Latest Kern County, California and US and world news from 23ABC in Bakersfield, Calif.

Latest Kern County, California and US and world news from 23ABC in Bakersfield, Calif.

Concerns over harmful algal blooms have prompted residents of Lake Isabella to avoid recreational activities at the lake.

Wildfire season has begun in Kern County…so how can you protect yourself and your home from wildfires? According to CalFire, 11,000 acres have burned this ...

Delta bass action takes over, Randy Pringle reported. Shaver Kokanee and trout still hitting, Dick Nichols said. Pine Flat trout action good, Jim Tartaglia reported. Don Pedro a multi-species banquet, ...

A vacant building in downtown Bakersfield was declared a total loss after being destroyed by fire Tuesday evening.

Harvard published no such study. This estimate misrepresents a map included in a report by a professor at Israel’s Ben Gurion ...

His 1980 presidential campaign put the Libertarian Party on the map in a year rich in libertarian cultural clout.

The Housing Authority of Kern County secured $1.4 million from Bakersfield to create 48 permanent housing units at the ...

The 13-year, $68 million effort to put Kern oil permitting in local hands is headed back to the courts after the county Board of Supervisors voted Thursday to revise a ...

Depending on which source is your reference, Kern County covers about 8,161 square miles. This makes it the third largest county in California by land. It's larger than Connecticut and Delaware ...

City Manager Christian Clegg explained to 17 News, by state law, as well as the city charter, cities are required to pass ...