The City of Bakersfield will officially unveil the new Dignity Health Arena Theatre and Convention Center next week. The venue formerly known as Mechanics Bank Arena is host to numerous concerts, sports, and community events. Dignity Health took over naming rights in February. The public is invited to tour the arena after the sign is…… Read More
NEW YORK (AP) – U.S. health officials say 530 people have now been diagnosed with vaping-related breathing illnesses, but the… Read More
A 38-year-old Bakersfield man is facing charges ranging from assault on an officer to being in a gang after a ShotSpotter activation on New Year’s Eve.… Read More
Students in the new HVAC program at the Bakersfield College Delano campus will have a new place for hands-on training by next summer.… Read More
Bakersfield Police arrested a 25-year-old man with a .357 revolver at the Plaza Hotel on near 7th Street and Union Avenue.… Read More
Climate pollutants in California are now below 1990 levels for the first time.… Read More
Several agencies are looking for a registered sex offender who led them on a chase up and down Highway 99 in Bakersfield with his kids.… Read More
Members of a Bakersfield congregation are mourning the loss of their pastor’s wife in a car crash, 70-year-old Betty Hollins, who was known as ‘Sister Love.’… Read More
Former Bakersfield mayor Harvey Hall has been inducted into the Rabobank Arena Hall of Fame downtown.… Read More
The coroner’s office has identified the driver of a van that slammed into a power pole on Highway 46 as 62-year-old Jose Alfaro of Lost Hills.… Read More
