Kern County officials and the public discussed the recommended budget for fiscal year 2025-2026 on Monday and Tuesday, with a ...

Latest Kern County, California and US and world news from 23ABC in Bakersfield, Calif. 8.7 magnitude earthquake prompts ...

Kern County's proposed $4 billion budget includes cutting 35 public health positions and reducing health funding by 25%, concerning residents who spoke at Monday's public meeting.

And joining us in studio B this morning, Supervisor Jeff Flores, coming in with some comments on all of this. Thanks for ...

Firefighters with the Kern County Fire Department extinguished a 77-acre fire Saturday evening near the Lost Hills area.

The other side: Kern County permitting director Lorelei Oviatt told the Californian that Earthjustice’s objections in court ...

Central Division conducted a Rapid Arrest of Intoxicated Drivers (RAID) operation in Kern County on July 26, 2025, resulting ...

Hit-and-run suspect Alejandro Padilla surrendered to law enforcement officers Tuesday afternoon. Padilla was accompanied by a lawyer when he turned himself in to Kern County Sheriff’s deputies at abut ...

A man, Kira Conerly-Burton II, has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the murder of Michael Rico Stubbs, 32, according to ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A 10-year veteran of the Kern County Sheriff’s Office is undergoing the fight of his life.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Kern County Board of Supervisors discussed funding alternatives for a new animal shelter in Kern County that is now estimated to cost $60 million to build. The ...

A Bakersfield teen was fatally shot Sunday night in southwest Bakersfield, the Kern County coroner’s office reported Monday.