Wasco News

Two accidents, one of them fatal, closed northbound Interstate 5 for two hours early Saturday.

On an average workday morning, Ted Terray and his fellow passengers in Van Pool 74 don't look like trailblazers.

A congressional district that includes poor farming towns west of Fresno ranked dead last in a new study that examines quality of life across the nation.

A 10th housing development has defaulted in Wasco, the city of 24,300 - including a state prison population of nearly 6,000 - that touts itself as the "rose capital of the nation." On Tuesday, a 48-home tract ...

It isn't easy for Ruben Garcia to get to the Visalia Transit Center. Medical problems force him to use a walker, and asthma aggravated by bad Valley air makes it slow going to get from the room he rents to ...

An $8.2 million affordable housing project for retired and working agricultural workers age 62 and older will hold its grand opening in Wasco on Tuesday, according to non-profit developer Wasco Affordable ...

Everyone loves a good fireworks show. Every city in America has them. Whether a neighborhood show in a cul de sac or a big city display, Americans are always on the lookout for an extravaganza of fireworks to ...

Facing a potential death sentence, the tearful wife of a Kern County man found shot to death in the trunk of his car near Gonzales in April appeared in court Friday, charged with his murder.

A 36-year-old Corcoran woman who wasn't wearing her seatbelt was killed Saturday morning when she allegedly failed to stop at a Shafter stop sign and collided with a Wasco man's sport utility vehicle.

A woman, her sister-in-law and a man were arrested Monday on suspicion of killing the woman's husband and stuffing him the trunk of his car before abandoning it in Monterey County, the sheriff's office ...

They lit up Bakersfield's night sky and showed us the way. When we no longer needed them, the Kern County Museum brought them home.

The wife of a man whose body was found two months ago in the trunk of a car in Gonzales was arrested Monday night in connection with the slaying.

Family members of Lance Cpl. Ramiro Hernandez, who died last year in August at a Marine training camp in Twentynine Palms, will celebrate his life June 21, on what should have been his 25th birthday.

A Yolo County farming company has applied for state authorization to sell up to 2,000 acre-feet of Sacramento River water to the Semitropic-Rosamond Water Bank Authority in the Kern County town of Wasco.

Kern County, fearing a devastating impact on its budget from a rush of same-sex couples who wish to be married in civil ceremonies, has decided to stop performing such ceremonies altogether.

Colleen Sowma , with some of her family, shows a painting of her husband, Cypress Police Sgt.

The developer behind Wasco's Climbing Rose Estates defaulted Wednesday, county records show.

Entertaining Fight Night at the Tank boxing card: Knockouts through the ropes, Hells Angels, and Giants! Oh My! A short report on last night's American Metal and Iron Fight Night at the Tank boxing card will be ...

CA) -- A Stockton educator is reported to be one of three finalists for the job as superintendent of the Stockton Unified School District.

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.