On a two-day expedition down one of California’s most spectacular—and thrilling—waterways, David Amsden and his family try ...

With record accumulations in the southern Sierra Nevada, snowpack in the Kern River watershed now contains roughly three times more water than Lake Isabella can hold, officials say. Bringing his ...

In the heart of California's Sierra Nevada, Lake Isabella and the Kern River offer anglers a dynamic fishing experience. This May, both locations have been teeming with activity, particularly for ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) — Two men were reported missing after attempting to cross the southern Sierra Nevada’s Kern River on the Fourth of July, authorities said Tuesday. Deputies responding ...

Several counties have banned recreation on rivers that flow from the Sierra Nevada because of swift currents and fatalities. Rafters floating down the Kern River near Kernville, Calif.Credit ...

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 ...

The Kern River runs 165 miles or so, from the southern Sierra Nevada mountains, south, making a sharp turn west at Isabella Lake, then continuing on toward Bakersfield. In the 1850s, the river flowed ...

Melt water from the snowpack that piled up in the Sierra Nevada over a stormy winter ... I visited the banks of the Kern River, northeast of Bakersfield. Local residents know well the river ...

Joshua Yeager of member station KVPR takes us to the Sierra Nevada mountains on the upper Kern River. (SOUNDBITE OF WATER RUSHING) JOSHUA YEAGER, BYLINE: Almost as soon as we launch our boat into ...

While the famous Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. is located in Chico, another charming town in the California mountain range, Kernville also has its own popular brewery in Kern River Brewing Company.

A warm spell forecast for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday this week is raising concerns that the rate of melting in California’s huge Sierra Nevada snowpack ... for the Merced River in Yosemite ...