KGET 17 News

Top Stories - A two-year-old child wearing only a diaper was found on the side of the road just North of Bakersfield - CHP officers in Kern County found more than a hundred stolen catalytic converters hidden in plain sight - Turning to a major crash in southwest Bakersfield that caused one car to burst into flames

Top Stories - Deady shots were fired at a local McDonald's - Crews climbed on top of a roof to put out a raging house fire near the bluffs

Top Stories - A big fire broke out overnight out of Central Bakersfield - Another body was recovered from a Bakersfield canal yesterday afternoon

Top Stories - It's been a busy summer for crews, who pulled another body out of the Kern River over the weekend - CalTrans is issuing an emergency shutdown of State Route 155 - Four fires broke out in Riverside county over the weekend

Top Stories - Trezell and Jacqueline West, the couple convicted in the deaths of their missing, adopted children, will have to wait a while longer to hear their sentence - Marjorie Taylor Greene has officially been kicked out of the Freedom Caucus

Top Stories - Communities from Bakersfield to New Mexico and mourning the sudden death of a young soccer star - The owner of a Bakersfield pool company and his two sons plead "no contest" to beating a man who tried to steal items from their business - For the first time in more than half a century, a former Charles Manson follower is walking free

Top Stories - A man is still missing this morning after getting swept away by the Kern River - Traffic is no longer backed up on the Grapevine after crews were able to get the upperhand on a large wildfire over the weekend

Top Stories - A disturbing discovering in a Bakersfield canal - It was a close call in northeast Bakersfield, as crew were threatened by a firey explosion

Top Stories - A high-speed pursuit on I5, starting in Bakersfield and ending in Santa Clarita - A former CHP officer was accused of attempting to meet with a teen for sex

Top Stories - Firefighters spent their Fourth of July responding to a multiude of calls - A couple swimmers found themselves in trouble after they dared to test the currents of the Kern River - We look back at the destructive Ridgecrest earthquake

Top Stories - It was a scary scene driving down Highway 178 through the Kern River Canyon - A man is in custody, after five people were killed in a mass shooting in Philadelphia

Top Stories - We saw an example of how dangerous the impact of the Sierra Snowmelt can be over the weekend - A teenage boy has been arrested in connection to the killing of another teenage boy

Top Stories - An infamous and convicted rapist, who served three decades in prison for crimes commited in Sacramento, was in court yesterday - Both sides have rested in the trial of a former CHP officer charged in an online sex sting

Top Stories - Emergency crews rush to the scene in north Bakersfield overnight where an ATV rider is thrown from a three-wheeler - Local animal shelters prepare for a huge influx of runaway pets, scared off by fourth of July fireworks

Top Stories - For weeks now we've been telling you about the surging flow of the swollen Kern River - This water flow reduction comes after two people were rescued from the Kern River at Hart Park - A portion of State Route 155 is going to be closed for the next two weeks

Top Stories - Investigators are trying to figure out what led up to a deadly shooting in Oildale - One person is dead following a crash on I5 through the Grapevine - Mercenaries threatened to overthrow parts of Russian President Vladimir Putin's Government over the weekend

Top Stories - A fire overnight damaged at least two homes in East Bakersfield - A heartbreaking incident caught on camera, with three dogs seen being dumped and abandoned behind a business in Oildale - One of four suspects charged in the murder of a Bakersfield woman faced a judge yesterday

Top Stories - A woman was killed while using an Apple Air Tag to track down her stolen car - Another case has closed for the only school shooting in Kern County's history - The missing submersible taking adventurers to the depths of the ocean to explore the titanic is running out of air

Top Stories - For the second time in the past week, a body has been found in a canal in Central Bakersfield - Deputies are trying to figure out what led up to a shooting in northeast Bakersfield - Fire Chief Aaron Duncan provided a Sierra Snowmelt update to the board of Supervisors yesterday

Top Stories - A dangerous 24-hours on Kern County roads when rescue crews were called to several grisly crash scenes - Plus a home in central Bakersfield goes up in flames overnight

Top Stories - The final member of a group rafters has been successfully rescued from the Kern River - Deputies say it could be a month before crews can go in and retrieve the body of a drowned kayaker from the raging waters

Top Stories - The search continued yesterday for a missing kayaker in the Kern River - An investigation is underway after a man's body was found in a canal in central Bakersfield - A big rig driver was shot while driving on I5 in Northern California

Top Stories - A reminder this morning of how dagnerous and deadly the Kern River can be - A suspected drunk driver plowed into a home in northwest Bakersfield last night - A bus full of migrants arrived in LA yesterday afternoon from Texas

Top Stories - A police officer was run down last night as he tried to stop thieves from stealing a car - We'll explain the largest single capital expenditure coming to Kern County

Top Stories - Another American is being detained in Russia, with many questioning if it's wrongful - A 75-year-old man got into a standoff with deputies in south Bakersfield yestrday afternoon - In a matter of hours, history will unfold in Miami