This coming week is going to offer some beautiful sights in the night sky. On Monday evening, a waning gibbous moon rises ...

Kern County's local lawmakers universally condemned proposals from Gov. Gavin Newsom to redraw the state's congressional ...

A proposal heading to the B City Council next week is recommending renaming H Street as Cesar Chavez Boulevard in honor of ...

Jesus calls us “friends” (John 17) and as you see the beauty of the creation, you begin to understand. He is sharing this ...

If California’s ruling Democrats were wise, they’d use this moment to introduce reforms that would enhance democracy — and ...

A search warrant Kern County Sheriff’s Office detectives served Wednesday in Taft with the help of the U.S. Secret Service led to an arrest on suspicion of having child pornography.

A traffic stop early Friday resulted in the arrest of a man on suspicion of crimes related to firearms and narcotics, t ...

An inmate at Lerdo jail died July 21 after a medical visit to Adventist Health Bakersfield, the Kern County coroner’s office reported Thursday.

A person was found dead early Friday in what the Kern County Sheriff’s Office called a suspicious structure fire in Oildale.

The Kern County coroner’s office has identified a 42-year-old Bakersfield man who died after being struck by a vehicle Saturday night on South Union Avenue.

The Bakersfield Police Department is asking for help identifying a man who committed commercial burglary June 21 in the 3300 block of Wible Road.

The old B Speedway, having served for 79 years as one of Kern County’s most raucous family attractions, has the potential to ...