Many Kern County residents still remember when the business and shopping district along Baker Street in east Bakersfield was vibrant and beautiful in its own modest fashion. Saba's Men's Wear, ...

A groundwater agency on the western fringes of Kern County has taken the unprecedented step of banning all pumping from wells along the California Aqueduct for a 30-mile stretch. The move is mainly ...

Carbon dioxide would be extracted from natural gas produced in Kern County oil fields before it is burned at CRC’s power plant, which provides energy for Pacific Gas & Electric. Carbon also would be ...

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 ...

Pottawatomie County ... zoning change. Commissioners Greg Riat and Dee McKee were in agreement. 2024 ROAD WORK Public Works Administrator Tim Eisenbarth presented the commission with a map of ...

Kern said an available GPS map readily showed that the enclosed smoker ... that is not how the county operates. “They don’t want to follow the Zoning Ordinance, they want to things the way they’ve ...

Zoning can be complex and challenging for the Maui County Department of Planning and residents alike, especially since current zoning maps are paper copies from the 1960s. The maps are old ...