The Bakersfield Fire Department’s Water Rescue team responded to a call reporting a woman holding onto a branch made at River ...

A man was found dead Sunday in the Kern River, a day after local authorities received a report of a possible drowning in Lake Isabella.

Triple-digit temperatures are predicted for this weekend. Beyond that, the days are expected to be not much cooler. It is a reminder that the blistering Bakersfield summer has started, and residents ...

Kern County Sheriff's Office deputies and the Kern Valley Search and Rescue team were dispatched for a rescue.

The Kern County coroners' office on Monday released the name of the man who was found dead March 24 near the Kern River. Daniel Lee Painter, 50, of Bakersfield, was found shot near the riverbed ...

A man who went swimming in Isabella Lake this weekend wasn’t so lucky. Rescue crews found a missing body in the lake after he swam without a life preserver.

“The Kern River is going to be flowing at the end of this case,” Keats said. Attorney Colin Pearce, who represents Bakersfield, said in a statement to Courthouse News and he and his client are pleased ...