The 5th District Court of Appeal has ruled in favor of the City of Bakersfield and local water districts, overturning a 2023 ...

A man who pleaded no contest to one count of continuous sexual abuse of a child under 14 and two counts of lewd and lascivious acts on a child under 14 faces a sentence of life in prison without the ...

In a wide-ranging ruling that could have larger implications for public interest lawsuits throughout California, the 5th ...

The 5th District Court of Appeal on Wednesday reversed a preliminary injunction that prohibited the city of Bakersfield from using weirs to reduce water flow ...

A murder suspect, Carlos Augusto Reveles, is scheduled to appear in court next month for sentencing after pleading no contest ...

The Kern County coroner's office reported Monday that the November death of a man who was involved in an altercation in April was homicide. Rodolfo Arredondo III, 58, of Bakersfield, suffered blunt ...

The high court said a juror in the multiple-homicide case should not have been removed, even though fellow panelists said he ...

A lower court initially ruled that Los Angeles County's environmental impact report for the project failed to fully analyze the greenhouse gas emissions, especially the project's reliance on a cap-and ...

Signature Resolution, a leader in alternative dispute resolution, is expanding into Central California by joining forces with Bakersfield-based Common Ground Resolutions. This growth includes the ...

Michael Verette, 34, is three years into a 45-to-life prison sentence for murdering Tyra Ann Chappell, 52, of American Canyon ...