What happened in Bakersfield overnight: Saturday, September 26, 2026

What Happened Overnight in Bakersfield & Kern County

Fire crews spent more than an hour on a cluster of trash and vegetation fires burning in several spots along a canal side near Roberts Lane, and had to shuttle water in because they did not have enough on their rigs to put it out. A vehicle fire burned near Adobe Road and Teale Road, a pickup was taken from outside a downtown hotel on 18th Street, officers chased a driver late in the evening, and deputies searched for a missing adult and two young children. Police traffic stacked up before midnight, and the hours before dawn were given over mostly to medical calls.

The big one

Several fires burning along a canal side near Roberts Lane

At 12:30 a.m. crews were sent to an outside fire in the area of Beardsley Junior High at Roberts Lane and found fire burning in trash along a canal side. Crews told dispatchers there were two more fires nearby, one about 100 yards south, and that they did not have enough water to put the fire out, so they would try to keep it from growing until more units arrived. Engines were routed in on dirt roads that run behind the houses, crews laid a trunk line and shuttled water from a hydrant, and a smaller section of fire was knocked down before 1:40 a.m. Crews stayed on scene for mop-up, and a second outside fire in the same area was assigned to Engine 64 at 12:59 a.m.

Around the county

Pickup taken from outside a downtown hotel

At 4:04 a.m. dispatchers broadcast that a silver 2020 Ram 2500 had been taken from outside a hotel in the 1700 block of 18th Street. A description of the person involved went out to units, along with word that the vehicle's direction of travel was unknown.

Vehicle fire near Adobe Road and Teale Road

At 12:51 a.m. a vehicle fire was reported just north of Teale Road in the Adobe Road area and assigned to the Station 54 area.

Missing adult with two toddlers

At 10:45 p.m. deputies took a report of a missing adult woman who was with two children, ages two and three, and had last been seen about three hours earlier. Family members said they had been unable to reach her, and units checking the area reported they had not found anyone.

Assault reported on Quincy Street

At 4:25 a.m. a woman came to a neighbor's door in the 1800 block of Quincy Street bleeding from the mouth and said she had been assaulted by her boyfriend, who left in an unknown direction. Medical units were advised.

The log

• 9:21 p.m.: Weapon call, discount store on Rosamond Boulevard. A caller reported that a 15-year-old boy had waved and then pointed a possible replica firearm at him about five minutes earlier, and said he did not want to be a victim.
• 9:30 p.m.: Suspicious person, 6500 block of Niles Street at Lynwood Street. Officers were sent for a man in his late 30s reported to be harassing customers in their vehicles in a store parking lot.
• 9:34 p.m.: Missing person check, northbound Highway 99 at Rosedale Highway. Units were sent for a missing person, and a 2016 coupe out of Bakersfield was run with no returns.
• 9:42 p.m.: Attempted entry, Arlington Street area and East Frontage Lane. A caller reported a man and a woman possibly trying to break into a yard and a broken gate, and minutes later a second caller reported a woman trying to break down a front door nearby.
• 10:05 p.m.: Pursuit, Bakersfield area. Officers reported a pursuit with speeds around 30 mph and light traffic yielding, and two minutes later the driver had been ejected from the vehicle and units cleared the scene.
• 11:46 p.m.: Domestic disturbance, 1900 block of Ming Avenue. Officers were sent after a caller was told the subjects at the location were code 4.
• 11:53 p.m.: Verbal disturbance, Sterling Road at College Avenue. A caller could hear a subject yelling and screaming and a juvenile crying at a neighbor's residence.
• 12:08 a.m.: Structure fire, Bakersfield. Dispatchers passed word that all occupants had fled a fire, and a battalion canceled the balance after one unit reported it could handle the damage.
• 1:38 a.m.: Medical aid, 400 block of Water Street. Crews were sent to a back house, with an ambulance responding from Lamont.
• 1:57 a.m.: Domestic dispute, 400 block of Adams Street. Units were sent near the railroad tracks after an earlier caller reported a subject yelling for help, a call that had been transferred to medical.
• 2:11 a.m.: Behavioral health call, 34th Street area. Crews were sent with a request that all units stage before making contact.
• 2:39 a.m.: Domestic disturbance, South Oswell Street. A caller hung up on 911 after dispatchers heard a verbal disturbance in the background, and units were routed in by way of South Fairfax Road and Panama Road.
• 2:56 a.m.: Suspicious person, Kern County. A caller reported that a man had made his way into her residence and was screaming, and said she had locked herself in a room while units responded.
• 3:37 a.m.: Structure fire, East Brundage Lane area and South Park Avenue area. Crews arrived at a two-story building of about 2,500 square feet, reported nothing showing and investigated while other units staged.
• 3:44 a.m.: Restraining order service, Kern County. Units were advised they would be serving a domestic violence restraining order granted earlier in the month, along with a move-out order and a no-contact order.
• 3:49 a.m.: Threats, Kern County. A caller back on 911 reported a subject threatening multiple family members, and units were told the subject was known to carry a firearm and was leaving in a silver sedan.
• 4:19 a.m.: Medical aid, south Bakersfield. An engine and medical units were sent for a cardiac arrest call before dawn.

Night notes

Fire crews carried the night, working a run of trash and vegetation fires along a canal near Roberts Lane that took more than an hour to knock down and mop up, a vehicle fire in the Adobe Road and Teale Road area and a structure fire assignment where crews found nothing showing. Police traffic stacked up before midnight with a pursuit, an attempted break-in around Arlington Street and a missing-person check on northbound Highway 99, then thinned out into a hang-up domestic call on South Oswell Street and two calls in the county for restraining order service and threats. The hours before dawn belonged to medical crews, with cardiac arrest and behavioral health calls in the city and south Bakersfield.