The Kern County Board of Supervisors approved three contracts with Ridgecrest Regional Hospital totaling $77,949 to provide case management and homemaking services for seniors in eastern Kern County.

Kern County Sheriff's Office warns about scammers posing as deputies demanding payment for fake fines. Learn the red flags and how to protect yourself from these phone scams.

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

The Bakersfield Police Department and local HVAC companies are warning about the growing number of copper thefts hitting AC units.

A new wildfire was reported today at 6:06 p.m. in Kern County, California. Stoker Fire has been burning on private land. Currently, there are no details on the containment or cause of the fire.

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

Burglars are targeting HVAC units in Kern County ...

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 ...

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

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