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.

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

The worst of the rainstorm may have rolled through Bakersfield, leaving just minor damage. Now, we're keeping watch for our mountain communities.

Firefighters with the Bakersfield and Kern County fire departments extinguished a house fire in northeast Bakersfield Tuesday ...

She would go on to name her adopted child Maya Angel, she said at the Kern County Board ... Clark said parents can go to any fire station or local hospital in the county to safely surrender ...

Newly elected Kern County Supervisor Chris Parlier is thrilled to begin his tenure representing East Kern and its vibrant ...

Investigators are working to determine if a man serving a prison term for a Sacramento County burglary was killed by his cellmate on Wednesday, according to the California Department of Corrections ...

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 ...

County also looking at buying more water tenders and wants to delve into wildfire preparedness across agencies ...

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.

Read more on our AI policy here. Training 1 Fire initially started 10:12 a.m. Jan. 2 in Kern County. It has been burning on federal land managed by the United States Forest Service for 27 days.