News
Local headlines updated throughout the day. Summaries courtesy of KGET 17 News.
Oct 17, 6:25 AM
Friday night's varsity high school football game between the Foothill Trojans and the East Bakersfield Blades was stopped after a member of East's staff collapsed.
Justin White · KGET 17 News
Oct 16, 11:35 PM
Check scores from Friday night's high school football games around Kern County.
Jose Franco · KGET 17 News
Oct 16, 7:55 PM
A pedestrian was struck and severely injured by a driver Friday night in Oildale, according to the California Highway Patrol. The collision happened at around 7:19 p.m. at Norris Road and Ray Street in Oildale, according to CHP's Traffic Incident Information Page. The driver remained at the scene. All lanes were …
Jose Franco · KGET 17 News
Oct 16, 6:43 PM
A south Bakersfield community came together Thursday night to mourn the loss of 23-year-old Daniel James Ruiz, who was shot and killed by officers on Wednesday.
Andres Armenta · KGET 17 News
Oct 16, 6:00 PM
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — 17 News sent the two candidates running for the Bakersfield City Council Ward 7 seat a questionnaire asking about their candidacy and what they would bring to the role ahead of the upcoming Election Day. Incumbent Manpreet Kaur and Angie Valdez are running in this race. Below are responses from the …
Sangmin Kim · KGET 17 News
Oct 16, 5:28 PM
After years of struggling with a lack of jail bed space that led to early releases for countless low-level criminals in Bakersfield, the City Council is set to discuss potential policy decisions during its regular Wednesday meeting. The City Council is expected to make requests to city staff for future action …
Sangmin Kim · KGET 17 News
Oct 16, 4:26 PM
A woman accused of vandalizing the Kern County Veterans Memorial and Department of Human Services Building has been committed to a state psychiatric hospital for the maximum term of two years, according to prosecutors. Marina Leanne Smith, 33, was ordered committed to a mental hospital during a hearing Thursday in Superior …
Jason Kotowski · KGET 17 News
Oct 16, 3:48 PM
The Kern County Sheriff's Office and its high intensity drug trafficking task force helped execute a search warrant that resulted in the arrest of three people and the seizure of meth. Law enforcement executed the warrant in the desert area south of Highway 138 and 180th Street West in Lancaster, officials …
Olivia Cohen · KGET 17 News
Oct 16, 3:39 PM
An 18-year-old man who was wounded in a shooting that occurred as he allegedly fled a deputy in northwest Bakersfield was charged with attempted murder and other crimes, court records show. Logan Reyes was arraigned Friday afternoon and is being held on $500,000 bail. Not guilty pleas were entered on his …
Jason Kotowski · KGET 17 News
Oct 16, 2:53 PM
A man accused of driving drunk and on the wrong side of Union Avenue in April 2023, "causing multiple injury collisions," is due back in court later this month to schedule a trial date, according to court records. Zachary Guy Johnson, 50, is facing felony counts of DUI causing injury and …
Jason Kotowski · KGET 17 News
Oct 16, 12:50 PM
The Kern County Fire Department is set to begin increasing staffing at its stations from three firefighters each to four, starting Saturday. Traditionally, KCFD has been staffing each station with three firefighters: one fire captain, one fire engineer and one firefighter. With the implementation of the new staffing model on Oct. …
Sangmin Kim · KGET 17 News
Oct 16, 12:33 PM
A portion of Zerker Road is set to completely close for around two weeks for pavement reconstruction, according to the city of Bakersfield. The closure will affect Zerker Road between Snow and 7th Standard roads from Monday, Oct. 19 through Sunday, Nov. 1, officials said Friday. Eastbound and westbound traffic on …
Sangmin Kim · KGET 17 News
Oct 16, 12:20 PM
The Bakersfield Museum of Art is hosting its 28th annual Via Arté Chalk Festival this weekend at The Marketplace. The festival is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on both Saturday, Oct. 17 and Sunday, Oct. 18, at 9000 Ming Ave. in Bakersfield. Spectators can watch professional artists, students and …
Sangmin Kim · KGET 17 News
Oct 16, 12:13 PM
The Kern County Coroner's Office has identified a man who was killed in a traffic accident earlier this month. The coroner's office identified the man as 38-year-old Francisco Javier Pantoja Juarez, of Arvin. According to the California Highway Patrol, Juarez was a passenger in a vehicle when it collided with another …
Olivia Cohen · KGET 17 News
Oct 16, 10:42 AM
Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is her best-known novel, but it was Sense and Sensibility that introduced her to the world and set her on the course to be one of the literary greats. Pride has been the darling of film and television producers through the years but the latest adaptation …
Rick Bentley · KGET 17 News
Oct 16, 8:58 AM
Foothill High School football will forfeit all seven of its wins and student athletes and brothers Jordan and Timothy Nielson will be suspended for the remainder of the season for violating CIF bylaw 206c according to Foothill Athletic Director Mike Biezad, who told 17 News, “Where we are right now, we …
Justin White · KGET 17 News
Oct 16, 8:28 AM
An arrest was made Thursday after two shootings at KBAK-TV's studios, according to the Bakersfield Police Department. Police said that on Oct. 9 and Oct. 13, officers responded to reports of shots fired at the station. Officers located multiple bullet strikes to the building and recovered 11 .40-caliber shell casings from …
Ashleah Flores · KGET 17 News
Oct 15, 9:09 PM
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) – When all five candidates in the squeezed Bakersfield City Council Ward 3 race met on the debate stage on Thursday night, the candidates largely agreed on the key issues facing the city – just not how to solve them. The five candidates vying for the seat – Cassie Bittle, Kathryn Halling, …
Olivia Cohen · KGET 17 News
Oct 15, 6:22 PM
It's not just KGET gearing up for a big Christmas event, Sherna Armstrong—an Emmy-award winning vocalist, band leader, and producer with the Sherna Armstrong Band explains she is gearing up for the 3rd annual benefit and is looking for some sponsor to help bring the event together. The official charity partner …
KGET 17 News
Oct 15, 6:20 PM
Questions remain following an officer-involved shooting Wednesday night in South Bakersfield that left one man dead, and another still at large. 17 News asked the Bakersfield Police Department what led up to shots being fired, how many total shots were fired, how many officers were involved in the incident and more. …
Andres Armenta · KGET 17 News
Oct 15, 5:41 PM
A high-profile malpractice and wrongful death trial against a Bakersfield gynecologist began Thursday. Seven years ago 23-year-old Demi Dominguez was treated by Dr. Arthur Park for high blood pressure and swelling. He sent her home, she died just days later. Park denies negligence but Dominguez's family is suing in a case …
Connor Dore · KGET 17 News
Oct 15, 5:35 PM
Forty years ago, he set up shop in Bakersfield with one employee.
Robert Price · KGET 17 News
Oct 15, 4:36 PM
The five candidates in the race for Bakersfield City Council's third ward are set to take over the debate stage on KGET this evening.
Olivia Cohen · KGET 17 News
Oct 15, 4:17 PM
A Kern County jury acquitted a man of five assault and battery charges and deadlocked on a simple battery charge that the prosecution later dismissed, according to Kern County Public Defender's Office. Jurors reached not guilty verdicts on Tuesday in the case against Blaine Mathis. He was among several men charged …
Jason Kotowski · KGET 17 News
