Category Archives: KUZZ News

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- The Bakersfield City Council races are taking shape, with three incumbents or challengers seeing changes in their respective contests. In Ward 1, Eric Arias defeated Mercy Pe...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- Democrat Randy Villegas has defeated Republican incumbent David Valadao in the race for California's 22nd Congressional District. Villegas is capturing 65% of the vote compar...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- A 12-year-old girl was killed and three other people were injured Saturday evening after being struck by a vehicle in southwest Bakersfield, according to the Bakersfield Poli...

NBC 4 Los Angeles, CA -- By Jonathan Lloyd Published October 28, 2026 Pioneering civil rights leader Dolores Huerta, a towering figure in the farmworker and labor movement in California, has died, acc...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- A man suspected of being a primary narcotics supplier in northeast Bakersfield and three others have been arrested, according to police. The Bakersfield Police Department sai...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) A woman accused of shooting at the KBAK-TV station twice earlier this month pleaded not guilty Tuesday in Kern County Superior Court. Thomashana Renee Zeigler, 46, faces multipl...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) Bakersfield police are searching for a man who fled after an officer-involved shooting that left another man dead in southeast Bakersfield. Officers attempted to contact two men...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) A 16-year-old Bakersfield High School student has been charged with forcible rape and a sex act involving a person under 18, according to the Kern County District Attorney's Off...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- Teachers in northwest Bakersfield are planning to rally Tuesday, October 13, over rising health care costs after negotiations with the Rosedale Union School District stalled....

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- A Silver Alert was issued Thursday morning for a 74-year-old woman reported missing in northwest Bakersfield. Maria Cabrera was last seen just after 8:30 a.m. near Crandon Pa...