The Kern County Fire Department placed a new water tender into service in Wasco on Friday to ensure access to water in rural areas that often have none. The 2,100-gallon apparatus can pump up to 1,250 ...

High winds in the Mojave and Ridgecrest areas are causing big rigs to topple over, including one hitting the side of a Kern ...

High winds blew over a semi truck on northbound Highway 395 near Neal Ranch Road, north of the highways 14 and 395 junction ...

Fire crews are on the scene of a house fire in Citrus Heights Saturday evening. Crews were dispatched to the 8300 block of Jurgens Lane around 6:40 p.m. According to the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire ...

A woman proclaimed the area to be "Mexican land" as she was being arrested. (Credit: Kern County Sheriff's Office) ...

KERN COUNTY, Calif. — The new Medic Squad 42 apparatus was put into service Wednesday, replacing a temporary vehicle to serve ...

The Kern County Fire Department rolled out its brand new Medic Squad 42 apparatus earlier this week. The vehicle is stationed ...

The new Medic Squad 42 apparatus was put into service Wednesday, replacing a temporary vehicle to serve an area of east Bakersfield that gets more than 5,000 emergency calls annually, according to the ...

The Kern County Fire Department (KCFD) announced the deployment of the official Medic Squad 42 apparatus, now in service and ...

According to local media outlet KGET, citing the Kern County Fire Department, the fire broke out at a warehouse containing “a large amount of plastic recyclables stored in big bales” shortly ...

The Kern County Fire Department announced the beginning of open burning of hazard reduction fuels at 8 a.m. Saturday. KCFD said it is actively monitoring fuel moisture and weather conditions.

A thick cloud of dark smoke billowed from an abandoned warehouse in Bakersfield, California, on Wednesday, January 29, after a fire broke out shortly after 12 pm, local media outlet KGET reported.