KCSO is emphasizing the importance of life jackets when in or around Kern River after two rescue operationsin the same area ...

The Bakersfield Fire Department’s Water Rescue team responded to a call reporting a woman holding onto a branch made at River ...

The Bakersfield Fire Department (BFD) helped rescue a 45-year-old woman from the Kern River near Hart Park Monday evening.

Offshore oil rigs have made it possible to collect oil and natural gas from below the ocean's floor, appearing as massive megastructures in the middle of open water. Given their sheer size and ...

The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States fell this week, according to new data that Baker Hughes published on Friday, following a 2 rig dip in the prior week.

City of Bakersfield begins reconstructing Kern River Canal Backup Weir A top hurricane forecast is here, and it brings bad news: Danger is already brewing Here's the Average Social Security ...

Photo courtesy of Alan Fong Outdoors Fishing ... to 40 feet with natural-colored jigs or live shiners. In the upper Kern River, the recent storms have increased flows, and CDFW continues to ...

“EVERY ONE OF those wells has a name and a personality,” says Mike McCoy, the director of the Kern County Museum. He is standing on a bluff overlooking Bakersfield, Kern’s biggest ...

Highway 178 in the Kern River Canyon was closed for several hours Friday following a vehicle accident and oil spill ... of the accident involving a big rig north of Lucas Creek near the Upper ...

In the south aqueduct in Kern County, Cope’s Tackle and Rod in Bakersfield reported ... found a good bite in the upper river with Senkos on a wacky-rig, plastics on a shakey head, or Keitech ...

In the south aqueduct in Kern County, Cope’s Tackle and Rod in Bakersfield reported ... in the main lake and the river arm with plastics on a drop-shot or Neko-rig, small swimbaits on an ...