The California Highway Patrol will launch a statewide Maximum Enforcement Period (MEP) this weekend, focusing on one of the ...

Firefighters on the air and ground were able to stop a fast-moving brush fire in northwestern Kern County Thursday evening ...

Officer initiated activity at Eighth St/Center St. Disposition: Warning (Verbal/Written). Occurred at Taft Sky Sports Inc on ...

Congressman Vince Fong (CA-20) introduced the Stopping Klepto-card and Identity Misuse Act, known as the SKIM Act – a legislative effort designed to crack down on Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) ...

Miranda Tofte of Taft, California, was recently elected to membership into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society, at San ...

Senator Shannon Grove is revved up to announce that Senate Bill 712, also known as Leno’s Law, has successfully passed off the Senate Floor with strong bipartisan support. Sponsored by ...

The Taft District Chamber of Commerce is excited to begin the ‘official’ Fund the Fireworks “season” on this Friday right in ...

Former Taft College pitcher Jesse Lubiniecki died as there result of a traffic accident in Montana on May 30, the college ...

The Taft Union High School Swimming/Dive team completed its 2025 season harvesting team and individual honors, mining lots of ...

Ellen Louise Gibby, 79, of Taft, California, passed away peacefully on April 19, 2025, in Bakersfield, surrounded by her ...