Bakersfield police have arrested a registered sex offender for attempting to inappropriately grab a 14-year-old girl on a Golden Empire Transit bus on July 8.… Read More
KUZZ News
Red Cross Volunteers Busy Over Weekend After Storms
Kern County’s American Red Cross chapter says they’re still helping people in the mountain communities hit hardest by sudden thunderstorms and rainfall.… Read More
Farmers Assessing Rain Damage
The Kern County Farm Bureau says the production agriculture industry is still assessing crop damage caused by recent torrential rains and thunderstorms.… Read More
Earnings Sink Stocks on Tuesday
Weak quarterly reports from IBM, Microsoft and other tech companies sent stocks into the red on Tuesday.… Read More
Two-Alarm Fire Burns Bakersfield Apartment
A firefighter suffered heat-related injuries and at least one family is displaced after an apartment building caught fire on Tierra Verde Street in Bakersfield.… Read More
Hikers Safe After Being Stranded
A group of hikers are home safe, including a woman who had to be rescued by helicopter, after they were stranded north of Tehachapi and south of Lake Isabella.… Read More
KCSO: Phone Scam Targets Local Homeowners
The Kern County Sheriff’s Office says it’s aware of a phone scam where callers claiming to be with the county are offering energy-efficiency inspections and in-home visits to discuss possible energy bill reductions.… Read More
Man Gets Extra Year in Prison For Smuggling Synthetic Drugs
A man serving an 11-year federal drug sentence has been given an additional year in prison for trying to smuggle a half-ounce of spice into the Taft Correctional Facility.… Read More
Fire Damages East Bakersfield Home
City arson crews are trying to figure out what sparked a fire at a vacant single-story house in east Bakersfield that caused around $75,000 damage.… Read More
Stocks Higher, Oil Lower on Monday
Stocks finished modestly higher Monday as investors combed through earnings reports.… Read More
