A new wildfire was reported today at 1:33 p.m. in Kern County, California. Welch Fire has been burning on private land. At ...

The Kern County Fair said on social media Thursday that they are monitoring a scam from a person posing as a staff member who is emailing possible vendors for ...

B Kern County has expressed strong support for Governor Gavin Newsom's proposed legislation aimed at stabilizing California's transportation fuel market and ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Kern County supervisors have approved significant cuts to the county’s public health department. They ...

No new lawsuits have been filed against Kern County’s revisions to its zoning ordinance to resume oil and gas permitting, but ...

Amid ongoing uncertainty over federal funding of local health services, a project to prevent suicide and substance use among Native American youth in Kern County could be scaled back, or possibly ...

Kern County officials and the public discussed the recommended budget for fiscal year 2025-2026 on Monday and Tuesday, with a ...

Fay Fire initially started 3:19 p.m. July 15 in Kern County, California. It has burned 648 acres after being active for two ...

The Kern County Sheriff's Office is alerting residents about a surge in scam calls and text messages from individuals ...

Latest Kern County, California and US and world news from 23ABC in Bakersfield, Calif. 8.7 magnitude earthquake prompts ...

Kern County approves cuts to public health services that could eliminate 35 positions as officials face a $12 million budget shortfall.

And summer’s not over. “On June 12 this year, we had already seen more acres burned in Kern County than all of 2023 combined,” said Capt. Andrew Freeborn with the Kern County Fire Department.