Kern County fire crews are battling a 30-acre grass fire off Highway 58, near General Beale Road, east of Bakersfield. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays. Watch Now.

The Kern County Fire Department reported Monday that empty bee hive boxes caught fire Thursday afternoon on a tractor-trailer along Highway 58 east of General Beale Road.

There will be an animal garden, lawn games, a ball toss, slides and more at The Big Red Barn at 6700 General Beale Rd. This event will be on April 19 and April 20 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Easter in ...

The protest began at the Department of Human Services building at 6 a.m., before the angry crowd took their chants to the Kern County Administrative Building four hours later.

The California attorney general’s office announced felony charges Friday against former Kern County Supervisor Zack Scrivner, after the state took over an investigation into allegations that ...

A vault full of Kern County history is stored in the Beale Memorial Library in downtown Bakersfield, but concern has been raised over how well the one-of-a-kind documents and photographs were ...

Zack Scrivner, a Kern County supervisor who was accused of sexually assaulting one of his children in April, resigned Thursday from his post. The attorney general's office is reviewing a case ...

The Kern County coroner’s office has identified a driver who died Friday after an accused intoxicated woman collided into her car. ... died at 9:09 p.m. on Highway 58 west of General Beale Road.

Officials say a Kern County Sheriff's deputy sustained minor injuries following a pursuit in Southeast Bakersfield shortly before 8 p.m. The incident occurred as authorities were responding to a ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Kern County Bar Association is hosting Kern County Law Day at the Beale Memorial Library on Thursday. On May 2, lawyers and representatives from legal ...

The Kern County Sheriff’s Office will “fully cooperate” with the investigation, said spokesman Raymond Pruitt in an email. Bakersfield police didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment. The ...

The state's attorney general's office has opened a civil rights investigation of two California law enforcement agencies after a series of deadly shootings - including the death of a 73-year-old man.