Category Archives: KUZZ News

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visited Bakersfield Thursday for a roundtable discussion focused on healthy food access, nutrition education an...

WASCO, CA (KUZZ) -- A former school counselor in Wasco has been sentenced to two years in prison for sexually abusing a teenage girl. Jose Solis pleaded no contest to felony sexual battery after prose...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- A Bakersfield woman accused of using a stun gun on her autistic adult son has pleaded no contest to two felony charges. Tisa Armijo entered an open plea Tuesday over prosecut...

TEHACHAPI, CA (KUZZ) -- A former Tehachapi Unified School District administrator was arrested Tuesday on misdemeanor charges alleging she failed to report suspected child molestation involving a distr...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- Bakersfield city leaders considered whether to pursue a sanctuary city policy following a packed and often heated City Council meeting August 5. A sanctuary city is a municip...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- A man was killed Monday morning after being struck by several vehicles on the 24th Street bridge over the Kern River in central Bakersfield. The Bakersfield Police Department...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- New information has emerged in the investigation into a deadly hit-and-run in southeast Bakersfield. Court documents say Jeff Ferguson, 67, admitted he stopped after hitting ...

ARVIN, CA (KUZZ) -- A 76-year-old Palmdale man died Saturday afternoon after his Cadillac crashed into a canal east of Arvin. According to the California Highway Patrol, the man was driving on propert...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- The Kern County Public Health Department has reported the county's first human case of West Nile virus this year. The virus is spread by infected mosquitoes, which are most a...

DELANO, CA (KUZZ) -- A convicted murderer is accused of attacking two correctional officers and another inmate Thursday at Kern Valley State Prison in Delano. Prison officials say Derrick Smith, 59. c...