A Supreme Court ruling placed limits on federal protections for many streams and wetlands. A bill in California's Legislature seeks to restore safeguards.

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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.

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

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