Near-record gold prices have returned attention to a part of eastern Kern County known to contain precious minerals.

California has six privately operated immigration detention centers. Two of these — Golden State Annex in McFarland and Mesa ...

The Madre Fire that first erupted on July 2 in San Luis Obispo county has reached 80,480 acres and 30% containment, according to the latest update from Los Padres National ...

[Update: Thu., July 3, 5:36pm] The Madre Fire has expanded to 52,593 acres as of 5:17 p.m. on Thursday, still with only 5 ...

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) has announced upcoming roadwork and potential traffic impacts in eastern Kern County for the week of ...

The Climate Action & Land Equity (CALE) project is working to change that. Through funding from the California Department of Conservation (DOC), CALE builds partnerships and programs to elevate and ...

The Alameda County Board of Supervisors recently amended land-use policies to facilitate the development of visitor-serving establishments in unincorporated South Livermore Valley in an effort to ...

In a potential watershed for local oil production, a senior Sacramento energy official recommended Friday that the Newsom ...

Under the new provision, up to 1.5 million acres of California land would be eligible for sale, including 128,000 acres across Santa Barbara, Kern, Monterey, San Luis Obispo and Ventura counties.

A map of a draft of the Strategic Land Use Plan prepared by the McLean County Regional Planning Commission. The draft of a new McLean County Land Use Plan suggests future growth will largely happen on ...

Initial location: Kern County, Calif. Fire type: Wildfire Fire name: Deer Deer Fire initially started 9 a.m. June 25 in Kern County, California. It has been burning on private land for 36 hours ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The Kern County Board of Supervisors arranged a special meeting to deliberate on a contentious ordinance that would permit new oil drilling in the county's ...