Kern County response to Los Angeles fires includes much more than firefighters
The Kern County Fire Department joined the fight in Los Angeles last week along with additional county departments that are ...
‘We follow the law’: County leaders and Sheriff address Border Patrol operations for the first time
Raison explained Senate Bill 54 — the California Values Act passed in 2017 — bars local law enforcement from assisting with ...
‘Quad-demic’ hits Bakersfield, but flu and RSV are still the biggest threats
Staying healthy this year means guarding against what health officials are calling a “quad-demic” – a quartet of infectious viruses. The trifecta of flu, COVID-19 and RSV is bad enough, but this year ...
Firefighters quickly contain new brush fire in Los Angeles County
Fire crews worked quickly to extinguish a new wildfire that erupted near Hansen Canyon Dam in the northeast San Fernando ...
5 killed in Mexican town caught between battling criminal groups
Schools and some businesses were closed and few people walked the streets of this town south of Mexico’s capital Tuesday, ...
Man gets more than a decade in Casa Loma Drive shooting
A man who pleaded no contest to shooting at a home in southeast Bakersfield and pointing a gun at a deputy was sentenced Tuesday. Court records say Juan Jose ...
Man pleads guilty in string of MS-13 killings that stunned New York suburbs
A man who helped lead an MS-13 clique in New York pleaded guilty Tuesday in a federal racketeering case involving seven murders, including the 2016 killings of two high ...
Hegseth beats back blows from Democrats in blistering hearing: 5 takeaways
Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump’s choice for Defense secretary, on Tuesday emerged largely unscathed from an at times ...
Obesity won’t be solely defined by BMI under new plan for diagnosis by global experts
A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial ...
Prominent Puerto Rican civil rights leader José “Cha Cha” Jiménez dies at 76
José “Cha Cha” Jiménez, a prominent civil rights and liberation movement figure and founder of the Young Lords in Chicago and co-founder of the Rainbow Coalition has died. He was 76. His sister, ...
NCAA to dole out $1.2M to help pay for House settlement. Its president asks for Congress to step in
Stressing his own organization’s ability to pay out $1.2 billion over 10 years to help settle an industry-changing lawsuit, ...
Melissa Rivers recounts grabbing valued possessions before Pacific Palisades fire burned home down
Melissa Rivers recalled how swiftly the California wildfires spread, forcing the county’s Ready, Set, Go evacuation plan to ...