An immense solar-plus-storage power plant in the desert is now pumping out inexpensive clean electricity at full bore.

A new wildfire was reported today at 1:59 p.m. in Kern County, California. Getty Fire has been burning on private land. There is currently no information on the containment or cause of the fire.

San Bernardino County sheriff’s investigators announced Saturday they are “unable to rule out foul play” in the disappearance of 7-month-old Emmanuel Haro, noting that they confronted the ...

Two guards from the Los Angeles County state prison were hospitalized after an inmate allegedly stabbed them Sunday night. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said prisoner ...

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Kevin P. Kern, theater professor at the University of Mount Union, discovered early his passion for teaching the craft of acting and directing.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Kern County is planning to reduce available public health services and conduct layoffs due to significant state and federal funding cuts and increased minimum wage ...

Residents in the Stanislaus County community of Diablo Grande said they're on the hook for a $13 million water debt, and they're not getting any help.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The unemployment rate in Kern County recorded its first increase since April, rising by nearly 10% between May and June, according to a report from the California ...

What was supposed to be a weekend getaway turned tragic for a Chino Hills man who was swept away after jumping into the Kern River Saturday evening.

The Kern County Public Health Department operates out of its new mobile health unit in this February 2019 photo. Nurse practitioner Michelle Magugat works in one of exam rooms.