Bryan M. Williams pleaded guilty to bank fraud after misappropriating up to $435,000 from a Kern County political group.

State and county elections officials said vote-by-mail ballots for the upcoming presidential election in November are now ...

Fahra Daredia with Kern County Library joined 17 News at Sunrise to discuss the Fall 2024 One Book Project. This fall, the ...

A former treasurer of the Kern County Republican Central Committee faces up to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to ...

Find out how to watch California high school football games this week in Kern County, with live streaming links.

Flu season has arrived and the CDC said data shows the 2024 vaccine reduced the risk of flu-associated hospitalization by 35% ...

A new wildfire was reported today at 9:59 a.m. in Kern County. Tecuya Fire has been burning on federal land managed by the ...

A new wildfire was reported today at 1:29 p.m. in Kern County. Beach Fire has been burning on federal land managed by the ...

The Borel Fire was the largest in Kern County’s history. The wildfire burned more than 60,000 acres and consumed most of the ...

Kern County Fire Station 66 in northwest Bakersfield welcomed its latest "Pierce Enforcer" engine, which will replace a ...

KERN Radio and “The Ralph Bailey Show” announced the return of their annual Honor Flight Fundraiser. The fundraiser is set ...

The 50th Kern County Honor Flight is now on its way back home. The veterans spent their third and final day in Washington D.C ...