{"id":407242,"date":"2026-07-21T23:54:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T23:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/407242\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T23:54:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T23:54:18","slug":"sw-bakersfield-dmv-shuts-down-july-24-for-renovations-closed-until-november-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/407242\/","title":{"rendered":"SW Bakersfield DMV shuts down July 24 for renovations, closed until November 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Drivers who rely on the Southwest Bakersfield DMV will need to make other plans starting this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The DMV office on Schirra Court will close for renovations starting Friday night, July 24. The project includes new flooring, fresh paint, updated furniture, new signs and a resurfaced parking lot.<\/p>\n<p>The office is not expected to reopen until November 2, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Until then, customers can visit Bakersfield\u2019s other DMV location on F Street or use offices in Arvin, Delano or Taft. <\/p>\n<p>The DMV also said vehicle registration renewals and many other tasks can be completed online.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dmv.ca.gov\/portal\/bakersfield-southwest-dmv-office-to-close-temporarily\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dmv.ca.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Drivers who rely on the Southwest Bakersfield DMV will need to make other plans&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":407243,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-407242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=407242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407242\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/407243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=407242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=407242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=407242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}