With a healthy snowpack in the Sierras, the Kern River above Isabella Lake is running full and local businesses can take you for as much or as little adventure as you can handle. "Forty-five minutes ...

BAKERSFIELD — The Kern River cascades from the Sierra Nevada in ... the irrigation canals flow full, carrying water to farming operations that produce a bounty of almonds, pistachios, grapes ...

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 ...

“That there has been so much death is very, very disappointing, considering how full of life this was.” The Kern River has long been a dry riverbed in downtown Bakersfield. A group of ...

From a perch overlooking churning white water rapids, Augie Houlemard, 29, the general manager of Kern River Outfitters, watched as the first of three rafts full of his guides careened as it went ...

(Here’s the sign-up, if you don’t already get California Today by email.) If you haven’t been to the Kern River, you may not know that it’s a stunner. Make the harrowing drive up Highway ...

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 ...