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

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 ...

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

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.

Kern County Public Health proposes $3.58 million in service cuts affecting over 6,000 patients, with reductions to STD testing, immunizations, and TB assessments.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — Kern County fire crews are battling a 10 to 12-acre fire in the Weldon area on Tuesday ...

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 ...

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The Kern County Coroner’s Office identified a California City man who was reported missing in October 2024 and died of ...

The Kern County Coroner’s Office has identified a woman shot and killed at Heritage Park as 23-year-old Leana Margarita Perez ...

A Taft homeowner shot and injured a man Monday who he believed was a burglar in his backyard in the 300 block of Montview Avenue, the Kern County Sheriff’s Office ...

A former Rosamond man convicted in 2009 of beating a 5-year-old boy to death three years prior was denied parole on Thursday.