Homicide detectives with the Kern County Sheriff’s Office are investigating a suspected drive-by shooting that happened Saturday night in Wasco, a sheriff’s official said Sunday.

State review is officially underway on a major energy-storage project near Rosamond that would use compressed air, thermal engineering and hydrostatic force to even out delivery of renewable power and make the state's electrical grid more resilient.

The emergence of omicron, a new variant of concern, has shined a spotlight on the way that coronavirus cases are sequenced.

Kern County sheriff's deputies on Sunday were investigating a suspected murder-suicide in the 300 bock of Hughes Lane, near Brite Street.

It’s dazzled the attendees of the Conservative Political Action Conference. It’s been mocked by the likes of Jimmy Fallon and Stephen Colbert. CNN, BBC and The Washington Post have covered it.

Kern's ambitious list of carbon burial proposals has lengthened with the addition of an early-stage, relatively inexpensive plan for reusing an idle biomass plant near Delano to combust local ag waste then burying the byproduct gas while generating small amounts of electricity or hydrogen.

The second year of an extraordinary drought has revived a debate over whether two pillars of Kern's economy, oil and ag, are using more than their fair share of the state's precious water supplies.

Kern County has waged a war on COVID-19 for more than a year and a half.

The Bakersfield Police Department is asking for the community’s assistance in finding a woman who was reported missing.

Marjo Wood was visiting relatives in Holland when she got the news.

Every 10 years, U.S. census data is used to redraw Bakersfield City Council ward boundaries. The City Council is now seeking public input on how these boundaries should be drawn, according to a news release on Friday.

The Bakersfield-Kern Regional Homeless Collaborative is seeking 500 volunteers to take part in a countywide effort to obtain “a snapshot view of homelessness in Kern County.”

The coroner’s office identified a man who died in a traffic collision Thursday in Ridgecrest.

Crop-duster Max Allen Hanner had already postponed his flight once on Nov. 3 because of the overcast conditions, before his fatal crash that day.

The Kern County coroner identified a man who died as the result of injuries sustained in a Nov. 15 crash on Porterville Highway.

Teen Challenge hosted Christmas at Roberts Lane on Friday as part of an ongoing fundraising initiative to support its local addiction-recovery program.

The city of Bakersfield Animal Control unit is offering a low-cost drive-thru pet vaccine clinic. Vaccines and licensing are available to dogs living within the city limits. The clinic will be held at Jastro Park, at 2900 Truxtun Ave., Saturday from 9 a.m. until noon.

The Kern County coroner released the identity of the third person who died in a crash on Weedpatch Highway last week.

The California Citizens Redistricting Commission will soon make a decision on legislative boundaries that will shape California politics for the next 10 years. But as the commission approaches its decision, Central Valley advocates on both sides of the aisle have raised red flags about the p…

Kern County sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of a shooting Friday morning on the 3100 block of Shelly Lane, according to a Kern County Sheriff’s Office news release.

Bakersfield City Manager Christian Clegg has appointed John Frando as the next chief of the Bakersfield Fire Department.

Kern County Public Health reported 261 new coronavirus cases and 14 new deaths Friday.

A West High School student was arrested on campus Thursday on suspicion of bringing a gun to campus, the Kern High School District said Friday.

For Julie Juarez, the annual Bakersfield Christmas Parade not only commences December’s festivities — it’s also tradition.

The Kern Community Foundation Board of Directors announced Thursday that Aaron Falk has been named the organization’s president and CEO in a news release.

In the latest investment aimed at supporting local entrepreneurship, Cal State Bakersfield disclosed Thursday it has received a series of private pledges totaling more than $1 million for the launch of a new center to help prospective business owners create their own startups.

A former civilian California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation employee was sentenced Thursday to two years in probation for contacting a minor for sex, according to the Kern County District Attorney’s Office.

Mistaken IRS filings by the city of Bakersfield could have cost current and former employees thousands of dollars in unnecessary taxes.

A man accused of fatally shooting a woman and injuring five others aboard a Greyhound bus in 2020 was deemed competent to stand trial in court Thursday, according to the Kern County District Attorney’s Office.

Kern County sheriff’s deputies were called to a report of suspected human remains around 10:50 a.m. Thursday to the 7000 block of Charity Avenue in Bakersfield.

Kern County Public Health reported 134 new coronavirus cases and 10 new deaths Thursday.

Due to an increase in the number of dogs getting distemper both from the local shelters and in the community over the last four months, Unity K9 Express Rescue and the Labelle Foundation are offering drive-thru and walk-up parvo/distemper vaccines to owned dogs in the areas where the highest…

The Department of Motor Vehicles is automatically extending commercial driver’s licenses, learner’s permits, endorsements and special certificates expiring between March 2020 and February 2022 to the end of February 2022, the department announced Thursday.

After CHiPs for Kids took a year off because of the pandemic, local California Highway Patrol officers were back out in the community Thursday collecting brand-new Christmas toys for needy children.

The Bakersfield Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying a suspect as part of its investigation into a reported theft.

When Ellen Eggert started Save A Life Today in 2014, the inspiration was not just to prevent suicide and comfort those affected by suicide.

A former McFarland High School basketball coach was arrested on suspicion of contacting a minor intending to perform lewd acts and other charges this past month — an offense similar to another for which he had previously served time, according to the Kern County Sheriff’s Office.

Standard Middle School just opened a brand-new fitness room that would be the envy of any school. So far it includes machines for lifting weights, biking, benching and performing plyometrics. Inspirational quotes are on the wall, with TVs and a sound system on the way.

A man was sentenced Wednesday to 80 years to life for sex acts against children under the age of 14, according to Kern County Superior Court records.

A car crash Dec. 1, 2016, left a woman with a severe traumatic brain injury.

Former California Highway Patrol Assistant Chief Brian Smith is “very interested” in running for the District 3 seat on the Kern County Board of Supervisors.

A Kern County jury found 36-year-old Jonathan Oliver Scroggins guilty Wednesday of a sex crime involving a minor 10 years or younger, lewd and lascivious acts with a minor under 14 and possession of child pornography.

The Bakersfield Homeless Center was announced Wednesday as Bank of America’s 2021 Neighborhood Champion for its work addressing homelessness and food insecurity in Kern County.

A former librarian with the Kern County Law Library was sentenced Tuesday to 150 days in jail and 3 years of felony probation for embezzlement charges, according to the district attorney’s office.

Memorial Hospital announced this week it will apply to become a teaching hospital serving up to 30 graduates per year from the Morehouse School of Medicine, a historically Black medical college in Atlanta, under an $8 million to $10 million initiative that could help address the southern Cen…