Justices with the 5th District Court of Appeal peppered attorneys with questions about the application of state water law and the fight over Kern River flows during arguments in Fresno […] ...

Tħe Kern River in Bakersfield hasn't had any water flowing through it for a long time. Im Eric J. Dockery your Bakersfield neighborhood reporter. But on Thursday, there will be a court hearing ...

“It was a gut punch,” said Kelly Damian, spokesperson for Bring Back the Kern, one of the plaintiffs that had sought the injunction to keep water in the river. Lois Henry is the CEO and editor ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — Community members of Kern County walk the dry riverbed in protest for the water restoration in the Kern River. The river was shut down in August of 2024, affecting ...

Panorama of the upper fork of the Kern River, Sierra Nevada, Kern County, California. (Roger Howard/Wikimedia Commons via Courthouse News) FRESNO, Calif. (CN) — Environmental groups clashed Thursday ...

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 ...

Justices with the 5th District Court of Appeal peppered attorneys with questions about the application of state water law and the fight over Kern River flows during arguments Thursday in Fresno.