Kern County

Firefighters are battling flames in Kern County Thursday morning as a fire burns over 130 acres. 

Firefighters in Kern County are battling flames near the 5 Freeway. This video was broadcast on the NBC4 News at 6 a.m. on June 5, 2025.

A gardener in Bakersfield is speaking out, saying he believes he was profiled by ICE agents after being detained in Bakersfield.

Ernesto Campos alleges he was profiled for how looked after being detained and had his tires flattened by ICE agents in Bakersfield. Mekahlo Medino reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m on Jan. 29, 2025.

The quake centered in Kern County was shallow, making it more likely to be felt over a wide area, experts say.

Residents across Southern California reported being shaken by the 5.2-magnitude earthquake that rattled Kern County. Darsha Philips reports for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024.

A Los Angeles man remains unaccounted for after he jumped into the Kern River in an effort to save a woman on Fourth of July.

A San Fernando Valley man went missing after trying to save a woman from the Kern River over the holiday weekend. Karma Dickerson reports for the NBC4 News at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, July 7, 2024.

A preliminary magnitude-4.1 earthquake rattled parts of Kern County, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

A headless woman whose partially decomposed body was found drained of blood in a Kern County vineyard in 2011 has been identified in a mysterious cold case.