KCSO is emphasizing the importance of life jackets when in or around Kern River after two rescue operationsin the same area ...

Recent budget negotiations in Washington, D.C. may have cleared away some of the uncertainty hanging over Kern County's ...

With Rite Aid closing locations due to bankruptcy, Lake Isabella residents worry about access to prescriptions, prompting ...

Romanian man sentenced to 2 years in prison for EBT fraud in Kern County ...

The monthly residential flat rate would jump to $569 for water service, effective July 1, with additional increases proposed ...

The Kern County Public Works Department announced a bulky waste collection event in Tehachapi, set for June 21. The event is ...

There were no homicides reported within the city of Bakersfield in May, but there were eight reported within Kern County.

A teen girl was rescued from the tree in the Kern River at Hart Park in which she was stranded Monday night — just an hour and a half after ...

A 34-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of arson after a deadly trailer fire Saturday afternoon in the 6000 block of State Road, according to the Kern County Fire Department. Bakersfield ...

Bakersfield police responded to a welfare check on a vehicle that ended up in a southeast Bakersfield canal Tuesday afternoon ...

Award-winning actor, director, and author Ethan Hawke was in Bakersfield on Monday while he works on a documentary on country ...

A 52-year-old woman was found dead after a mobile home fire in Oildale on Saturday afternoon. Later Saturday, a 34-year-old woman was arrested in connection with the fire.