Heat continues to rise into the weekend, and Bakersfield could have a heatwave through next week. As heat builds in, take ...

A week-long search for a Filipino American camper who disappeared while swimming in the Kern River has ended in tragedy.

With a healthy snowpack in the Sierras, the Kern River above Isabella Lake is running full and local businesses can take you for as much or as little adventure as you can handle. "Forty-five ...

A Bakersfield teenager drowned July 8 in the Kern River south of River View Park, the Kern County coroner’s office said Tuesday. The body of 15-year-old Ester Isabel Villanueva Torres was found ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — City crews have begun working on replacing the vital, Kern River Canal Backup Weir. The first step in replacing the essential piece of water infrastructure began ...

The Kern County coroner's office on Thursday said the man who was seen going into the Kern River near Black Gulch near Bodfish on July 12 and who was found ...

After a bone-dry beginning to the 2024-25 Water Year, the Kern River Basin welcomed a powerful Thanksgiving Day storm that filled the Army Corps rain cup at Isabella Dam with 2.50” of precipitation.

In addition to the e-bike program, the Kern River Bike Patrol has been formed, consisting of 10 community volunteers trained by the National Ski Patrol. Robert Fairman, Steering Community Chairman ...

Kern County's proposed $4 billion budget includes cutting 35 public health positions and reducing health funding by 25%, ...

FRESNO, Calif. (CN) — The city of Bakersfield and nearby water districts secured a win on Wednesday in a California appeals court, which reversed a lower court’s order setting water flow rates for the ...

He said fish in the Kern River have received nothing in the past century. Instead, Bakersfield or water agencies have divided the water among themselves. McKinnon argued the lower court properly ...

FRESNO, Calif. — An appeals court on Thursday will hear arguments on Kern River water diversions, which have killed thousands of fish and drained the once flowing waterway in Bakersfield. The 5th ...