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 ...

Whitewater rafters portaged a boat for 16 miles beside the Kern River, protesting the removal of water for a hydropower plant. The facility's license is up for renewal.

The Kern River Parkway Nature Center located at Hart Memorial Park offers a range of programs and activities seeking to connect people with the local habitat of Kern County. Housed in an old adobe ...

Aug. 28—To call 2023 an unusual water year in the Kern River Basin would be a serious understatement. "It was the most abnormal water year you could possibly have," said Evan Moore of Sierra ...

The Kern River in California's southern San Joaquin Valley is pictured raging with new melting snowpack. (Natalie Hanson / Courthouse News) BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (CN) — An injunction protecting fish in ...

— On Tuesday Jan. 30, a sixteen mile stretch of North Fork of the Kern River below the Fairview Dam would naturally have had roughly 400 cubic feet per second (CFS) of water flowing through it.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (CN) — Water agencies that receive diversions from the Kern River want a judge to dismiss parts of a lawsuit against the city of Bakersfield, arguing environmental groups haven’t ...

Center for Biological Diversity: 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 ...