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

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.

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

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

The unemployment rate in Kern County recorded its first increase since April, rising by nearly 10% between May and June, ...

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.