Kern County Public Works and the California Department of Transportation (CalTrans) are partnering to host two free Clean California Tire Drop-Off events in Shafter and Taft on Sat, March 25.
A Bakersfield man was killed in a head-on collision on Highway 119 east of Elk Hills Road Monday morning and the California Highway Patrol said distracted driving may be a
A man killed in a crash Monday morning in Taft has been identified. Conrad James Sivits, 38, of Bakersfield, was killed when his truck crashed into another vehicle at about 9:14 a.m. on Taft Highway, east of Elk Hills Road, according to the Kern County Sheriff's Office.