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

Court documents describe what happened after police arrived at the home of Kern County Supervisor Leticia Perez and her ...

For the first time in more than 100 years, the Kern River is headed back to the California Supreme Court where justices may ...

The 2026 Election is already underway, as candidates throw their names in the ring for local, state and federal offices. Wednesday morning, Assemblywoman Dr.

Also, Fernando Rodriguez Jara, age 49, is the husband of Kern County supervisor Leticia Perez. He is in custody, charged with ...

For the first time in more than 100 years, the Kern River is headed back to the California Supreme Court where justices may ...

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

The husband of Kern County District 5 Supervisor Leticia Perez was arrested over the weekend after allegedly making criminal ...

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.

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 ...

A two-alarm vegetation fire broke out at 12007 S. Union Ave in Bakersfield, prompting a swift response from multiple Kern ...

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