Community groups are dusting off the rapid-response networks they built during President Trump's first administration to ...

President Trump’s executive actions, including a freeze on federal grants and a buyout offer to federal employees, have drawn ...

Concerns continue to grow for Kern County's undocumented migrant community amid recent immigration sweeps nationwide.

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

The county combined those positions with the clerk and registrar of voters back in 1995, due to budgeting issues. Those five ...

Only 29% of the population over 65 years of age in the county was covered by a flu vaccine in 2023, according to the Natrona County Immunization Report Card. Individuals in this age demographic ...

The Environmental Protection Agency reported that Kern County has experienced seven superemission events in the past week ...

Top advisers to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are battling over how aggressively to target vaccines during his first days as the nation’s health secretary, amid fears of a political backlash that could ...

The 80th season of dirt track racing in Bakersfield and Kern County is set to be a landmark one as Bakersfield Speedway and ...

Local officials say they're waiting for additional guidance amid President Trump’s order temporarily pausing federal grants and loans, which a judge temporarily blocked on Tuesday. “We are working to ...

Educators around Kern County are gearing up for the county’s largest gathering of school district recruiters in one location.

Did you miss the chaos? We’re just one week into the new Trump administration, and state officials here and all over were ...