Convicted killer Maricruz Galaviz was sentenced to 25 years to life for the torturing and murder of 17-year-old Amanda Zubia.

Convicted killer Maricruz Galaviz was sentenced to 25 years to life for the torture and murder of 17-year-old Amanda Zubia.

Scrivner faces allegations of child sexual assault, and in February was charged with five felony counts -- including child ...

The main study by the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) shows Kern County has filed the most cases per 100,000 ...

Kern County District Attorney Cynthia Zimmer announced Friday her office has secured its first jury-trial felony convictions under Proposition 36, the new state law that increases penalties for people ...

An alleged international crime ring preying on California's welfare EBT cards is getting help from a Gypsy Church in Southern ...

The service of a search warrant on Thursday in Northridge led to the arrest of three people on suspicion of electronics benefit transfer fraud and conspiracy charges in a large-scale ...

A man who walked away from a Male Community Re-entry Program in Kern County on Tuesday was apprehended in Bakersfield after a ...

One person was arrested and another rescued in a human-trafficking investigation conducted by t Police Department and the Kern County Sheriff's office in partnership with other local, state and ...

Palmer. The first American Muslim judge ever appointed to the Kern County Superior Court, he has been a supervising deputy district attorney at the Kern County District Attorney’s Office since 2014, ...

Kern County District Attorney Cynthia Zimmer announced Friday her office has secured its first jury-trial felony convictions under Proposition 36, the new state law that increases penalties for ...