Category Archives: KUZZ News

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- Employees of the Bakersfield City School District are up in arms over how much of a raise they got, and how much of a bump district board members received. In January, the BC...

BAKERFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- The City of Bakersfield has reached a multi-million-dollar settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit involving a former cop. In 2023, officer Ricardo Robles collided with a car a...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- An estimated 31,000 registered nurses and other Kaiser Permanente health care workers, including hundreds in Kern County, are set to return to work Tuesday after a four-week ...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- There's new information in the case of a Bakersfield National Guard recruiter accused of child sex crimes. A probable cause declaration released Monday says Jacob Robles, 24,...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- Two men accused of beating a man unconscious in central Bakersfield have been charged with murder. Alberto Felix and Salvador Gutierrez were charged in December after reporte...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- A car versus a pedestrian has led to the death of a man in east Bakersfield. It happened Sunday night in the 700 block of Baker Street when a car struck a man who was walking...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- The City of Bakersfield will begin work on improving the sewer system in parts of downtown Bakersfield starting Monday, February 23. Temporary road closures will be in place ...

DELANO, CA (KUZZ) -- Intermittent lane closures are planned this week for Highway 155 in Delano. Work will begin Monday, February 23, on the State Route 155 Rehab Project, forcing lane closures along ...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- A Bakersfield man convicted of killing former Kern High School District Police Chief Steve Alvidrez was sentenced Thursday to 15 years to life. David Lilly, 38, was drunk whe...

PORTERVILLE, CA (KUZZ) -- Police in Porterville are cracking down on prostitution at several local massage parlors. Three people were apprehended this week after an undercover sting at three different...