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…
+2 News CDCR counselor murder: Prosecutor shows jury testimony that led to co-defendant's indictment By MELANIE NGUYEN mnguyen@bakersfield.com Jul 23, 2024 Kern County District Attorney Investigator Matthew Iturriria could not have known when he was serving a subpoena in September 2021 that the ma…
+3 News CDCR counselor murder: Prosecutor takes witness through texts By MELANIE NGUYEN mnguyen@bakersfield.com Jul 8, 2024 Richard Kindrick was already asleep the night of Aug. 24, 2022 when he received two text messages in a row around 10:55 p.m. from a number he …
+2 News Trial moves forward for 2 suspected of killing CDCR counselor By MELANIE NGUYEN mnguyen@bakersfield.com Jun 10, 2024 Nearly two years after corrections counselor Benny Alcala Jr. was shot and killed in a Target parking lot on Stockdale Highway, the trial for …
News Trial date set for defendants in murder of correctional counselor By MELANIE NGUYEN mnguyen@bakersfield.com Jan 17, 2024 A Kern County Superior Court judge on Wednesday set a trial date of Feb. 13 for the two defendants accused in the 2022 murder of correctional …
+4 News Second murder defendant pleads not guilty in CDCR counselor's death By ISHANI DESAI idesai@bakersfield.com Dec 29, 2022 The family of slain corrections counselor Benny Alcala Jr. piled into court Thursday to watch an attorney enter not guilty pleas for a second …
News Volunteers called to apply to serve on grand jury The Bakersfield Californian Dec 19, 2022 Kern County Superior Court is calling for volunteers to serve on the grand jury for a one-year term.
News Man indicted in connection to federal charge of having ammunition The Bakersfield Californian Dec 16, 2022 A federal grand jury indicted a Bakersfield man in connection to being a felon in possession of ammunition, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
+14 News Grand jury finds unacceptable conditions at Bakersfield senior housing facility BY JOHN COX jcox@bakersfield.com Dec 15, 2022 A Kern County grand jury report released Thursday highlighted alarming conditions at a low-income senior housing facility on Wilson Road, rang…
News US Attorney's Office announces indictment in Operation Dark Nodes for drug distribution The Bakersfield Californian Nov 21, 2022 A federal grand jury indicted the suspects in a 18-month drug and weapons investigation called Operation Dark Nodes run by numerous local agen…
