+2 News Supervisors reject Family Justice Center occupancy agreement after 3 recusals BY JOHN COX jcox@bakersfield.com May 12, 2026 A rare procedural move at Tuesday morning’s Kern County Board of Supervisors meeting, and the unusual vote that followed it, appears to have l…
News Criminal trial of former CSUB basketball coach set to start next month BY JOHN COX jcox@bakersfield.com Apr 7, 2026 A not-guilty pleading Tuesday morning by a former Cal State Bakersfield assistant basketball coach prompted a Kern County Superior Court judge…
News Grandmother, judge grapple with aftermath at woman's sentencing for son's death in hot vehicle BY JOHN COX jcox@bakersfield.com Mar 5, 2026 The conclusion was foregone: For the death of her young son inside a hot vehicle last summer, Maya Hernandez had already agreed to be sentence…
News Challenge refiled in Scrivner case By PETER SEGALL psegall@bakersfield.com Feb 19, 2026 A challenge to the mental health diversion program granted to former Kern County Supervisor Zack Scrivner is still pending and awaiting a judg…
+2 News Mother takes plea deal in child's hot car death BY PETER SEGALL psegall@bakersfield.com Feb 11, 2026 Maya Hernandez, the mother who left her two infant children unattended in a car on a hot summer day, leading to the death of one of them, plea…
News Hearing in Hernandez trial delayed one week BY PETER SEGALL psegall@bakersfield.com Feb 3, 2026 The next court hearing in the case of Maya Hernandez, the 20-year-old mother whose infant child died after being left alone in a car on a hot …
+3 News Decision postponed on whether to retry woman accused in child's death BY JOHN COX jcox@bakersfield.com Jan 12, 2026 A decision was postponed Monday on whether to retry a mother accused of leaving her young children last summer in a hot vehicle, where one of …
News Judge declares mistrial in child's hot car death after jury hangs on murder count BY PETER SEGALL psegall@bakersfield.com Dec 18, 2025 A judge declared a mistrial Thursday in the case of Maya Hernandez, the 20-year-old charged with leaving her two children in a car on a hot da…
News Jury deliberations begin in child's hot car death BY PETER SEGALL psegall@bakersfield.com Dec 16, 2025 Jurors began their deliberations Tuesday in the case of Maya Hernandez, the 20-year-old Visalia woman charged with second-degree murder after …
News Kern County Superior court accepting applications to serve on grand jury The Bakersfield Californian Dec 6, 2025 Kern County Superior Court is accepting applications through March 13 from qualified citizens interested in being nominated to serve on the Ke…