Bakersfield police announced the arrest this week of a 29-year-old man it accused of kidnapping and raping an 11-year-old girl two weeks ago.

A federal immigration officer charged with shooting a Venezuelan man last winter and lying about the circumstances to ...

The Trump administration has approved visas for top Iranian officials to attend next week’s U.N. General Assembly high-level ...

Kern County has accepted a nearly $2 million federal planning grant for Meadows Field at a time when the airport is ...

Bolivian teachers protested. Chile remembered the 1973 coup that toppled President Salvador Allende. Mexico and Guatemala ...

The New York Knicks said Thursday they are pausing ticket sales after an error caused them to be listed for amounts that were ...

Royals first. Carter Jensen walks. Bobby Witt walks. Carter Jensen to second. Jac Caglianone hit by pitch. Bobby Witt to second. Carter Jensen to third. Maikel Garcia grounds out to second base. Jac ...

A peer-reviewed academic study published last week says oil and gas development in Kern County is associated with increased risk of valley fever infections among people living near new well ...

There will be a first for a fall Friday night during Kern County’s high school football season and it will take place in ...

MUAR, Malaysia (AP) — Goh Khuay Par has spent more than five decades making traditional Chinese coffins called Mei Hua in Malaysia, carrying on a family craft passed down through three generations.

The Los Angeles Dodgers clinched their fifth consecutive NL West division title and 13th in the 14 seasons, sparked by four ...

A man initially accused of being a high-profile al-Qaida figure and who was tortured in CIA custody has appeared at a hearing ...