The 5th District Court of Appeal has ruled in favor of the City of Bakersfield and local water districts, overturning a 2023 ...

A man who pleaded no contest to one count of continuous sexual abuse of a child under 14 and two counts of lewd and lascivious acts on a child under 14 faces a sentence of life in prison without the ...

In a wide-ranging ruling that could have larger implications for public interest lawsuits throughout California, the 5th ...

The man accused of sending threatening emails to a county supervisor was denied bail Friday at his arraignment in Kern County ...

A murder suspect, Carlos Augusto Reveles, is scheduled to appear in court next month for sentencing after pleading no contest ...

The Ridgecrest Police Department said a man accused of violating Megan’s Law was arrested on Thursday.Ridgecrest police said ...

The Kern County coroner's office reported Monday that the November death of a man who was involved in an altercation in April was homicide. Rodolfo Arredondo III, 58, of Bakersfield, suffered blunt ...

California has 21 new superior court judges, Governor Jerry Brown’s office announced Friday, including 10 in Los Angeles County and the first American Muslim judge ever appointed in Kern County ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif.— A Kern County Superior Court has ruled against the city of Bakersfield and agricultural water storage districts for diverting water from the Kern River, siding with environmental ...