{"id":4375,"date":"2025-10-14T18:33:19","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T18:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/4375\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T18:33:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T18:33:19","slug":"rain-impacts-highways-streets-in-bakersfield-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/4375\/","title":{"rendered":"Rain impacts highways, streets in Bakersfield area"},"content":{"rendered":"

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) \u2014 The first major storm of the season is making its way through Kern County and Bakersfield. Several roads around Kern County are impacted by closures or warnings Tuesday during the storm.<\/p>\n

\t
\n\t\tThese winter driving \u2018tips\u2019 may be outdated and unnecessary, experts say\t<\/a><\/p>\n

Is the Grapevine open?<\/p>\n

As of 9:30 a.m. northbound and southbound Interstate 5 is open. Rain continued to fall in the area, however. Multiple collisions have been reported south of Grapevine Road. Drivers are advised to slow down through the area.<\/p>\n

Road closures<\/p>\n

According to the Kern County Public Works website, Reed Road was closed from County Line Road to Cecil Avenue at 9 a.m. due to flooding. <\/p>\n

Old River Road from Herring Road to Copus Road was closed at 8:45 a.m. due to a crash. <\/p>\n

For more information on other road closures in Kern County, click here<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\t
\n\t\tWatch 17 News, After Sunrise and more local news free on your smart TV. Click to learn more about KGET+\t<\/a><\/p>\n

The City of Bakersfield has provided contact information to report storm-related damage or other problems.<\/p>\n

After hours: 661-327-7111<\/p>\n

Blocked storm drains: 661-326-3111 \u2013 Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. \u2013 3:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Downed trees\/branches: 661-326-3866 \u2013 Monday through Friday, 6:30 a.m. \u2013 3 p.m.<\/p>\n

Street light\/traffic signal outage: 661-326-3781 \u2013 Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. \u2013 3:30 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) \u2014 The first major storm of the season is making its way through Kern County…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4376,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152,5157,7,3315,706,5158,644,5154,5152,1575,5153,5150,5151,5155,62,5149,5156,61,19],"class_list":["post-4375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news","tag-blocked-road","tag-california","tag-caltrans","tag-central-california","tag-closed-road","tag-flooding","tag-freeway","tag-grapevine","tag-highway","tag-hwy-99","tag-i-5","tag-interstate-5","tag-mud","tag-rain","tag-road-conditions","tag-rocks","tag-storm","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4375","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=4375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4375\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}