A kayaker died Tuesday after becoming pinned underwater in a fast-flowing section of the Kern ... County sheriff’s office said. Related Articles Map: People drowned or swept away in California ...

A California appellate court threw out a Kern County law that allowed major oil producers to rely on a single, blanket environmental approval for 72,000 new oil wells, instead of facing ...

Kern County has signed off on an oil company’s plan to permanently store greenhouse gas emissions underground in a depleted oil field, marking California’s first foray into carbon storage and ...

The Board of Supervisors approved a California Resources Corp. proposal. The Kern County Board of Supervisors approved what would be the first large-scale carbon capture facility in California on ...