The roughly 900-acre fire started Sunday afternoon in the Kern River Canyon about a mile north ... 60,000 acres and devastated the town of Havilah, was started when a motorist crashed their ...

The fatality sign at the mouth of the Kern River Canyon was updated Friday morning, adding seven additional lives lost to the ...

burned roughly 60,000 acres along the Kern River Canyon in August, devastating the town of Havilah. That fire started when a drunk driver crashed a vehicle in the canyon. Officer Rodney Black with ...

Eight lives were taken by the Kern River in 2024, raising the total to to 342 since 1968. That total doesn't include all of ...

The sign at the mouth of the canyon on Highway 178, east of Bakersfield, was updated Friday morning to show the dangers of ...

Highway 178 through Kern River Canyon will remain closed until further notice as crews work to extinguish a 1,000-acre brush ...

While the 178 is closed, alternate routes are available for travelers, including routes 155, Caliente Bodfish Road, and entering the Kern River Valley through the back way along Highway 14.

Jolliet in 1673 and the Cavelier de La Salle Expedition of the Mississippi River Valley. Bernou’s map shows the Black River just north of Fort McCoy. The next monumental map to display the Great ...

Over 70 local nonprofits are here at the Park at River Walk — all wanting to receive a donation from the community. It’s officially giving season and Give Big Kern is in full swing.