The pile burning project, named Pine Mountan, was initiated 12:08 p.m. April 24 in Kern County. The prescribed fire has been ...

A Kern County search and rescue team is mourning the recent loss of a retired captain. Aaron Lynam, a former captain with the ...

Firefighters found the bodies of four children and adult after extinguishing an early-morning fire at a Kern County home on Thursday, authorities said. The deadly fire was first reported ...

A new wildfire was reported 6:51 p.m. April 24 in Kern County. Assist/kern/desert Fire has been burning on private land for 14 hours. At this time, there is no information on the containment of the ...

The Kern County coroner's office has identified the adult and five children killed earlier this month in a residential fire in Aerial Acres near Edwards. A series of news releases issued Thursday ...

The period for open burning materials as a way of reducing fire hazards will end Monday, the Kern County Fire Department announced this week as it reminded residents to keep a defensible space around ...

Almost a year after the Borel Fire destroyed parts of Kern County, the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced it will ...

The Bakersfield Police Department said it removed 31 encampments along the Kern Riverbed on Wednesday. On April 23, ...

The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom. Read more on our AI policy here. A new wildfire was reported 6: ...