It was a great day for the Del Oro and McFarland high school boys cross-country teams and also for eight individuals — five girls and three boys — at the ...

History will — or at least should — see a $165 billion error in revenue estimates as one of California’s most boneheaded political acts. It happened in 2022, as ...

The B Police Activities League announced a partnership with the Anand Legacy Foundation on Thursday, along with projects that aim to revitalize resources in the southeast youth facility.

A small brush fire on the banks of the Kern River just west of Chester Avenue Thursday sent a large plume of gray smoke into the sky.

The Board of Parole Hearings reversed the decision to grant parole for a convicted carjacker and kidnapper Nov. 15, according to the Kern County District Attorney’s Office.

Kern County again led the state in uprooting almond orchards over the past year as California pulled back the nut's overall acreage for what may have been an unprecedented third ...

Several Bakersfield celebrities will help launch the 133rd Red Kettle Campaign between Nov. 22 and Dec. 24, according to the Salvation Army.

A man was shot and killed on East Belle Terrace at around 7:30 a.m. Thursday. According to the Bakersfield Police Department, officers arrived at the 1100 block of East Belle Terrace while responding ...

With tax revenues from high-earning Californians rebounding in recent months, the Legislature’s nonpartisan fiscal adviser projects that the state budget remains “roughly balanced,” but spending growt ...

The Kern County Sheriff’s Office will host a "Stuff the Bearcat" event Nov. 29 at the Walmart Supercenter.

The major high school football game on Friday night's CIF Central Section schedule is an all-B Division I-A championship match-up between the third-seeded Frontier Titans and host and top-seeded B ...