Lerdo Highway News Today

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A three-vehicle crash left one person dead and five others with varying injuries Tuesday morning on Zerker Road, according to the Kern County Fire Department. KCFD responded to the crash just before 7 a.m. on Zerker Road, south of Lerdo Highway. Officials said one person died as a result of the […]

A man died after a car crash with a semi-truck around 3:30 a.m. Monday on the Interstate 5 off-ramp to Lerdo Highway in Buttonwillow, according to the Kern County Coroners

He turned a promise made to his brother Marines into a personal vision, and with help, transformed 10 acres of tumbleweeds, jackrabbits and lizards north of Bakersfield into a green

Shafter Public Works Director Mike James noted that calls for illegal dumping clean up aren't coming near as often, but when they do, the city is focused more on education as opposed to enforcement.

The most startling fact about the tilt-up warehouse being built at 5408 Express Ave. in Shafter isnt its immense size, at 1.06 million square feet, or that its virtually surrounded

Earlier this week, CalTrans shut down Highway 46 just West of town in Lost Hills. The shut down is expected to remain in place until mid-November.

A half dozen streets in the city of Shafter may soon find themselves marooned by traffic cones and detour signs.

An upcoming road widening project on California State Route 46 (Highway 46) will lead to a full closure of the roadway from just west of Lost Hills Road to just

Motorists traveling through western Kern are in for weeks of inconvenience, and as expected, the hardest part of the job was left for last. But when its done, roadway widening

Closure is expected to be in place until mid-November – The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), in cooperation with Granite Construction, has announced a long-term […]