He learned about the effort through Bring Back the Kern, a local advocacy organization he follows on social media. "I came out because, first, I have a lot of love for the river," he said.

Center for Biological Diversity: BAKERSFIELD, Calif.— A Kern County Superior Court has ruled against the city of Bakersfield and agricultural water storage districts for diverting water from the Kern ...

Whitewater rafters portaged a boat for 16 miles beside the Kern River, protesting the removal of water for a hydropower plant. The facility's license is up for renewal.

But sure enough, at 9 a.m. Saturday, a group of them gathered around next to the Kern River to hear instructions and hazard warnings for their voluntary assignment: Begin removing a large clump of ...

Another big hitter in California rivers has waded into the ongoing Kern River legal battle. California Trout, a conservation group dedicated to healthy rivers, filed a brief with the 5th District ...

— On Tuesday Jan. 30, a sixteen mile stretch of North Fork of the Kern River below the Fairview Dam would naturally have had roughly 400 cubic feet per second (CFS) of water flowing through it.

The Kern River in California's southern San Joaquin Valley is pictured raging with new melting snowpack. (Natalie Hanson / Courthouse News) BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (CN) — An injunction protecting fish in ...

The Kern County Sheriff's Office is set to update the Kern River deaths sign this Friday, reflecting the tragic loss of eight more lives over the past year.

Kern River Gas Transmission Co. kicked off a $1.2 billion expansion of its 926-mile interstate natural gas pipeline at a groundbreaking ceremony held in Tooele, Utah.

Fairview Dam on the Kern River. The dam diverts water into tunnels through the structure on the right. The water is released back into the river 16 miles downstream after it passes through ...