The sale includes the JC Penny location in Bakersfield’s Valley Plaza Mall on Ming Avenue. Eighteen other stores in California were also part of the sale. Somewhere between $928 million and $932 ...

Patrons walk one of the main concourses at the Valley Plaza mall in Bakersfield, Calif., on June 27, 2025. The popular mall has recently been the subject of a petition to ban unaccompanied teens.

Police have said two people were injured in a shooting at the Valley Plaza mall in Bakersfield, California on Monday, according to local media. The shooting happened around 7:21 p.m. in the ...

UPDATE (7:59 p.m.): Bakersfield Police Chief Lyle Martin has confirmed that the Valley Plaza Mall is secured following a shooting that happened Monday evening around 6:03 p.m.

Shoppers at Valley Plaza Monday morning echoed Castanae’s feeling of safety. The reports of a shooting Sunday caused panic in mall shoppers and even more rumors of what happened.

Councilmember Eric Arias says organized retail crime like a recent smash and grab at Valley Plaza Mall in March continues to be an issue. “Typically young people, usually between groups of three ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A petition to ban unsupervised teenagers at Valley Plaza Mall has gathered more than 6,000 signatures in less than a week. The petition alleges poor behavior by ...

The shooting happened in the Valley Plaza mall parking lot around 7:21 p.m., according to BPD. Both victims were taken to a local hospital. Mall security was not involved in the shooting, […] ...

Police say shots were fired at the Valley Plaza Mall after an armed suspect got into a physical altercation with one of the victims at around 6 p.m.

Beginning Monday evening at 7 p.m., Valley Plaza Mall will be closed indefinitely in response to the COVID-19 outbreak in Kern County.