A person was found dead early Friday in what the Kern County Sheriff’s Office called a suspicious structure fire in Oildale.

A new capability in the Ridgecrest Regional Hospital lab provides patients in our community with rapid testing for Valley ...

Occurred at Taft Community Correctional Facility on Commerce Wy. Disposition: Checks Ok. Officer initiated activity at E St. Disposition: Outside Assist. Occurred on Woodrow St. Disposition: Animal ...

In 1991, "Dire Straits" began what was billed as the biggest tour in the history of rock music with a performance in Dublin. The two-year, 24-country tour reached a total live audience of more than ...

Heat continues through the weekend statewide. Bakersfield will likely feel triple digit heat into early next week. Plus, ...

The Kern River Groundwater Sustainability Agency (KRGSA) adopted their final Kern County Subbasin groundwater sustainability ...

A search warrant Kern County Sheriff’s Office detectives served Wednesday in Taft with the help of the U.S. Secret Service led to an arrest on suspicion of having child pornography.

The two-day Bakersfield Collector-Con is inviting attendees of all ages to come see the vendors, celebrities, comics, ...

As next year's election cycle begins to heat up, Tessa Lynn Hodge, a clinical social worker and Democratic candidate for ...

A proposal seeking to curtail legal battles over groundwater management in California goes too far, says a Kern County water official.

The April report showed CPS is underfunded, understaffed and has a high turnover rate. These factors, the report says, affects workers with high case loads.

Lindsay Lohan, Jamie Lee Curtis, Chad Michael Murray and more actors from 'Freaky Friday' have reprised their roles in ...