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
Prosecutors have increased the charges leveled against a Tulare County woman accused in the heat-related death of her son left inside a hot car. The Kern County District Attorney’s office on Monday amended the charges from involuntary manslaughter to murder after Maya Hernandez, 20, allegedly left her two small sons inside a car in 100-degree…… Read More
We’re learning more about the arrest of Fernando Jara, the husband of 5th District Kern County Supervisor Leticia Perez. Bakersfield police say officers responded Saturday morning to the couple’s home on Alta Vista Drive to perform a welfare check on Jara who allegedly made threats to other people during a mental health crisis. BPD says…… Read More
The Kern County Coroner’s Office has identified a man who died after an explosion in Taft. Jose Rios, 37, suffered thermal injuries to his body after an an explosion that occurred while he was reportedly manufacturing black powder fireworks at a house in the 1000 block of Loma Vista Avenue June 29. Rios died the…… Read More
