Category Archives: KUZZ News

Apartments Catch Fire in East Bakersfield
BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- Firefighters tackled a blaze at an apartment complex in east Bakersfield. Two units were damaged ataround 11 a.m. Wednesday at the complex at Baker and Lincoln Streets. Resid...
KUZZ News Apr 30, 2026 Courtesy KBAK

Supervisors Approve Sheep Grazing Funding
BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- Kern County supervisors have approved spending $2 million in state funding to allow sheep to graze on county land. The reason? it reduces the risk of wildfire. County officia...
KUZZ News Apr 29, 2026 Courtesy UC Davis

Sheriff Endorses Parlier for Supervisor
BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood has endorsed Chris Parlier in his reelection bid to the Kern County Board of Supervisors. Youngblood says Parlier's background in law enf...
KUZZ News Apr 29, 2026 Courtesy Taft Midway Driller

Sheriff's Seargeant Facing Charges after Alleged Theft at KCSO Property Room
BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- Kern County District Attorney Cynthia Zimmer has announced the filing of criminal charges against Kern County Sheriff's Office Sergeant Ryan Dunbier. A news release issued Mo...
KUZZ News Apr 28, 2026 Courtesy KBAK

Cops Search for Credit Card Thieves
BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- The Bakersfield Police Department needs your help identifying three men who stole somebody's credit card and racked up a bill of more than $10,000. The crooks used the card b...
KUZZ News Apr 27, 2026

Armed Robbery in Delano
DELANO, CA (KUZZ) -- The Tulare County Sheriff's Office is investigating an armed robbery in Delano. It happened shortly after midnight Friday at Big B's Travel Center on Highway 99 where the store cl...
KUZZ News Apr 27, 2026

SEIU Endorses Palacio
BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- The Service Employees International Union has endorsed Ana Palacio of Bakersfield in the race for California's Assembly District 35 seat. Palacio is an ER nurse at Kern Medic...
KUZZ News Apr 24, 2026 Courtesy Bakersfield Californian

Tehachapi Man Enters Plea to Porn Charges
BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- A Tehachapi man has entered a plea to charges of possessing child porn. David Curran, 26, pleaded no contest Wednesday and faces a year in jail and two years' probation. Curr...
KUZZ News Apr 24, 2026

Judge: Scrivner in Compliance with Diversion Program
BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- Former Kern County supervisor Zack Scrivner remains in compliance with the terms of his mental health diversion program. That's the word from a Kern County Superior Court jud...
KUZZ News Apr 24, 2026

Bakersfield Truck Driver Caught with Alleged Cocaine Worth $9 Million
BAKERSFILED, CA (KUZZ) -- A Bakersfield man has been arrested in Indiana for allegedly possessing a massive amount of cocaine. Harmandeep Singh, 27. was apprehended Monday after an Indiana State Troop...
KUZZ News Apr 23, 2026




