During the audit, the internal audit division of Kern County tested the systems out for themselves by voting their ballots and replicating them so they could be run and hand-counted to confirm the ...

At the Kern County Fair's last board meeting on September 16, 2019, two days before the start of this year's fair, the agenda shows they reviewed a 2017 financial audit.

The horrific torture and killing of 8-year-old Genesis Mata is the latest tragedy to ignite a firestorm of protests and demands to reform Kern County’s Child Protective Services. Just when will ...

California's largest ICE detention center has reopened in Kern County. Operated by CoreCivic, the facility, which can house 2,560 detainees, began receiving individuals amid controversy over the lack ...

As Kern County currently handles a $3.5 billion budget, the auditor-controller has a huge responsibility but tracking funds isn't all they do.

Meeting minutes and financial documents link the Kern County Fair to an anonymous state audit that alleged hundreds of thousands of dollars had been mismanaged from 2016 through 2018.

First 5 Kern should pay for a new audit of work done by former Cal State Bakersfield researchers, a report by the Kern County Grand Jury released Thursday recommends.

It’ll be a tight turnaround, but the Kern County Elections Division says it’s ready to hold a special election in November when Californians are set to vote on an ambitious redistricting plan ...

Aug. 18—The Kern County District Attorney's Office has filed felony charges against a Kern County Fair employee whose alleged misconduct was documented in a 2019 state audit. On Wednesday, the ...