Pope Leo XIV has visited Istanbul’s Blue Mosque but chose not to pray, focusing on meetings with Turkey’s Christian leaders.

Another Advent is upon us, as heralded by the prophet Isaiah: "A voice proclaims: In the wilderness prepare the way of the ...

Thanksgiving is the most American of holidays. But there is something almost un-American about it. It is a day opposed to ...

For the second straight year, the outcome for B High football players ended not with tears of joy, but a stream of tears after a CIF Central Section division championship ...

In August, Robert Padilla wrote to The Californian complaining about the removal of trees on Bakersfield City School District campuses and the harm being inflicted on students.

When Kernville Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Tricia La Belle woke up Thursday of last week, she learned that a ...

It was definitely busy at Bakersfield's shopping centers the day after Thanksgiving, but "Black" Friday it was not.

Juanita Francisco's son Eddie recalls that when he was 13 years old, the antibiotics he was given for an infection caused an ...

Firefighters worked for hours Thanksgiving Day to put out a residential fire and minimize water damage to the Ridgecrest home ...

Hours after the Trump administration sued California last week, threatening to end key benefits for students without legal ...

A woman was shot and killed at a home in northwest Bakersfield Wednesday night, and a suspect in her death was arrested a short time later following a vehicle collision, ...

Two Bear Valley Volunteers In Police Service members found a missing 80-year-old man with dementia on Thanksgiving morning, with Stallion Springs officers ultimately returning him home.