Maricopa News

Maricopa Unified School District's governing board, administration and staff, along with D.L. Withers Construction Company hosted a dedication ceremony for the new district office administration building Wednesday.

The police chief of a rural Kern County town had to spend a day unarmed because of a clerical error.

The Maricopa Police Department is investigating a weekend break-in at Maricopa High School.

A police chief in western Kern County has surrendered his guns after local family got a restraining order against him.

Maricopa's police chief has been ordered to turn in his gun and stay away from four people after he shot and killed their dog.

Taft, CA is a oil town that is situated in the foothills of the San Joaquin Valley.

Meetings begin with a prayer noticed on the agenda as an invocation. Most are conducted by Christian clergy and many prayers specifically reference Jesus Christ and other deities.

On Tuesday around 8 p.m. while conducting the official inmate count, staff at the Taft Correctional Institution discovered that one inmate was missing from the Institution's Satellite Camp facility.

The population of California's Central Valley is expected to balloon from 7 million to 12 million people in the next 30 years, making it the fastest growing region anywhere in the U.S. or Mexico.

As bands of sheep make their annual spring appearance in the Tehachapi area, watched over carefully by a shepherd and some herd dogs, it is the continuation of a pastoral tradition that began here over 130 years ago.