BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Officials have released the cause of death for the elderly woman who died after being located in ...

UPDATE: The evacuation warning for the South Fire has been lifted, according to the Kern County Fire Department. Fire officials said the forward progress of the fire was stopped at about 85 acres ...

A new wildfire was reported today at 4:08 p.m. in in Kern County, California. South Fire has been burning on private land. At this time, details about the containment or cause of the fire are unknown.

UPDATE (7:45 PM)The evacuation warning for the KRN-600 area north of Bakersfield has been lifted, according to ReadyKern.

A new wildfire was reported today at 5:46 a.m. in in Kern County, California. Since its discovery nine hours ago, Kern- Compost Fire has burned 69 acres. There is currently no information on the ...

HAVILAH, Calif. — It’s hard to put in words the mix of fear and dread Daniel Gonzales felt as a wind-whipped fire roared into his yard last month in this remote mountain town in eastern Kern County.

Pistachio Fire initially started 11:44 a.m. July 11 at Highway 33 and Brown Material Road in Kern County, California. As of Sunday morning, it had consumed 1,301 acres. By Sunday morning, the fire ...

A California wildfire is still burning thousands of acres and causing millions in damages. In four days, the Borel Fire burned through 53,010 acres across Kern County, which is around 132 miles north ...

Work has begun on a more than half million-dollar wilderness fuel break project intended to better protect the community of ...