A Kern County grand jury report released Monday paints a troubled picture of the city of Arvin where staff and management ...

If you see smoke in the Alta Sierra community, do not be alarmed. The Kern County Fire Department said they are conducting ...

The Kern County Fire Department (KCFD) announced the deployment of the official Medic Squad 42 apparatus, now in service and ...

Homelessness rose by 37% in 2024, to more than 2,600 homeless individuals in Kern County, according to Bakersfield-Kern Regional Homeless Collaborative. The Mission at Kern County serves as the ...

The 10,000-acre Hughes Fire near the Los Angeles County community of Castaic, which sent thousands fleeing this week, was more than 95% contained Sunday with all mandatory evacuation orders lifted.

WAS the highly anticipated meeting of volunteers who are willing to take part in the Clallam County Emergence Management Animal Disaster Planning Committee. Once finalized, it will become part of the ...

currently operates one Rosenbauer RTX electric fire engine—the only electric fire engine in their fleet,” Todd McBride, the Rosenbauer America RTX program manager, told The Dispatch Fact Check.

Coverage of when the Hughes fire exploded north of Castaic, the areas under evacuation orders and an extended red flag ...

More than 4,000 firefighters are assigned to the Hughes Fire that closed highways as ... closed southbound at Grapevine Road in southern Kern County and northbound at California 126.

LOS ANGELES — A new fire exploded Wednesday north of Castaic ... The southbound 5 Freeway at Grapevine Road on the southern edge of Kern County was also closed. Along Pine Crest Place in ...

A fire north of a jail complex in Castaic has triggered evacuations in L.A. County, even as Southern California hopes for some rain to help with firefighting efforts.