Crews are investigating the cause of a house fire that erupted near Highland High School on Tuesday.The Bakersfield Fire Department said on February 11, 2025, c ...

Day One at the Kern County Sheriff's Office Peace Officer's Academy started six months ago with grinding physical training, ...

Lakresha Watson was at the hospital for a friend who had gotten into a car accident when she received a phone call that would bring a whole new life into her own. Watson went upstairs and waited for ...

It’s on fire, it’s burning hot,” said Jonathan Drucker, a public information officer with the Kern County Fire Department. The fire started around 12 p.m. and firefighters responded almost immediately ...

Read more on our AI policy here. Training 1 Fire initially started 10:12 a.m. Jan. 2 in Kern County. It has been burning on federal land managed by the United States Forest Service for 27 days.

Currently, there is no data indicating the containment progress of the fire and its cause has yet to be determined.

A fire at an abandoned warehouse sent plumes of smoke skyward in Bakersfield, California, on Wednesday, January 29, footage shows. According to local media outlet KGET, citing the Kern County Fire ...

The 10,000-acre Hughes Fire near the Los Angeles County community of Castaic, which sent thousands fleeing this week, was more than 95% contained Sunday with all mandatory evacuation orders lifted.

The southbound 5 was closed at Grapevine Road, on the southern edge of Kern County, according to the California Highway Patrol. A new fire exploded Wednesday north of Castaic, spreading quickly ...

Update: As of late Thursday morning, local authorities had lifted the remaining Ventura County evacuation warnings related to the Hughes Fire. Ventura County authorities downgraded an evacuation ...