Kern County News

Loud wailing can be heard on cellphone video of a Bakersfield man who died after a beating from Kern County Sheriff's deputies, but little is visible.

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Tuesday is Election Day in the sprawling 16th Senate District and for thousands of local voters, it's the first of two and possibly three times they'll get to head to the polls in just a matter of months -- creating some confusion.

The Bakersfield Californian reports that the Kern County District Attorney's office is reviewing a police report submitted Friday detailing the alleged assault at the Rehabilitation Center.

Firefighters had to battle terrain as much as flames as they worked to surround a wildfire entering its third day in harsh hills and mountains north of Los Angeles.

Daybreak Oil and Gas Inc. reported the results from its second well in the current drilling program at the East Slopes Project in Kern County, Calif.

High winds are pushing flames through the mountains in the Frazier Park area of the Grapevine pass of Interstate 5. Cal Fire crews from Tulare County were called in to help fight the fast-moving fire.

A fire burns near Frazier Park. Astrid Rodriguez, owner of La Sierra Mexican Restaurant in Frazier Park, sent this photo.

A wildfire Wednesday afternoon in Los Padres National Forest near Frazier Park burned more than 300 acres in less than an hour, forcing evacuations and road closures.

With just a week to go, the campaign for the 16th District state Senate race is growing predictably nasty.

Seated at the kitchen table of Dolly and Tom Green of Sultan, local actor Angelique Sullivan plays a woman whose husband is at war, which Seattle-area filmmaker Peter Spawn captures on camera.

Authorities in Kern County, California are defending themselves against criticism for confiscating cell phone video of seven sheriff's deputies' fatal encounter with a 33-year-old man.

New police officers Chris Boston, Zachery St. John and Michael Adams are pictured during a swearing in ceremony during the Tehachapi City Council meeting on May 6. Photo by Ed Gordon/Tehachapi News The Tehachapi City Council at its May 6 meeting appointed Denise Jones City Clerk to complete the term ending November 2016, replacing Julie Drimakis ... (more)

David Silva was beaten with batons last week in Bakersfield. The father of four died at a hospital.

The Bakersfield Californian's Mike Thiesen, left, and freelance videographer Erin Draguesku shooting for a new tourism ad for the Tehachapi Tourism Council that will be shown online and at select movie theaters in the Antelope Valley lthis summer.

A 21-year-old Tehachapi woman who said she was sexually assaulted by a Kern County Sheriff's deputy filed a lawsuit against the sheriff's office in federal court on Friday, May 10, 2013.

In his new capacity Reed will manage Main Street's continuing efforts to enhance the economic, social and cultural well-being of Tehachapi's historic Downtown.

Sheriff Donny Youngblood spoke publicly Friday for the first time about a Bakersfield man who died in-custody at Kern Medical Center, following an eight minute struggle with deputies.

The awards are given out to students who demonstrate outstanding academic achievement, and who show character and positive values.