The Gifford fire started west of the Madre Fire, which started on July 3 and burned more than 80,000 acres north of Highway 166. It closed the highway down through the Fourth of July Holiday weekend.

Occurred on San Emidio St. Disposition: Animal Pickup. Occurred at Buena Vista Mobile Home Park on N. Tenth St. Disposition: Animal Pickup.

Highway 166 to the coast has been closed for the second time in less than a month by a brush fire. The fire broke out just ...

Whether for work, fun, or both, most people spend long periods sitting or slouching in front of a screen. Excessive sitting ...

The Kern County Sheriff’s Office is warning the public about an ongoing phone scam in which individuals impersonating Sheriff ...

The Ford City Park splash pad was announced in May 2022 by then-Supervisor Zack Scrivner as a $600,0000 project that would be ...

Kern County Sheriff's deputies should soon be able to leave the cracking, crumbling and settling Taft substation for much ...

West Hills Church of the Nazarene is holding its annual Vacation Bible School "Diving into Friendship with God" next week ...

Derald Val Wildharber, 83, of Taft, California, passed away on June 22, 2025, in Mesquite, Nevada. Known for his warm smile ...

Hit-and-run suspect Alejandro Padilla is being held on $165,000 bail and is now in Kern County Sheriff's custody.

A fire burned weeds and brush in a dry drainage ditch on the 200 block of Eastern Avenue Tuesday after and spread into a ...