The state is poised to spend a little more than $7 million to get the fish hatchery near Kernville back up and running in ...

Many residents throughout the Kern River Valley are on edge as SoCal Edison announced that due to the extreme weather ...

The Kern River in California's southern San Joaquin Valley is pictured raging with new melting snowpack. (Natalie Hanson / Courthouse News) BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (CN) — An injunction protecting fish in ...

This is the final video in our series exploring how the Kern River is divided up. Several local groups sued the City of ...

For the first time since 2006, California has opened a flood relief valve on the Kern River to ease pressure from the heavy Sierra snowmelt. The valve will divert floodwaters into the California ...

State water agencies and environmentalists debated if fish or people should be prioritized when determining water flows of a river in California's Central Valley.

FRESNO, Calif.— An appeals court on Thursday will hear arguments on Kern River water diversions, which have killed thousands of fish and drained the once flowing waterway in Bakersfield. The 5th ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) — Rescuers are scrambling this year on central California's snowmelt-swollen Kern River, which has claimed the lives of 8 people since March, according to a report ...

Highway 178 through the Kern River Canyon is currently closed due to rockslides in the area. It is not known when the road will reopen. CalTrans is on its way to clear the road.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif.— Conservation groups advocating for stronger Kern River protections will argue against destructive water diversions at a court hearing on Friday. The Kern County Superior Court ...

The reading for this year is registering as an 8 - the lowest since 2014. That's when Kern County had the last drought.

Two days after a child was swept into the Kern River near Lake Isabella in Kern County, authorities are still searching for a sign of the missing youth. Dispatchers were called around 2:18 p.m ...