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

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.

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

The California Supreme Court announced Wednesday it will grant a review of the 5th District Court of Appeals decision that overturned a Kern County judge’s previous ruling that said water needs to be ...

For the first time since 2006, California has opened a flood relief valve on the Kern River to ease pressure from the heavy Sierra snowmelt. The valve will divert floodwaters into the California ...

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 ...

Keats, who represents plaintiffs like Bring Back the Kern, Kern River Parkway Foundation and the Kern Audubon Society, said the state Legislature determined “that the fish gets the water first,” ...

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.

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, ...

Center for Biological Diversity: FRESNO, Calif.— An appeals court on Thursday will hear arguments on Kern River water diversions, which have killed thousands of fish and drained the once flowing ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) — 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 ...