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 ...

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

That’s because Kern River tract oil is so heavy and thick that ... “although some recreation areas and bike paths may get a little bit wet.” Joe Conroy, a spokesman for Bakersfield, agrees ...

28—To call 2023 an unusual water year in the Kern River Basin would be a serious ... which runs whitewater rafting adventures out of the quaint little town of Kernville. Floods in March.

Running the Kern River is not for the weak of the heart ... So, I returned and decided to do a little more investigation. That’s what I do to earn my keep with my editor, Eric.

"I've kayaked down it, we used to do white water rafting. I've had some buddies who took little jet skis on the kern river. It just adds so much more character to the city." said Molina The court ...

"Well it's not deep nor wide/ But it's a mean piece of water, my friend," Haggard sings. The Indigenous people of the Kern River Valley see things a little differently. "We have quite a bit of lore ...

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.