Authorities at Kern Valley State Prison are investigating the death of an inmate on Independence Day as a suspected homicide, according to a statement released by the California Department of ...

The Kern County Coroner's Office has identified the person killed as 23-year-old Alejandro Marix Manriquez-Chavez of Bakersfield. The report said he was a driver of a vehicle and died at the scene.

Quiver AI Summary Tejon Ranch Co. has received strong support from Kern County leaders in response to a proxy contest initiated by Bulldog Investors that threatens its Master Planned Communities.

SR-223, which serves as a vital freight corridor in Kern County, is frequently traveled by both agricultural haulers and commuter traffic. The stretch near General Beale Rd, where this crash occurred, ...

The California Highway Patrol said on Wednesday, April 16, 2025, at around 7:45 p.m., officers responded to Bear Mountain Boulevard, west of General Beale Road, for a report of a two-vehicle crash.

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 ...

The Kern County Sheriff's Office asks anyone with information regarding this investigation to contact them at (661) 861-3110 or Secret Witness at (661) 322-4040.

When the testing is done with these cars, they are crushed so they are never sold to the general public. Photo taken in 2021. This may not be widely known, but the Tehachapi mountain grades and ...

Concerns rise in Kern County as ICE carries out raids across nation KFSN Tuesday, January 28, 2025 ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — On this week’s Kern County In Depth, how election results nationally shaped the races in Kern County.

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 ...

FRESNO, Calif. (CN) — Kern County can no longer issue local permits for oil and gas projects after a state appeals court found, for the second time, that its local ordinance violated California ...