Initial location: Kern County, Calif. A new wildfire was reported 6:50 a.m. Aug. 8 in Kern County. Farm Fire has been burning ...

Kern County firefighting resources are stepping up to help our neighbors to the south. On Wednesday, crews from Kern County ...

More than 150 local firefighters are deployed to LA's most destructive fire in history all while keeping Kern County safe in ...

U.S. Drought Monitor rates Kern County as moderate, southern Sierra snowpack below average ...

Kern County Probation officers arrested a man on probation who was allegedly found with firearms in east Bakersfield on ...

Amidst the transition to the Trump administration, Kern County became the focus of heightened Border Patrol activity, with ...

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 Probation Department arrested a man who was on active Post Release Community Supervision who was allegedy ...

While we’re still awaiting a full, official statement from Border Patrol as of airtime, 17’s Jenny Huh spoke with one agent on-the-ground who said it’s not a widespread roundup.

Parts of Kern faces a Freeze Warning until 9 a.m. Meanwhile, L.A. County is under a Red Flag Warning. Temperatures will be seasonably cool, with dry conditions and possible strong winds next week.

Farm and construction laborers stayed home from work Wednesday and parents reportedly kept their children home from school as ...

A man was arrested on Wednesday after probation officers found a firearm, ammunition, cash and drugs suspected to be meant for sale at his home, according to the Kern County ...