One person died Thursday night in a crash involving a Kern High School District bus on its way to a football game and a vehicle on South Mt. Vernon Avenue
City spokesperson Joe Conroy says the grant and the project it will fund is part of Bakersfield's larger initiative to reinvigorate local parks and playgrounds.
Authorities say alcohol played a factor in a deadly crash on Monday morning in southeast Bakersfield that claimed the life of one woman and left three others injured.
The Bakersfield Police Department has released video footage from two officer-involved shootings that happened in December of 2022, as well as January of this year.