Category Archives: KUZZ News

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- Three Bakersfield men will stand trial on charges including first-degree murder following a deadly shooting on Union Avenue. Dalton Thompson, William Darden, and Joey Elias a...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- Congressman David Valadao, (R), Hanford, has joined two other Central Valley lawmakers in calling on the California Department of Justice to explain the lack of sex charges i...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- A Bakersfield man who repeatedly stabbed his brother with a kitchen knife is off the hook on murder charges. Andy Burgos-Garcia, 27, was acquitted Wednesday of attempted murd...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- The Kern County Coroner's Office has identified a man who was shot to death in Oildale. John Duval, Jr., 40, -- was found dead at the scene January 2, 2026, in the 100 block ...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) - The Kern County Coroner's Office has identified a child killed in an auto accident near Mojave. Zyon Romero, 6, of Weldon was ejected from the vehicle, and two other children ...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) - A hearing has been postponed in the case of a former Kern County Sheriff's Office detentions deputy facing felony drunken driving charges. The attorney for George Benavides, 5...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) - Kern County lawmakers are pushing state officials to look deeper into the allegations against former county supervisor Zack Scrivner. Assembly Member Jasmeet Bains, (D), of De...

Central Valley Congressman Vince Fong is speaking out after the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. The Bakersfield Republican said after Saturday's arrest, "The United States has long pur...

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, ...

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 ...