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.

Plans to keep dwindling Kern River rainbow trout populations from dipping into endangered species territory are detailed and ...

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

In this file photo, the lower Kern River, next to California State Route 178, flows heavily from the recent winter and early spring storms. (Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images, File) ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Kern River is one of the great rivers of California’s Sierra Nevada range, descending from its headwaters near the base of Mount Whitney to the San Joaquin Valley floor. Under drought conditions, ...

Rescuers are scrambling this year on central California's snowmelt-swollen Kern River, which has claimed the lives of 8 people since March, according to a report Wednesday.

For the first time in 17 years, the Kern River “intertie” will be opened Monday to release Kern River floodwater into the California Aqueduct, according to the river’s watermaster.

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(Here’s the sign-up, if you don’t already get California Today by email.) If you haven’t been to the Kern River, you may not know that it’s a stunner. Make the harrowing drive up Highway ...

This year, the river is tamer, and Lake Isabella has dwindled to less than 8% of capacity. For those who live and work along the Kern, this is just part of the deal with Mother Nature.