The Kern County District Attorney’s Office has canceled its service contract with the nonprofit Open Door Network over what it says were publi…

The California Board of Parole Hearings denied release Nov. 6 to a convicted child rapist, the Kern County District Attorney’s Office announce…

A convicted sex offender was denied parole during a hearing Wednesday, according to the Kern County District Attorney's Office.

The Bakersfield police officer who was charged with assault after allegedly trying to force his K9 partner to attack a woman was denied his re…

A Kern County jury found a man guilty of a misdemeanor count of indecent exposure Tuesday, the Kern County District Attorney’s Office said.

A Kern County judge sentenced Jonathan Knight to life without the possibility of parole Tuesday for the murder of 5-year-old Kason Guyton in 2017. 

The Kason Guyton murder trial was still pending Friday afternoon after the jury on the case failed to reach a unanimous decision on whether th…

A man was sentenced to 50 years to life in prison plus five years for a shooting murder Tuesday morning in Kern County Superior Court.

Due to a misfiling from the Kern County District Attorney’s Office, a man found guilty of shooting a neighbor’s friend faced a sentence 22 yea…

A Kern County judge dismissed five criminal charges Monday, but left 16 others in place, in the high-profile case of a woman accused of threat…