Disney is hosting a Hollywood premiere of “Snow White” on March 15, but the studio won’t be rolling out a robust red carpet ...

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Rep. David Valadao faces the difficult task of reassuring constituents in his Central Valley district that he will stave off ...

Unemployment was at 8.3% in December for Kern County, according to the California Employment Development Department. That percentage is higher than both the national, and state averages.

Costa blew his own cover Wednesday by being one of 10 Democrats who joined the House’s slim Republican majority in voting to ...

Row upon row of tri-folded science fair projects fill the Dignity Health Theater in downtown Bakersfield at the 2025 Kern County Science Fair on Tuesday morning. Rod Thornburg / For The Californian ...

Twenty-eight of the 50 counties most at risk of a housing market downturn had major homeownership costs—including mortgage payments, property taxes and insurance premiums—on median-priced ...

POUR ONE OUT: Stuart Woolf likes the extra water President Donald Trump is promising Central Valley farmers — but he doesn’t ...

The goal is to upgrade the massive system that sends water to 27 million people, mostly in Southern California, and vast ...