A man’s body was pulled from the Kern River Saturday morning. Volunteer search and rescue teams with the Kern County Sheriff’s Office made the discovery near Hobo Campground. The coroner will release the man’s name at a later date. The Kern County Sheriff’s Office reminds you that river conditions can be extremely dangerous during the…… Read More
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Steven Taylor will be honored Monday, July 21, 2025, as the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Military Hero of the Game. Taylor, who is an account executive for KUZZ, enlisted in the U.S. Army after the terror attacks on the United States on 9-11 and served two tours in Baghdad as a Master Gunner. Taylor’s five years…… Read More
Bakersfield city councilman Andrae Gonzales has announced his candidacy for the California State Assembly. Gonzales, who represents Ward 2, is the first local candidate to publicly declare his intention to run for State Assembly District 35 currently occupied by Dr. Jasmeet Bains of Delano who hopes to unseat Republican Congressman David Valdao of Hanford. Gonzales…… Read More
The Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Foundation has honored Mark Corum with the 2025 Volunteer of the Year Award. Corum serves as the Vice President of Marketing & Brand Strategy for Hall Ambulance. He received the award during the organization’s annual family conference last Saturday in Chicago. Corum became an advocate for CJD after the sudden passing of…… Read More
A man is under arrest following a deadly stabbing in south Bakersfield. Derick Williams, 50, was taken into custody Tuesday afternoon in the 5800 block of Ream Way where police found Gabriela Rodriguez, 54, in a front yard. First responders rendered aid but Rodriguez was pronounced dead at the scene. Police say they recovered a…… Read More
The Bakersfield Police Department is asking for the community’s help identifying a man accused of stealing electric vehicle chargers at a central Bakersfield business in June. It happened at around 5:25 a.m. June 16, at Brooks Brothers Interior on Brundage Lane, where the suspect and one other person allegedly sawed off eight EV charging cables…… Read More
A Kern County judge added a murder charge Tuesday to the list of crimes leveled against a Visalia mother whose 1-year-old son died inside a hot car in southwest Bakersfield.. Prosecutors say Maya Hernandez, 20, left her two young boys alone inside her Toyota Hybrid for more than two hours with the outside temperature in…… Read More
The husband of Kern County Supervisor Leticia Perez was charged Tuesday with making criminal threats, child cruelty, and resisting arrest. Fernando Jara, 49, pleaded not guilty after allegedly threatening people at his home in the 1800 block of Alta Vista Drive in northeast Bakersfield on Saturday. He also allegedly threatened police officers and a crisis…… Read More
An alleged burglary attempt ended with the suspect being shot by a homeowner in Taft. Kern County Sheriffs deputies were called to the house in the 300 block of Montview Avenue early Monday morning to find Felix Cortez, 36, suffering from a gunshot wound. He’s expected to survive. The homeowner shot Cortez in the backyard…… Read More
