KCSO is emphasizing the importance of life jackets when in or around Kern River after two rescue operationsin the same area ...

The Bakersfield Fire Department’s Water Rescue team responded to a call reporting a woman holding onto a branch made at River ...

A teen girl was rescued from the tree in the Kern River at Hart Park in which she was stranded Monday night — just an hour and a half after ...

The Bakersfield Fire Department (BFD) helped rescue a 45-year-old woman from the Kern River near Hart Park Monday evening.

BAKERSFIELD — The Kern River cascades from the Sierra Nevada in a steep-sided canyon, coursing through granite boulders, and flows to the northeast side of Bakersfield. There, beside cottonwoods ...

Environmental activists in Bakersfield have won an initial victory in their legal fight to keep water flowing in the Kern River, which for many years was reduced to a dry, sandy riverbed.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (CN) — Colorful awnings and tents lined the shores of the Kern River on a Saturday afternoon at Riverside Park in the small town of Kernville in the southern Sierra Nevada ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — Community members of Kern County walk the dry riverbed in protest for the water restoration in the Kern River. The river was shut down in August of 2024, affecting ...

Trout plants on the Kern River, which has not been stocked with hatchery rainbows since November 2008, resumed this week with Wednesday plants in the Kern River Park area in Kernville and on the ...

This year, county officials are urging residents to choose a body of water other than the Kern River if possible, and to exercise extreme caution when playing in or around the river. "This year ...

A kayaker died Tuesday after becoming pinned underwater in a fast-flowing section of the Kern River, the Tulare County sheriff’s office said. Related Articles Map: People drowned or swept away ...

Kern River at Hart Park ...