Opening this flow relief valve, known as the Kern River Intertie, is intended to prevent floodwaters from reaching Tulare Lake, a typically dry lake bed that in recent weeks has experienced a ...

On Saturday, the rarely used Kern River Intertie was activated and the gates opened for the first time since 2006. Currently, 500 cubic feet per second (cfs) are flowing into the aqueduct that's ...

The Kern River Intertie, center, a connection between a Kern River flood basin on the left and the California Aquaduct, at right, was opened on May 22 to allow excess river water to flow into the ...

Environmental activists in Bakersfield have won an initial victory in their legal fight to keep water flowing in the Kern River, which for many years was reduced to a dry, sandy riverbed.

Water is again running in the Kern River through Bakersfield, four months after it suddenly went dry at the end of August, 2024, leading to a massive fish die off. But it will only last through ...

KERN RIVER VALLEY, Calif. (KERO) — A light but consistent rain has come to the Kern River Valley on November 25 into the 26. First respinders are keeping their eyes on areas with burn scarred land.