A man was sentenced to prison Tuesday after pleading no contest to inappropriately touching a teen girl while working as a counselor at Thomas Jefferson Middle ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A woman accused of using a stun gun on her autistic adult son entered an open plea this week to two felony charges for a court-indicated sentence of up to a year in jail ...

As a new school year gets underway, Bakersfield City School District students are returning to classrooms with a focus not only on academic success, but also on preparing for future college and career ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Upside Academy hosted a shoe raffle giveaway that helped 25 local families get their kids ready to go back to school. The non-profit held the event yesterday at Macy’s ...

Bakersfield Animal Care Center is hoping the right family will soon discover Billie, a sweet two-year-old dog who is currently looking for her forever home. Tara Nelson with Bakersfield Animal Care ...

The formal COLA isn’t expected for a couple of months, but projections say it could be one of the largest in years.

With Bakersfield temperatures still expected to remain high well into the summer, EMCOR Services Hillcrest is reminding homeowners that it is not too late to take care of their air conditioning ...

The screwworm flies can lay eggs on any warm-blooded animal, including people. Those eggs develop into parasitic larvae, or maggots, that feed on the surrounding flesh as they burrow deeper.

Director James Nunn is a big tease – at least in the case of his feature film “Hungry.” His action tale of a Louisiana river cruise that goes terribly wrong when ...

Back-to-school season is among us and health is an important topic to discuss with your kids. Dr. Crystal Carney with Bakersfield Memorial Hospital joined 17 ...

If you’ve ever flown out of Meadows Field Airport in Bakersfield, you don’t see this every day. The first of many to make the long haul flight of 20 ...

Bodycam footage showed the moment Breckenridge, Colorado, police met a bear that had broken into a lodge for a sweet treat. “We had an unexpected hotel guest check in recently… and this one had a ...