A new wildfire was reported today at 3:53 p.m. in Kern County. Elk Fire has been burning on private land. At present, there ...

The Kern County Fire Department said it will preemptively burn excess grass and vegetation along Interstate 5 south of Bakersfield Tuesday afternoon. The ...

Texas Sen. John Cornyn (R) is significantly trailing state Attorney General Ken Paxton in an internal GOP primary poll ...

The chair of the Bakersfield-Kern Regional Homeless Collaborative says shelters are full upwards of 95% every single day.

The Kern County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in finding a missing 13-year-old girl.KCSO said Jazmin ...

Five people were rescued Saturday night from the Kern River. It is the same day that Kern County experienced its first triple ...

Rapper Tory Lanez, who is serving time in a Tehachapi prison, was attacked by a fellow inmate and sent to the hospital on ...

Hope is in the air as a recent report shows improvements in Kern County’s air quality. And while the county sees a lot of progress, locals say the fight for fresh air is far from over.

Kern County is California’s leading energy provider and a key player in the global energy landscape. In 2023, Kern ranked as ...

As summer approaches, the Kern County Library is encouraging residents to dive into their summer reading challenge.Participants who read either 10 books or for ...

Four students from Kern County won in this past weekend’s National History Day competition for the state of California. Over ...

A new wildfire was reported today at 1:45 p.m. in Kern County. Grapevine Fire has been burning on private land. Currently, ...