California has six privately operated immigration detention centers. Two of these — Golden State Annex in McFarland and Mesa ...

ACLU attorneys filed a lawsuit Wednesday alleging the Border Patrol’s January raid in Kern County indiscriminately targeted Latino laborers and that the immigrants detained were coerced into ...

Kern County had fairly high rates of vote-by-mail ballots before 2020 when all voters began automatically receiving ballots in the mail, Espinoza said.

Chevron has informed Kern County officials it expects to cut about 50 local jobs starting July 1.

Fire name: Assist/stagecoach A new wildfire was reported 3:05 p.m. June 14 in Kern County. After being active for 20 hours, Assist/stagecoach Fire has burned five acres of private land.

Jaw Fire initially started 2:23 p.m. May 19 in Kern County. Since its discovery six days ago, it has burned 4,327 acres. As of Sunday evening, 90% of the wildfire was brought under containment ...

In January, immigration sweeps shook the Central Valley. A new lawsuit says the raids unlawfully targeted people of color regardless of their immigration status.

Firefighters found the bodies of four children and adult after extinguishing an early-morning fire at a Kern County home on Thursday, authorities said. The deadly fire was first reported about 12: ...

5.2-magnitude Kern County earthquake rattles SoCal, more than 50 aftershocks follow Since this temblor was between 0 to 70 kilometers deep, it was considered a shallow earthquake, which is why it ...

The Borel Fire in Kern County, California has blazed through 53,010 acres and destroyed the historic mining town of Havilah.

ACLU attorneys representing the United Farm Workers and five Kern County residents have sued the head of the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Border Patrol officials, alleging the Border ...