Taft News

A 14-year-old Taft girl was hit and killed by a car as she crossed Kern St. near 2nd St.

VILLA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL There's still time to donate items to the VPE Food Drive for Second Harvest.

A Tea Party rally in Bakersfield Monday drew about 150 people charged up by opposition to socialism, taxes, government-run health care and Democrats Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and Barbara Boxer.

The first Swine Flu shots have arrived in Kern County, and the Health Department is scheduling clinics to get the inoculations to the public as soon as possible, according to Kern County Health Officer Dr.

Two San Luis Obispo County residents were among four killed in a traffic accident Friday on Highway 46 in Kern County, according to a report by the Taft Midway Driller newspaper Web site.

If you were hoping to get a seasonal flu shot this year, you may have to wait a while.

A police chief in western Kern County has surrendered his guns after local family got a restraining order against him.

Taft, CA is a oil town that is situated in the foothills of the San Joaquin Valley.

Aasanti Drake takes part in the grand opening of the Point Fermin Marine Science Magnet School Friday.

It was, like the letters that started it all, hard to believe. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger stood in the courtyard of a Monrovia apartment complex Friday and spoke to the developmentally and physically disabled residents who had worried that they were going to lose their homes: "Your eviction notice is being terminated." He was addressing nearly two ...

The organizers of Great Western War, October 6-12, 2009 at the Buena Vista Aquatic Recreational Area in Taft, California, have announcements regarding the upcoming War.

Lily Hixon flung open her kitchen cupboards with pride. "Look," she said, doing a Vanna White impression as she gestured to boxes of cereal and crackers.

Legendary Taft College football coach Al Baldock, 79, was found dead in a pool in Taft on Monday.

A private attorney is investigating whether Taft City Manager Robert Gorson has been violating the law by approving contracts and pay raises for staff without council approval.

If you see a bearded man walking downtown with a smart, friendly black-and-white dog, that's Kenny Reed and his best friend, Haggis.

Born: May 29, 1913 Died: Aug. 29, 2009 Survived by: Daughters, Susan Young of Carson City, Nev., Nancy Rush of Boise, Idaho, Karen Aughinbaugh of Fresno, Robin Breckenridge of Brooks, and Debra Leven of McKinney, Texas; eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren Services: Private In memory: Donations may be made to the American River College ...

Backpacker Magazine August 2009 Kristin Bjornsen hikes into the Sierras to meet Gus, a new breed of highly trained rescue professional that's already patrolling Yosemite for lost and injured backpackers.

Sacramento was among five California communities receiving conditional designation Wednesday as an "enterprise zone," under a state program designed to spur economic development.

On Tuesday around 8 p.m. while conducting the official inmate count, staff at the Taft Correctional Institution discovered that one inmate was missing from the Institution's Satellite Camp facility.

Alex Horvath / The Californian A small-scale version of the Taft oil worker monument is displayed this month at the county administrative building.