The Taft store will be closing in August as part of Rite Aid's bankruptcy, and the pharmacy will be closing even sooner, two to four weeks before the main store closes as its inventory is liquidated.

The Kern County Board of Supervisors met June 17 as scheduled for its scheduled Board Meeting. Supervisor Phillip Peters ...

Two incumbent members of the Taft Planning Commission were re-appointed to four year terms and a new commissioner was ...

Paulina and her husband moved to Taft in 1960. They came for the oilfields. He was a derrick hand. Paulina has lived in her ...

Taft Police arrested a man on warrants Tuesday afternoon near Taft City Hall just minutes before a Taft City Council meeting.

Pizza Factory in Taft is open again. The popular restaurant opened its doors Thursday after being closed for two weeks. The announcement was made on social media and said deliveries will return next ...

Kern County high school all-star baseball game – doubleheader this year – was held at Taft College’s Baseball field June 14, ...

The Taft City School District is taking the first steps towards replacing the Lincoln gymnasium. The current gym, located on ...

Taft Union High School football season doesn’t begin until August, and contact-practice won’t begin until July 28, but that doesn’t mean the Wildcat gridiron athletes are taking it ...

Taft's popular Pizza Factory restaurant closed its doors recently for undisclosed reasons, but it should reopen soon.

Les Clark Jr. received the Harvey L. Hall Lifetime Achievement Award at the 35th annual Beautiful Bakersfield Awards Saturday ...

The Taft City Council is going to vote on a four-year lease for the tower Tuesday evening. The proposed Verizon tower will be ...