The county combined those positions with the clerk and registrar of voters back in 1995, due to budgeting issues. Those five ...

Back when 17 News covered that story, we asked viewers if they thought voter ID should be required. More than 700 voted, and ...

Training 1 Fire initially started 10:12 a.m. Jan. 2 in Kern County. It has been burning on federal land managed by the United ...

“When this popped up we were really happy we could come up and do something, cause I know they’re going through a lot down ...

California Department of Corrections officials in Acton are alerting neighboring communities of an inmate who escaped on ...

Our weather will remain calm here in Kern County, but steady rain is expected in Northern California starting Friday and ...

CDCR officials are searching for an inmate who walked away from Acton Conservation Camp in Los Angeles County on Tuesday, ...

Fourteen high school teams faced off in the final round of the Kern County Mock Trials at the Kern County Superior Courts in ...

From food production to fire mitigation, local ranchers say the sheep ranching industry serves the community in various ways.

President Trump's proposes voter ID requirements in California. How do Kern County voters feel?

The United Farm Workers union said claims of 75% absences in Bakersfield were "not accurate" but that raids had caused ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced he is deploying additional resources and personnel to several counties in and near Southern ...