A groundwater agency on the western fringes of Kern County has taken the unprecedented step of banning all pumping from wells ...

His father (“Tex”) spent a career on the pipelines, having moved here back in the days when Texans flocked to California ... happens in Kern County could offer a road map to other carbon ...

A common new year's resolution is to read more books. Well, the Kern County Library is making this easier with its Zip Book ...

New data of Economic Analysis shows Kern County's economy grew by 5.2%, surpassing the state's 2.0% growth rate.

As wind-whipped flames raced out of the hills around Altadena and Pasadena earlier this week in Southern California, dozens ...

The Kern County ... the county release said. The city department was also ready to send immediate help. "This deployment is part of the mutual aid system, a cornerstone of California's emergency ...

The Kern County Fire Department and the Bakersfield ... against multiple conflagrations that have erupted across Southern California. Each department said in separate news releases and interviews ...

A Border Patrol chief says dozens of agents detained two child rapists and “other criminals” from several countries as part of a Kern County immigration ... of Southern California and is ...

A new wildfire was reported 6:50 a.m. Aug. 8 in Kern County. Farm Fire has been burning on private land for five months. At present, details about the containment or cause of the fire are unknown.