Members of the Bakersfield Police Department gave residents at the Brookdale Riverwalk some roses for Valentine’s ...

In 2022, the city of Bakersfield and the police department launched a gun violence reduction strategy. Since then, city officials say the city is safer now prior to the pandemic.

This strategy was funded through a grant from the California Violence Intervention and Prevention Program, along with the ...

City officials, led by Councilman Andrae Gonzales, aim to enhance Old Town Kern with new housing and community spaces.

The City of Bakersfield, California, and Dignity Health announced an expanded naming-rights partnership for one of the region’s most prominent venues.

The blue-and-gold arch that once spanned Union Avenue has been gone for more than a quarter-century, but we just can’t seem to get enough of the nostalgic ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Europe’s Euclid space telescope has detected a rare halo of bright light around a nearby galaxy, astronomers reported Monday. The halo, known as an Einstein ring ...

PROTECT CALIFORNIA FROM PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ... BREAKING: Gov. Gavin Newsom signs bills authorizing $50M for immigration services and legal battles with the Trump administration.

A metal heart at a park in the Coffey Park neighborhood commemorates the 2017 fire in Santa Rosa, California. Early on, Osburn feared that the area’s small construction industry would be unable ...

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