Weedpatch Highway News Today

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — One woman is dead after experiencing a medical emergency which caused her vehicle to drift off Highway 58 and crash into a fence Friday, according to California Highway Patrol. CHP officers responded to reports of a solo-vehicle crash on westbound Highway 58, east of Weedpatch Highway around 1:42 p.m. Officials at […]

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A six-week-long rehab project will start on Weedpatch Highway Sunday April 21, closing a stretch of the highway in east Bakersfield until May 13, Caltrans said through a news release. The “Morning Drive Rehab” project will bring new sidewalks, new driveways, drainage repairs, traffic signal modifications and bring facilities up to […]

LAMONT, Calif. (KGET) — At least one person is dead after a fatal car crash occurred outside of a Lamont courthouse on Saturday night, according to the California Highway Patrol Incident Page. Per CHP, the crash was first reported around 8:20 p.m. on Weedpatch Highway outside of the Kern County Superior Court building. It is […]

According to the CHP, since the opening of this roundabout in July, there have been three collisions and one death at this location.

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Fire crews battled a vegetation fire that ignited off Highway 178 east of the intersection with Weedpatch Highway. The Bakersfield Fire Department responded to the blaze at around 8:30 p.m.

The Bakersfield Police Department arrested a man and woman wanted for retail theft in Southeast Bakersfield. Catalina Hernandez and David Gonzalez had active warrants out for their arrest.

Two people were arrested Sunday in connection to stealing a combined $20,000 in merchandise from various retailers in Bakersfield, police said Thursday.

According to the Kern County Sheriff's Office, Cesar Tlatelpa, 43, of Bakersfield was walking on Weedpatch Highway just after 8 pm on April 13 when he was hit and killed.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — One person is dead following a hit-and-run crash on Weedpatch Highway near Blackburn Street Thursday night. The California Highway Patrol Traffic Incident Information Page reported the crash as a hit-and-run that happened at about 8:11 p.m. This is a developing story.