As Southern California is experiencing its most devastating winter fires in more than four decades, weather experts say both ...

Kern County firefighting resources are stepping up to help our neighbors to the south. On Wednesday, crews from Kern County ...

Initial location: Kern County, Calif. A new wildfire was reported 6:50 a.m. Aug. 8 in Kern County. Farm Fire has been burning ...

A Border Patrol chief says dozens of agents detained two child rapists and “other criminals” from several countries as part of a Kern County immigration enforcement operation — and that operations ...

A new railyard marks a major turning point for California’s high-speed rail, setting the stage for laying tracks in the San ...

While we’re still awaiting a full, official statement from Border Patrol as of airtime, 17’s Jenny Huh spoke with one agent on-the-ground who said it’s not a widespread roundup.

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Emergency responders are urging residents to prepare for potential evacuations and to avoid creating dangerous traffic jams.

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According to the Kern County Firefighters 1301, firefighters in the county are heading to SoCal to help with the Palisades ...

In the same city where the best of the best high school wrestlers and teams in California will vie in late February, Bakersfield and the surrounding county teams will converge at Centennial High ...

What kicked off the rather chaotic year of Kern County politics was none other than the biggest name -- still -- in ...