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Fire department updates various investigations
Jul 27, 2012 at 3:31 PM

The Kern County Fire Department has released updates on numerous arson investigations.

Anyone with information pertaining to any of these incidents or any other fire in Kern County is asked to call (877) FIRE-TIP...
Delano, Northeast Bakersfield, Northwest Bakersfield, Oildale, Southeast Bakersfield, Southwest Bakersfield, Tehachapi, Kern River Valley, Central Bakersfield

McFarland police give shooting play-by-play
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Jul 26, 2012 at 5:16 PM
McFarland Police Chief Gregory Herrington said Thursday that his officers shot at the suspect because they feared for their lives.

McFarland police give shooting play-by-play
Jul 26, 2012 at 6:25 PM
McFARLAND, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) - A couple of weeks ago, the city of McFarland experienced a rash of car thefts. McFarland's police chief said his department started investigating immediately, and, when they found the suspects outside of Delano, a...
Delano

McFarland officers shoot alleged car theif during chase
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Jul 23, 2012 at 12:05 PM
McFarland officers shot a fleeing vehicle theft suspect in Delano, the department said Monday night.

Drug charges dropped vs. former McFarland official
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Jul 9, 2012 at 2:58 PM
Felony drug charges have been dropped against a former McFarland city official.

Drug charges dropped vs. former McFarland official
Jul 9, 2012 at 7:02 PM

McFARLAND, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) - Felony drug charges have been dropped against a former McFarland city official.

Reynaldo DeLeon - a former public works director and McFarland Unified School District board member - was accused of...
Delano

Charges dropped vs. 3 of 6 abduction-for-ransom suspects
Jun 25, 2012 at 2:35 PM
Charges have been dropped against half of the defendants in an abduction-for-ransom case.

Charges dropped vs. 3 of 6 abduction-for-ransom suspects
Jun 25, 2012 at 2:35 PM

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — Charges have been dropped against half of the defendants in an abduction-for-ransom case.

Six people were accused of abducting 29-year-old Ofelio Victor Garcia Castrejon from his McFarland home in...
Delano

Felony charge filed in crash that killed motorcycle rider
Jun 7, 2012 at 11:44 AM

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — A 20-year-old woman could get a six-year prison term for texting while she was driving. Anna Marie Reynosa is accused of being distracted, and causing a deadly crash in April.

Reynosa, 20, was arrested...
Northwest Bakersfield

Shafter hopes to reopen community jail, starts hiring process
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May 29, 2012 at 5:49 PM
The City of Shafter hopes to get its community correctional facility open again. And just in case, it has started the process to get staff ready to go. The city put on a job fair Tuesday, and plenty of hopeful applicants turned out.

Theory sheds new light on McFarland cancer cluster
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May 11, 2012 at 11:12 AM
It was a mysterious cancer cluster that garnered national media attention in McFarland, California.

Police: Abduction for ransom was gang related
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Apr 26, 2012 at 4:25 PM
Six people are charged on numerous felony counts in the kidnapping case of a McFarland man.

Investigators: McFarland man beaten, held for ransom
Apr 26, 2012 at 10:14 AM
McFARLAND, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — A 29-year-old McFarland man was dragged from his home, threatened and held for ransom. It was a 20-hour ordeal until officers tracked down the suspects.

That was finally Tuesday night in Tulare County. It all...
Central Bakersfield

Investigators: McFarland man beaten, held for ransom
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Apr 25, 2012 at 4:30 PM
A 29-year-old McFarland man was dragged from his home, threatened and held for ransom. It was a 20-hour ordeal until officers tracked down the suspects.

75 dead roosters discovered in cockfighting bust
Apr 23, 2012 at 8:54 AM
Kern County deputies discovered 75 dead fighting roosters Sunday morning in an orchard east of Delano and McFarland.