Eight lives were taken by the Kern River in 2024, raising the total to to 342 since 1968. That total doesn't include all of ...

The Kern County Water Agency named two longtime employees to run the powerful entity after the board let its general manager ...

Boaters and anglers trying to get greater flows on the upper Kern River have been frustrated by what they feel is an absolute ...

California officials have joined a legal effort to restore water to the Kern River after an abrupt shutoff of water dried up the river and killed thousands of fish in Bakersfield. The decision by ...

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 aquaduct. This photo from April ...

The city's assistant director of water resources says Bakersfield's lakes are already full and the groundwater basins are recharging after years of operating at an extreme deficit. BAKERSFIELD, Calif.

(KERO) — Recent rainfall has left puddles in some areas of the Kern River ... on their petition to the state water board for help in bringing the river's flow back to healthy levels.

which reversed a lower court’s order setting water flow rates for the Kern River and remanded the issue. The water districts opposed a late 2023 preliminary injunction that required the city to ...

The Kern River flows past Bakersfield and ... decision did not create any new water and that any water the district does not take should flow to other right holders instead.

When the gates separating the two are opened, gravity moves the Kern River water into the aqueduct. The flow was expected to start at a rate of 500 cubic feet per second and will increase to 1,000 ...