On Tuesday, the board voted to extend its contract with the current system, Dominion Voting, for two years in order to get through the upcoming 2026 election cycle.

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

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 ...

The Kern County Animal Services said the puppies found and rescued by firefighters during a fire in Oildale have not been ...

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

An 87-year-old man who died after crashing in late January has been identified by the Kern County Coroner’s Office. Lloyd ...

A 35-year-old Bakersfield man died Friday evening after the vehicle he was driving veered off Highway 99, the Kern County coroner’s office reported Tuesday. Luis Antonio Merced Jr. died from his ...

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 ...

A new wildfire was reported 4:04 p.m. July 10 in Kern County, California. Airport Fire has burned one acre of private land ...

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