Firefighters with the Kern County Fire Department extinguished a 77-acre fire Saturday evening near the Lost Hills area.

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The deadline for suing to stop Kern County from resuming oil and gas permitting passed Monday with no word of a new lawsuit ...

The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget projects that Social Security’s main trust fund will be insolvent by the end ...

Kern County Animal Services is leveraging technology from Petco Love Lost to create a comprehensive online database, ...

The California Highway Patrol Central Division will be conducting a Rapid Arrest of Intoxicated Drivers (RAID) operation, ...

Initial location: Kern County, Calif. A new wildfire was reported today at 12:40 p.m. in Kern County, California. Chester ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A 10-year veteran of the Kern County Sheriff’s Office is undergoing the fight of his life.

It all started the afternoon of July 24, 2024, when Keith Lee Mulkey careened off Highway 178 near Democrat Road, crashing ...

The SNIP Bus performed 108 spay/neuter surgeries in East Bakersfield in one day, helping combat pet overpopulation as local shelters face overcrowding and high euthanasia rates.

A federal court has issued an injunction against U.S. Border Patrol following a series of immigration raids earlier this year ...

Kern County Sheriff's Deputy Jasmine Francisco is facing a series of daunting challenges after purchasing a new home for ...