Bakersfield celebrates new Kern River Canal Backup Weir completion. Project enhances flood control, water management and adds ...

A week earlier, the Kern River was flowing fast through the Panorama Vista Preserve. But on Sept. 13, a team of Cal State Bakersfield researchers walked the dry riverbed looking for fish and other ...

KERNVILLE, Calif. (KERO) — As public safety power shutoffs continue in South Lake and the Kern River Valley during extreme heat, Cal Water is working around the clock to ensure residents maintain ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif.— The California Supreme Court has granted review of the Kern River water diversions case and will decide whether to uphold a lower court order requiring the city of Bakersfield to ...

The diversion of water for a Southern California Edison hydroelectric plant reduces the flow of the Kern River for nearly 16 miles. A group of boaters protested by carrying a raft along this ...

Plans to keep dwindling Kern River rainbow trout populations from dipping into endangered species territory are detailed and exacting. They are also more than a decade, if not decades, old and, for ...

On the Kern River, a Southern California Edison hydroelectric plant diverts water and leaves a 16-mile section of the river with less water. Ian James is a reporter who focuses on water and climate ...