The city of Bakersfield and its Recreation Department are launching two programs aimed at keeping the Kern River Multi-use Trail clean and safe and helping park rangers on their patrols.

The city of Bakersfield, in collaboration with its Recreation and Parks Department, has launched two new programs aimed at enhancing the safety and cleanliness of the Kern River Trail. The Park ...

In the 1990s, community activists — notably Rich O’Neill and Bill Cooper — pressed for the river’s return and construction of improvements, such as the Kern River Parkway.

FRESNO, Calif. (CN) — The city of Bakersfield and nearby water districts secured a win on Wednesday in a California appeals court, which reversed a lower court’s order setting water flow rates for the ...

Groups trying to bring water back to the dry Kern River bed through Bakersfield have petitioned the California Supreme Court to review an appeals court decision that ...

"City councils, the Council of Government, the governor, and the Utah State Legislature supported our position, but when push came to shove they all dropped out," Brown says. Indeed, in July of 1989, ...

The Kern County fire department shared some of those lessons with residents in Kernville. “Every time I come to something like this it helps me with our strategy of how we’re trying to reach ...

Last summer, the Borel Fire burned through almost 60,000 acres of land and destroyed more than 200 structures in the Kern River Valley. Earlier this week, FEMA denied the Borel Fire disaster ...