# BakersfieldNow News

> Bakersfield News & Weather

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id433704911](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id433704911)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id433704911`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc
- **Category:** News
- **Rating:** 4.80 / 5 (59 ratings)
- **Version:** 10.33.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-01
- **First published:** 2011-04-26
- **Size:** 149 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-18
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bakersfieldnow-news/id433704911)
- **Website:** [http://sbgi.net](http://sbgi.net/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://sbgi.net/privacy-policy/](https://sbgi.net/privacy-policy/)

## Description

**BakersfieldNow News** keeps you informed with the latest local news, breaking stories, live newscasts, and video coverage from Bakersfield, Kern County, and Central California.

Stay prepared with accurate hourly and daily weather forecasts, live radar, severe weather alerts, traffic updates, and road conditions. Personalize your news experience and receive instant notifications about local events, politics, sports, community stories, and major national headlines.

## Rankings

- #162,509 — Overall

## Review summary

User reviews show a split: some appreciate the interface and programming, but reliability and content freshness dominate. Many report crashes (including startup), stories/feeds failing to load, and stale content not updated regularly. Ads and push notifications are disruptive. A subset prefers the old app version. The app has potential, but without stability, reliable content loading, and fewer interruptions, it struggles to meet most users' expectations.

### Pros

- App generally works with no major issues.
- Pretty good interface.
- Positive programming/station content.

### Cons

- Frequent crashes and instability (startup crashes).
- Content often fails to load or shows empty articles.
- News feeds and content become stale/not updated regularly.
- Excessive ads and push notifications.
- New app version is worse than the old one; the old app was better.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id433704911)