due to Valley fever, which is caused by an airborne fungus.

Police said the mysterious death of a 55-year-old Bakersfield woman has been ruled a homicide.

Police are looking for a man they say robbed a Bank of America branch Saturday afternoon.

A 28-year-old Bakersfield woman was hospitalized Saturday after behind hit by a car while crossing California Avenue, just west of Union.

Guests and hobbyists peruse the Kern County Fair Grounds to see the wide variety of classic hot rods, pickup trucks, and race cars at the 37th Annual NSRA Western Street Rod Nationals on Saturday, April 27, 2013 in Bakersfield, Calif.

The truck's driver made a turn at the intersection of Merle Haggard Drive and McCray Street and struck the woman in the crosswalk, the California Highway Patrol said. The woman's name was later released by the coroner's office: 60-year-old Neva Yribarren.