Kern County, California feels as far from the Pacific coast as Iowa. Squint past the palm trees and foothills, and it resembles the Great Plains. From Mr McCoy’s vantage point, the horizon is littered ...

Temporary water flow in Kern River sparks both joy and concern among Bakersfield residents and environmentalists.

The goal - to see how people recreate along the Upper Kern River Southern California Edison is currently conducting a study that will see roughly 760,000 photos taken along a stretch of the North ...

I want Beauty in my life! Lovely Raspberry Kettle Sour Legend has it that Lovely Rogers, a Cherokee man, stumbled upon gold while chasing his runaway mule in the Kern River Valley. This discovery led ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif.— A Kern County Superior Court has ruled against the city of Bakersfield and agricultural water storage districts for diverting water from the Kern River, siding with environmental ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif.— Conservation groups have sued the city of Bakersfield for diverting water from the Kern River and ignoring the harms such diversions do to the community and wildlife. The lawsuit, ...