A foot pursuit that led to an officer-involved shooting east of Valley Plaza mall closed public access to an entire ...

Authorities have released a lengthy investigation report detailing some of the last internet searches done by Gene Hackman's ...

A public battle over governance of the Tejon Ranch Co. may appear to be just a spat between competing investor groups. But the outcome could alter the future of Kern ...

Kern County's congressional representatives said they supported the latest budget resolution, which seeks to drastically cut ...

The biggest-ticket implications of President Donald Trump's tariff blitz understandably gain the most attention. But small-dollar items are affected too, and so are the families selling them. Economy ...

The Canadian company behind a compressed-air energy storage facility proposed in Rosamond warned this week that the project's $1.76 billion federal loan guarantee may be at risk if state officials ...

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will visit Bakersfield April 15 as part of Sanders' "Fighting Oligarchy" tour. The progressive duo will speak at Dignity ...

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Some of the oldest eyesores in urban Bakersfield are being renovated, and in some cases rebuilt, following the acquisition of a 42-property residential portfolio that had been owned by a ...

Regulatory complications threaten to delay a highly anticipated, compressed-air energy storage proposal in Rosamond.

The Kern County Fire Department has promoted 23 firefighters to fire engineers. "Wishing them all the best as they step into ...