Kern County supervisors are considering sweeping changes to the county’s oil and gas zoning ordinance — a move that could streamline the permitting process for up to 2,697 new wells each year.

The Kern County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously this week to approve a revised oil and gas rezoning ordinance that could allow for nearly 2,700 new oil wells to be permitted each year.

The Kern County Coroner’s Office identified an inmate who died in Lerdo Pre-Trial Facility less than two weeks after being arrested as 46-year-old Jodi Lynn Gaddis of Tehachapi. Gaddis was ...

Federal authorities plan to open the largest immigration detention center in California at a former state prison in a Kern County desert town about an hour southeast of Bakersfield. It’s not ...

The Kern County Coroner’s Office has identified a woman who was shot and killed in Wasco on Sunday as 34-year-old Marissa Ramirez-Tellez.

Kern County Fair organizers have announced the final two acts of this year's Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tejon Concert Series.

Initial location: Kern County, Calif. Fire type: Wildfire Fire name: Scales A new wildfire was reported today at 10:56 a.m. in Kern County, California. Scales Fire has been burning on private land.

Initial location: Kern County, Calif. Fire type: Wildfire Fire name: Scales A new wildfire was reported today at 10:56 a.m. in Kern County, California. Scales Fire has been burning on private land.