The temperature in Bakersfield peaked at 96° on Wednesday, slightly below the average of 98°. A smoky haze has settled in ...

A Kern County firefighter who beat cancer twice reported for duty Wednesday morning at Station 46 in Lamont. Randy Raymond ...

An immense solar-plus-storage power plant in the desert is now pumping out inexpensive clean electricity at full bore.

A Kern County firefighter is returning to work after overcoming cancer not once, but twice. Randy Raymond, who was first ...

Archaeologists Found 115,000-Year-Old Human Footprints Where They Shouldn’t Be ...

Sheriff's Deputy Jasmine Francisco battles cancer and $50,000 home repair bill as the community steps up with a pancake fundraiser ...

Kern County's Ready Set Back to School event will provide 4,000 free backpacks and school supplies to local children on August 7 at the Kern County Museum from 9am to noon.

The all-volunteer Veterans Family Band has helped honor U.S. military veterans at hundreds of events in Kern County, ...

A 23-year-old man was convicted of first-degree murder on Wednesday for the 2022 shooting death of a Lake Isabella man, according to the Kern County Superior ...

Kern County Child Support Services announced their 16th annual Ready-Set Back 2 School Health & Wellness Fair. The event is ...

Court filings indicate Kern County Child Protective Services had opened an investigation of possible abuse of an 8-year-old before the girl was found dead last weekend in a hotel bathroom ...

A 9-month-old former shelter dog named Loki is training to become a Human Remains Detection K-9 with the Bakersfield Search ...