BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- A plea deal has been reached in the case of a Visalia woman whose young son died inside a hot car in southwest Bakersfield. Maya Hernandez, 20, pleaded no contest Wednesday to involuntary manslaughter. She was convicted in December 2025 on two counts of child cruelty, but the jury deadlocked o...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- The Bakersfield city council is moving closer to raising sewer rates. The council on Wednesday launched a process to hike rates by about $100 per year over the next five years. It's a renewal of a plan proposed last year to raise rates by some 300% which caused serious backlash. Under the prop...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- A Bakersfield man has been found guilty of beating a woman and holding a gun to her head. Jayden Toralba, 25, was convicted Wednesday of assault with a deadly weapon, false imprisonment, and domestic violence after assaulting his girlfriend in February 2024. Toralba held a semi-automatic weapo...

Cody Johnson is officially bringing his Live '26 Tour to the UK and Ireland this autumn, marking his first headline arena run across the region. The n...

A milestone moment arrived this week for Ella Langley as her single Choosin Texas climbed to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, marking the first time sh...

Charley Crockett is clearing the air after his name surfaced in an unexpected mix of pop culture and politics. The Texas-born country artist recently ...

Plans for a major summer concert in South Carolina have been called off. Organizers behind the Rock the Country festival confirmed that the event sche...