Owning a successful business takes hard work, determination and a tolerance for risk. It also takes a sense of optimism.

Local government watchdog Michael Turnipseed, the executive director of the Kern County Taxpayers Association, was correct ...

For the chief executive of a company that just reported a quarterly loss of $711 million, Francisco Leon sounded upbeat.

Despite assurances it'd come with a "highly efficient hybrid cooling system," a data center proposed in Inyokern has raised ...

The majority of league champions for baseball and softball in Kern County were determined on Thursday. Both High Desert ...

Police Department arrested a man Thursday on suspicion of being involved in at least 35 thefts dating back to July that caused more than $14,000 in losses, the ...

All but one Cal State campus have Native American remains and cultural items that federal and state laws require them to ...

A man facing arrest on suspicion of a homicide last month in southwest Bakersfield was found to be in custody already at Kern County jail, police reported Friday.

Bakersfield police cleared seven encampments and removed 24 tons of what they deemed trash during an operation Wednesday at a ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom's office launched a public engagement program Friday to gather public feedback on the use of artificial ...

Universal healthcare provided by government is the holy grail for those on the political left, so its advocates in California ...

The energy sector has long occupied such a central position in the local economy that, when it spun off several years ago from the annual Kern County Economic Summit, less prominent industries ...