The Kern County Coroner’s Office has identified the man found dead on the Kern Riverbed as 50-year-old Daniel Lee Painter of ...

An early spring storm is set to bring gusty winds and scattered showers as soon as Monday afternoon. Expect scattered rain ...

A storm off the coast of northern California brought much more rain than any of the forecasts expected in the Kern County ...

The Employment Development Department released labor force and industry employment estimates for Kern County in February.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The Kern County Library has announced that the Arvin Branch Library will undergo ...

A federal jury in Fresno has awarded $30.5 million to the family of a man fatally shot by a Kern County sheriff’s deputy ...

Unarmed Mickel Lewis Sr. was killed by Sheriff's Deputy Jason Ayala. The jury award is the second-highest in a police ...

On March 20th, the 5th District Appellate Court in Fresno will hold a hearing to discuss the next moves for the Kern River.

Facing a projected $25 million deficit from declining tax revenues, increasing costs and loss of federal and state funding, Kern County department leaders are being told to plan for a potential 3% ...

Public review begins today on a set of revisions to Kern government's third attempt at a comprehensive environmental review that, in combination with a proposed county ordinance, would allow local ...

State water agencies and environmentalists debated if fish or people should be prioritized when determining water flows of a ...