A 26-year-old Bakersfield man has admitted to shining a laser at a Kern County Sheriff’s Office helicopter. Prosecutors say Alejandro Silvestre aimed the beam at Air One on September 5, 2021, while he was drinking with family outside his home. The helicopter was on a routine patrol when the laser hit. Silvestre pleaded guilty Monday…… Read More
A 15-year-old boy has admitted to all counts filed against him following a fatal shooting at a park in east Bakerfield. Anthony Lopez made the admission during a hearing in juvenile court last week. He’s charged with involuntary manslaughter and use of a gun in the death of Leana Perez, 23, at Heritage Park on…… Read More
A Kern County murder case has been postponed until next year. Paul Magallanes is accused of shooting his sister in law Margarita Lopez, 38, point blank in the chest during a family dispute last April. Magallanes’ attorney argued his client fired in self-defense after several family members attacked him. A judge on Friday granted the…… Read More
The Kern County Coroner’s Office has confirmed the cause of death for a child left alone with his brother inside a hot car in southwest Bakersfield. 1-year-old Amillio Gutierrez was pronounced dead at the hospital from heat stroke June 29, 2025, after his mother, Maya Hernandez, 20, allegedly left him and his 2-year-old brother inside…… Read More
The case is moving forward against a 20-year-old Visalia woman accused of murder after allegedly leaving her two young sons inside a hot car in southwest Bakersfield. A judge on Thursday refused to drop a murder charge against Maya Hernandez. Prosecutors say Hernandez left her one- and two-year-old boys alone for two hours in her…… Read More
A woman accused of killing a Bakersfield couple in a DUI crash is due in court next month. Prosecutors say Anabell Correa, 22, ran a red light at Coffee Road and Stockdale Highway on March 16, 2025, and slammed into a ride share car carrying 30-year-olds Max and Desiree Mooney who were heading home after…… Read More
A pitcher with Bakersfield’s minor league baseball team has died in a crash. Nick Danbrowney of the Bakersfield Train Robbers was killed Monday. Details about the accident haven’t been provided. Danbrowney was the all-time strikeout leader at Ramapo College in New Jersey before he started his professional career in Bakersfield. The Pecos League says the…… Read More
Two suspected Bakersfield gang members are behind bars in connection to a three-year-old murder case. Dahmonte Cooks, 22, and Johnesha Avila, 26, appeared in court Tuesday to enter not guilty pleas for the shooting death of Jarvis Naff, Jr., 26, in the 8600 block of Aliva Street in south Bakersfield in April 2022. Naff was…… Read More
More than two hundred people gathered in Bakersfield to mourn the deaths of a couple killed while hiking in Arkansas. Funeral services were held at Grace Baptist Church on Monday for Clinton Brink, 43, and his wife Cristen, 41, who died last month protecting their daughters during an attack at Devil’s Den State Park in…… Read More
A lawsuit filed over an explosion that injured a Kern County oil well worker has been settled. Leonardo Andrade filed a lawsuit in April 2023 against the companies involved in the oil well operation after the explosion which broke his pelvis and both of his legs. The case was settled on Monday, but the details…… Read More
