The Kern County coroner's office said Friday the man who died in a residential fire May 20 in Boron died from acute smoke inhalation and his death is an accident.

The identity of a woman who collided with another driver on Highway 58 west of Highway 202 near Tehachapi on Wednesday was released Friday by the Kern County coroner's office.

A private prison facility in eastern Kern County may reopen as a federal immigration processing center if CoreCivic and the ...

Culminating the first year of a new grant program focused on eastern Kern County and Antelope Valley, five promising startups in the region's aerospace and defense sector have been selected ...

A woman suspected of driving a Jeep westbound in the eastbound lanes of Highway 58 west of Highway 202 near Tehachapi collided with another driver and died Wednesday, according to ...

Charles “Chuck” Russell Lehotsky passed away peacefully on May 9, 2025, in Bakersfield, California, after a courageous 15-month battle against metastatic melanoma. Services will be held July 26, 2025, ...

Mary Jane McCarthy Stoebner, long-time Tehachapi resident, passed away Thursday, Feb. 6 in Lincoln, Neb. She was 88. Born on Saint Patrick’s Day 1936 in Lewiston, Maine to Mary B. and Fred J. McCarthy ...

Are you looking for a meaningful, short term, one-hour volunteer opportunity that supports a great community cause, as well ...

An Eclectic Film Series kicks off on June 24 at The Village Collective as the start of a monthly event. The initial screenings will spotlight screenwriters, actors, producers and other ...

Monday night’s City Council meeting kicked off with recognition of life-saving action by a Police Department officer.

The Rotary Club of Tehachapi has inducted three new members into the club. Each member was recommended by a present Rotary member, who becomes their sponsor. President Jennifer Palakiko invited both ...

More than an hour of public comment during the June 10 meeting of the Board of Trustees of Unified School District spurred a ...