BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- A young boy was rescued after being stuck inside a chimney at a northeast Bakersfield home Wednesday afternoon. Crews with the Bakersfield Fire Department responded to a report of a child stuck in a chimney at a home in the 2900 block of La Cresta Drive, near Garces Memorial High School. First...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- A Bakersfield man accused of killing a woman at an apartment complex in northeast Bakersfield pleaded not guilty Wednesday to murder, child cruelty, and domestic violence charges. Victor Farias, 33, is accused of fatally stabbing Yoland Rojo, 30, at the Shadow Ridge Apartments in the 7000 bloc...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) --A Bakersfield man has been convicted of first-degree murder. Angelo Cabezuela, 30, was found guilty Monday of shooting Arthur Medina, 34, to death in January 2022. Cabezuela shot Medina when Medina pulled up on a bike next to Cabeuela's car in the 2200 block of Steele Avenue. A trial to determi...

LAMONT, CA (KUZZ) -- Two people from Lamont are facing charges after authorities say the men were caught with stolen copper wire. Kern County Sheriff's Deputies report they caught Rodrigo Garcia, 20, and Juan Cachu, 43, on Saturday in the 7700 block of Buena Vista Boulevard. Garcia was allegedly riding a stolen motorcy...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- Kern County joins the rest of California in celebrating Farmworkers Day. Until this year, March 31 was known as César Chávez Day, however the day was renamed Farmworkers Day earlier this month following public, documented allegations that Chavez sexually abused young girls and wo...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- A suspect accused of a killing a woman in northeast Bakersfield missed a court hearing. Victor Farias, 33, had a medical issue which prevented him from being arraigned Monday on first-degree murder and other charges in connection to the stabbing death March 25, 2026, of Yolanda Rojo, 30, at th...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- A hearing has been delayed for a 28-year-old man accused of abducting a girl from Taft. Matthew Naval is being held on $1.4 million after allegedly picking up the 10-year-old and bringing her to Sacramento County in April 2025. He and the child had been communicating through the video platform...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- The Kern County Coroner's Office has released the name of a woman who was stabbed to death at an apartment complex in northeast Bakersfield. Yolanda Rojo, 30, died at Kern Medical following the incident March 25, 2026, at the Shadow Ridge Apartments in the 7000 block of College Avenue. Victor ...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- A man who faced a murder charge in connection to a fatal racing crash in southwest Bakersfield has accepted deal. On Friday, Iqbal Singh pleaded no contest to vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence in exchange for other charges being dropped after he was racing a motorcycle on east Panam...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- Caltrans reports eastbound Highway 58 between Highway 43 and Nord Avenue will be closed from Wednesday, April 1, through Thursday, April 2, for grinding and paving operations. Hours of the closure are 7:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. You'll be able to use Interstate 5, Highway 43, and Highway 119 aroun...