Category Archives: KUZZ News

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- A Bakersfield woman convicted of felony DUI charges after crashing into a house has been charged with another felony for an earlier DUI arrest. Prosecutors on Friday chose to...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) --We've learned the identity of a man shot and killed during an officer-involved shooting in Lake Isabella. Fernando Padilla, 39, of Bodfish died at the scene January 11, 2026, ...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- Police arrested fourteen people during a sweep of homeless encampments in central Bakersfield. Thirty-six encampments were removed January 14, 2026, from the Kern Riverbed be...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- Jury selection is set to begin next week in the trial of a Bakersfield man accused of killing an infant. Eduardo Gutierrez, 25, was arrested in November 2024 after a 1-month-...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- Kaiser Permanente healthcare workers in California, including those in Kern County, are preparing to go on strike this month. The United Nurses Association of California has ...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- Jury selection will continue next week in the trial of an elderly Bakersfield man accused of DUI. The judge sent potential jurors home on Thursday after the attorney for Alan...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- Motorists should expect delays through the Kern River Canyon on Friday, January 16, 2026. Caltrans announces there will be one-way traffic control on Highway 178 from 7:30 a....

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- A man accused of a fatal shooting in Oildale has entered a plea in court. Jonathan Fraze, 33, pleaded not guilty Wednesday in connection to the death of John Duval. Jr., 40, ...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- A 38-year-old man accused of a drunk-driving accident that left the Kern High School District police chief dead over ten years ago pleads no-contest to a charge of second-deg...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- A man charged with shooting a gay activist to death at a Bakersfield park has entered a plea to a charge of voluntary manslaughter. Fredi Rivera, 29, of Delano, pleaded no co...