Kernville News

Christopher Thomas Costa, 18, Red Bluff, was arrested at 1:47 p.m. Saturday on Nugget Road in Corning on suspicion of burglary.

After flying out of the Kernville heliport the K-MAX heavy lift helicopter picks up a bucket full of water in Bodfish area Friday and heads up to the Piute Fire that continues to burn after starting last ...

Hilary Bellue of Bakersfield caught this 62-pound yellowfin tuna June 17 on a Cedar Plug lure in waters off the southern portion of Baja California's Sea of Cortez.

They look menacing in leather, tattoos and piercings as they straddle hulked-up choppers with deafening engines and blindingly polished chrome guts.

A hiker who injured his leg Thursday evening in a canyon north of Kernville was airlifted by Kern County Fire Department when he couldn't get himself out.

Several bouquets of flowers and a balloon that says "Joey you will be missed" on it blows in the wind as traffic goes by in both directions along Highway 178 east of Bakersfield where Kern County Sheriff's ...

KERNVILLE, CA: Members of a Fire Behavior Assessment Team arrived at the Kernville office on Monday to install monitoring equipment on the Clover Fire.

KERNVILLE, CA.... Fire growth was moderate Tuesday despite wind gusts of up to 30 mph that hit the fire in the early afternoon.

Incident: Clover Fire Released: 23 hrs. ago Clover Fire transitions To a Fire-Use Fire KERNVILLE, CA....The Clover Fire presently burning in the South Sierra Wilderness has been transitioned from a unwanted ...

In outlying areas of the county, there are four measures of note on the ballot. In Wasco, Measure C is a $33 million bond issue for the Wasco Union High School District.

Western Association of Schools and Colleges seal Students at Star Academy, a Court and Community School, enjoyed the recently built covered lunch area/patio that was unveiled on May 30.

A plan to charge visitors for access to the shorelines of Isabella Lake, the upper Kern River and parts of the Giant Sequoia National Monument will be discussed in a series of upcoming workshops.

Kern County and southern San Joaquin Valley Photos: Don Stidman, left, of Bakersfield showed Alan and Cameron Willis of Bakersfield how to bow-fish at Lake Isabella for carp 4-7 pounds on May 18.

Hot rods like these, pictured during the Kernville Rod Run 2002, will be at the fairgrounds this weekend for the annual Western Street Rod Nationals. via Bakersfield Californian

Photos: Ray Saunders of Torrance, left, and LeRoy Hockensmith of Redondo Beach display their limits of Brite Lake trout during a late March visit to Tehachapi. via Bakersfield Californian

“We don't want people to become another statistic.”

Willie Cajiao, and his son Cameron, right, spend time together Wednesday, in Riverside Park fishing in the Kern River in Kernville on a cool spring morning. via Bakersfield Californian

“Occasionally, we still have to go to that crowding condition”

A judge in San Francisco approved an order Wednesday that threatens to close down county juvenile detention facilities - including those in Kern County - that fail to meet minimum state standards. via Bakersfield Californian

A 79-year-old man from Weldon died Tuesday afternoon after his vehicle rammed a side of a mountain and flipped. via Bakersfield Californian

“Our primary responsibility is ensuring that our customers have a reliable supply of good quality water and that's what we are going to do”

The California Water Company has been working for the last two and a half years to improve the water supply to 85 residences located on Old State Rd. via Kern Valley Sun

Carnival worker arrested after girl reports being grabbed A 46-year-old carnival worker with a prior conviction for child molestation was arrested Sunday at the Whiskey Flat Days event on suspicion of annoying ... via Bakersfield Californian