Category Archives: KUZZ News

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- A 46-year-old man has been arrested following a deadly stabbing at a motel in northwest Bakersfield. Authorities say Paul Parra was apprehended Sunday night after Kern County...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- Sentencing has been postponed for the Visalia woman convicted of child endangerment after leaving her two children inside a hot car in southwest Bakersfield. Judge Charles Br...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) --A 25-year-old pedestrian is dead after being struck by a vehicle in south Bakersfield. California Highway Patrol officers responded Monday morning to the 5300 block of South U...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) --Community members from Lamont and Fuller Acres are speaking out against proposed changes related to hydrogen use at a local oil refinery. The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution ...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- One person is dead after a deputy-involved shooting in Lake Isabella. Kern County Sheriff's deputies responded around 1:40 a.m. Sunday to reports of a person firing a gun in ...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- A murder investigation is underway following a fatal stabbing at a motel in northwest Bakersfield. Kern County Sheriffs deputies responded Sunday morning to Motel 6 on Olive ...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- Three Bakersfield men will stand trial on charges including first-degree murder following a deadly shooting on Union Avenue. Dalton Thompson, William Darden, and Joey Elias a...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- Congressman David Valadao, (R), Hanford, has joined two other Central Valley lawmakers in calling on the California Department of Justice to explain the lack of sex charges i...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- A Bakersfield man who repeatedly stabbed his brother with a kitchen knife is off the hook on murder charges. Andy Burgos-Garcia, 27, was acquitted Wednesday of attempted murd...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- The Kern County Coroner's Office has identified a man who was shot to death in Oildale. John Duval, Jr., 40, -- was found dead at the scene January 2, 2026, in the 100 block ...