ANorth Kern State Prison inmate faces an additional 35 years to life in prison after being convicted of killing his cellmate ...

Electronic devices holding thousands of files that contained child pornography were seized from a southwest Bakersfield home ...

A man was arrested Thursday after Kern County Sheriff's officials said they found him in possession of thousands of images of child pornography.

A 43-year-old man was arrested after a search warrant led authorities to allegedly find over 70 terabytes of child ...

Bakersfield Vice Mayor Andrae Gonzales announces campaign for Assembly District 35 following Assemblywoman Bains' ...

Bakersfield City Councilmember Andrae Gonzales launched his campaign for the Assembly on Thursday. Gonzales is running for ...

The Kern County Board of Supervisors met July 15 for its scheduled Board Meeting. Supervisor Phillip Peters (District 1), ...

The California Supreme Court has granted review of the Kern River water diversions case and will decide whether to uphold a lower court order requiring the city of Bakersfield to keep sufficient water ...

A homeowner in Taft shot an alleged burglar at his home on Monday, according to the Kern County Sheriff’s Office. On July 14 ...

The Central Valley is home to hotly-contested seats in both the House of Representatives and California Legislature. Some state Republican lawmakers in a letter last month urged the president to ...

Assemblymember Jasmeet Bains, a 40-year-old physician and state legislator who was elected in 2022 to represent Bakersfield, announced her congressional run Wednesday. She pointed to her background in ...

Officers with t Police Department arrested a neighbor Tuesday in the stabbing death of a woman in south Bakersfield. Police ...