The Kern River Valley, located within California’s rugged Sierra Nevada, is home to a diverse array of wildlife, including the American black bear (Ursus americanus). These intelligent and adaptable c ...

As spring arrives in California's southern Sierra Nevada, anglers are heading to Lake Isabella and the Upper and Lower Kern River, attracted by positive reports of trout, bass, and catfish ...

Triple-digit temperatures are headed to the Merced area for the first time in 2025, according to the National Weather Service. The weather agency recently issued an extreme heat watch for Fresno and ...

Millions of California residents are being warned to avoid sun exposure as an extreme heat wave is expected for much of the state, with temperatures forecast to surpass 100 degrees in multiple regions ...

Panorama of the upper fork of the Kern River, Sierra Nevada, Kern County, California. (Roger Howard/Wikimedia Commons via Courthouse News) FRESNO, Calif. (CN) — Environmental groups clashed Thursday ...

A former cattle ranch in the southern Sierra Nevada foothills with proximity to the headwaters ... “As the crow flies, what separates us is the north fork of the Kern River,” he said. “We are ...

December 23, 2024 - National Weather Service Hanford Office officials report a Flood Watch has been issued for the Mariposa Madera Foothills-Mariposa-Madera Lower Sierra-Fresno- Tulare Foothills ...

In the 1850s miners came hunting for gold in the Sierra Nevada mountains ... They struck black gold in what would become the Kern River oilfield. A small stone monument still marks the spot.

Three Utah residents died Friday after being caught in a whirlpool during a canyoneering trip in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains ... before emptying into the Kern River.

While the storms have been consistent and spread out enough to relieve the Sierra Nevada’s river systems, she said the snowpack still does not compare to last year. With California’s ...