BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — The city of Bakersfield celebrated the completion of the new Kern River Canal Backup Weir with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday morning. We previously reported on the ...

Kern River case so far 2022: Lawsuit filed by Water Audit California, Bring Back the Kern and other public interest groups against city of Bakersfield for “dewatering” the river. 2023: Preliminary ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KABC) -- What was supposed to be a weekend getaway turned tragic for a Chino Hills man who went missing after jumping into the Kern River Saturday evening. James Ashley Bawayan, ...

For the first time in more than 100 years, the Kern River is headed back to the California Supreme Court where justices may overturn or uphold an order mandating flows be kept in the riverbed through ...

A group carries their raft on a road beside the Kern River to protest water diversions that often leave nearly 16 miles of the river impassable. It started out like a typical whitewater rafting trip ...

It started out like a typical whitewater rafting trip on the North Fork of the Kern River. Boaters paddled through churning rapids, gliding past boulders and crashing through breaking waves. But after ...

The diversion of water for a Southern California Edison hydroelectric plant reduces the flow of the Kern River for nearly 16 miles. A group of boaters protested by carrying a raft along this ...

Our collective nerves spiked the instant we arrived at the Kern River. A steely quiet came over Erin, my partner, as she eyed its waters, which flow with visible fury through the southern foothills of ...

KERNVILLE, Calif. (KERO) — Whitewater Voyages, Sierra South and Momentum River Expeditions team up for Whitewater Wednesday in the Kern River to help raise money for the Kernville Chamber of Commerce.

KCSO is emphasizing the importance of life jackets when in or around Kern River after two rescue operations in the same area within hours. The Kern County Sheriff's Office said on June 2, 2025, at ...

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You might say that it was purely by chance that Dave Brown ever heard about the Kern River Pipeline and the Wasatch Variation. In June 1987, Brown hosted a monthly executive committee meeting of the ...