Training 1 Fire initially started 10:12 a.m. Jan. 2 in Kern County. It has been burning on federal land managed by the United ...

A Superior Court judge this week set bail at $50,000 for a man charged with murder in an alleged drunken driving crash in ...

Thursday morning is off to a cold start. The freeze warning will expire at 9 a.m., so get ready for pleasant seasonal temperatures in the upper 50s throughout ...

Aimee Espinoza, Kern County's Auditor-Controller-County Clerk, may soon see her role change following a recent Kern County Bo ...

During the meeting, Chief Financial Officer Elsa Martinez presented three options for reorganizing the elections office.

CDCR officials are searching for an inmate who walked away from Acton Conservation Camp in Los Angeles County on Tuesday, ...

Experts said following the Border Patrol operation three weeks ago, those industries have seen a worker shortage.

Homelessness rose by 37% in 2024, to more than 2,600 homeless individuals in Kern County, according to Bakersfield-Kern ...

Concerns continue to grow for Kern County's undocumented migrant community amid recent immigration sweeps nationwide.

The county combined those positions with the clerk and registrar of voters back in 1995, due to budgeting issues. Those five ...

Hundreds of volunteers gathered in the pre-dawn hours of Wednesday at The Mission at Kern County to conduct the annual ...

Educators around Kern County are gearing up for the county’s largest gathering of school district recruiters in one location.