BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) -- The Bakersfield Animal Care Center is teaming up with Kern SAFE for a low-cost spay and neuter event. The event is happening Wednesday, May 1 at the shelter located on South Mount Vernon Avenue. Kern Veterans visit the National Archives in Washington D.C. According to organizers, you can apply to have up to four animals at the clinic. There is a $40 co-pay for the procedure, which includes a vaccine. However, spots for female dogs are already full, but they can still be added to the waitlist. There are still plenty of spots left for male dogs, organizers said. To ..read more

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) -- A July trial date has been set for the one-armed motorist accused of driving more than 100 mph in a Dodge Challenger before colliding head-on with another vehicle, killing its driver. Karim Reyad has a trial date scheduled for July 22 on charges including second-degree murder and gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, according to court records. Prosecutors allege Reyad was impaired by marijuana when he crashed April 18, 2023, on Campus Park Drive in southwest Bakersfield, killing Gayla Sue Price, the driver and sole occupant of a Honda Civic, and injurin ..read more

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) -- A man was sentenced to a year in jail Tuesday after pleading no contest to a felony charge for allegedly firing a shot at a family member last year. Benny Laws also received two years' probation after pleading no contest to recklessly firing a gun, according to court records. Two other felony counts were dismissed ..read more

There has been no official word of whether there will be a third season of the NBC comedy “Lopez vs Lopez.” Because the final episodes of season two will not air until April 30, the announcement of the show’s future will most likely come in early May. Mayan Lopez, the daughter of George Lopez, created the series from her TikTok content, which she used as a creative outlet during the pandemic. In the series, she plays a fictional version of herself, a modern Gen Z daughter working to rebuild her dysfunctional relationship with her old-school Latino father. The second season picked up after ..read more

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) -- Kern County Honor Flight 49 took off Monday morning to the Nation's capitol with 100 local veterans making the trip. Kevin Charette is chronicling their tour and spoke with Vietnam War Air Force Veteran, Marsha Furman, who shared what the trip means to her. Furman said she learned about Honor Flight about a month ago. She is one of two women on Honor Flight 49. Both women joined the services in 1967. "It was a different time back then. Women...weren't drafted so, you just kind of wonder why it came about I raised my hand and said, 'I'll go.' But I'm still reaping ..read more

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) -- One woman died early Tuesday morning after being struck by a vehicle on Niles Street Monday night, according to California Highway Patrol. CHP officers reported to a crash on Niles Street, just east of Vale Street, on April 22, around 11 p.m. Donate blood for a good cause and meet puppies at Houchin’s ‘Tail-wagging event’ Saturday According to officials' preliminary investigation, the pedestrian was walking northbound, across eastbound lanes of Niles Street, outside of a marked crosswalk. For reasons still under investigation, an eastbound Kia vehicle struck the p ..read more

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) -- With 18 pedestrian deaths and countless car accidents this year street safety is more important now more than ever. Sarah Young, also known as, "Lunatic Trooper" on social media started going viral after compiling her dash-cam footage of dangerous drivers around Bakersfield. Supreme Court to define if fining unhoused people for sleeping in public violates federal law By sharing her real-time reactions, viewers can't help but relate. "And it's bizarre to me how the moment that I put up either a specific intersection or a specific style of driving --the amount of pe ..read more

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) -- A Rosamond home is destroyed after a massive fire engulfed the structure Monday night. The fire happened at a home on Cold Creek Avenue. Video from the scene shows county firefighters battling the blaze. Fires at vacant Bakersfield buildings continue as cause of frustration Los Angeles county firefighters were called in to assist the firefight. The flames were knocked down about an hour later. It was not immediately known if anyone was inside of the home or how the fire started ..read more

(NEXSTAR) – The operators of the personal-finance website FinanceBuzz are planning to pay someone $1,000 to watch the nine main films in the “Star Wars” franchise this May. There’s only one catch: You can’t give two bantha ticks about “Star Wars.” The gig, announced Monday, is being offered to a single candidate who — for whatever reason — has somehow never seen a single “Star Wars” film, watched a single “Star Wars” TV series, or played a “Star Wars” video game. It’s probably OK, though, if you once saw a gigantic inflatable Baby Yoda float down 6th Avenue during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day P ..read more

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) -- As high pressure moves east, temperatures will drop significantly today. Yesterday's high of 91 degrees in Bakersfield, we're expecting a sunny and seasonal high of 79 today. The Kern River Valley enjoys mid-70s, with a range of 70s for most of the Kern Desert, and the mid-60s in the south mountains of Tehachapi and Frazier Park. There are a pair of systems we are watching, with the first one bringing a slight chance of thunderstorms in the Sierra to our north tomorrow, but we're not expecting rain this far south. The stronger storm on its heels Friday will bring ..read more