According to the deputies, Matthew Jared Vukmer, 53, is charged with first-degree murder after he allegedly stabbed Paula Floyd, 54, Friday morning at his home in the Wyngate community southeast of ...

In the past two years, Bakersfield and Kern County have experienced remarkable reductions in violent crime. Bakersfield ...

A woman facing murder charges in the death of a 3-year-old in 2024 had her trial delayed to June, according to Kern County court records.

A 24-year-old Bakersfield man accused of beating another man and leaving him in the street in June 2025, where he was later run over, appeared in court Friday ...

Masuma Khan said she was kept in frigid conditions, often without warm clothes, appropriate food or access to vital medicine.

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Some cities continue showing that decent rent does not always disappear completely. Three cities, in particular, still keep ...

Maya Hernandez has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after her 1-year-old son died when she left him and his brother in a sweltering hot car while she was having a Brazilian butt lift ...

A new report has ranked the world's most affordable holiday destinations for 2026, featuring cities across the US, Asia and ...

A broad coalition of religious leaders across California has voiced support for a measure that strengthens penalties for intentionally disrupting worship services ...

Retired Sacramento Superior Court Judge Maryann Gilliard said that laws allowing early release of “elder” felons and ...

Dr. Brian Acacio had stellar reviews. But his patients didn’t know, according to legal filings, that Acacio’s medical license ...