The Taft City Council is going to vote on a four-year lease for the tower Tuesday evening. The proposed Verizon tower will be ...

Les Clark Jr. received the Harvey L. Hall Lifetime Achievement Award at the 35th annual Beautiful Bakersfield Awards Saturday ...

A grass and brush fire burned about 1,300 acres of grass land in rural northeastern San Luis Obispo County Saturday.

Officer initiated activity at Westside Recreation, Cascade Pl. Disposition: Counseled. 11:03 Found Property Report. Occurred on Kern St. Disposition: Report Taken. 12:30 Civil Mat ...

Firefighters will remain on the scene though the day Friday to complete containment lines around a large grass fire that ...

Two Kern County Fire Department chiefs outlined new fire danger maps from Cal Fire at the June 3 Taft City Council meeting ...

Competitive summer swimming has begun, and a local youth program is leading the wave. The Taft Tigersharks Swim Club, a ...

A large grass fire burned through the mountains south of Maricopa overnight and at last word had burned more than 600 acres.

At least two people were transported by ambulance from the scene of a multiple-vehicle collision on Highway 119 just north of ...

The Science, Space, and Technology Committee unanimously advanced H.R. 390: The Advanced Capabilities for Emergency Response Operations (ACERO) Act by a 34-0 vote Wednesday. Introduced by Congressman ...

The Taft Branch Kern County library is open again after it was closed for a seven-month overhaul. A grand-reopening of the ...