Stopped in a stolen pickup three years ago, Destiny Delacruz told police she had “dope” on her. Delacruz, who would have been ...

Greg Terry, Chief of the Bakersfield Police Department, joined 17 News at Sunrise to discuss recent tragic incidents that ...

Public outrage against Kern County’s Child Protective Services has been growing as the tragic death of 8-year-old Genesis ...

Genesis Mata was a student at Leo G. Pauly Elementary School. We reached out to the Bakersfield City School District to see ...

Ray Mata Jr. and Graciela Bustamonte have been charged with first-degree murder, willful cruelty to a child, and torture ...

Family members and residents say alleged abuse by the girl's father was reported to the county’s Child Protective Services ...

Harm to a child can occur within seconds, and with little effort. What victims like Genesis Mata deserve most of all is ...

The family of 8-year-old Genesis Mata is speaking out following her death, calling for change within Kern County’s child ...

The suspects in the murder of an 8-year-old girl in central Bakersfield have been officially charged and made their first ...

Warning that this article contains graphic material that may be disturbing to some readers.Court documents reveal gruesome ...

According to DefensaCentral, the police found Genesis lifeless in a hotel bathtub, with severe burns, blisters, and wounds ...