The death of an inmate last week at the Kern County Lerdo facility is under investigation, said the Kern County Coroner's ...

Community members of Kern County walk the dry riverbed in protest for the water restoration in the Kern River. The river was ...

Officials with the Kern County Sheriff’s Office are investigating an in-custody death that was reported on March 13.

The Kern County Coroner's Office has identified Max and Desiree Mooney as the two individuals who died in an alleged DUI ...

The day of the wreck, they were carrying practice bombs and inert rounds of 20mm ammunition. They planned to fly from Lemoore ...

The Teaming Up Against Cancer event brings the Kern County community together in the fight for a cure, supporting local ...

A local firefighter suffered injury early Sunday while helping put out a fire that engulfed a tractor-trailer along Highway ...

The Kern County coroner's office reported Monday that unidentified human remains were found Saturday in the 9400 block of Alfred Harrell Highway in Bakersfield.

A recent spate of storms across Central California has brought the state's snowpack to near average levels, but that's not likely to reduce the threat of wildfires as the temperature warms up. The ...

Whale Tail Grants have funded more than 1,000 projects across California, supporting environmental education initiatives that ...

At the start of this month, the California High-Speed Rail Authority’s 2025 Project Update Report was submitted to the state ...

Law enforcement officers for numerous agencies converged on Taft and surrounding communities Friday for a parole and ...