The sight of a thousand flags waving in the afternoon breeze against the green lawn and blue lake at The Park at River Walk in southwest Bakersfield is a feeling ...

The Kern County Fire Department sent teams with nearly 100 firefighters to the Mountain Fire in Ventura County on Wednesday.

The Bakersfield Police Department is asking for the community’s help finding a missing teen who is considered to be at-risk ...

The Kern County coroner's office identified the 15-year-old pedestrian killed in a traffic incident in Ridgecrest on Oct. 26.

Dr. Jasmeet Bains held onto a 12.8 percentage-point lead Wednesday as Kern County election workers continued counting ballots ...

A shelter-in-place order issued Wednesday morning east of Taft was lifted within a few hours after emergency responders found a evidence of a potentially dangerous vapor cloud but no leak.

A shelter-in-place order issued Wednesday morning east of Taft was lifted within a few hours after emergency responders found ...

The following election results are as of 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, as released by Kern County Elections Division at 3:20 a.m. for races with only Kern voters. The results for multicounty ...

Fall sports action continues at B College and Cal State B, but basketball season is here at both institutions, including home ...

CIF Central Section divisional girls tennis team championships will be at stake for four local teams on Tuesday, Nov. 12.

It seems that as more and more time goes by, my appreciation for the ingeniousness of our Founding Fathers elevates.

In what was supposed to be a one-man contest with the opposite result, Rep. Vince Fong was leading B City Councilman Ken Weir ...