Category Archives: KUZZ News

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- A Bakersfield man has been found guilty of sexually abusing a 15-year-old relative. Ricardo Alvarez, 37, was convicted Tuesday of lewd and lascivious acts with a child and un...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- The former epicenter of the Bakersfield Sound will soon become affordable housing. The site of the former Trout's Nightclub on North Chester Avenue in Oildale will be convert...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- A Bakersfield man has entered a plea to charges of money laundering. Ifeanyi Ugwu, 49, entered the plea Monday to operating an unlicensed money-transmitting business involvin...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- Police are investigating a shooting that left four people injured in south Bakersfield. Officers responded around 4:50 p.m. Sunday to a dispute at the intersection of Kelso P...

TEHACHAPI, CA (KUZZ) -- A suspected burglar was shot and killed trying to break into a house in Tehachapi. Kern County Sheriff's deputies were called Thursday evening, April 2, to a house in the 19000...

DELANO, CA (KUZZ) -- The California Highway Patrol reports drugs or alcohol may have contributed to a fatal car crash near Delano. It happened at around 9:20 p.m. Saturday on Highway 99 near 9th Avenu...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- The Cesar Chavez mural in downtown Bakersfield was found painted over Thursday morning. The words "BELIEVE SURVIVORS" were painted over the mural on the side of a business ne...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- Bakersfield police are asking for your help identifying a man wanted for sexual assault. It happened in late March in the 9000 block of Camino Media. The man is about 18 to 2...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- A young boy was rescued after being stuck inside a chimney at a northeast Bakersfield home Wednesday afternoon. Crews with the Bakersfield Fire Department responded to a repo...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- A Bakersfield man accused of killing a woman at an apartment complex in northeast Bakersfield pleaded not guilty Wednesday to murder, child cruelty, and domestic violence cha...