Training 1 Fire initially started 10:12 a.m. Jan. 2 in Kern County. It has been burning on federal land managed by the United ...

Aimee Espinoza, Kern County's Auditor-Controller-County Clerk, may soon see her role change following a recent Kern County Bo ...

During the meeting, Chief Financial Officer Elsa Martinez presented three options for reorganizing the elections office.

Homelessness rose by 37% in 2024, to more than 2,600 homeless individuals in Kern County, according to Bakersfield-Kern ...

Educators around Kern County are gearing up for the county’s largest gathering of school district recruiters in one location.

The county combined those positions with the clerk and registrar of voters back in 1995, due to budgeting issues. Those five ...

Concerns continue to grow for Kern County's undocumented migrant community amid recent immigration sweeps nationwide.

Experts said following the Border Patrol operation three weeks ago, those industries have seen a worker shortage.

Hundreds of volunteers gathered in the pre-dawn hours of Wednesday at The Mission at Kern County to conduct the annual ...