Kern County is looking to raise sewer rates for residents tied in to the city of Bakersfield’s wastewater system, matching the increase passed by the city last month.
A pedestrian was hospitalized with major injuries Tuesday night after being struck by a vehicle at about 10:20 p.m. in the 1600 block of Golden State Avenue, the Bakersfield Police Department said in a news release.
A two-vehicle traffic collision Wednesday morning on Highway 99 near California Avenue sent three people to the hospital, authorities reported.
An hours-long standoff that began before dawn Wednesday ended peacefully after law enforcement deployed a chemical agent that forced the exit of a man who had barricaded himself in a building in southwest Bakersfield, police reported.
The city of Bakersfield is hosting a large-item drop off event Saturday at Riverlakes Ranch Park from 7 to 11 a.m. The city moved the time an hour earlier in hopes of trying to beat some of the expected heat that day.
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Progressive Randy Villegas is the presumptive Democratic candidate in the 22nd Congressional District, following a late Tuesday night concession by his co-partisan rival, Dr. Jasmeet Bains.
Greenlawn Southwest, in conjunction with the Bakersfield Young Marines, will host its annual National Flag Day event beginning at 10 a.m. Sunday at the sprawling cemetery on Panama Lane.
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A bill pending in Sacramento has revived one of Kern County’s biggest complaints about being California’s leading producer of large-scale solar energy.
Kern County’s decade-long legal fight with a local farmer has changed the way the California Environmental Quality Act is interpreted around the state, according to lawyers who recently won industry recognition for how they litigated the landmark oil permitting case.
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The contract to run a public baseball park in northwest Bakersfield is going to a new organization after more than two decades with the same group, and county staff hope both will share the space.
The death of a man Monday night at the scene of a vehicle fire in the Lamont area is being investigated as suspicious, the Kern County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday.
Two defendants were convicted Monday of the first-degree murder of a man July 29, 2024 in Lamont, the Kern County District Attorney’s Office reported.
Eugene “Gene” Albitre, who as a child learned from a neighbor how to work with rawhide before growing up to become a key figure in Kern County Native American circles, died May 6 at the age of 70 after a series of health setbacks.
Deputies with the Kern County Sheriff’s Office arrested three Bakersfield residents Monday afternoon after a search warrant served in the 1200 block of Smith Street turned up thousands of dollars’ worth of recently stolen property, the agency reported.
There was little change in election results as Kern County released its latest batch of ballot data Monday evening, the county’s first update since Friday afternoon.
Almonds show their vulnerabilities during midwinter bloom, and mandarins can’t take a hard freeze, but probably no other major crop grown in Kern County is as sensitive to weather disruptions as cherries.
It’s no secret that air pollution in the San Joaquin Valley and other areas across the country poses significant respiratory and cardiovascular health risks to valley residents.
The Bakersfield City Council will hear public comment Wednesday on the proposed $926 million city budget before voting to approve the spending later this month.
A man died at Kern Medical Sunday afternoon after he was struck by a vehicle at California and Union avenues earlier in the day.
One man died and a second suffered minor injuries Saturday when they walked in front a vehicle outside a crosswalk, according to the Bakersfield Police Department.
A woman who was both shot and struck by a vehicle that failed to stop near Panorama Park was taken to a hospital Saturday morning in critical condition, according to the Bakersfield Police Department.
A notice from the California State Supreme Court went out to attorneys on Friday to be ready to present oral arguments on the Kern River possibly as early as this September.
Visalia Unified School District board member Randy Villegas maintained his narrow lead over Democratic rival Dr. Jasmeet Bains in the race for the No. 2 slot in the 22nd Congressional District election, but as of Thursday afternoon more than 75,000 ballots in Kern alone remained to be counted.
Joy and inspiration are sometimes mixed with tears and emotion at the Adventist Health AIS Cancer Center’s Cancer Survivor’s Day Brunch held each year in downtown Bakersfield.
Rio Tinto, one of eastern Kern’s largest employers and the county’s seventh-largest contributor of property tax revenue, is looking to sell the 99-year-old mine it acquired in Boron in 1967.
A 57-year-old third-strike inmate was granted parole May 27, according to the Kern County District Attorney’s Office, which opposed his release.
An Arvin woman died Wednesday morning after the vehicle she was driving was struck by another at East Panama Lane and Tejon Highway, the Kern County coroner’s office reported.
A 37-year-old Bakersfield man died April 8 from what the Kern County coroner’s office has determined was an accidental drowning in the Arvin/Edison Canal at the end of the 4900 block of Ashe Road.
The Kern County coroner’s office has identified a 39-year-old Bakersfield bicyclist who it says died June 4 after being struck by a vehicle on Highway 184 south of Eucalyptus Drive.
The Bakersfield Police Department asked for the public’s help Friday in identifying a woman who it says stole items from a room at the Super 8 Motel in the 600 block of Real Road after driving her vehicle into the door.
The Bakersfield Police Department requested assistance Friday in identifying a man who it says broke into Jake’s Tex Mex along Oak Street at 3 a.m. May 22 then stole electronics.
The Bakersfield Police Department asked for the public’s help Friday in identifying a woman who it says broke into a vehicle and stole items May 23 in the 2100 block of Chester Avenue.
A Shafter man died Tuesday after the vehicle he was driving collided with another at 7th Standard Road and Poplar Avenue in Bakersfield, the Kern County coroner’s office said.
Bakersfield housing developer Sage Equities has begun site work in preparation for its fourth market-rate apartment community in downtown’s Eastchester neighborhood, this time in partnership with a Fresno company.
The Kern County grand jury is recommending the county library system expand its bookmobile and language services to better serve the county.
The Kern County grand jury completed a review of the local Safely Surrendered Baby Program, finding it is largely working as intended.
A small local oil producer said he plans to appeal a more than half million-dollar state fine accusing him of 75 state violations, many of them serious, after he says federal officials signed off on his operation near Kern’s border with San Luis Obispo County.
Can naturalists detect as many as 3,000 different species in a single tablespoon of soil?
Kern County ranchers are being asked to stay vigilant after confirmation this week that a sometimes-fatal parasitic insect has been detected in the United States for the first time in six decades.
The canceled Westchester 4th of July Parade has found new life, albeit in reduced form, as the Parade in the Park at Jastro Park the morning of July 4.
When is a minimum wage hike of more than $11 per hour actually a pay cut?
A 66-year-old Bakersfield man died Wednesday evening when the bicycle he was riding was struck by a vehicle at Brundage Lane and A Street, the Kern County coroner’s office reported.
An extraordinary 16-hour hostage situation in downtown Bakersfield came to a deadly end Wednesday morning when FBI personnel shot and killed a man armed with apparent explosive devices who was reported to have held 10 people against their will.
More than 100 family members, friends, alumni and Hall Ambulance leadership attended the graduation ceremony for the Hall EMT Academy’s 52nd class on Wednesday afternoon in downtown Bakersfield.
A woman was killed Wednesday morning after an auto theft suspect who was leading officers on a high-speed pursuit collided with her vehicle along East Panama Lane, according to the Bakersfield Police Department.
Early voting results as of Wednesday morning heavily favored passage of a measure that would strengthen local control at the expense of the governor’s ability to appoint a politician to fill a vacancy on the Kern County Board of Supervisors.
McFarland’s mayor enjoyed a 6-point lead Wednesday afternoon in the 35th Assembly District race that, if his advantage holds, could land the Republican in a run-off with one of the two Democrats also vying for the seat.
Since 1974, the Bakersfield News Observer has served the community, focusing on news affecting Black residents. But this isn’t the only Black newspaper that has informed Bakersfield citizens over the past 100 years.
Progressive Randy Villegas maintained his edge over Assemblywoman Dr. Jasmeet Bains, D-Delano, as they each seek to be the Democratic candidate to go up against incumbent U.S. Rep. David Valadao, R-Hanford in the November general election.
The numbers changed but the rankings didn’t following updated results in the 16th Senate District race, with Republican challenger Guillermo Gonzalez leading the pack.
