The Madre Fire was reported shortly after noon Wednesday, July 2, along Highway 166 about 25 miles east of Santa Maria.

The Kern County Desert, Kern River Valley and mountains east of Tehachapi are now considered to be "abnormally dry", which is the lowest ranking of drought. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays.

The new redistricting map for Kern County is entering its final stages of approval. This map reflects how the five districts in Kern County will look for the next ten years.

Kern County Sheriff's deputies are actively investigating a shooting that resulted in the death of a 17-year-old over the ...

Depending on which source is your reference, Kern County covers about 8,161 square miles. This makes it the third largest county in California by land. It's larger than Connecticut and Delaware ...

Much has been written about the new space race, driven not by government agencies as much as private companies in eastern Kern County and beyond.

Virgin Galactic this week unveiled a suborbital spaceship, built in eastern Kern County, that improves on its predecessor in the areas of manufacturing efficiency, passenger capacity and sheer beauty.

A federal judge approved new boundaries for the Kern County Board of Supervisors this week, creating two Latino-majority districts in a move that could provide such voters significant political power.

First reported just before 2 p.m. on May 29, 2025, the fire began near 1442 Frazier Mountain Park Road, close to the intersection with Cuddy Canyon Road—an area situated just east of the heart ...

Dec. 5—State review is officially underway on a major energy-storage project near Rosamond that would use compressed air, thermal engineering and hydrostatic force to even out delivery of ...

New Evacuations Ordered as Kern County Fire Grows to More Than 4,200 Acres The French Fire east of Lake Isabella grew from 50 acres Wednesday afternoon to more than 2,000 in just about three hours.

While the redevelopment of the overall Park East Freeway corridor remains on hold, the east end of the spur will soon have an anchor with the Milwaukee School of Engineering’s Kern Center. MSOE ...