A new wildfire was reported today at 5:30 p.m. in Kern County, California. The wildfire has been burning on private land.

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The CSUB Small Business Development Center is set to host a free webinar on Wednesday, in which the panel will discuss the recently launched Kern Biz Facade ...

First discovered: 1:59 p.m. Aug. 4 A new wildfire was reported today at 1:59 p.m. in Kern County, California. Getty Fire has ...

A United States Army Air Forces captain who was killed during a mission in World War II was accounted for in January and will ...

Two inmates serving life sentences at Kern Valley State Prison have been handed an additional 27 years each for a violent attack on a fellow inmate, according ...

Officials with the Kern County Fair warned potential vendors of a scam email offering opportunities for the 2025 Kern County ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Kern County supervisors have approved significant cuts to the county’s public health department. They ...

Kern County is planning to reduce available public health services and conduct layoffs due to significant state and federal ...

Officers invite 23ABC on a ride along to see the life of a probation officer. The department has increased their presence in ...

And summer’s not over. “On June 12 this year, we had already seen more acres burned in Kern County than all of 2023 combined,” said Capt. Andrew Freeborn with the Kern County Fire Department.