BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — Veterans who pass away while far from family or don’t have a relation with family members are often laid to rest alone or without a proper military burial. But one local ...

Following the ceremony, officials will hold a wreath laying in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Vietnam Veterans Day. The public is welcome and encouraged to attend. BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) ...

Eighty-one years after he was lost to the fire and fog of war, the remains of fighter pilot Arthur M. Lingo have finally come home. Generations have passed since the young aviator from western Kern ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Bakersfield National Cemetery will host a ceremony on Tuesday to memorialize veterans who were interred at the cemetery over the past five months without known family.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — “Here on this hollow ground we honored five of our veterans who were laid to rest today without any known family present,” said Yolanda Crowe with the Bakersfield National ...

One can tell a great deal about a city by its cemeteries. Twenty-four local teachers encountered such opportunity firsthand by exploring cemeteries in Boston, Washington, D.C., Gettysburg, ...

A Kern County sheriff’s deputy helped Pomona police catch a murder suspect Wednesday after he read in an obituary that the man was to be a pallbearer at a funeral. After staking out a Bakersfield ...

The Jewish community in Bakersfield is relatively small, with around 250 families. Members of Congregation B’nai Jacob, which ...