No amount of rain dampened the spirit of participants of the 2025 Bakersfield Marathon. The eighth edition of the race was ...

Top Kern County senior basketball players will have one more chance to compete in a local high school atmosphere when the Kern High School District All-Star boys and girls basketball games take ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A month after discovering Kern County EBT beneficiaries had been losing millions to theft, 17 News and the community, had yet to hear from county supervisors on this topic ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The engines are revving up on the dirt track Saturday tonight as their season is set to kick off but not at the Bakersfield Speedway where owners spent nearly ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The new dirt track that will be used for Bakersfield Speedway races is finally ready for some real action. On Saturday, the lights will be bright at the new location ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — On Wednesday, a massive group of protestors united in front of the Kern County administrative building in response to what they called the “county’s unfair bargaining and ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — The one-day strike from Kern County union workers started Wednesday morning in Bakersfield and other locations. SEIU members say they are fighting for higher wages ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - (KBAK/KBFX) — The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) has informed Kern County of a one-day strike taking place today, prompting the county to limit public services.

Truxtun Avenue was a sea of purple Wednesday morning as hundreds of county workers demonstrated in front of the Kern County Administrative Building amid stalled contract negotiations. "We are ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — A lengthy narcotics investigation by the Kern County Sheriff’s Office and the Kern County High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force (KC-HIDTA) resulted in the arrest of ...

Many county services will be impacted by a one-day strike by Kern County employees on Wednesday, but law enforcement, fire protection and the Kern County Superior Court will not be affected. In Taft, ...

The Santa Barbara Independent republishes stories from CalMatters.org on state and local issues impacting readers in Santa Barbara County. Border Patrol agents slashed tires, yanked people out of ...