A man accused of setting a fire last month that damaged the Kern County Veterans Memorial was charged Friday with multiple ...

The Kern County Fire Department is scheduled to conduct a prescribed burn at Hart Park Thursday afternoon. The burn is ...

The pile burning project, named Pine Mountan, was initiated 12:08 p.m. April 24 in Kern County. The prescribed fire has been ...

Mattresses, food, financial support, a disabled access ramp for a home, a new house — those are just some of the diverse needs of families impacted by the Borel Fire that local groups are left to ...

A new wildfire was reported 6:51 p.m. April 24 in Kern County. Assist/kern/desert Fire has been burning on private land for 14 hours. At this time, there is no information on the containment of the ...

The Bakersfield Firefighters are inviting residents to their annual Open House on Saturday, May 3, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at ...

The period for open burning materials as a way of reducing fire hazards will end Monday, the Kern County Fire Department announced this week as it reminded residents to keep a defensible space around ...

Fire season is just about here, and there are important lessons all property owners should know. I'm Steve Virgen, your neighborhood reporter. The Kern County fire department shared some of those ...

Read more on our AI policy here. The pile burning project, named Pine Mountan, was initiated 12:08 p.m. April 24 in Kern County. The prescribed fire has been burning on federal land managed by the ...