Kern County Sheriff's deputies should soon be able to leave the cracking, crumbling and settling Taft substation for much ...

Happy Thursday, Kern County. The final day of July brings a familiar feeling: summer heat. Hot temperatures hang on through the weekend as we welcome August.

The Kern County Coroner has identified the motorcyclist killed in a collision on Sunday morning as Joe Paul M. Gongora Jr., 47, of Taft.