A pair of bills that arose out of the ongoing fight over groundwater in eastern Kern County’s desert have come to very ...

On September 19, Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 237 into law, targeting local oil and gas. This gives the county authority to approve up to 2,000 oil well permits each year for the next ten years.

First discovered: 2:26 p.m. Sep. 28 A new wildfire was reported today at 2:26 p.m. in Kern County, California. Quartz Fire ...

A Bakersfield man was arrested last week after probation officers said they found two guns and several rounds of ammunition inside a south Bakersfield home ...

A flood advisory was issued by the NWS Hanford CA on Saturday at 4:39 p.m. in effect until 8 p.m. for Kern County.

A man was arrested for allegedly shooting a 19-year-old near Kern County Fairgrounds on Tuesday, according to the Bakersfield ...

The Kern County Board of Supervisors held a special meeting Friday morning to sign a proclamation of local emergency in ...

Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 237 into law, part of a legislative package he described as big and beautiful. The ...

Cal/OSHA's new Agricultural Enforcement Task Force launches in Kern County with proactive inspections to protect farmworkers.

Today is the final day of the Kern County Fair for this year and will it also be the final day of the active weather we've ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Unity in Kern County. That’s how elected officials feel after the passage of the California Energy Affordability Act or SB 237. The bill would allow Kern County to open up ...

The Kern County coroner's office on Monday said the death of a man who went into the Kern River on July 12 and whose body was found July 19 died ...