Bakersfield News

A PG&E pipeline program aims to remove obstacles, including trees, from Eureka to Bakersfield to make way for thousands of miles of gas lines.

The Bakersfield Police Department is informing the community of a possible mountain lion sighting in Bakersfield.

State Attorney General Doug Gansler wants Maryland's government to take the initiative on building high-speed rail from Baltimore to Washington.

The industry's economic contribution to the Central Valley, defined as the area just north of Redding to just south of Bakersfield, was 43,380 jobs and $4.7 billion in income.

Most table grape growers in California's Coachella Valley will start production around April 28, about two weeks earlier than usual.

Breaking news and insight from Bee reporters on the central San Joaquin Valley's lawmakers, movers and shakers.

At the Kern County Animal Services Adoption Center, this shepherd is ready for adoption and is currently in the large general population area for dogs that are on stray wait status or are friendly and ready for adoption.

A: That's going to be a 21.5-acre shopping center currently known as "Riverlakes Galleria."

The non-profit, The Mission, is giving those less fortunate an Easter meal to help make the special holy day a hopeful and memorable one.

The California High Speed Rail Authority today released the final EIR for the Fresno-Bakersfield segment of the high speed rail project.

A man who had been charged with murder in the shooting deaths of two bail bondsmen in April 2012 pleaded no contest Friday to two counts of voluntary manslaughter.

Born in Atlanta, Ralph Emerson Bailey, Jr., grew up in Los Angeles and moved here to Bakersfield in 1992.

Drought-stricken California farmers and cities are set to get more water as state and federal officials ease cutbacks due to recent rain and snow, officials announced on Friday.

SHAFTER, Calif. A bustling city is sprouting on five acres here, carved out of a vast almond grove.

Kern County Animal Services is looking for some local heroes to help save the lives of homeless and neglected pets by becoming a certified foster parent.

The Visalia Rawhide opened up its three-game series against the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes in grand fashion, courtesy of Socrates Brito.

A deaf man allegedly tackled by Bakersfield police who believed he'd been trying to break into an apartment has filed a claim against the city alleging civil rights violations, assault and unlawful arrest.

Tim Draper says he hasn't decided whether to put "Six Californias" on the 2014 or 2016 ballot.

Any lingering questions concerning the new K&N Mustang RTR's prospective for blistering speed were unequivocally resolved the weekend of April 5th and 6th.

Bakersfield police have arrested one man and charged him with 6 counts of attempted murder in connection with the incendiary device that was thrown into a Bakersfield home.