Earlier this week, I pulled my 24-year-old SUV into a Sacramento gas station for its weekly — more or less— fill-up. It was ...

For the second time this year, the Kern County Board of Education came close to passing a resolution that would have placed ...

Parole was denied Thursday to a 65-year-old man who was sentenced in 1998 to 83 years and four months in prison for multiple ...

Natural causes killed an 86-year-old Paso Robles man found dead Aug. 21 in McKittrick, the Kern County coroner’s office reported Friday.

The Kern County Fire Department warned Friday that the storm moving through the area could bring heavy rain and possible flooding in the Borel Fire burn scar.

A man’s in-custody death in late August at Kern Medical has been attributed to a drug overdose. The Kern County coroner’s office said Raymond Vasquez Balderas, age 60, was taken to Kern Medical after ...

A 58-year-old man whose body was found Sept. 6 in Mojave died from an accidental overdose of methamphetamine, the Kern County coroner’s office.

A 37-year-old man’s shooting death Oct. 27 at O and Inyo streets in Mojave has been ruled a homicide. The Kern County coroner’s office said Friday Bill Holman died at 11:39 p.m. from multiple gunshot ...

Seven people were arrested Thursday in northwest Bakersfield as part of a quality-of-life enforcement action prompted by complaints from local residents and businesses.

The city of Bakersfield may challenge a $700,000 judgment in a discrimination case filed against the city and the Bakersfield Fire Department.

A Michigan man whose vehicle veered off Interstate 5 June 2 in Lost Hills died from natural causes, the Kern County coroner’s office reported Friday.

The Kern County coroner’s office said Friday it was unable to determine the cause and manner of death of a 30-year-old Bakersfield man found dead May 28 in a canal ...