Kern County News

Senate Bill 39 made it possible to open files detailing child deaths that happened because of abuse or neglect.

Ten children were in protective custody Friday after four adults were arrested in Castaic on suspicion of possessing methamphetamine and other offenses, according to the sheriff's department.

A grand jury has indicted an alleged Bakersfield gang member in the shooting deaths of three men.

Every month, Kern County residents call Child Protective Services with 2,000 new cases of possible child abuse or neglect in our community.

An Indian tribe has filed a lawsuit to stop the development of a 5,000-acre gated resort community on a sprawling ranch some 60 miles north of Los Angeles that it claims as tribal land.

The smartmeter debate has now shifted north, to the bay area, where people there are getting their first taste of the smartmeters.

A landmark in Bakersfield's auto industry is crumbling into history. The venerable 3-Way Chevrolet dealership on California Avenue is coming down.

The molesters drank blood, the children said, and hung them from hooks after forcing them to have sex with their parents.

A Kern County Sheriffa TMs deputy sentenced to death for murdering two prostitutes is coming back to Bakersfield court for a hearing on whether his death sentence should be reversed.

Four more Kern County residents died of complications of the H1N1 Flu in the last week, bringing the local death toll to 14, the Kern County Health Department reported Tuesday.

Family members and friends on Tuesday mourned the loss of a 21-year-old community college student who died Sunday night when the van in which she was riding overturned in Kern County.

A 21-year-old Covina woman died Sunday night when the van in which she was riding overturned in Kern County.

Last June, the Public Policy Institute of California released a highly critical report on California's "enterprise zone" program that provides big tax breaks to businesses for supposedly hiring workers in areas of high unemployment.

After a vote of 5-0, Kern County supervisors say they need more time to investigate what's at stake over the operation of a concrete recycling plant on Hageman Road and Santa Fe Way.

A 29-year-old Porterville man died early Thursday morning after the truck he was riding in collided head on with another vehicle on the Famoso-Porterville Highway.

A man who died after reportedly fighting with deputies who were trying to arrest him died from injuries sustained in that fight, the coroner's office has ruled.

A 55-year-old Porterville man died Tuesday night in a car accident, after making what authorities said was unsafe turn on Highway 65.

A 51-year-old Tehachapi man died of stab wounds early Monday morning, Nov. 2 in Bakersfield, according to the Kern County Sheriff's Office.

There has been one sexual assault recently in the Lake Isabella area, but reports of a serial rapist and murder are nothing but rumors, the Sheriff's Department said Monday morning.

The Embree family emailed 17 News about rumors of a serial rapist on the loose in the quiet mountain town of Lake Isabella.