The Kern County coroner's office on Friday identified a toddler who was found unresponsive in a vehicle and died. Dream ...

Judge Keri Smith was sworn in during a ceremony at the Benton County Courthouse.

The long-running lawsuit against the City of Bakersfield over how it operates the Kern River is set to go to trial in ...

The long-running lawsuit against the city of Bakersfield over how it operates the Kern River is set to go to trial on Dec. 8, ...

The county reported its highest detainee death count in decades, including multiple suicides that reveal deep institutional ...

Kern St Taft. 3:33 pm deputies responded to report of trespassing in the 27000-block of 119 Hwy Valley Acres. 4:19 pm ...

The defendant who pleaded no contest to felony battery on a police officer for an attack that put a Taft Police officer on medical leave has been sentenced to a ...

A Kern County man was found guilty of 15 fraud-related counts involving two schemes: one for filing false insurance claims, ...

A 33-year-old man was convicted Tuesday on several charges related to fraud insurance schemes and a scheme against the Kern ...

A man serving a lengthy prison sentence after being convicted in 2019 in the human trafficking of a 15-year-old girl in the ...

The highly competitive Congressional District 22 race between David Valadao and Rudy Salas remained close, with Valadao ...

Kern County Superior Court Judge David Wolf will turn his legal-eagle eye to writing about the criminal justice system for a presentation on Saturday.