With aquifers nationwide in dangerous decline, an estimated 500,000 acres of farmland may be taken out of cultivation by 2040 ...

Steps are being taken at the state and national levels to clear up some of the uncertainty hanging over a fledgling industry ...

Kern County District Attorney Cynthia Zimmer is warning against EBT fraud and is advising of steps people can take as ...

Aimee Espinoza, Kern County's Auditor-Controller-County Clerk, may soon see her role change following a recent Kern County Bo ...

Homelessness rose by 37% in 2024, to more than 2,600 homeless individuals in Kern County, according to Bakersfield-Kern ...

Hundreds of volunteers gathered in the pre-dawn hours of Wednesday at The Mission at Kern County to conduct the annual ...

Chairwoman Leticia Perez's address, 'Results That Resonate,' highlighted Kern County's collective efforts and their lasting ...

The California Transportation Commission (CTC) has allocated nearly $1 billion to address mobility challenges and bolster the state's highway system against ...

The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom. Read more on our AI policy here. It has been burning on federal ...

Read more on our AI policy here. Training 1 Fire initially started 10:12 a.m. Jan. 2 in Kern County. It has been burning on federal land managed by the United States Forest Service for 27 days.