Supervisors will let water agencies in Kern County decide how to best achieve state-mandated water cuts without county intervention.… Read More
A man accused of killing his four-month-old son is being held without bail.… Read More
Investigators aren’t sure what sparked a small fire in heavy brush in the Kern River Canyon along Highway 178 east of Bakersfield.… Read More
A 22-year-old South Taft man is behind bars after Kern County Sheriff’s detectives say he had sex with a 14-year-old girl during a seven-month relationship.… Read More
The coroner’s office says a teen whose badly-decomposed remains were found in Poso Creek near McFarland was the victim of a homicide, but couldn’t determine a cause of death.… Read More
A Bakersfield man has admitted to distributing heroin and 33 pounds of methamphetamine.… Read More
Educators from Chipman Junior High School and Arvin High School have been named teachers of the year by the Jim Burke Education Foundation.… Read More