Emergency responders are urging residents to prepare for potential evacuations and to avoid creating dangerous traffic jams.

A man who set fire to a downtown Bakersfield building back on Labor Day, causing $750,000 worth of damage was sentenced to two years in prison on Thursday ...

Federal immigration agents will be conducting operations and raids in Bakersfield this week, according to local officials.

A new railyard marks a major turning point for California’s high-speed rail, setting the stage for laying tracks in the San ...

Atop the list of things that tend to make things ripe for wildfire are dry vegetation and high temperatures. But we’re seeing ...

California's ongoing High Speed Rail project will begin rail line construction in the coming months, Gov. Gavin Newsom said ...

Firefighters from Kern County are being sent to help fight raging wildfires tearing through Southern California.

A Border Patrol chief says dozens of agents detained two child rapists and “other criminals” from several countries as part of a Kern County immigration enforcement operation — and that operations ...

The Kern County Fire Department and the B Fire Department have wasted no time in sending more than 160 firefighters and ...

Newsom joined officials from the High-Speed Rail Authority to announce the project is set to begin laying track for the ...

Dismissing high-speed rail critics, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the rail authority would begin laying tracks outside ...

California’s 2025 auto insurance laws increase minimum liability coverage for drivers. Though it may lead to higher premiums and more uninsured drivers.