Kern River, about a hour-and-half north of Bakersfield, has been a popular destination for whitewater rafting enthusiasts. This year, however, the river has taken on new life, as a record snowpack ...

Environmental activists in Bakersfield have won an initial victory in their legal fight to keep water flowing in the Kern River, which for many years was reduced to a dry, sandy riverbed.

BAKERSFIELD — The Kern River cascades from the Sierra Nevada in a steep-sided canyon, coursing through granite boulders, and flows to the northeast side of Bakersfield. There, beside cottonwoods ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (CN) — Colorful awnings and tents lined the shores of the Kern River on a Saturday afternoon at Riverside Park in the small town of Kernville in the southern Sierra Nevada ...

Barbara Hinkey has been coming to the Kern River since she was 5 years old. 23ABC's Jada Montemarano spoke with her along the banks of the river. As she played with the water, Barbara spoke about ...

To combat the risk, Kern Mosquito and Vector Control has been stocking recharge basins and the edges of the Kern River with mosquitofish to prevent "ankle-biters," or Aedes aegypti mosquitos ...

The Kern River is more dangerous than normal — the water levels are higher from rain and snow melting and flowing into the river, and the water is moving fast. Kern County faced cooler-than ...