Dustin Dean Towery, the first Kern County Man charged under Prop 36, was sentenced on Monday to a split two-year sentence, ...

The Kern County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help to locate a 66-year-old man considered at-risk who was last seen at Kern ...

Residents in Kern County looking to safely dispose of hazardous materials have several opportunities in May.Eric Campbell, a ...

In a landmark case for Kern County, a repeat shoplifter with at least two prior convictions, has been sentenced to two years ...

A federal judge in California on Tuesday sharply curtailed U.S. Border Patrol agents’ practices targeting Central Valley farmworkers. In a case filed by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of ...

A Kern County search and rescue team is mourning the recent loss of a retired captain. Aaron Lynam, a former captain with the ...

Sheriff’s deputies said three men were arrested after allegedly illegally firing and possessing a rifle in an area outside ...

Inmates at immigration detention centers in Kern County are receiving substandard care, the state is alleging, particularly ...

A Bakersfield woman who was the passenger of a vehicle that left the road and crashed in Boron on April 6 died at Adventist Health Tehachapi, the Kern County coroner's office reported Monday. Lawrecha ...

Bakersfield man pleads guilty to drug trafficking charges, including possessing fentanyl and other substances.

Looking for something to do this weekend? There's a lot happening across Kern County for the last weekend of April!

Prison officials are investigating an assault on an officer at Kern Valley State Prison in Delano. Early Saturday evening, a prisoner stabbed an officer with “an improvised weapon” as the incarcerated ...