The Kern County Coroner’s Office has identified a man who died in a hospital after drowning in the Kern River on July 12 as ...

A 15-year-old Bakersfield girl and a 46-year-old Los Angeles man are the latest victims of the deadly Kern River, which has ...

The Kern County Coroner’s Office has identified a 15-year-old girl who drowned in the Kern River as Ester Isabel Villanueva ...

Bakersfield nonprofit tackles teen fentanyl crisis with free education program as county reports 50 deaths in four months.

A Bakersfield teenager drowned July 8 in the Kern River south of River View Park, the Kern County coroner’s office said Tuesday. The body of 15-year-old Ester Isabel Villanueva Torres was found at ...

Fay Fire initially started today at 3:19 p.m. in Kern County, California. It has burned 500 acres after being active for five hours. Currently, there are no details on the containment of the fire.

Fernando Jara, the husband of Kern County Supervisor Leticia Perez, appeared in court today, where he pleaded not guilty to three charges against him.

The Kern County Board of Supervisors approved a contract extension for the controversial Dominion Voting System. Election Integrity advocates have had complaints ...

The Bakersfield Police Department said they arrested Fernando Jara the husband of Kern County Board of Supervisor Leticia ...

California has six privately operated immigration detention centers. Two of these — Golden State Annex in McFarland and Mesa ...

Two former prison facilities in Kern County could soon augment the federal government’s immigrant detention capacity as the ...

Fernando Jara, the husband of Kern County Supervisor Leticia Perez, was arrested at their home in northeast Bakersfield on Saturday. Jara, 49, was arrested on a ...