BAKERSFIELD — The Kern ... the river from a side creek, was obliterated during road construction long ago. The site of an adjacent Indigenous village, Dominguez said, is now fenced off in ...

Environmental activists in Bakersfield have won an initial victory in their legal fight to keep water flowing in the Kern River, which for many years was reduced to a dry, sandy riverbed.

A man whose car veered off ... road in a fatal accident on Highway 178 has been identified. Jimmy Lee Bond, 56, was killed on Nov. 28 when his car went off the roadway at Delonegha Bridge, the ...

could the Kern river possibly close? Could this historic flow be blocked off to public access? Some people don't think so. "There is too many access points from the road to get to it," Blake says.

The sign at the mouth of the canyon on Highway 178, east of Bakersfield, was updated Friday morning to show the dangers of ...

Water is again running in the Kern River through Bakersfield, four months after it suddenly went dry at the end of August, 2024, leading to a massive fish die off. But it will only last through ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif.— Conservation groups have sued the city of Bakersfield for diverting water from the Kern River and ignoring the harms such diversions do to the community and wildlife. The lawsuit, ...

(CN) — Five environmental groups sued the city of Bakersfield on Wednesday over the diversion of the Kern River to water districts controlled by agricultural businesses growing almonds, pistachios, ...