The Kern River is rising fast and, so far, the public hasn’t been given very good information on the one question on everyone’s mind: Where’s it going to flood? Wednesday, the Kern County Office of ...
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — The Kern County Fire Department has created new flood maps that aim to identify areas along the Kern River that are susceptible to potential flooding. One of the areas ...
Chevron is preparing for flooding at its giant Kern River Oil Field north of Bakersfield by isolating wells, draining pipelines, turning off electrical power and armoring levees with riprap. (Robert ...
A group carries their raft on a road beside the Kern River to protest water diversions that often leave nearly 16 miles of the river impassable. It started out like a typical whitewater rafting trip ...
It started out like a typical whitewater rafting trip on the North Fork of the Kern River. Boaters paddled through churning rapids, gliding past boulders and crashing through breaking waves. But after ...