In 2023, the most recent year for which confirmed local HIV numbers are available, 215 Kern County residents were diagnosed with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. That is the highest number of new HIV ...

Kern County reached a tentative two-year agreement with SEIU Local 521.SEIU Local 521 represents over 5,200 county ...

Enzo Paylaga, an eighth grader from Norris Middle School, is representing Kern County at the 100th Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C.

ABC spoke with two SEIU Local 521 members about the latest tentative agreement with the county, with both saying they don't believe the union has their best interest at heart.

Robert Price interviews Kern County Public Health Director Brynn Carrigan. In this interview, Carrigan explains some of the recent challenges the department faces. Along with persistent ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and here in Kern County, there are numerous resources available. A National Suicide Prevention Advocate says with the right ...

Latest Kern County, California and US and world news from 23ABC in Bakersfield, Calif. During a time when land ownership was difficult for African Americans, Zedore Francisco overcame the odds and ...

Rapper Rod Wave turned himself in to the Fulton County Sheriff's Office on more than a dozen charges stemming from an April 21 police call in Milton. The family of a Fulton County man who has been ...

Kern County, California, held general elections for board of supervisors, county board of education, East Niles Community Services District, Kern Community College District, Kern County Water Agency, ...

Variation in outcomes by race/ethnicity in adults with heart failure (HF) has been previously observed. Identifying factors contributing to these variations could help target interventions. We ...

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