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 ...

Early bird Memorial Day weekend traffic barely slowed as it passed the small group of media and Kern County Sheriff’s Office ...

McNeely says the drought isn't what's responsible for the dry river, and he's not the only one who thinks so. American Rivers named the Lower Kern River the seventh most endangered river in 2022 ...

"The river has always been sacred to us ... Several local groups are working to help restore the Lower Kern, including Bring Back the Kern, which wants to fill the riverbed in Bakersfield with water ...

it means the lower Kern below the dam and in the Kern River Canyon will be ripe for continued rafting trips. "We expect rafting flows until Halloween," Moore said. "That's our planned closing date." ...

Two powerful California agencies have jumped into the legal fight over flows in the lower Kern River. California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a brief Monday “on behalf of the People of the ...

FRESNO, Calif. (CN) — The city of Bakersfield and nearby water districts secured a win on Wednesday in a California appeals court, which reversed a lower court’s order setting water flow rates for the ...