BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) — Kern County Sheriff deputies are investigating a Christmas Eve stabbing in Taft. Officers say the 46-year-old victim, a man, showed up bleeding from his wounds at a house on South Tenth Street about 9:20 the morning of December 24, 2025, following the stabbing in the 100 block of Pico Street. The…… Read More
BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) — Two 18-year-olds have been arrested following a shooting in east Bakersfield. Estevan Romero-Valencia and Joshua Camarena were apprehended Saturday in connection to a deadly shooting that killed 15-year old Jacob Jesus Hernandez in the area of Highland Knolls and Morning Drives September 26, 2025. Officers found two teenage boys suffering from…… Read More
BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) — The California Highway Patrol has announced the results of the 2025 Christmas Holiday Enforcement Period. CHP officers conducted 5,450 enforcement actions, issued 2,744 citations, and made 297 DUI arrests between 6 p.m. Christmas Eve and 11:59 p.m. Christmas Day. 1,385 speeding citations were issued, including 94 drivers caught traveling over 100…… Read More
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, 2025, at North Mill and West H Streets. No details have been released about the incident. The Kern County Coroner reports Hernandez died of blunt-force…… Read More
BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) — Police are investigating a fatal shooting in northeast Bakersfield. Shots rang out shortly after 10:00 p.m. Christmas night in the 2700 block of Blade Avenue near Bakersfield College, where officers found a man and a woman dead from gunshot wounds. The Kern County Coroner will release their names later. Police haven’t…… Read More
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 inside a home in the 2700 block of Center Street on November 22, 2025. One round reportedly went into the ceiling,…… Read More
BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) — Kern County Public Works has set up nine different sandbag stations as the county braces for potential heavy rainfall. You’re advised to bring your own shovels and sandbags to get sand at stations located in Bakersfield, Frazier Park, Lake Isabella, Lamont, Lebec, McFarland, Mountain Mesa, Tehachapi, and Wofford Heights. You can…… Read More
BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) — The California Highway Patrol is encouraging you to “brake” the habit of speeding this holiday season. The CHP will launch a Holiday Enforcement Period starting at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, December 24, and ending at 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, Christmas Day. During last year’s holiday enforcement effort for Christmas, CHP officers…… Read More
BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) — Zack Scrivner, who once represented District 2, was granted mental health diversion in Superior Court Friday. Prosecutors say Scrivner took mind altering substances and and sexually assaulted one of his children at their Tehachapi home in April 2024. He’s also accused of possessing an illegal AK-47 style rifle and an AR-15…… Read More
BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) — A mistrial has been declared after a Kern County jury failed to reach a verdict in a high-profile hot-car death case. Maya Hernandez of Visalia, 20, was convicted Thursday on two counts of child endangerment, but the jury remained deadlocked on a second-degree murder charge and a count of involuntary manslaughter.…… Read More
