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 ...

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

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 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 ...

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. Ozempic maker crashes as it loses ...

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

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

Firefighters with the Kern County Fire Department extinguished a 77-acre fire Saturday evening near the Lost Hills area. Firefighters were dispatched to an area ...

Konrad Moore, who held the top position in the Kern County Public Defender’s Office from 2013 to 2017, has died. 17 News ...