The storm that bridged 2025 to 2026 has in a sense paved the way for the storm moving into our area this weekend.Rainfall ...

The Deschutes County Sheriff's Office has located and arrested Don Henry Vandenberg Jr. on potential charges relating to the December 31st shooting that killed Justin Garrett Jiminez. Vandenberg was ...

A number of remarkable individuals left Kern County in 2025. Here are their stories. Doug DeRoo was one of Bakersfield’s best ...

Moments after the book on 2025 closed, the immediate questions about what awaits for the new year arise. From the perspective of Kern County’s sports landscape, it’s a question that already has the ...

The U.S. Supreme Court officially declined to hear a case alleging the federal government illegally stiffed Friant water contractors.

Dense morning fog will clear by late morning across Kern County, followed by cool temperatures, gusty winds, and multiple ...

The weather is much quieter as we get ready to start a brand new week as a new ridge of high pressure noses on in toward the ...

In the recent years of unprecedented wildfires, the public discourse has been filled with speculation that such a total tree ...

NWS flood alerts span large portions of California on Friday after an atmospheric river system hit the area over Christmas.

Two Central Valley Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives have introduced a package of legislation that includes providing enormous funding for the completion of much needed repairs to the ...

We close out the last sports for all-league selections, with boys and girls cross-country and girls tennis. The Bakersfield Californian’s All-Area fall sports recognition planning process is underway.

It seems like a plot straight out of a Hallmark Channel holiday movie: A woman from the big city arrives in an idyllic woodsy village, buys its dive bar and becomes a fixture in the community. One ...