Several safe Halloween events are happening in Kern County this month. Dress in your best costumes for the Halloween ...

The California Highway Patrol Bakersfield Area office will use grant funding to implement a regional traffic safety campaign ...

In a new analysis of California crime statistics, San Joaquin County has been identified as the state's most dangerous county ...

The fire ultimately burned roughly 60,000 acres, making it the largest in Kern County history ... soil burn severity map ...

Sunny with a high of 98 °F (36.7 °C). Winds variable at 2 to 7 mph (3.2 to 11.3 kph). Night - Clear. Winds variable at 4 to 7 mph (6.4 to 11.3 kph). The overnight low will be 67 °F (19.4 °C ...

Wednesday was the first day for the Kern County Fair and we'd be lion if we ... Sunset Grill, also part of the new food court area between Buildings 1 and 2, will serve Philly cheesesteaks ...

As of Friday, Cal Fire reported 11 fires over 1,000 acres, including a 178,090 acre fire in Northern California and a 38,664 ...

This week on Kern County In Depth, we examine the far-reaching implications of children growing up in a screen-saturated world. Two new laws were signed in just the past week in California ...

A spate of notable quakes have rattled Southern California in recent months — a reminder that the last three decades of ...

State corrections officials have launched a homicide investigation after a convicted killer from Alameda County died following ... was found in his cell at Kern Valley State Prison around 7: ...

Among the biggest challenges is establishing policies in this quickly evolving area of technology ... my school district and eventually the county (Fourth District) PTA. I currently serve on ...