BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Kern County Science Foundation is searching for judges for the 2026 Kern County Science Fair ...

A hiker who got lost in a treacherous and icy part of Mt. Pinos was rescued, the Kern County Sheriff's Office said.

A man reported to be firing a gun in Lake Isabella was shot and killed by Kern County deputies early Sunday morning, ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Kern County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a deadly stabbing Sunday morning at an Oildale ...

A man charged with attempted murder in a shooting near the Kern County Fairgrounds has been found competent to stand trial, ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The biggest game of the week isn’t usually a matchup of two teams under .500 — but those teams usually aren’t Liberty and Frontier. The two Kern County powerhouses and ...

January is Human Trafficking Awareness month and the Open Door Network’s director of programs, Ilene Parra joined 17 News at ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Heavy rains in eastern Kern County have prompted several road closures, officials said. Multiple agencies are responding to reports of flooding in eastern Kern, Public ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Twenty-two Kern County schools are set to compete for football championships in the CIF Central Section, officials announced. The California Interscholastic Federation ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The United States Labor Department released September’s unemployment numbers. Officials say the unemployment rate for Kern County was 7.7% in September. The unemployment ...