BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visited Bakersfield Thursday for a roundtable discussion focused on healthy food access, nutrition education and sustainability in the Central Valley. The event highlighted hands-on educational programs through Edible Schoolyard Ke...

WASCO, CA (KUZZ) -- A former school counselor in Wasco has been sentenced to two years in prison for sexually abusing a teenage girl. Jose Solis pleaded no contest to felony sexual battery after prosecutors said he inappropriately touched a student while working at Thomas Jefferson Middle School in May 2022. Solis must...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- A Bakersfield woman accused of using a stun gun on her autistic adult son has pleaded no contest to two felony charges. Tisa Armijo entered an open plea Tuesday over prosecutors' objections. A security guard and a nurse said Armijo used the weapon on her son in a pre-operative room at Kern Med...

TEHACHAPI, CA (KUZZ) -- A former Tehachapi Unified School District administrator was arrested Tuesday on misdemeanor charges alleging she failed to report suspected child molestation involving a district teacher, according to the Tehachapi Police Department. Dr. Roxane Michelle Romero, who served as the district's chie...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- Bakersfield city leaders considered whether to pursue a sanctuary city policy following a packed and often heated City Council meeting August 5. A sanctuary city is a municipality with local policies that limit cooperation with federal immigration enforcement. During the meeting, dozens of res...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- A man was killed Monday morning after being struck by several vehicles on the 24th Street bridge over the Kern River in central Bakersfield. The Bakersfield Police Department says the crash happened around 5:30 a.m. near Oak Street. Several of the vehicles involved left the scene without stopp...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- New information has emerged in the investigation into a deadly hit-and-run in southeast Bakersfield. Court documents say Jeff Ferguson, 67, admitted he stopped after hitting Love Dixon, 17, on July 18, checked his vehicle, and then left the scene. The crash happened in the 3400 block of Union ...

ARVIN, CA (KUZZ) -- A 76-year-old Palmdale man died Saturday afternoon after his Cadillac crashed into a canal east of Arvin. According to the California Highway Patrol, the man was driving on property belonging to the Arvin-Edison Water Storage District when he suddenly turned west and entered the canal. The vehicle w...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- The Kern County Public Health Department has reported the county's first human case of West Nile virus this year. The virus is spread by infected mosquitoes, which are most active during the summer and early fall. Terry Knight of Kern Vector and Mosquito Control recommends that residents inspe...

DELANO, CA (KUZZ) -- A convicted murderer is accused of attacking two correctional officers and another inmate Thursday at Kern Valley State Prison in Delano. Prison officials say Derrick Smith, 59. charged at officers with an improvised weapon, striking one officer before attacking another inmate. Officers used a 40-m...