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 ...

Preparing for the threat of massive flooding during California’s “Big Melt,” federal engineers have been releasing more Kern ... river flows were bound to stir up fragments of gold. As oil ...

BAKERSFIELD ... photos of the water-filled Kern years ago, and organized a march along the riverbed, trudging nine miles on dry sand to drive home their message that water belongs in the river.