Riverside Park in Kernville reopened this weekend, two years after being virtually destroyed by floodwaters during the historic 2023 water year.

Bakersfield residents aim to revive the dry Kern River, facing opposition from agricultural interests in a high-stakes legal ...

For decades, residents of Bakersfield have lived with a river that’s little more than a channel of dust. The Kern, which pours from the snowy peaks of the southern Sierra, descends upon California’s ...

Almost a year after the Borel Fire destroyed parts of Kern County, the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced it will not provide disaster relief to the impacted areas.