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Wofford Heights resident Irene Featherstone captured a few pictures of a brush fire that started on June 22 in Wofford Heights from a lightning strike. Irene Featherstone is a musician and artist, and she and her husband, Doug, play in the band Featherstone. Doug Featherstone spoke with the Kern Valley...

Last week in Kern Valley softball action at Kissack Ballfield, the Big Kahunas, Swingers and Wild Bunch each scored a pair of victories, and four teams put up more than 20 runs each in single game-victories. Big Kahunas crush Knuckle-Up 25-6 Every batter in the Big Kahunas line-up scored, as...

CoWork, Justin Powers’s new business at 11113 Kernville Road in Kernville, is a shared workspace where you can rent a desk, a room or pay to use their Wi-Fi. He explained that he opened the business because there are limited resources in the valley and people often feel very disconnected from the resources available in other parts of Kern County.

PORTERVILLE, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Two men have been arrested for their alleged involvement in a shooting outside of a home last week, according to the Porterville Police Department. Around 12:45 a.m. on Wednesday, officers were called out to the area of Villa Street and Putnam Avenue after it was reported that shots had been fired […]

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK) — On Saturday, June 11th, Jimmy Camp was by the Kern River in Kernville at Frandy campground. After fly fishing, he decided to relax. That's when it happened. An 8-year-old's tube flipped over knocking her upside down. "I just kind of threw my phone on the...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — This heat wave is continuing over our areas but it looks like we might get some relief just in time for the Fourth of July holiday. Triple digits will continue through the first half of this week but then a low pressure system from the north will begin to make it's way down and cool us off.

Patrick Wiseman of Lake Isabella for aggravated battery with serious bodily injury and assault with a deadly weapon. Jonathan Porter of Lake Isabella for criminal storage of a firearm, carrying a loaded firearm, felon in possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of ammunition, assault with a deadly weapon, grand theft, malicious destruction of property and awaiting parole revocation.

Respected and much loved father, Michael James Holder, passed away with dignity surrounded by loved ones April 21, 2022 at 6:34 p.m. in his Wofford Heights mobile home. Michael was born in Shafter, California Jan. 19, 1943. Upon his graduation from high school, he joined the Navy. He traveled the globe serving as communications specialist on the USS Ramada, crossing the equator several times. He took this knowledge, and with help from the G.I. Bill completed his education in telecommunications.

Two men were arrested and now face multiple charges after police say they fired several rounds at a home on June 22 in Porterville. The Porterville Police Department says Rogelio Martinez Jr., 21, and Jose Alfredo Tapia, 24, were arrested after they drove to a home in the 300 block of North Villa Street around 12:45 a.m. and fired several rounds before taking off.

Turns out bipartisan cooperation in Washington, D.C. isn’t completely dead, after all. It just requires a tall miracle. Giant sequoias were considered virtually invulnerable to wildfire. That view abruptly changed over the past two years when nearly a fifth of the world’s largest trees perished in wildfires that devastated the southern Sierra Nevada.

Dr. Gaurang Pandya, who's a board member on the Sierra View Local Health Care District Board which governs Sierra View Medical Center, has requested his public censure from last year be reconsidered. A spokesperson for Sierra View stated Pandya made the request. The issue was set to be addressed during...

Cathy Capone and Barbara Brydolf staffed an information and Starter Garden Table from 8 to 11 a.m Saturday at the Tule River Parkway Jaye Street parking lot just south of the Jaye Street Bridge. The event was held to give away Monarch Butterfly Starter Kits. Capone represented The Tule River...

Two men accused of being involved in a shooting last week have been arrested. Rogelio Martinez Jr., 21, and Jose Alfredo Tapia, 24, have been arrested. Early Wednesday morning at about 12:45 a.m., Porterville Police Officers were called to a residence in the 300 block of North Villa Street for gunshots being fired by a suspect fleeing in a vehicle. Officers arrived on-scene, locating spent casings, the victim and witnesses. Officers were informed Martinez, and a person only known as Jose, showed up at the residence in a vehicle, fired several rounds from a pistol and fled the area.

The Junción de Bibliotecita — Little Library Junction — brought neighbors together in the south part of Porterville. That was the theme on Saturday as a large group of people braved the 100-plus degree heat to celebrate the ribbon cutting for the latest library in the Porterville Library Junction initiative. The dual immersion library was dedicated at the home of the Guzman family in south Porterville. German Guzman did the honors as he cut the ribbon for the little library.