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The employees seem as upbeat as ever, and clearance sale signs overhead are drawing positive attention, but there's a definite gloom over customers at White Forest Nursery in east ÓÅÃÛ´«Ã½.
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Kern County is filled with numerous Spanish-speaking radio stations that generally offer a range of musical formats. Depending on your tastes, you can hear traditional regional Mexican music, "rancheras and norteño," which are closely related and somewhat similar to country music. Other genr…
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Last spring, Assemblymember Isaac Bryan received a letter calling for him to be lynched because of a bill he introduced to change how ballot measures are presented to California voters.
January's price bump was nice, but more and more farmers have had enough of the most-planted crop in Kern County.
Give Big Kern, by any measure, is a success story.
After a hiatus related to the pandemic, the Sierra Club’s Kern-Kaweah Chapter has resumed activities and celebrated award-winners for 2019 during a banquet at Hodel’s Country Dining.
They walked in circles, wearing tennis shoes, army boots or slippers. Some ate Takis, recorded TikToks or talked on the phone. But they kept walking.
It wasn’t until documentary filmmaker and Cal State ÓÅÃÛ´«Ã½ alumnus Julian Wilson started listening to stories told by American combat veterans that he realized everything they go through, all they experience during wartime, comes home with them.
A treasure trove of white and red roses waited on a long table as more than a dozen women and girls bound them with delicate white baby's breath into small bouquets.
More than $25 million was spent on empty bed space at a privately run Immigration and Customs Enforcement center in McFarland in 2022-23, according to a federal report released late last month.
A new census of Kern County’s homeless population found nearly 2,700 people living in shelters or on the streets countywide — a 37% uptick from last year as officials struggle to show they’ve moved the needle on the crisis.
Built on the pillars of advocacy, community and tradition, the Asian Chamber of Commerce launched Friday during a celebration in front of the Liberty Bell in downtown ÓÅÃÛ´«Ã½.
The wife of Kern County Supervisor Zack Scrivner was granted sole custody of their children under a temporary restraining order approved Wednesday following accusations Scrivner sexually abused one of his children last week.
A vegetation fire in Maricopa burned about 1,286 acres Thursday afternoon, prompting evacuation orders that were later lifted, according to the Kern County Fire Department.
LOIS HENRY: Appellate court stymies mandated fish flows in Kern River. But it won’t go dry — yet
The 5th District Court of Appeal issued an order Friday that stayed the injunction requiring the city of ÓÅÃÛ´«Ã½ to keep enough water in the Kern River to support fish.
The Kern County Sheriff’s Office promoted 33 officers and staff members during two ceremonies Friday at the KCSO headquarters.
The Kern County Sheriff’s Office and Starlight Movie Project canceled their showing of "Star Wars: Return of the Jedi" that was scheduled for Saturday night due to possible rain and strong winds.
An overturned big-rig transporting wine caused traffic delays on southbound Interstate 5 near Laval Road around 7:30 a.m. Friday, according to California Highway Patrol Fort Tejon.
A teenage boy went missing around 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the 100 block of Liggett Street, according to the ÓÅÃÛ´«Ã½ Police Department.
The ÓÅÃÛ´«Ã½ Police Department is looking for a man suspected of vandalizing Gavorgyan Medical Center in the 600 block of 34th Street and causing about $10,000 in damage on April 16.
The ÓÅÃÛ´«Ã½ Police Department is looking for two men suspected of stealing dog food from a PetSmart in the 2600 block of Oswell Street on Feb. 18.
A ÓÅÃÛ´«Ã½ obstetrician-gynecologist faces the possibility of losing his license after being formally accused last month of negligence by the Osteopathic Medical Board of California and the state Attorney General's Office.
A man pleaded no contest Thursday in Kern County Superior Court in Shafter to charges related to stealing a severed leg from a crime scene at a Wasco train station.
The McFarland Police Department introduced its new K-9 Team with Officer Weiss and his Dutch Malinois canine partner, Khan.
A man was found guilty Wednesday of human trafficking of a 16-year-old ÓÅÃÛ´«Ã½ girl in December 2022, according to the Kern County District Attorney’s Office.
California Secretary of State Shirley Weber has dropped her case against ÓÅÃÛ´«Ã½ Assemblyman Vince Fong, clearing the path for the congressional front-runner to enter the May and November elections unobstructed by legal headaches.
Residents of Kern once again gathered at the intersection of courts and Christ on Thursday for the celebration of the 73rd annual National Day of Prayer.
The Kern County Fire Department announced that open burning of hazard reduction fuels will close on May 13 due to several factors, including moisture levels dropping as the weather heats up.
The Kern County coroner’s office identified the man who was stabbed to death in the 500 block of Dolores Street around 2:15 a.m. Tuesday.
A 14-year-old girl went missing around 7:45 p.m. Tuesday in the 1000 block of Mission Hills Court, according to the ÓÅÃÛ´«Ã½ Police Department.
A woman suspected of attacking her boyfriend with a hammer and frying pan was sentenced to eight years in prison Thursday morning in Kern County Superior Court.
The trial date for two men suspected of the 2017 killing of 5-year-old Kason Guyton was confirmed Thursday in Kern County Superior Court — but the proceedings could be delayed as one of the defense attorneys works on a case in Los Angeles.
All five co-defendants suspected of a 2021 gang shooting in front of Mesa Marin Sports Complex appeared together for the first time in Kern County Superior Court for a status conference Thursday.
The state Attorney General's Office said Thursday it has agreed to review whether to file criminal charges against Kern County Supervisor Zack Scrivner because of a "potential conflict of interest" relating to the county District Attorney's Office.
After months of delay, the trial for two men suspected of killing a corrections officer will move forward following their hearing Thursday in Kern County Superior Court.
Assemblyman Vince Fong, a UCLA graduate and vice chairman of the Assembly Budget Committee, said in a statement Thursday that those behind campus "chaos" must be held accountable.
A tear in the canvas awning above her restaurant's rear patio was bad enough, but the pigeons that flocked there only made it worse. Downtown restaurateur Shawna Haddad Byers felt she had no choice but to close the dining area altogether.
Fewer people are testing positive for COVID-19. But many may not report the results of home tests, while others don't bother to test for it at all.Â
When paramedics found her, she was lying still inside the van. Her eyes were closed, her lips a bluish hue. Her breathing had seemingly stopped.
The ÓÅÃÛ´«Ã½ Police Department will hold a DUI and driver's license checkpoint from 6:30 p.m. Friday to 2 a.m. Saturday in an undisclosed location within city limits, the department announced.
A man was found guilty Tuesday of running an illegal marijuana dispensary on Chester Avenue, according to the Kern County District Attorney’s Office.
You may have partied hard at Village Fest, known as "the party of the year." But after all the fun, food and music, funds raised from the event go to support the work of local nonprofits focused on children.
Kern Behavioral Health and Recovery Services is putting on a variety of events in May for Mental Health Awareness Month. They include:
A trial date was set Wednesday for exactly one year after a man was suspected of sexually assaulting a woman after breaking into her Oildale home.
The city of ÓÅÃÛ´«Ã½ is extending the deadline for the 2024-25 Hometown Heroes Banner Program.
Kern River combatants are headed back to court where a local advocacy group hopes to force the city of ÓÅÃÛ´«Ã½ to goose up flows, which were cut to a trickle, leaving piles of dead fish west of ÓÅÃÛ´«Ã½.
The same Kern County jury that found a man guilty of the 2020 shooting of passengers on a Greyhound bus in transit through the Tejon Pass found Wednesday he was mentally sane at the time of the shooting.
A woman was found dead in an almond orchard on Superior Road, north of Stockdale Highway, around 8 a.m. April 26, according to the Kern County coroner’s office.
The man who died in a bicycle crash on April 26 at the intersection of Planz and Wible roads was identified by the Kern County coroner’s office.
ÓÅÃÛ´«Ã½ marketer Rubi Zetino wasn't trying to encapsulate the energy that drove Tuesday's ÓÅÃÛ´«Ã½ Women's Business Conference. The owner of Charizma Co. was simply explaining the substantial business value of social media.
