Six rafting enthusiasts held a grueling protest Sunday to draw awareness to what they say are inadequate flows in a 16-mile ...

The Rite Aid in Lake Isabella, one of two pharmacies in the Kern River Valley, is slated to close in July leaving residents ...

On Sunday, June 29, a group of paddlers will embark on a demanding 16-mile portage around Southern California Edison’s Kern ...

When a fire started along the east bank of the Kern River on Tuesday night, just downstream from Frandy Campground in ...

In a significant victory for the Kern River Conservancy, Utah Senator Mike Lee has withdrawn a controversial proposal.

The Kern River historically filled two shallow lakes and vast wetlands in the southern San Joaquin Valley. Over the last century, as more water was taken for expanding farms, Buena Vista Lake and ...

Numerous Kern River Valley residents have been contacting 17 News about recurring public safety power shutoffs, also known as ...

The groups, led by Bring Back the Kern and Water Audit California, sued Bakersfield in 2022, arguing that allowing water diversions to dry up the river violates California’s public trust ...

A Lake Isabella man was found dead in the Kern River Tuesday, according to the Kern County coroner's office. Clint Joel Wampler, 49, went into the river at 1:53 p.m. Tuesday and his body was recovered ...

Swimming in the Kern River. Yasara Gunawardena “This is…crazy,” whispered Etta when, after drifting 10 miles down the Kern, we arrived at Momentum’s base camp.

ABC spoke with several frustrated members of the Kern River Valley community about the Southern California Edison power ...

The Kern River Valley community is grappling with the aftermath of more than a week of power outages due to Southern ...