The Kern County coroner's office said Friday the man who died in a residential fire May 20 in Boron died from acute smoke inhalation and his death is an accident.

The man accused of striking and killing a pedestrian before fleeing the scene, Tomice Fryman, 51, turned himself in to ...

Bakersfield and Kern County firefighters responded to a garage fire Friday around noon. The fire was reported at about 11:36 ...

The Bakersfield Police Department is remembering one of its own who died in the line of duty in 1980. Sergeant Patrick D. Vegas was responding to a crash when a ...

With rising temperatures and dry conditions across the region, fire danger is elevated, and officials are reminding visitors ...

Kern County Firefighters battled a trailer fire that spread to a house next door at the trailer park on State Road.