No new lawsuits have been filed against Kern County’s revisions to its zoning ordinance to resume oil and gas permitting, but ...

Beloved actor Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, were saddled with credit card debt at the time of their tragic deaths ...

Kern County Information Technology Services (ITS) will be migrating Accela from a county-hosted system to the cloud starting ...

As the new school season approaches for most Kern County students, local drivers are being urged to exercise extra caution ...

Kern County approves cuts to public health services that could eliminate 35 positions as officials face a $12 million budget shortfall.

A massive 8.8 earthquake in Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula triggered tsunamis across the Pacific — prompting local experts to explain what it means for California.

Latest Kern County, California and US and world news from 23ABC in Bakersfield, Calif. 8.7 magnitude earthquake prompts ...

Fay Fire initially started 3:19 p.m. July 15 in Kern County, California. It has burned 648 acres after being active for two ...

Kern County is preparing for significant financial adjustments as the Big Beautiful Bill, enacted in July, begins to affect local funding and services.

Initial location: Kern County, Calif. A new wildfire was reported today at 12:25 p.m. in Kern County, California. Blue Fire ...

And summer’s not over. “On June 12 this year, we had already seen more acres burned in Kern County than all of 2023 combined,” said Capt. Andrew Freeborn with the Kern County Fire Department.

Kern County does not have a vaccination mandate or weekly testing requirement for sheriff’s deputies but does follow Cal/OSHA guidelines, such as requiring coronavirus testing in prison medical ...