With the primary election approaching, voters in Kern County’s District 2 will choose between two candidates vying for a seat ...

What started off as an eviction notice in Tulare County led to a detective getting shot and killed. Kern County deputies ...

A heavy police presence has blocked a portion of Knotts Street in East Bakersfield as the Kern County Sheriff's Office ...

Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood will be speaking on the deadly shooting in Porterville Thursday in which a KCSO Bearcat ...

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A shooting Monday morning in the 600 block of Knotts Street sent two men to the hospital, and one of them was later pronounced dead, the Kern County Sheriff’s Office ...

The Bakersfield Police Department, along with several agencies, recently conducted a clean-up operation targeting homeless ...

Kern County sheriff's deputies arrested three people after recovering about $1 million in Lego products in two stolen freight ...

At about 5:30 p.m., the suspect shot and struck the KCSO Rook several times from a barricaded position in the residence. The ...

Investigators recovered roughly $1 million worth of stolen Legos, along with two stolen freight trailers, in Kern County on ...

April 12, 2026 – Kern County Sheriff’s Office officials report that on April 10, 2026, at about 5:30 p.m. deputies were dispatched to the 500 block of South Pepper Drive for a report of a shooting.