From the exhausted hope of the Joads to the tenacity of Cesar Chavez, to the austere Garveyian self-reliance of Allensworth, ...

Trump has named the mastermind behind Project 2025, Russell Vought, his budget director. In addition to Medicaid, Vought has it in for Head Start, veterans benefits and medical research.

I implore you to listen to the testimonies of the hostages. Hear their voices, look into their eyes, and understand their pain. That’s where the truth lies. Pure unadulterated trueness. This is a ...

The annual almond bloom has turned local orchards white and coated the ground below them with what looks like snow.

Construction is set to begin next month on 54 new units of transitional behavioral health housing thanks to an initiative from the Bakersfield American Indian Health Project.

Bakersfield police are on the lookout for a vehicle they say was involved in a hit-and-run just before 6 p.m. Nov. 3.

Police are asking for the public's help in identifying a man who they say tried to rob a Little Caesars Pizza last month.

A 28-year-old was killed Sunday evening after the dirt bike he was riding collided with a vehicle in Lost Hills, according to a news release Tuesday from the Kern County ...

The Trump administration is giving America’s schools and universities two weeks to eliminate diversity initiatives or risk ...

Approximately 15 rail cars came off the tracks near Caliente on Tuesday in a train derailment that left no injuries or ...

Officers with the Kern County Probation Department arrested a man last week on suspicion of crimes including illegal possession of a firearm and a having a controlled substance for sale.

The 2025 induction ceremony for the Bob Elias Kern County Sports Hall of Fame on Thursday welcomes four new members: The 1996 ...