Several fires were burning across Kern County Friday, from a small brush fire along Panorama Drive in Bakersfield to a thousands-acre fire in the hills northeast of Tehachapi. The Bakersfield and Kern ...

The river could be more of a catalyst for innovative economic development as an attraction for people, businesses and events.

The big news at Shaver Lake is the 24.48-pound brown trout landed by Steve Jones of Clovis trolling a pink hoochie behind a 6 ...

Sequoia National Park and Kings Canyon National ... Scenic hiking and biking trails with forest and river views can be found all throughout the Kern River Valley — some for beginners, others ...

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

Highway 178 through Kern River Canyon will remain closed until further notice as crews work to extinguish a 1,000-acre brush fire north of the Upper Richbar Picnic Area. A vegetation fire broke ...

The Democrat Fire just off Highway 178 was 70% contained Thursday with no forward movement, according to the U.S. Forest Service. The roughly 900-acre fire started Sunday afternoon in the Kern ...

Kern County firefighters are working to contain a brush fire that has burned at least 450 acres in the Kern River canyon, forcing a closure of Highway 178. The ...

Cars were lined up early Monday morning, stuck in Bakersfield trying to get to Lake Isabella. Asension Badillo waited an hour ...