A recent executive order by California Gov. Gavin Newsom aims to ramp up fire safety in urban areas as new maps released by ...

Storms are pelting the county this week joined by high speed winds. And the big one, is Thursday. Drivers are asked to avoid ...

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The Kern County Fire Department announced that the National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory effective ...

Kern County Public Health is launching its first session for the 2025 Know Your Numbers program.It will be at the Blanton ...

The Kern County Public Health Department is set to host its first “Know Your Numbers,” session of the year at the Blanton Education Center in East ...

A controversial development is underway in the small Mojave Desert town of Boron. Residents feel left in the dust.

A Lamont man was arrested Thursday on suspicion of grand theft of fruit with two or more convictions for prior thefts after deputies found the bed of the pickup truck he was driving was filled with ...

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A major atmospheric river storm is barreling toward California, raising the specter of damaging landslides and flooding across much of the Southland.

Then-Assemblymember Evan Low during a floor session at the state Capitol in Sacramento on Aug. 29, 2024. Photo by Florence Middleton, CalMatters For years, former Democratic Assemblymember Evan Low of ...

There's a time and place to recognize all the opportunity a new sewer system can represent — new homes, new stores, a new ...