SPECIAL GUESTS: ERNEST and Redferrin
DATE: Friday, September 19th
LOCATION: Dignity Health Arena
TICKETS ON SALE: 10:00AM on 5/22

You might want to avoid a certain stretch of roadway in southwest Bakersfield. Starting Tuesday, September 2, a pavement project will close parts of Ming Avenue from Buena Vista Boulevard to Gosford Road. Crews will repave the roadway, adjust utilities, add striping, and upgrade sidewalks for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.. The work…… read more
A 67-year-old man has been sentenced for a shooting that left a young man dead in California City. Court records indicate Gordon Tripp was sentenced last week to six years in prison after pleading no contest August 1 to involuntary manslaughter in the death of Luis Esparza, Jr., 21, at a house on Tamarack Avenue…… read more
California lawmakers have shot down a vehicle smog law by a Bakersfield state senator and a popular TV personality. Hollywood star power wasn’t enough to convince the Assembly Appropriations Committee Friday to advance Assembly Bill 712, also known as Leno’s Law, which would allow classic car owners to be fully exempt from the state’s rigorous…… read more
Police are investigating a stabbing in southwest Bakersfield. It happened Saturday morning near White Lane and Stine Road where the victim sustained minor injuries in what authorities are describing as an isolated incident. Officers say an arrest has been made. Anyone with information is asked to call the Bakersfield Police Department att (661) 327-7111.… read more
Nearly eight years after the 2017 Route 91 Harvest Festival shooting in Las Vegas, Jason Aldean opened up about the tragic experience on a recent appearance on Dax Shepard’s Armchair Expert podcast. Performing during the massacre that claimed 60 lives and injured over 800, Aldean described the shock of returning home to a distraught family,…… READ MORE
Shaboozey has scored his second No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart with “Good News,” which rose one place to reach the top on this week’s chart, after gaining 31.1 million audience impressions. The track was co-written by Shaboozey and Sean Cook, Michael Pollack, Sam Roman, Nevin Sastry, and Jake Torrey, and is featured on…… READ MORE