Today, family physician Dr. Jasmeet Bains announced her campaign for Congress in California’s 22nd District, pledging to bring new leadership to a region often ignored by Washington, ...

Rosemary Kathleen Day, 63, of Taft, California, passed away peacefully on June 30, 2025, in Bakersfield, California.

An apparently burglary attempt ended with the suspect being shot by a homeowner on the 300 block of Montview Avenue early ...

Taft College and the Kern County Library are teaming up for series of summer programs aimed at children but open for everyone ...

The Kern County Coroner confirmed the man burned in a fireworks explosion on June 29 died from his injuries. Jose Ignacio ...

Charles Robert Evarts, 79, was called home to be with the Lord on June 29, 2025, in Bakersfield, California. Born in ...

An investigation is underway into a shooting in South Taft early Monday. Taft Police and Kern County Sheriff’s deputies, ...

Ruthie Lee Statler, aged 80, passed away at her home in Springfield, Missouri on. She was born on November 23, 1944, near Jonesboro, Arkansas, where she became ...

The Hard Rock Heals Foundation, the charitable arm of Hard Rock® International, has awarded a $5,000 grant to the Community Action Partnership of Kern Foundation as part ...

The Kern County Coroner has identified a Taft man killed in a crash on Highway 119 in the Bakersfield area in January.

Officer initiated activity at Main St/Sixth St. Disposition: Warning (Verbal/Written). Officer initiated activity at Tenth St ...