The road was initially closed on March 2023 due to damage cause by flooding on the South Fork of the Kern River. Repair work began in July 2024 and was completed on December 13. WELDON, Calif.

Kern River Valley residents are now expressing concern about the lack of evacuation routes in the area due to the ongoing closure of Sierra Way ... Up to the mountains upriver?

Spring and summer are the most dangerous times, as snowmelt from the Sierra Nevada Mountains adds speed and lowers the ... The Indigenous people of the Kern River Valley see things a little ...

May 31—Their concerns range from the cost of getting to Bakersfield and home again, to the price of groceries and gas in the Kern River ... Mountains, through Glennville. Even Sierra Way ...

Neyman noted that weather models suggest significant rainfall, with some areas around the mountains surrounding the Kern River Valley potentially receiving up to 5 inches. Local residents are ...

And to make matters worse, Highway 155, which normally carries travelers westward from Wofford Heights over the Greenhorn Mountains ... president of the Kern River Valley Chamber of Commerce ...

28—To call 2023 an unusual water year in the Kern River Basin would be a serious understatement. "It was the most abnormal water year you could possibly have," said Evan Moore of Sierra South ...

5 Freeway through Grapevine and Kern River Valley were placed under an updated winter weather advisory by the National Weather Service on Thursday at 3:37 a.m. The advisory is in effect until 1 p ...

The three-mile ride from my camp to Funston Meadow awakened a lifetime connection to the Upper Kern River Canyon ... San Joaquin Valley cattlemen. I vacillated between city and Sierra, finally ...

5 freeway through Grapevine and Kern River Valley are included in an updated winter weather advisory issued by the National Weather Service on Thursday at 3:37 a.m. The advisory is in effect until ...