Apr 29, 2013 at 6:06 PM
So-called synthetic marijuana is banned under both federal and state law, but some local parents are contending it's still being sold to their kids, and it has devastating effects.
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Apr 29, 2013 at 10:27 AM
It's been a dry winter for California, and temperatures will start to heat up soon. That has fire crews gearing up for what could be a tough summer. Kern County crews are keeping an eye on the weather, and checking the condition of grasses and ...
Apr 25, 2013 at 2:37 PM
Extra U.S. Postal Service inspectors are working now in the Kern County area, trying to stop a sudden spike in mail theft.
Apr 24, 2013 at 5:42 PM
An area near the Kernville Airport is now closed off to the public, because Forest Service officials have found dangerous levels of arsenic in the soil. The problem was discovered about 150 yards south of the campsite near the...
Apr 24, 2013 at 5:23 PM
The Kern County Sheriff's Department will bring a collection site to the Kern River Valley for their fifth Take-Back day. It's an event to safely collect potentially dangerous medications.
Take-Back day is set for Saturday, April 27....
Apr 15, 2013 at 5:22 PM
A wind-whipped fire scorched more than seven acres in the Hanning Flat area Sunday afternoon. A National Forest Service spokeswoman says the blaze broke out Sunday at about 2:30 p.m. on the east shore of Isabella Lake.
Firefighters...
Apr 12, 2013 at 9:03 AM
Taft has been hit by a jump in crime, and it's blamed on the so-called state prison realignment. Kern County District Attorney Lisa Green says that's the only factor she can point to. And Green says Taft is seeing more of an increase than any...
Apr 11, 2013 at 9:33 AM
Neighbors in a quiet area of Rosedale are furious and fed up about a burned-out house that has sat abandoned for several years.
Apr 9, 2013 at 4:12 PM
Those federal budget cuts triggered by so-called "sequestration" are impacting some of the most vulnerable cancer patients. As of April 1, Medicare payments are being cut for chemotherapy drugs, and experts say that could be very disruptive to older patients.
Apr 9, 2013 at 6:16 PM
Highway 155 may not have to be moved over, as part of the plans to improve the safety of the Isabella Dams. The latest update from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers shows engineers are considering a closure gate across the highway...
Apr 8, 2013 at 5:59 PM
A 13-year-old girl was allegedly paid $30 to meet a man at a Bakersfield motel, where he forced her into sex acts. Investigators say a woman at the motel tried to convince the teenager to work as a prostitute for the suspect.
Apr 8, 2013 at 3:09 PM
Kernville's big "Down by the River Side" car show comes up this year on Saturday, May 4. The event is open to all cars and trucks from year 1975 or older. It's open to street rods, Rat Rods, stock or custom.
The car show will be held along...
Apr 8, 2013 at 2:51 PM
Rotary KRV is hosting a fundraiser dinner to help local kids go to Camp KEEP. The event comes up on Saturday, April 13.
Camp KEEP is run by the Kern County Superintendent of Schools Office and provides hands-on activities in environmental...
Apr 6, 2013 at 4:23 PM
With so few houses for sale in Bakersfield right now, home-builders are finally seeing their business going up. Local real estate appraiser Gary Crabtree says the current supply of existing homes is at an historic low, and he sees both local and...
Apr 4, 2013 at 6:01 PM
Bullet train officials say they'll keep listening to Kern County concerns about the proposed route for the high-speed rail project. The promise came at the end of a long meeting Thursday in Fresno, where the High Speed Authority board got an...