Heat continues to rise into the weekend, and Bakersfield could have a heatwave through next week. As heat builds in, take ...

With a healthy snowpack in the Sierras, the Kern River above Isabella Lake is running full and local businesses can take you for as much or as little adventure as you can handle. "Forty-five ...

Kern County Search and Rescue has expanded its team with the addition of three new K-9 members, enhancing their efforts to ...

The Kern County Coroner’s Office has released the identity of a man who died after entering the Kern River. James Ashley Bawayan, of Chino Hills, was found dead July 19 in the Kern River, after ...

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A week-long search for a Filipino American camper who disappeared while swimming in the Kern River has ended in tragedy.

KCSO deputies and members of the Sheriff's Bakersfield Search and Rescue Team rescued the teen at about 7:10 p.m. She was not wearing a lifejacket. She was brought to shore and was not injured.

A fast-moving wildfire like the Borel Fire can strike without warning — but with preparation, lives, homes, and memories can ...

If you haven’t been to the Kern River, you may not know that it’s a stunner. Make the harrowing drive up Highway 178 east from Bakersfield, California, and you’ll be rewarded with views of ...

Swimming in the Kern River. Yasara Gunawardena “This is…crazy,” whispered Etta when, after drifting 10 miles down the Kern, we arrived at Momentum’s base camp.

The Kern County coroner's office on Thursday said the man who was seen going into the Kern River near Black Gulch near Bodfish on July 12 and who was found ...