Chevron is preparing for flooding at its giant Kern River Oil Field north of Bakersfield by isolating wells, draining pipelines, turning off electrical power and armoring levees with riprap.

What a difference a month makes. There has been some hand-wringing this winter regarding California’s 2024 water outlook, especially in the southern mountains and the Kern River Watershed. But ...

After an amazing water year in 2023, no one could have guessed that the upper Kern River watershed would receive yet another gift of water in August, this drenching courtesy of the remnants of ...

KERN RIVER VALLEY, Calif. (KERO) — A light but consistent rain has come to the Kern River Valley on November 25 into the 26. First respinders are keeping their eyes on areas with burn scarred land.

Members of the public are invited to join a local expert on a half-day tour exploring Terminus Dam and two nature preserves that are part of the Kaweah River watershed Wednesday, Dec. 4. Sponsored ...

The Kern River flows past Bakersfield and is at the center of an ongoing legal battle. (photo: Department of Water Resources) A county judge is siding with environmentalists in an ongoing lawsuit ...

On a two-day expedition down one of California’s most spectacular—and thrilling—waterways, David Amsden and his family try river rafting with a luxurious, gourmet twist.

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 ...

Apr. 24—Chevron Corp. is shutting in some of its production in the Kern River Oil Field to minimize chances of an oil spill in case the unprecedented snowpack above Isabella Lake leads to ...

The Kern River is swollen with so much runoff from the epic Sierra Nevada snowpack that state water officials have decided to open a rarely used relief valve, diverting floodwaters into the ...

The Kern River is swollen with so much runoff from the epic Sierra Nevada snowpack that officials have opened a rarely used relief valve, diverting floodwaters into the California Aqueduct to be ...