Taft News

Alex Horvath / The Californian A small-scale version of the Taft oil worker monument is displayed this month at the county administrative building.

A Taft man contacted 17News and said he plans to sue Kern County for racial discrimination.

Former Rep. Vic Kohring says he still supports private prisons even as his enthusiasm clashes with his own observations from inside one, where he said equipment went unrepaired, meals lacked fresh produce and prisoner welfare appeared to take a back seat to saving money.

Former state Reps. Vic Kohring and Pete Kott were back in Anchorage on Thursday night after being released from prison, reuniting with family and friends at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport.

Two oil pumping units are seen in the distance off Comanche Drive as the sun comes up over the eastern mountains of Kern County in this photo from 2007.

An arson attack on a bank killed five people on Monday in a southeastern Iranian city where a mosque bombing days earlier killed 25, state media said.

Grief counselors will be at Taft High School in Woodland Hills Monday after a student was killed on her way to prom in a traffic collision.

A file photograph showing pumps drawing petroleum from oil wells near Taft, Calif.

Legislation by Assemblywoman Jean Fuller, R-Bakersfield, to allow friends and family of fatal car accident victims to memorialize their loved ones passed the Assembly floor with bipartisan support this week.

CapTech investors speak out Investors in Camarillo-based CapTech Advisors say they suffered losses that have strained their families and left them upside down on their home mortgages.

So, you want to open an off-road track in Kern County? You must be stubborn or crazy.

Kern County dodged an economic bullet Thursday as Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep dealers in Bakersfield and Delano learned they will not be shut down as part of the bankrupt manufacturer's move to close a quarter of its dealerships within a month.

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.

Arvin High School: $35 each, includes appetizers and drinks, at the Arvin Women's Club.

At approximately 2:17 p.m. on Monday officers of the Bakersfield Police Department responded to a report of a traffic collision involving two motorists at the intersection of Panama Lane and Old River Road.

The city of Tehachapi will receive $495,900 in federal stimulus transportation money, the Kern Council of Governments announced April 6. Tehachapi will spend the money on rehabilitating a 0.6-mile stretch of H Street/Mill Street between N Street, Green Street and Highway 58, said Assistant City Manager Dave Zweigle, who is handling preparations for ...

The Lodi City Council has approved an ordinance amendment that will allow a proposed expansion of the Wine Country Card Room and Restaurant.

Henry A. Barrios / The Californian The new Chase Bank sign and logo was unveiled Monday at the former Washington Mutual bank on Chester Avenue and 17th Street in Bakersfield.

With great fanfare and brief comments by Bakersfield Mayor Harvey Hall, the late, great WaMu unveiled a sign bearing the Chase logo on its downtown Bakersfield bank branch Monday, formalizing JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s takeover of failed thrift Washington Mutual.

Many people were involved in Friday's groundbreaking ceremony in Taft for the Oilworker Monument, honoring people who spend their lives working in the oilfields.