The California Board of Parole Hearings (BPH) denied release to a man convicted of murder back in 2015.The Kern County ...

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake shook parts of Southern California on Jan. 19, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake struck about 12 miles northeast of Indio at around 5:56 p.m. PT. It caused ...

A 20-year-old woman San Joaquin Valley woman is expected to spend more than a decade in state prison in connection with the ...

Maya Hernandez, 20, of Visalia is expected to be sentenced to 15 years for involuntary manslaughter after her 1-year-old son died inside her vehicle amid 100-plus-degree heat.

California Democrats, hungry to retake the U.S. House, all agree they must defeat Central Valley Republican incumbent Rep. David Valadao.

A former California state correctional lieutenant was arrested in Greenfield on Monday on suspicion of conspiring to smuggle contraband into a state prison in exchange for money, according to the U.S.

A former Northern California prison lieutenant was arrested Monday on federal charges accusing him of smuggling contraband into a state prison in exchange for about $100,000 from an inmate, federal ...

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is investigating an inmate homicide that occured at Salinas Valley State Prison on Thursday. Staff were alerted around 6:15 a.m. when they ...

Much of the San Joaquin Valley has woken up most mornings since before Thanksgiving under a stubborn blanket of mist and fog, and a dense fog advisory remains in effect until noon Friday for a wide ...

Kern County Board of Supervisors Chairman Philip Peters told local leaders Wednesday that Kern’s role in California is simple: it feeds the state and keeps it powered. Peters, the District 1 ...

Not only are industries in Kern County on the up-and-up, they’re poised to lead a transformation of California and the nation. At least that was the picture painted of the county’s prospects in ...

Kern County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested 14 people Tuesday as part of an operation targeting suspected squatting activities and active arrest warrants in the Kern River Valley. The agency ...