BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) — Sheriffs deputies in Santa Clarita Valley have arrested a burglary suspect from Bakersfield. Investigators linked the case to a burglary in Saugus on November 27, 2025, where approximately $8,000 in property was stolen from a business in the 26000 of Bouquet Canyon Road. The 57-year-old suspect, whose name has not been…… Read More
BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) — A Bakersfield man accused of shooting his wife to death reportedly admitted the killing to police. Manuel Robles, 37, is charged with first-degree murder after allegedly shooting Ana Robles, 37, with an AR-15 rifle after the two were drinking at their home on Tallulah Falls Court November 26, 2025. A juvenile…… Read More
BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) — A man is dead following a hit and run accident in south Bakersfield. It happened at around 2:30 a.m. Monday on southbound Highway 99 near Taft Highway when a car struck the man as he walked along the roadside. The driver took off. Moments later, a second car struck the man…… Read More
BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) — An officer-involved shooting in northwest Bakersfield has sent a man to the hospital. Officers tried to make a traffic stop near Mohawk Street and Sienna Lane at around 2:15 a.m. Monday when the suspect ran from the car after stopping on Latina Drive and Pisa Way. Police say the man pointed…… Read More
BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) — Kern County Sheriff deputies are investigating a Christmas Eve stabbing in Taft. Officers say the 46-year-old victim, a man, showed up bleeding from his wounds at a house on South Tenth Street about 9:20 the morning of December 24, 2025, following the stabbing in the 100 block of Pico Street. The…… Read More
BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) — Two 18-year-olds have been arrested following a shooting in east Bakersfield. Estevan Romero-Valencia and Joshua Camarena were apprehended Saturday in connection to a deadly shooting that killed 15-year old Jacob Jesus Hernandez in the area of Highland Knolls and Morning Drives September 26, 2025. Officers found two teenage boys suffering from…… Read More
BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) — The California Highway Patrol has announced the results of the 2025 Christmas Holiday Enforcement Period. CHP officers conducted 5,450 enforcement actions, issued 2,744 citations, and made 297 DUI arrests between 6 p.m. Christmas Eve and 11:59 p.m. Christmas Day. 1,385 speeding citations were issued, including 94 drivers caught traveling over 100…… Read More
BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) — Police with Union Pacific Railroad are investigating a work-related death in Tehachapi. Authorities say Rufino Hernandez, 46, of Moreno Valley died at the scene December 17, 2025, at North Mill and West H Streets. No details have been released about the incident. The Kern County Coroner reports Hernandez died of blunt-force…… Read More
BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) — Police are investigating a fatal shooting in northeast Bakersfield. Shots rang out shortly after 10:00 p.m. Christmas night in the 2700 block of Blade Avenue near Bakersfield College, where officers found a man and a woman dead from gunshot wounds. The Kern County Coroner will release their names later. Police haven’t…… Read More
BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) — A Bakersfield man is accused of shooting his son to death during a drunken fight over an electric bill. Kern County Sheriff’s deputies say Jose Preciado, 52, fired a handgun inside a home in the 2700 block of Center Street on November 22, 2025. One round reportedly went into the ceiling,…… Read More
