Drumming, dancing, artwork and a lighting of symbolic candles brought life Friday to Bakersfield's annual Kwanzaa celebration ...

The Highway Patrol will implement a statewide maximum enforcement period next week, according to CHP in a news release.

Boys cross-country runners from Kern County showed their mettle as two teams, Del Oro and McFarland, won Central Section ...

Pull into almost any large store parking lot these days and there it is — a small trailer equipped with solar panels, a tall ...

A mural coming to a memorial garden at Historic Union Cemetery will depict a unique kind of building found only in a small ...

Among the hundreds of bills introduced in every session of the California Legislature, a few deal with what state officials ...

Scientists say human-caused climate change added an average of 41 days of dangerous heat worldwide in 2024. The analysis from ...

New laws taking effect with the new year will affect Hollywood actors, social media stars and chatty motorists. In many ...

First Team: Gissele Valencia, Stockdale; Kaylynn Killion, Frontier; Malia Giumarra, Garces; Taylor Bynum, Frontier; Alyssa Paredez, Stockdale. Second Team: Aubriana Garcia, Frontier; Keaneh Tauaese ...

A portion of Highway 58 between Bakersfield and Tehachapi was reduced to one lane Thursday as crews worked to remove a tractor-trailer that had caught fire earlier in the day.

The Kern County coroner’s office has identified the man who died in a fatal crash in Wasco after colliding with farming equipment Dec. 7.

The Kern County coroner’s office has identified the man who was struck by a train and died earlier this month.