BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Getting book titles not on the shelf at the Kern County Library just got a whole lot easier with a newly implemented program. The Kern County Library has brought back “Zip ...

There's almost no telling what 2025 has in store. But based on what happened locally last year, things are likely to occur that may generate news around Kern County.

ALAMDEA CO., Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — During a press conference touting California's progress on tackling crime, Governor Gavin Newsom took jabs at Bakersfield and Kern County, calling the area the ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The year 2024 was marked by a series of dramatic and tragic events in the Kern County area, from a massive freeway pileup to a historic wildfire and contentious ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — It’s the day after Christmas and Kern County Public Works has announced 23 locations for you to drop-off and recycle your real Christmas trees. Between now and Jan. 6., ...

Repairs were completed earlier this year on the Middle Reach, a 10-mile section that runs from about Pixley in southern Tulare County to the Kern County line. Subsidence, or land sinking, in that ...