Category Archives: KUZZ News

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- The Fourth of July holiday kept the Kern County Fire Department busy, with officials calling this year's holiday one of the year's busiest days. The department boosted staffi...

CALIFORNIA CITY, CA (KUZZ) -- CoreCivic has sold two of California's largest immigration detention centers, including the controversial center in California City. The nation's second-largest private c...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- Some Kern County sheriff's deputies are showing off a new look on the job. The Kern County Sheriff's Office has unveiled a commemorative badge marking the nation's 250th anni...

LAS VEGAS, NV (KUZZ) - A man was arrested in Las Vegas on Wednesday in connection with a shooting earlier this week on Forrest Street in Bakersfield, authorities said. The Bakersfield Police Departmen...

CALIFORNIA CITY, CA (KUZZ) -- More than $100 million in federal funding is headed to California airports, including one in Kern County. California City Airport will receive about $150,000 to resurface...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- Bakersfield police are continuing to investigate the death of a local doctor found unresponsive in a residential swimming pool. The Kern County Coroner identified the victim ...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- Former Cal State Bakersfield assistant men's basketball coach Kevin Mays has pleaded no contest to three felony charges including possession of child pornography, pimping, an...

TAFT, CA (KUZZ) -- The West Side Health Care District in Taft is finalizing a $10.7 million operating budget including $1.2 million for new hires, mostly at the West Side Family Health Care Clinic. Th...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- The attorney representing a man accused of crashing his pickup into onlookers at the Bakersfield Christmas Parade has withdrawn from the case. Alan Booth, 75, will now be rep...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- There's startling new information about a dog attack that left a boy dead in California City. The owner of three dogs that attacked two children at a Central Park pleaded not...