Steven Mayer

More than 1,000 stolen American flags were found and recovered late Wednesday afternoon at a location near Eucalyptus Drive and Denison Lane in east Bakersfield. Some of the flags had

Denise Haynes, event director for the Bakersfield Breakfast Rotary Club’s annual Thousand Flags celebration, was relieved and thrilled, all at once. So were several other club members.

Two Hall Ambulance emergency medical service employees have been in Washington, D.C. this week, along with scores of their peers from cities across the country, to be recognized for their

The Hall Ambulance employees were recognized for their work in EMS education and outreach

The importance of the history and the healing power of the Kern Veterans Memorial in downtown Bakersfield cannot be denied, say local military veterans and their supporters.

It seemed fitting that the two pieces of news landed at about the same time.

John Enriquez loved Bakersfield so much that he spent countless hours during his life erasing graffiti across the city. He was so proud of Bakersfield that he cleaned litter from

Adventist Health Bakersfield's Chief of Surgery John Garcia had the chance to test drive one of the hottest vehicles in modern medicine Wednesday morning.

It was 1981 and Dr. Gary Zerlin was finishing up his medical residency at Loma Linda University School of Medicine when his plans abruptly changed in Bakersfield's favor.

It was 1981 and Dr. Gary Zerlin was finishing up his medical residency at Loma Linda University School of Medicine when his plans abruptly changed in Bakersfield's favor.