Ray Mata Jr. was a convicted felon before his arrest Aug. 3, but nothing in his criminal record approaches the enormity of the charges he currently faces.

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

While the community is still grappling with 8-year-old Genesis Mata’s brutal death, 17 News spoke with Genesis’ biological ...

A high-pressure ridge that sat in the northeast Pacific region has now begun to split, as a low pressure trough slowly drops down from northern Canada. This will ...

Ray Mata Jr. — the father and man charged in the murder of 8-year-old Genesis Mata — has a documented criminal history in ...

Statements made by Ray Mata and Graciela Bustamonte to police were self-serving and later inconsistent with their own ...