Category Archives: KUZZ News

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- A 40-year-old man is facing charges after allegedly impersonating a Bakersfield police officer. Nicolas Leyva was arrested Sunday morning after reportedly pulling over a driv...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- A Lamont teenager is dead following a shooting in southeast Bakersfield. Kern County Sheriff's Office deputies responded Saturday night to East Pacheco Road near Garber Way w...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- Kern County Fire Department crews tackle a grass fire in east Bakersfield. The Tower Fire had burned nearly 2100 acres as of late Sunday night after breaking out around 3:20 ...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) --Two brothers are in police custody following a beating with a baseball bat in east Bakersfield. Juan Morales, 22, and Isaias Morales, 19, were booked Tuesday on suspicion of a...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- Firefighters tackled a blaze at an apartment complex in east Bakersfield. Two units were damaged ataround 11 a.m. Wednesday at the complex at Baker and Lincoln Streets. Resid...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- Kern County supervisors have approved spending $2 million in state funding to allow sheep to graze on county land. The reason? it reduces the risk of wildfire. County officia...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood has endorsed Chris Parlier in his reelection bid to the Kern County Board of Supervisors. Youngblood says Parlier's background in law enf...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- Kern County District Attorney Cynthia Zimmer has announced the filing of criminal charges against Kern County Sheriff's Office Sergeant Ryan Dunbier. A news release issued Mo...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- The Bakersfield Police Department needs your help identifying three men who stole somebody's credit card and racked up a bill of more than $10,000. The crooks used the card b...

DELANO, CA (KUZZ) -- The Tulare County Sheriff's Office is investigating an armed robbery in Delano. It happened shortly after midnight Friday at Big B's Travel Center on Highway 99 where the store cl...