Genesis Mata was set to start second grade at Pauly Elementary next week. She loved to dance, her grandmother said at a vigil ...

Police have arrested two people after finding an 8-year-old girl with “substantial trauma” dead and abandoned in a bathtub at ...

An 8-year-old girl was found dead in a locked bathroom at the La Quinta Hotel on Riverside Drive over the weekend, according ...

Although Bakersfield police said they had no prior reports of abuse involving Genesis, some family members alleged that ...

The documents indicate Child Protective Services had an active case against Ray Mata because a boy had been missing school, ...

A death investigation is underway after a child's body was discovered inside the La Quinta Inn in central Bakersfield.

This is an ongoing investigation. Anyone with information is asked to contact BPD at (661) 327-7111. Suspect arrested for DUI after fatal crash on Fairfax Road in east Bakersfield ...