A pedestrian who was killed in a crash in Frazier Park, several miles north of the Santa Clarita Valley, earlier this month has been identified. Gerardo Lofra Luevano, 59, from Lebec was killed in the crash, said Sheriff-Coroner Donny Youngblood of the Kern County Sheriff’s Office. Around 5:50 a.m. on Friday Nov. 5, Luevano was struck by a vehicle on ...

A Fresno man who was accused of murdering a mother of three in 2016 was found guilty Wednesday and now faces the possibility of life in prison. Alex Richard Valdez, 31, is charged with murdering Kimberly Harvill in 2016, and also faced a special circumstance allegation of lying in wait, making him eligible for the death penalty, according to District ...