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

Early bird Memorial Day weekend traffic barely slowed as it passed the small group of media and Kern County Sheriff’s Office ...

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 ...

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. (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 ...

Aug. 28—To call 2023 an unusual water year in the Kern River Basin would be a serious understatement. "It was the most abnormal water year you could possibly have," said Evan Moore of Sierra ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif.— A Kern County Superior Court has ruled against the city of Bakersfield and agricultural water storage districts for diverting water from the Kern River, siding with environmental ...

The Kern River in California's southern San Joaquin Valley is pictured raging with new melting snowpack. (Natalie Hanson / Courthouse News) BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (CN) — In a win for environmental groups ...

rescued five people from the Kern River on Saturday night. In a Facebook post, BFD wrote: "The Kern River has claimed 325 lives — don’t be 326. STAY OUT. STAY ALIVE." 32,963 people played the ...

Rafters floating down the Kern River near Kernville, Calif.Credit...Mette Lampcov for The New York Times Supported by By Jill Cowan Reporting from the banks of the Kern River in California Gwyny ...

Early bird Memorial Day weekend traffic barely slowed as it passed the small group of media and Kern County Sheriff’s Office ...