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

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 ...

A Southern California family is desperately searching for their loved one, who they say went missing in the Kern River this ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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