CRIME & SAFETY
Man dies in motorcycle crash into pole
A man died in a motorcycle crash on River Boulevard and Bernard Street around 4:25 p.m. Sunday, according to the Kern County coroner’s office. Kenneth Lee Armstrong, 59, of Bakersfield crashed into a pole and died at the scene.
Car crashes into El Portal Mexican Grill
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — El Portal Mexican Grill in west Bakersfield is back open after a car crashed through the lobby during Saturday’s lunch hour. Video from the scene shows the car being pulled from the impact site. Luckily, no one was sitting on the front bench or in the lobby when the vehicle crashed […]
Coroner identifies driver who crashed into train near Kimberlina Road
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Three people are dead after a vehicle collided with a train in the Wasco area early Sunday morning. The Kern County Coroner’s Office said Mckinley Jordan Toliver, 19, of Wasco, was the driver of the 2021 Honda that collided with the railroad crossing arm and the train. Toliver was driving the […]
1 injured in fire that destroyed RV in Oildale
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — One person was injured after mechanical issues in an RV sparked a fire in the Oildale area Monday afternoon, fire officials said. Firefighters with the Kern County Fire Department were dispatched to the 100 block of Harris Drive for the reports of a motorhome fire at around 12:49 p.m. Firefighters arrived […]
Woman dies after being struck by car on Niles Street
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A woman died early Tuesday morning after being struck by a vehicle on Niles Street Monday night, according to California Highway Patrol. CHP officers reported to a crash on Niles Street, just east of Vale Street, on April 22, around 11 p.m. According to officials’ preliminary investigation, the pedestrian was walking […]
Man sentenced to 1 year in jail for shooting at nephew
A man was sentenced to one year in jail and two years on probation Tuesday morning in Kern County Superior Court after pleading no contest to recklessly discharging a firearm last month after he was charged with shooting at his nephew. Benny Laws, 41, was arrested in February 2023 in...
2017 fatal shooting was gang-related: police
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A shooting outside a Bakersfield convenience store in 2017 that killed a man and injured a woman was gang-related, police said in a court document filed this month. According to a probable cause declaration, Jemiah Dawson, arrested Friday, and two others carried out the shooting at the front of Tecate Market […]
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