BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- A man suspected in the stabbing death of a woman in northeast Bakersfield has been arrested. Victor Farias, 33, was apprehended Thursday in Tehachapi after police found an abandoned vehicle near Highway 58 and Tucker Road. Officers suspect Farias ditched the car after a hit and run accident. F...

SACRAMENTO, CA (KUZZ) --The day set aside to honor a now-disgraced Central Valley labor leader is no more. On Thursday, Governor Gavin Newsom singed a bill into law changing the name of Cesar Chavez Day to Farmworkers Day. The legislation authored by Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas and Senate President Pro Tem Monique Li...

BUTTONWILLOW, CA (KUZZ) -- Teen drivers will have a chance to learn about safety behind the wheel during an upcoming Start Smart class at the CHP Buttonwillow office. Start Smart is a popular program which offers a free two-hour class to current and prospective teenage drivers and their parents and guardians. It teache...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- A judge will allow the Kern County District Attorney's Office more time to gather documents to comply with a court order involving a car crash that killed Arvin educator Larry Hallum. On Tuesday the judge ruled prosecutors were not negligent in failing to meet a deadline imposed by another jud...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- A Bakersfield man will serve 13 years in prison for a road rage incident that landed a couple in a canal in south Bakersfield. Abel Almanza learned his fate Wednesday after his conviction last month on charges including assault with a deadly weapon and reckless driving. Almanza admitted he was...

DELANO, CA (KUZZ) -- The board of Cesar E. Chavez High School in Delano voted 3-to-2 Tuesday to change the name of the school. The decision comes in the wake of allegations made against Cesar Chavez, who was accused of sexual abuse in a report released earlier this month by the New York Times. Chavez, who died in 1993,...

BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) -- A Shoulder Tap sting in west Bakersfield ends with two people getting tickets for providing alcohol to minors. The operation was held March 14, 2026, where Bakersfield Police VICE detectives in partnership with California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control ticketed the suspects who bough...

TEHACHAPI, CA (KUZZ) -- A Tehachapi man has made a court appearance after being charged with killing his grandfather. A preliminary hearing was held Tuesday for Skyler Higginbotham, 23, who is charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing death of Norman E. Higginbotham, 83, whose burned corpse was found inside a sh...

(Inside California Politics) - The California Legislature is working this week to rename Cesar Chavez Day following allegations of rape and sexual abuse against the formerly celebrated labor leader. On Monday, the Assembly voted 68-0 to rename the March 31 holiday to Farmworkers Day. The bill was introduced by Assembly...

DELANO, CA (KUZZ) -- An inmate accused of strangling his cellmate at North Kern State Prison is facing a murder charge. Kenneth Langston, 35, was arraigned last week after being accused of strangling Enrique Gomeztagle, 31, to death at the lockup in Delano in January 2025. The coroner says Gomeztagle had a foreign obje...