Sentencing was pushed back again for the man who was found guilty of shooting and killing the mother and stepfather of his own child’s mother, according to Kern County Superior Court records. Defense ...

The Kern County Fire Department announced the expansion of its emergency medical services on Monday. According to KCFD, Medic Squad 42 made its debut Sunday, joining two existing Medic Squads within ...

In public, Grey was a font of progressive piety, inveighing against alcohol, sex, the “jiggle and toddle and wiggle” of ...

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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) – Firefighters and charitable organizations from across the West – including Southern California – came to the aid of Kern County last summer when the Borel Fire devastated ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Kern County Sheriff’s Office recognized excellence within their own ranks Thursday morning at a promotions ceremony. On Jan. 9, over a dozen deputies were promoted to ...

Welcome to CalMatters, the only nonprofit newsroom devoted solely to covering issues that affect all Californians. Lea esta historia en Español Acres of orange fields sat unpicked in Kern County this ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Acres of orange fields sat unpicked in Kern County this week as word of Border Patrol raids circulated through Messenger chats and images of federal ...

A new wildfire was reported 6:50 a.m. Aug. 8 in Kern County. Farm Fire has been burning on private land for five months. At present, details about the containment or cause of the fire are unknown.

More than 60 Border Patrol agents from El Centro, near the Mexico border, carried out an operation in Kern County that the federal agency says led to 78 arrests. The sight of federal Border Patrol ...