MCFARLAND, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — Adrian Olmos was officially sworn in as McFarland's new chief of police on Wednesday evening.

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Morning rain shuts down several roads in Kern County on Saturday. In Bakersfield, flooding closed Union Avenue between ...

Latest Kern County, California and US and world news from 23ABC in Bakersfield, Calif. Mortgage and refinance interest rates today, January 2, 2026: Last year, rates fell from 7% to near 6% ...

California used to be the place where people went to chase dreams. Today, it’s the place where fiscal discipline goes to die. The Golden State, which is home to Hollywood glitz, Silicon Valley ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — In the early morning of Aug. 8, a neighbor saw Roxana Jo Kelley, 62, greeting a man and woman at her front door at the Superior Mobile Home Park on State Road before ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Two people were shot at a gas station in Oildale on Friday morning, with surveillance video capturing the incident. Kern County Sheriff’s Office deputies respond to a ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom said California's redistricting would counter Texas' rare mid-decade redistricting push. That doesn't mean California is turning back after a federal court in Texas blocked the state ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A woman who was killed after getting struck by a vehicle in Oildale on Sunday was identified, according to the Kern County Coroner’s Office. Melani Joann Seeger, 38, was ...

CBS News California Investigates correspondent Julie Watts sat for in-depth interviews with the candidates running to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom when he terms out in 2026. In this ongoing series, ...

Oildale, CA.- A pedestrian was killed in a hit-and-run accident in Oildale on Wednesday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol. The incident happened on Roberts Lane and Plymouth Avenue ...

An experience you would certainly remember forever. A somewhat troubled childhood led to years spent behind bars for Merle Haggard, who was born in 1937 and spent his early childhood years in a ...