Spice Land brings Diwali to Bakersfield: sweets, stories, and traditions unite locals

California has become the third state in the U.S. to officially recognize Diwali as a state holiday.Locals in Bakersfield are ...

California Highway Patrol investigates major injury crash in northeast Bakersfield

Multiple people were injured after a single-vehicle rollover in northeast Bakersfield Sunday night, according to the ...

California's oldest theater group prepares for another 100 years in downtown Bakersfield

California's oldest continuing theater group is returning to Downtown Bakersfield and local officials say, “back where it belongs.” ...

California’s undocumented farmworkers built families and communities. Now they face an uncertain future

Standing beneath the shade of one of countless rows of grape vines in Bakersfield, California, Olivia Vasquez, who has worked these fields for more than 30 years, wipes away tears as she shares her ...

CHP: Bakersfield driver crashes into home, arrested for DUI and hit and run after fleeing

A Bakersfield man is facing felony charges after he allegedly crashed his car into a home and then tried to run away from the ...

California sisters missing for 36 years found alive as search shifts to mother's killer

Two California sisters missing for 36 years were found alive and well in their home state with the help of familial DNA, ...