A Kern County jury deadlocked in the case of a man accused of ignoring deputies’ commands and refusing to walk to a patrol ...

Things are somewhat out of control at the Australian Open this year, and that’s got only a little to do with the results on ...

As promised, President Donald Trump began reversing the country’s energy policies his first day in office with a spate of ...

Costco is pushing back on a shareholder proposal that urges the wholesale club operator to conduct an evaluation of any ...

After President Donald Trump pardoned around 1,500 Jan. 6 Capitol rioters on Monday, far-right activists cheered the move and said it strengthened their loyalty to him. Some also ...

An Alabama man charged with homicide in two separate mass shootings pleaded not guilty in state court on Wednesday. Damien McDaniel, 22, is accused of killing 11 people between July and September ...

The Kern County Coroner’s Office identified a man who was stabbed to death in east Bakersfield on Monday. Coroner officials say Jason Raymond Mena, 21, was ...

Percival Everett’s “James,” a posthumous memoir by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and Adam Higginbotham’s acclaimed work about the Challenger disaster are ...

Panic spread in Goma on Thursday, with M23 rebels steadily inching closer to the city in eastern Congo as they battle the Congolese army. Bombs were heard going off in the ...

Members of the family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma agreed to pay up to $7.4 billion in a new settlement to lawsuits over the toll of the powerful prescription painkiller, New York ...

If you are scrambling to see films that were nominated for an Oscar, one film that picked up five nods – including one for Best Picture – is among ...

It’s going to be warm end to the work week in Kern County. Above average temperatures will rise to 72 in the Valley floor today. Mountain communities will ...