Taft's popular Pizza Factory restaurant closed its doors recently for undisclosed reasons, but it should reopen soon.

The Taft City Council is going to vote on a four-year lease for the tower Tuesday evening. The proposed Verizon tower will be ...

Les Clark Jr. received the Harvey L. Hall Lifetime Achievement Award at the 35th annual Beautiful Bakersfield Awards Saturday ...

A grass and brush fire burned about 1,300 acres of grass land in rural northeastern San Luis Obispo County Saturday.

Firefighters will remain on the scene though the day Friday to complete containment lines around a large grass fire that ...

The Taft Branch Kern County library is open again after it was closed for a seven-month overhaul. A grand-reopening of the ...

At least two people were transported by ambulance from the scene of a multiple-vehicle collision on Highway 119 just north of ...

Competitive summer swimming has begun, and a local youth program is leading the wave. The Taft Tigersharks Swim Club, a ...

A large grass fire burned through the mountains south of Maricopa overnight and at last word had burned more than 600 acres.

As America’s need for electricity grows, solar energy is stepping up to meet the moment. Today, utility-scale solar power now ...

Two Kern County Fire Department chiefs outlined new fire danger maps from Cal Fire at the June 3 Taft City Council meeting ...

The Taft City Council voted unanimously last week to donate $5,000 to help cover the cost of the annual Taft July 4 fireworks ...