Local water systems on the brink of failure would receive assistance totaling tens of millions of dollars per year from an unlikely source as part of a proposal being floated by Kern government to ...

Public review begins today on a set of revisions to Kern government's third attempt at a comprehensive environmental review that, in combination with a proposed county ordinance, would allow local ...

"This is analogous to permitting a shopping center," said Lorelei Oviatt, Kern County's director of planning and natural resources. "You permit the shopping center ... but we may not actually have ...