A 67-year-old man, who has yet to be identified, died while in custody of the Kern County Sheriff's Office, officials said.

A new wildfire was reported today at 1:33 p.m. in Kern County, California. Welch Fire has been burning on private land. At ...

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

Over four months after a federal jury awarded $30.5 million to the family of a man shot and killed by a Kern County Sheriff’s deputy in Mojave, the county is ...

Kern County officials support Governor Newsom's proposal to streamline oil and gas permitting while maintaining environmental standards, potentially stabilizing fuel prices.

B Kern County has expressed strong support for Governor Gavin Newsom's proposed legislation aimed at stabilizing California's transportation fuel market and ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Kern County supervisors have approved significant cuts to the county’s public health department. They ...

The Kern County Fair said on social media Thursday that they are monitoring a scam from a person posing as a staff member who is emailing possible vendors for ...

Amid ongoing uncertainty over federal funding of local health services, a project to prevent suicide and substance use among Native American youth in Kern County could be scaled back, or possibly ...

Kern County officials and the public discussed the recommended budget for fiscal year 2025-2026 on Monday and Tuesday, with a ...

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

The Kern County Sheriff's Office is alerting residents about a surge in scam calls and text messages from individuals ...