Kern County Library to highlight county’s LGBTQ+ historyMore for You California Gov. Newsom sues Fox News for $787M, alleges defamation about Trump call Elon Musk regains ownership of Gene ...

The 13-year, $68 million effort to put Kern oil permitting in local hands is headed back to the courts after the county Board of Supervisors voted Thursday to revise a massive environmental review ...

On Tuesday, June 24, California City’s City Council will hold a meeting to express its opposition to a proposed immigration detention center in the Kern County community.

California death row inmate Julian Mendez killed in Kern Valley State Prison allegedly involving more than 30 inmates, with Mario Renteria as the alleged initial attacker.

A 220-acre wildfire in Kern County near Lebec has prompted evacuation warnings near the 5 Freeway.

Kevin Harvick and his son Keelan Harvick raced against each other for the first time The CARS Tour West division is on the grid in Bakersfield, California. The half-mile of Kern County Raceway is ...

Several fires were burning across Kern County Friday, from a small brush fire along Panorama Drive in Bakersfield to a thousands-acre fire in the hills northeast of Tehachapi.

Kern County SEIU workers are planning a second strike on June 3–4, demanding fair wages and accusing the county of underfunding essential public services.

Kern County leaders support Tejon Ranch Co. against Bulldog Investors, emphasizing the importance of Tejon's development projects for local growth.

Prison officials are investigating an assault on an officer at Kern Valley State Prison in Delano. Early Saturday evening, a prisoner stabbed an officer with “an improvised weapon” as the ...

An Elk Grove man is accused of kidnapping a young Kern County girl he communicated with on the popular gaming platform Roblox, authorities said Monday.

Kern County Employees' Retirement Association, Bakersfield, Calif., approved some modest changes in its strategic asset allocations at a board meeting on April 9.