A new wildfire was reported today at 1:20 a.m. in Kern County. Dent Fire has been burning on private land for three hours. At ...

A new wildfire was reported today at 9:23 a.m. in Kern County. Franco Fire has been burning on private land. Currently, there ...

Happy Monday! Temperatures drop significantly today with Bakersfield around 10 degrees below our late October normal. High winds will impact the desert today, with wind alerts in effect through Tues.

An earthquake initially reported to have struck in Kern County early Friday morning, actually struck in an area north near ...

The three candidates running to represent Bakersfield’s Ward 5 speak about why they’re running and their vision for the city ...

Kern County has signed off an oil company's plan to permanently store greenhouse gas emissions underground in a depleted oil ...

There are a ton of local Halloween events happening in Kern County this weekend, which the whole family can enjoy.

For the second time this season, current championship leader Sean Hingorani will lead the ARCA Menards Series West field to ...

Aimee Espinoza, Registrar of Voters, County of Kern, speaks with 17’s Alex Fisher about election security and the race to ...

Businesses from all over California came to Bakersfield for the 2024 Energy Summit. The Kern EDC invites panel speakers from ...

Each day across Kern County, thousands of our neighbors suit up and step into a line of duty that few can truly comprehend.

Long Beach-based California Resources Corp.’s massive carbon storage project at its Kern County oil field has garnered ...