Category Archives: KUZZ News

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- Police with Union Pacific Railroad are investigating a work-related death in Tehachapi. Authorities say Rufino Hernandez, 46, of Moreno Valley died at the scene December 17, ...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- A Bakersfield man is accused of shooting his son to death during a drunken fight over an electric bill. Kern County Sheriff's deputies say Jose Preciado, 52, fired a handgun ...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- Kern County Public Works has set up nine different sandbag stations as the county braces for potential heavy rainfall. You're advised to bring your own shovels and sandbags t...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- The California Highway Patrol is encouraging you to "brake" the habit of speeding this holiday season. The CHP will launch a Holiday Enforcement Period starting at 6 p.m. on ...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- Zack Scrivner, who once represented District 2, was granted mental health diversion in Superior Court Friday. Prosecutors say Scrivner took mind altering substances and and s...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) - Police have arrested a 33-year-old man in connection to a series of retail thefts from a hardware store in northeast Bakersfield. Police say Noe Delcampo stole over $2,700 wor...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) - A mistrial has been declared after a Kern County jury failed to reach a verdict in a high-profile hot-car death case. Maya Hernandez of Visalia, 20, was convicted Thursday on ...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) - A Kern County jury failed to reach a verdict Wednesday in the case of a Visalia mother facing a murder charge. The panel told the judge they were stuck on a second-degree murd...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) - An instructor with the Tehachapi Unified School District has been arrested for allegedly inappropriately touching at least two underage victims on a school campus. Physical Ed...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) - Bakersfield police are stepping up DUI patrols for the holidays. Extra officers have been on the streets since last Friday, looking for suspected impaired drivers. Police say ...