How to get involved. The Kern Fly Fishers and Kern River Boaters are seeking interested residents to learn more about the two Southern California Edison power plants and their impacts on the river.

Water is again running in the Kern River through Bakersfield, four months after it suddenly went dry at the end of August, 2024, leading to a massive fish die off. But it will only last through ...

Join 23ABC on a tour of one of the oldest power plants in Kern County. Ted Sorenson is an engineer who, along with his team, helped restore a century-old powerhouse back to a functional state.

Good environmental cause or not, no one was really expecting teenagers to show up on time on a weekend morning to labor outdoors in the heat for free. But sure enough, at 9 a.m. Saturday, a group ...

Bonnie Compton, who has lived along the Kern River for about 10 years, says she is upset that the water has been cut off and the river is drying up, leaving dead fish. “We want the water back ...

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 ...

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 River, siding with environmental ...

Others continued to play in the water, most of them without life vests — a bold thing to do, since this river is nicknamed "the Killer Kern." It's unfortunately an appropriate moniker. According to ...

A kayaker died and four others were rescued Wednesday after falling into the turbulent waters of the Kern River in Southern California, authorities said. The Swiftwater Rescue Ream responded ...