A new stoplight project in the coming months on Chapman Highway will provide a smoother entrance to Kern's Food Hall, which has more in store for customers as the South Knoxville hangout continues to ...

Environmental activists in Bakersfield have won an initial victory in their legal fight to keep water flowing in the Kern River, which for many years was reduced to a dry, sandy riverbed. A judge has ...

Kern County has signed off on an oil company’s plan to permanently store greenhouse gas emissions underground in a depleted oil field, marking California’s first foray into carbon storage and a ...

Border Patrol operations in Kern County this week have likely resulted in dozens of arrests, according to immigration advocates, alarming residents, families of immigrants and the region’s agriculture ...

Amy Kern, diagnosed with bipolar schizophrenia, killed her grandmother and her aunt's boyfriend in 2009. Kern was found not guilty by reason of insanity and committed to a mental hospital, later being ...