A new wildfire was reported today at 6:05 p.m. in Kern County. Boulder Fire has been burning on federal land managed by the ...

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) has announced a series of roadwork projects and potential traffic ...

More than half of the city of Tehachapi is now in a "very high" or "high" fire hazard severity zone, according to a map ...

Bertha M. Rankin lived in Kern County for 40 years until her death in 1952. Being a farmer herself, she left a will with over $500,000 to be used to help agricultural workers employed or unemployed.

It was quiet on the border. A Border Patrol agent named James Lee was parked in the shade next to a 30-foot fence in Calexico ...

The Division 1 board seat on the powerful Kern County Water Agency came full circle Tuesday after Jay Kroeker was appointed ...

Kern County's economy is dynamic and powered by industrious people from all corners of the region. According to the Kern ...

Home and building owners in some parts of northeast Bakersfield will have to take additional fire prevention measures next year following the release of updated wildfire severity maps. The California ...

It’s been months since that Border Patrol operation here in Bakersfield, which led to 78 arrests. Despite the agency ...

The updated Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps for Local Responsibility Areas are now available for the public to review and ...

A 26-year-old Lompoc woman was killed Saturday night in a shooting on Wible Road that authorities are investigating as a ...