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A technicality means a Kern County candidate for state assembly can stay in the race. Kern County Supervisor Leticia Perez is...
A local lawmaker pays special recognition to Kern County women in the military. Assemblywoman Shannon Grove acknowledged vete...
Chevron has made a major donation to three Kern County schools. $350,000 will go to Bakersfield College, Taft College and...
On Tuesday, January 29, Kern County Supervisors appointed Konrad Moore as Public Defender. Moore had served as Interim Public...
A Kern County firefighter is injured on a call in Taft. It happened around 6 p.m.Tuesday in the 600 block of Lucard Street wh...
The likes of former Kern County supervisors Mary K. Shell, Barbara Patrick, and Steve Perez joined with others at a news conf...
The California Highway Patrol says a criminal charge should be filed against a Kern County sheriff's deputy who struck an...
Remains found in the Mojave Desert are those of a murdered Bakersfield dancer. Earlier this month, the San Bernardino County ...
Big money is coming to Kern County to house more prisoners. The board of supervisors voted unanimouslyTuesday to take $10...
You can help Kern County's homeless by keeping their toes warm and cozy. A sock drive is being heldon Friday. Jason Ricke...
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Crowding in the Los Angeles County jail is forcing the sheriff to consider shipping inmates to jails in Sa...
942 calls, about 40 per hour. That's how Independence Day went for the Kern County firefighters. They were called to 18 s...
A 10-month-old boy is taken to a local hospital after falling into a pool and nearly drowning. Around 7:50 p.m. Wednesday, Ke...
Bakersfield is preparing to say goodbye to a beloved community leader. Wendy Wayne recently lost her battle with non-Hodgkins...
Plans to approve a lease on the new Kern County animal shelter building are put on hold after the city of Bakersfield makes a...
The Kern County Sheriff's Office and the Kern County Probation Department has finished conducting a targeted enforcement ...
60 percent contained -- that's the latest word from Kern County Fire as crews battle a blaze along the Grapevine. The fir...
A 70-year-old Kern County woman is the first confirmed case of human West Nile Virus in California this year.Officials with t...
A blow-out ends in tragedy on a Kern County roadway. Four people are dead after an accident Sunday on Highway 99 near Pond Ro...
Kern County residents have a higher risk of catching West Nile virus this summer. Mosquitoes carrying West Nile virus have be...
Three local organizations are getting huge windfalls from Kern Health Systems, a local Health Maintenance Organization servin...
Planning a trip southbound? Interstate 5 will see several closures in the next few days.Caltrans plans to close multiple lane...
On Thursday, June 14, a Kern County jury handed down two second degree murder convictions to 37-year-old Albert Garza. On Jan...
Accidental drowning, that's the word from the Kern County coroner's office in the death of a Bakersfield woman. Dorot...
California is the nation's leader in welfare recipients. In Kern County more than 52,000 people are in the welfare-to-wor...
Controversy continues over last week's passage of Measure G, which limits where medicinal marijuana cooperatives can be l...
Another vacant house goes up in smoke -- this one in Lamont. The call came in to County Fire around 1:00 a.m. Sunday for a fi...
FEBRUARY 13, 2012 -- Kern County is getting a big boost to improve public transit and air quality.Caltrans awarded nearly ...
FEBRUARY 10, 2012 -- A ten-year plan to end Kern County's homeless crisis gets a new war roomwith the launch of a website...
FEBRUARY 9, 2012 -- Do water barons still exist? Or are they a thing of the past. And will they steal our H2O?Bakersfield Cal...
FEBRUARY 9, 2012 -- Want to help Kern County disaster victims? The local Red Cross is lookingfor volunteers to collect donati...
FEBRUARY 8, 2012 -- Could you ever give up your baby? Some unfit mothers feel they have no other option. That's where the...
FEBRUARY 7, 2012 -- Two Kern County continuation schools are singled out for excellence.State Superintendent Tom Torlakson re...
FEBRUARY 6, 2012 -- The fatal shooting of a reportedly suicidal teen Jan. 23 by Kern County sheriff's deputies was ruled ...
FEBRUARY 6, 2012 -- Kern County residents may not be able to defend their jobs at the Department of Defense.The amount is ...
FEBRUARY 6, 2012: There's a play coming to Bakersfield Community Theatre Feb. 10 featuring an all-Black cast, a compellin...
FEBRUARY 3, 2012 -- Thirty-four academy graduates are ready to roll out with the Kern CountyFire Department.Kern County Fire ...
FEBRUARY 1, 2012 -- California State University Bakersfield kicked off Black History Month Wednesday with a look at the rise ...
FEBRUARY 1, 2012 -- No babies "safe surrendered" in Kern County yet this year.For six years, parents who don't ...
FEBRUARY 1, 2012 -- A Fresno man who showed up to the Valley Plaza Mall and threatened a worker with a knife was arrested on ...
JANUARY 31, 2012 -- A local group is working to make the streets of Bakersfield a whole lot safer for bicyclists and you can ...
JANUARY 30, 2012 -- Two people escaped a burning apartment in Mojave, Calif. early Monday morning.According to the Kern Count...
JANUARY 27, 2012 -- Is Christoph Buchel the next Christo-like artist to create art for Kern County travelers to check out?The...
The latest numbers reveal there are about 1,500 homeless people in Kern County.To the people at the Kern County Homeless Coll...
A Kern County sheriff's deputy is going to be discipline after a review board found the officer improperly fired a gun at...
Have you been to a book reading and signing lately?Usually they are held at Russo's Books and Barnes &Noble locally. But now ...
Why don't people in Kern County ride bikes more often? And why aren't Kern County roadways as bicycle friendly as they could...
A wildfire that started on Wednesday is still burning Thursday near Lake of the Woods, Calif.According to the Kern County Fir...
Fire crews were busy on Tuesday, battling three residential fires in eastern Kern County. One resident was injured.According ...
A new Board is rolled out Feb. 4 when the Kern County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce holds its installation dinner at the downt...
Somebody forgot to tell Mother Nature it's winter in Kern County, and now Central Valley farmers are starting to worry. Warm...
What do water wells, copper wire, Lois Henry and Scott Cox all have in common? A really witty radio segment filled with bante...
Need help with your taxes? Wanna get what you deserve when it comes to tax deductions and credits? United Way of Kern Count...
What's it like to live with constant health issues? Experts say Kern County has a high rate of chronic diseases which makes ...
A garage fire in East Bakersfield caused $150,000 in damage.According to the Kern County Fire Department, at approximatel...
An electrical short may have caused a house fire in East Bakersfield on Wednesday.According to the Kern County Fire Departmen...
A self-proclaimed Kern County "animal rescuer" is out of jail just days after being arrested. Officials said 61-yea...
Multi-million-dollar claims are being filed against Kern County by the families of two pedestrians killed by a deputy's patro...
A mix of unseasonably dry conditions and gunfire caused a grass fire in Kern County on Monday.According to the Kern County Fi...
Mayor Harvey Hall is an advocate for ending homelessness in Bakersfield. But has enough been done?Mayor Harvey Hall appeared ...
A guilty plea in a Kern County pot growing case. The U.S. Attorney's Office said Maria Rivera of Exeter, Calif. made the ple...
Bakersfield's Christmas trees, having fulfilled their holiday destinies, are now being used creatively in and around Kern Cou...
Two new bills on recalculating prevailing wages are before the State of California. What could this mean for your pocketbook?...
What's the latest water and land controversy involving parts of Kern County and Bakersfield?Lois Henry from the Bakersfield C...
Whooping cough has reached epidemic levels? It has according to the latest guest on Kern Radio, News Talk 1180.Registered Nur...
Three Kern County students have been nominated as the primary selectees for military academies by U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy.Al...
Police say to drive safe with New Year's, adding, they will be cracking down on potential deadly motorists.The Bakersfield Po...
What does our sheriff have to say about the recent ATV tragedy in Kern County's dangerous Mojave Desert when two men died on ...
An alleged gang-banger turned himself in after an east Bakersfield shooting.The Bakerfield Police Department got a call aroun...
Another dubious distinction for Kern County -- the state's first flu season death.The California State Health Department repo...
Their ATV rolled down a mountain -- that's what killed two adventurers from Santa Barbara, Calif. in remote eastern Kern Coun...
Last month's 13.4 percent unemployment rate in Kern County is the lowest it's been in two years. But will it continue to drop...
Three adults and two children escaped injury when a Taft, Calif. attic caught on fire Monday morning. One firefighter was inj...
Bakersfield Police Department officials said 43 people have been arrested statewide in California DUI crackdowns.Police offic...
An extradition hearing is scheduled for a suspect in a local murder.Logan Rafael Quiroga, 32, is scheduled for an extradition...
Think you have it rough when it comes to holiday travel? Imagine working at an airport. Jack Gotcher is Kern County's airpor...
The Bakersfield City Council will be talking about many items in their Wednesday night meeting, including high-speed rail and...
Fifteen out of every 1,000 students are expelled in Kern County? A report has claimed that Kern County student expulsion rate...
A teen was among four people arrested in Rosamond, Calif. on various weapons, drugs and theft charges during a stolen car inv...
An investigation continues after a home-built plane crashed near Mojave, Calif. leaving a man dead. Investigators from the Fe...
Several suspects are still on the loose in Kern County, according to the FBI.The FBI said several men are indicted on drug an...
A new era in the Catholic church in the Diocese of Fresno includes Kern County. Pope Benedict XVI recently appointed Armando ...
Local physician Brenda Steinberg is under investigation by the Medical Board of California for alleged fraud and forged presc...
Centennial High School will represent Kern County in the 2011-2012 California "We the People: The Citizen and the Consti...
A parolee from Eastern Kern County was arrested in East Bakersfield on Friday. At about 11 a.m. on Friday, California State ...
Super committees? Spending cuts?Trillions of dollars? What could this mean to Kern County's government-funded hospital?Kern M...
Is there enough money in Kern County to rejuvenate Oildale? How about pension debt? Can it be alleviated?Kern County 3rd Dist...
While Santa Ana winds gusting at 97 miles per hour struck Los Angeles on Wednesday, gusts only half as strong are expected in...
A Kern County sheriff's deputy is in custody for allegedly selling an assault weapon to an undercover officer posing as a gan...
With no turn around yet in the state or national economy, local school districts continue to look for ways to economize.The B...
Shots rung out in the small eastern Kern County town of Rosamond, Calif.According to the Kern County Sheriff's Office, deputi...
The Kern County Fire Department said the 2011 wildland fire season will soon officially be over.According to fire officials, ...
Half a million dollars -- that's the amount Kern County staffers are calling for when it comes to fining a local composting f...
Is the tough economy hurting local food banks and their ability to raise funds during the holiday season?Ian Anderson of Kern...
A Bakersfield methamphetamine seller and one of his buyers were arrested Tuesday, thereby concluding a two-month-long investi...
Strong wind gusts and blowing dust wreaked havoc on Kern County highway visibility and residential areas, knocking down tree ...
Could Kern County jobs be threatened by reports of a pullout of Berry Petroleum?Citing regulatory changes in Sacramento, Berr...
A 4.1 magnitude earthquake rattled the Kern County desert on Tuesday. The 4.1 magnitude quake hit Tuesday at 8:38 a.m. near...
Questions are swirling after the abrupt retirement of Kern County's top fire official.Fire Chief Nick Dunn surprised the Kern...
A Buttonwillow, Calif., house fire early Sunday morning caused thousands of dollars in damage.23-ABC reported that Kern Count...
A Kern County sheriff's deputy is in stable condition Friday after an early morning crash Thursday morning into a guardrail t...
The Federal Aviation Administration said a videotaped skydiving sex stunt in early October did not result in a violation of a...
Students from five high schools and three middle schools heard from the law Wednesday during a truancy sweep. Bakersfield Po...
Lito Morillo, Interim Director, Kern County Aging and Adult Services Department appeared on Bakersfield's First Morning News ...
Health was the topic for a public meeting in Weedpatch, Calif. on Thursday.Nina Pickett of Building Healthy Communities told ...
Quick action by Kern County firefighters saved a Kernville, Calif., home and the dogs who live there. Firefighters received ...
A former Tehachapi councilman and firefighter accused of engaging in sex acts with teenage boys has entered a plea to the cha...
An upcoming day of golf, food and drinks (yes, alcoholic beverages) will raise funds for the local Red Cross chapter. On The ...
Despite the current economy, there are still many buyers shopping for homes. Home prices are down, but so are foreclosures in...
In an effort to battle Kern County's soaring unemployment, California State Senator Michael Rubio is hosting a Job and Traini...
A man arrested on a Kern County pot farm has been sentenced to five years in prison. Federal officials said 23-year-old Jesu...
Residents of Kern County's outlying areas could be paying as much as a $150,000 for fire protection of their properties. ...
Longtime character actor and Kern County resident Charles Napier’s family spoke out about their father’s death. C...
Some careless cooking caused a home to catch fire on Wednesday. According to the Kern County Fire Department, 14 Kern County ...
Holiday hiring in Kern County isn’t expected to cheer up job seekers. Outplacement consulting firm Challenger, Gray and...
Thinking of adopting a canine companion? October is the perfect time! In honor of Adopt-A-Dog Month, Kern County Animal Contr...
A Wasco, Calif., man escaped from a burning house Wednesday morning after being alerted by his neighbor of the fire. Accordin...
A Bakersfield-area plastic surgeon is offering free laser removal of tattoos on hands, faces and necks.Dr. Darshan Shah toldK...
Multiple fires were sparked over the weekend in Kern County, all caused by lightning.According to the Kern County Fire Depart...
Even being director of Kern County’s airports won’t get you special travel treatment. Meadows Field Director Jack...
A two-time U.S. record holder in track cycling from Bakersfield training for the Olympics who had his bikes stolen now is goi...
Kern County veterans can receive assistance at the Veterans Stand Down on Thursday, Oct. 13, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., at Stramler Pa...
Although the recovery process can sometimes take a long time, local resources are available to assist and encourage survivors...
There's been a big victory for supporters of medicinal marijuana storefronts in Kern County as of Wednesday.A group called K...
Mark your calendars for the annual Rideshare Week, running October 3-7 in Kern County. The statewide clean air campaign encou...
The Pegasus Drive postal processing facility is among the 252 U.S. Postal Service centers nationwide facing possible closure....
A Kern County pilot was leading the race during the crash at the National Championship Air Races in Reno, Nevada. He Talked t...
The field of candidates for a prominent seat in Kern County government is getting bigger. According to the Bakersfield Califo...
The Kern County Emergency Operations System (EOS) said they have answered 2,000 to 3,000 calls since lightning-sparked wildfi...
A garage fire in Bakersfield on Monday temporarily displaced a families in a local four-plex, Kern County fire officials said...
There's an artfest on the way that benefits at-risk Kern County children.Jason Cohen, Board President Boys & Girls Club joine...
A Kern County sheriff's deputy shot a man in the stomach who attacked him at a Bakersfield Fastrip store in the Rosedale area...
On the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the Kern County Sheriff’s Off...
Kern County ranks high nationwide in obesity, diabetes, heart disease, teen pregnancies and more. Now you can listen to a fr...
Law Enforcement cracked down statewide on drunk drivers, netting 220 DUI arrests, including 25 local arrests during late summ...
The poor U.S. economy has struck downtown Bakersfield again. This time Goodwill Industries has decided to shut down its downt...
Brenda Turner Outreach & Communication Representative, San Joaquin Valley Air PollutionControl District talked to Bakersfield...
Looks like at least one Kern County cat has some of its nine lives left as it was treated for smoke inhalation after being re...
Nine grass and vegetation fires burned Kern County over the weekend. Some were sparked by lightning, while other causes remai...
A camper found the hand of a 52-year-old dead man poking out of the sand on the shoreline of Lake Isabella on Saturday. Two W...
Manager Connie Alarcon of the Better Business Bureau in Kern County recently told Bakersfield's First Morning News how cashin...
The seizure of marijuana plants continues to be a high priority for the Kern County Sheriff's Office as two search warrants w...
A rural Kern County area commercial pot farm was found to be within state guidelines, though sheriff's officials confiscated ...
West Nile virus is a big threat during Kern County summers. The disease has progressed to California since 1999, and in 2007,...
The Kern County Sheriff's Office announced on Friday they arrested ten people on mostly narcotics- related charges in East Ba...
An early morning fire at an East Bakersfield church caused more than $200,000 in damages early Thursday morning, accordin...
Chris Dalton of the Bakersfield Police Department talks about why K-9s are not attack dogs, but rather, obedience dogs who he...
While the deputy in the shooting death of former NFL player David "Deacon"Turner outside a Fastrip store was found ...
During an alleged incident that may have included buying alcohol for a group of minors, a 56-year-old man died after he was s...
A serene locale at a hacienda perched in the mountains above the Central Valley is hosting an important Kern County benefit f...
Bakersfield Police Department officials said 81 people were arrested for DUIs and two people were killed on Kern County roadw...
A Kern County firefighter suffered a minor head injury in a three-alarm July 4 blaze in a vacant Bakersfield building.Accordi...
Director of Public Health Services, Matt Constantine talks with Jeff Lemucchi of Kern Radio, News Talk 1180 in the segment &q...
Looks like Kern County's grape harvest is going to be delayed yet again.Walter Stormant of Kern Radio, News Talk 1180 has all...
A Wasco DUI checkpoint is scheduled for the city of Wasco on June 17, according to the Kern County Sheriff's Office.Summer is...
Cool temperatures aren't just keeping toes out of some swimming pools. West Nile virus, which has infected humans in Kern Cou...
Fires already ravaging Kern County's mountains and grasslands haved torched hundreds of acres, including the Key Fire, which ...
After the Range and Dog fires broke out on Saturday torching 57 acres, the Kern County Fire Department reported three other f...
Thanks to citizen complaints and an ensuing investigation, nearly fifty people were arrested in a massive narcotics-related b...
A Kern County Sheriff's Deputy was arrested for embezzlement on June 2.According to the Kern County Sheriff's Office, in earl...
A 41-year-old man was arrested in Rosamond, Calif. for breaking into a mobile home on Wednesday.According to the Kern County ...
With the unusually cool weather, arrival of summer and high runoff in rivers, streams and lakes comes more danger as tourists...
Multiple fires burnined in Kern County on Wednesday. At least one person was injured. All fires are under investigation by th...
The Bakersfield Police Department announced on Wednesday they will be cracking down on possible DUI and other traffic offende...
The year 2011 has been an exceptionally destructive tornado season in the American Midwest, with Joplin, Missouri being the l...
One man who violated parole was arrested along with another man as an accessory in a knife threat in Rosamond on Thursday.Acc...
One man who violated parole was arrested along wit another man as an accessory in a knife threat in Rosamond on Thursday.Acco...
Two ceremonies will be held honoring Kern County's fallen officers.Peace Officer Memorial Week is Sunday, May 15 through Satu...
Two ceremonies will be held honoring Kern County's fallen officers.Peace Officer Memorial Week is Sunday, May 15 through Satu...
A Kern County sheriff's deputy who was bit by a pitbull, turned his weapon on the dog and shot it dead in Taft on Tuesday.Acc...
The Wildcat Adult Bookstore on Chester Avenue in downtown Bakersfield near the Garces Circle was an eyesore to many local cit...
The Wildcat Adult Bookstore on Chester Avenue in downtown Bakersfield near the Garces Circle was an eyesore to many local cit...
Bad news for Kern County's female work force. Ladies, you aren't earning as much as your male counterparts. Our media partner...
Six people and two markets were busted in Kern County during month-long alcohol enforcement operations by a special task forc...
Public safety agencies are no longer safe when it comes to Kern County's budget battles. That's the word from the board of su...
A fire Tuesday morning in East Bakersfield caused $10,000 in damage, while the Kern County Fire Department said they and city...
According to the Bakersfield Police Department, there has been a second scam involving fake relatives preying on the elderly ...
Weather could be creating some hazardous conditions in Kern County's mountainous areas on Wednesday. Heavy snow and low tempe...
Recent December 2010 flooding along a stretch of Kern River now known as the Audubon Kern River Preserve has left the area in...
After a recent breakthrough in pacemaker technology, San Joaquin Community Hospital can now boast of being the first hospital...
A house caught fire in Bodfish on Monday and a family escaped unharmed and called 911 after seeing smoke. Fire officials said...
Don't know your history of America's raging grannies who set out to battle social injustice, or leading Californian women who...
A man suspected of abducting a one-year-old child was caught in Wasco on Sunday, according to the Kern County Sheriff's Depar...
Hearings were held Friday in Fresno Federal Court for all ten defendants in the massive mortgage fraud case spearheaded by ...
One person was injured when a vehicle crashed into the Kern River Canyon on Friday.On Feb. 11, at approximately 10:28 a.m., ...