Category Archives: KUZZ News

BAKERSFIELD. CA (KUZZ) -- A Kern County Sheriff's Office sergeant has been arrested on felony charges including second-degree burglary and being under the influence of a controlled substance while in ...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- A Kern County judge has overturned the verdict in the lawsuit of a former Bakersfield Fire Department fire captain. The judge ruled Friday a jury was wrong when it concluded ...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- Police are asking for help finding a man who exposed himself to people in south Bakersfield. It happened December 20, 2025, in the 3100 block of South Martin Luther King Jr. ...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- The Taft City School District is finalizing steps in its quest for a new superintendent. The board engaged the Kern County Superintendent of Schools Office in August to help ...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- A 62-year-old man is dead after crashing into a canal south of Bakersfield. It happened Saturday evening on Herring Road west of Highway 99 when the man's car crossed into th...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- A 20-year-old man is dead and two others are recovering from major injuries after a car crash near Wasco. It happened Saturday afternoon when the victim's Toyota Camry struck...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- A Bakersfield woman convicted of felony DUI charges after crashing into a house has been charged with another felony for an earlier DUI arrest. Prosecutors on Friday chose to...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) --We've learned the identity of a man shot and killed during an officer-involved shooting in Lake Isabella. Fernando Padilla, 39, of Bodfish died at the scene January 11, 2026, ...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- Police arrested fourteen people during a sweep of homeless encampments in central Bakersfield. Thirty-six encampments were removed January 14, 2026, from the Kern Riverbed be...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- Jury selection is set to begin next week in the trial of a Bakersfield man accused of killing an infant. Eduardo Gutierrez, 25, was arrested in November 2024 after a 1-month-...