Among the hundreds of bills introduced in every session of the California Legislature, a few deal with what state officials ...

New laws taking effect with the new year will affect Hollywood actors, social media stars and chatty motorists. In many ...

Kern County, known for its rich oil reserves and robust energy production, is on the brink of a potential surge in oil output ...

Christmas was quiet around Bakersfield as families with the day off headed out to take advantage of the sun and the extended ...

Bernardo Silva, who guided the Cal State Bakersfield women’s soccer team as head coach to its first-ever Big West Conference ...

The Bakersfield Police Department is searching for a 15-year-old boy who went missing on Christmas Day. Ricardo Vera, 15, was ...

Groundwater agencies throughout the Kern subbasin approved a fourth groundwater sustainability plan this month in hopes it ...

A McFarland man has been arrested after allegedly trying to evade police in a dangerous vehicle chase that topped 100 mph, according to a search warrant filed in Kern County Superior Court. Abdalwahab ...

The third suspect in a gang-related shooting that killed a man in 2020 pleaded not guilty Thursday in Kern County Superior Court.

A search warrant recently made public in Kern County Superior Court disclosed details related to a man charged on suspicion of running an illegal cannabis dispensary in the Bakersfield area.

Things looked pretty bleak for the Bakersfield Condors a couple of weeks ago. The team was getting early leads only to end up ...

Everyday people across the country skip medical care because of cost. Those who do seek medical help may end up with a balance they can’t pay off. That debt can hurt people’s credit scores, resulting ...