Previously convicted of murder, Marvin R. Markle Jr., 59, is charged with the November 1982 killing of De Anna Lynn Johnson, 14, and leaving her body along railroad tracks in.

Flames broke out on the east side of Bakersfield on a rainy Thursday morning, marking yet another fire at a site notorious ...

Community members of Kern County walk the dry riverbed in protest for the water restoration in the Kern River. The river was ...

As Monday’s storm slowly moves east, Bakersfield got some drizzle and light rain this morning under stuck clouds against our ...

More snow is expected to fall in the Kern County mountains, the Grapevine Friday, and another storm is on the way Monday, but we’ll have to wait for the data to see a dent in the drought.

Now, Socorro Escalera is celebrating a full century – her own. Family members announced the big day on the Fox Theater marquee.

Kern County Employees' Retirement Association, Bakersfield, Calif., hired Aristotle Pacific Capital to manage a $240 million short-duration fixed-income portfolio, according to materials included ...

Previously convicted of murder, Marvin R. Markle Jr., 59, is charged with the November 1982 killing of De Anna Lynn Johnson, 14, and leaving her body along railroad tracks in.

High-security prisons across California have tightly restricted movement, calls and visits while officials probe a surge in ...

A strong winter storm is expected to bring in heavy rain and some snow to much of Kern County on Thursday into Friday.Rain ...

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The goal is to upgrade the massive system that sends water to 27 million people, mostly in Southern California, and vast sprawls of farmland.