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MOJAVE MURDER SCENE CALLED ‘GRUESOME’ AS SEARCH FOR SUSPECT CONTINUES

MOJAVE MURDER SCENE CALLED ‘GRUESOME’ AS SEARCH FOR SUSPECT CONTINUES

Kern County Sheriff’s investigators continue to search for the suspect who killed four people in Mojave Sunday night. Few details have been released for a variety of reasons. Lori Meza says there’s no security video available, several persons of interest haven’t been as helpful as deputies had hoped, and leads keep changing. Meza also says…Read More

FOUR DEAD, SUSPECT AT LARGE IN MOJAVE SHOOTING

FOUR DEAD, SUSPECT AT LARGE IN MOJAVE SHOOTING

Four people have been shot to death in Mojave, and the shooter or shooters are still at large. Lori Meza with the Kern County Sheriff’s says deputies responded around 11:20 last [Sunday] night to a property on H Street near Cerro Gordo Road… The victims were inside what Meza described as an RV parked on…Read More

ALBUM PRODUCED BY BUCK OWENS RELEASED FOUR DECADES LATER

ALBUM PRODUCED BY BUCK OWENS RELEASED FOUR DECADES LATER

A piece of local music history. A CD is being released today by singer Victoria Hallman, 41 years after it was originally made, and the executive producer is the late Buck Owens. Our own Jim Shaw is the leader of the Buckaroos and the handler of the Buck Owens private foundation. He wrote four songs…Read More

SHOOTING CLOSES NORTHBOUND I-5 FOR TWELVE HOURS AT BOTTOM OF GRAPEVINE

SHOOTING CLOSES NORTHBOUND I-5 FOR TWELVE HOURS AT BOTTOM OF GRAPEVINE

Interstate 5 at Grapevine Road is open in both directions now, after the northbound lanes were closed for about 12 hours because of a shooting. The suspect is still at large and fled the scene after shooting a truck driver around 7:30 last Monday night. Highway Patrol Officer D-C Williams says the freeway was closed…Read More

WEST BOYS MURDER TRIAL TO GET UNDERWAY TUESDAY

WEST BOYS MURDER TRIAL TO GET UNDERWAY TUESDAY

A jury has been seated and opening statements begin Tuesday in the murder trial of the missing California City boys. Trezell and Jacqueline West are charged with killing their two adopted sons Orrin and Orson West two years ago, although the bodies of the boys have never been found. The Kern County District Attorney has…Read More

TWO MEN CONVICTED IN STREET RACING DEATH

TWO MEN CONVICTED IN STREET RACING DEATH

A Bakersfield man has been convicted of second degree murder for a street racing crash that killed a 58-year-old woman, and seriously injured her two grandchildren. Chief Deputy District Attorney Cole McKnight says Ronald Pierce Jr. slammed into Maria Navarro’s mini van in November 2019 on Old River Road between White Lane and Ming Avenue……Read More

BAKERSFIELD COLLEGE HONORS 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF TITLE IX

BAKERSFIELD COLLEGE HONORS 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF TITLE IX

The 50th anniversary of Title IX, giving women equal access to education and sports is being celebrated, but with a caveat. At Tuesday’s event at Bakersfield College, Head Softball coach Casey Goodman said we’re used to men being passionate about sports, but not so much for women… Goodman noted that when you take salary out…Read More

CLIFF & TANYA, BRENT MICHAELS NOMINATED FOR ACM AWARD

CLIFF & TANYA, BRENT MICHAELS NOMINATED FOR ACM AWARD

The Academy of Country Music has nominated the Cliff and Tanya Show, and our own Brent Michaels for On Air Personality of the Year. This show was nominated for a Country Music Association award last year, and KUZZ was named Station of the Year by both the ACM and CMA in 2022. The ACM Awards…Read More

MOST EVACUATION ORDERS LIFTED IN KERN COUNTY

MOST EVACUATION ORDERS LIFTED IN KERN COUNTY

Many people in the Kern County evacuation areas are being allowed to return home now. Most evacuation orders were lifted yesterday afternoon, and early last night. There are still some areas where the evacuation orders are still in place. Kern County Fire Captain Andrew Freeborn says he had about a hundred personnel on storm detail,…Read More

SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS BEEN GETTING CALLS ABOUT FLOOD VICTIM SCAM

SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS BEEN GETTING CALLS ABOUT FLOOD VICTIM SCAM

As it is with every crisis or emergency situation these days, it seems there are scammers out there trying to take advantage of it. Lori Meza with the Kern County Sheriff’s Office says be careful if you get a phone call asking for donations to help local victims of flooding… Meza says it could sound…Read More

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