Preparing for the threat of massive flooding during California’s “Big Melt,” federal engineers have been releasing more Kern ... river flows were bound to stir up fragments of gold. As oil ...

BAKERSFIELD ... photos of the water-filled Kern years ago, and organized a march along the riverbed, trudging nine miles on dry sand to drive home their message that water belongs in the river.

The fatality sign at the mouth of the Kern River Canyon was updated Friday morning, adding seven additional lives lost to the ...

Taft Mayor Pro Tem Orchel Krier with the town's Oil Worker Monument. (Scott Shafer/KQED) "California is so tough on the oil industry it's easier to go out of state," he said. "They can't afford to ...

The action is needed, officials say, to prevent water from spilling over the reservoir dam and sending floodwaters rolling into low-lying areas that include the city of Bakersfield, farm towns ...