Category Archives: KUZZ News

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- A plea deal has been reached in the case of a Visalia woman whose young son died inside a hot car in southwest Bakersfield. Maya Hernandez, 20, pleaded no contest Wednesday t...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- The Bakersfield city council is moving closer to raising sewer rates. The council on Wednesday launched a process to hike rates by about $100 per year over the next five year...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- A Bakersfield man has been found guilty of beating a woman and holding a gun to her head. Jayden Toralba, 25, was convicted Wednesday of assault with a deadly weapon, false i...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- Several students are facing criminal charges after posting a photo to social media of someone in possession of a gun at Centennial High School. The Kern High School District ...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- Bakersfield police say several crooks cut into a wall to get inside a jewelry store at Valley Plaza Mall. BPD is investigating a burglary late Sunday night at Zales jewelry s...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- The case against an elderly Bakersfield man accused of injuring several spectators at the Bakersfield Christmas parade has been declared a mistrial. Potential jurors were dis...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- A newborn baby was found dead near a dumpster at a south Bakersfield shopping center. Police responded at around 1:30 a.m. Monday to Plaza Vallarta near Panama Lane after wor...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- A woman is behind bars following the fatal stabbing of her partner in southwest Bakersfield. Police responded Sunday afternoon to the 4100 block of Thatch Avenue to find a ma...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- A man who led law enforcement on a high-speed chase through southwest Bakersfield has learned his fate. Julio Arroyo, 31, was sentenced Monday to nine years and four months i...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- A man is dead following a fire at a commercial building in downtown Bakersfield. Crews responded around 2:50 a.m. Monday to the structure at 22nd and F Streets to find the ma...