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
BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) — Kern County Public Works has set up nine different sandbag stations as the county braces for potential heavy rainfall. You’re advised to bring your own shovels and sandbags to get sand at stations located in Bakersfield, Frazier Park, Lake Isabella, Lamont, Lebec, McFarland, Mountain Mesa, Tehachapi, and Wofford Heights. You can…… Read More
BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) — The California Highway Patrol is encouraging you to “brake” the habit of speeding this holiday season. The CHP will launch a Holiday Enforcement Period starting at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, December 24, and ending at 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, Christmas Day. During last year’s holiday enforcement effort for Christmas, CHP officers…… Read More
BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) — Zack Scrivner, who once represented District 2, was granted mental health diversion in Superior Court Friday. Prosecutors say Scrivner took mind altering substances and and sexually assaulted one of his children at their Tehachapi home in April 2024. He’s also accused of possessing an illegal AK-47 style rifle and an AR-15…… Read More
BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) — A mistrial has been declared after a Kern County jury failed to reach a verdict in a high-profile hot-car death case. Maya Hernandez of Visalia, 20, was convicted Thursday on two counts of child endangerment, but the jury remained deadlocked on a second-degree murder charge and a count of involuntary manslaughter.…… Read More
BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) — A Kern County jury failed to reach a verdict Wednesday in the case of a Visalia mother facing a murder charge. The panel told the judge they were stuck on a second-degree murder charge against Maya Herndanez, 20, who allegedly left her two young sons inside a hot car for more…… Read More
BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) — The Bakersfield Police Department is asking for the community’s assistance inidentifying suspects related to a theft investigation. On Thursday, October 2nd, 2025, the suspect removed the victim’s purse from her open vehicle while at Mister Car Wash in the 4900 block of Gosford Road. The suspect is described as an adult,…… Read More
BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) — Police have arrested a 33-year-old man in connection to a series of retail thefts from a hardware store in northeast Bakersfield. Police say Noe Delcampo stole over $2,700 worth of merchandise from a Lowe’s store on Columbus Avenue. Delacampo was apprehended last Friday after his alleged connection to at least fifteen…… Read More
