Kern County

A woman whose case renewed criticism of the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s handling of her juvenile case pleaded not guilty Tuesday to the murder of a Washington man in neighboring Kern County.

A California prison inmate serving a life sentence for stabbing an elderly Monrovia couple to death in 2003 has died, and his cell mate is suspected of homicide.

The adoptive parents of two small California boys who vanished from a desert city in 2020 have been arrested in the killing of the children. Bakersfield police Lt. Jason Townsend tells KERO-TV and The Bakersfield Californian that Trezell West and Jacqueline West were arrested Tuesday on charges including murder. Four-year-old Orrin West and 3-year-old brother Orson were reported missing from...

A father went hiking in Mount Pinos and then a snowstorm hit. Hetty Chang reports for the NBC4 News on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022.

Gab Song had been missing for two days on Mount Pinos. Gordon Tokumatsu reports for the NBC4 News on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022.

A 73-year-old hiker who was reported missing two days ago after a snowstorm in the mountains northwest of Los Angeles has been found, authorities said Thursday.

The family of the man is seeking help to find the man who went missing in Mt. Pinos. Robert Kovacik reports for the NBC4 News on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022.

An Oregon-born gray wolf that thrilled biologists as it journeyed far south into California was found dead after apparently being struck by a vehicle.

A California sheriff’s deputy and four others were fatally shot this weekend when his SWAT team tried to rescue people held hostage inside a San Joaquin Valley home by a man armed with an AK-47-style rifle and a handgun.

Triple-digit heat continues as a brush fire burns in southern Kern County near the 5 Freeway. Toni Guinyard reports for Today in LA on Monday June 28, 2021.

A fire burning near the 5 Freeway north of Los Angeles has burned 1,200 acres.

About 15 to 20 rare California condors have taken over a SoCal woman’s home. Video broadcast on Today in LA on May 7, 2021.

About 15 to 20 of the endangered birds recently showed up at the house and made themselves at home in the Kern County community of Tehachapi.

Authorities say a leg that washed ashore at a California lake has been matched to the body of a missing woman found on a different day. KGET-TV reports the Kern County Sheriff’s Office says 64-year-old Shirley Mae Cassel was reported missing from Santa Ana in 2017. Cassel’s body was pulled from a car July 12, 2018, while the leg was...

A firefighter assigned to a destructive Southern California wildfire has died, authorities said. The firefighter, who was not identified, “had an acute medical emergency and passed away due to complications,” the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in a statement Tuesday. The firefighter was working in a “support role” at the command post for the Stagecoach Fire in Kern County,...

A group of about 50 farm workers went on strike Thursday at a California pistachio farm demanding free face coverings, gloves and information from the farm’s owner after they said they learned from the media that dozens of their coworkers tested positive for the coronavirus, a union official said.

The shooting involving deputies left one man dead. Toni Guinyard reports for the NBC4 News at 11 a.m. on Thursday June 18, 2020.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deployed a sizable response to investigate a deputy-involved shooting in Kern County Wednesday afternoon. The deputy shooting occurred at 15th Street West and Mertz Road in Rosamond, just north of Rosamond Boulevard and east of the 14 freeway, a mile or so north of the Kern County line. Initial reports indicate at least two…

Authorities are investigating the death of a Kern Valley State Prison inmate who was allegedly killed by three fellow prisoners who, like the victim, were serving time for crimes committed in Los Angeles County. Robert Beltran, 50, was assaulted about 7:50 a.m. Friday, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. “Correctional officers responded when inmates Charles Garibay, Rafael…

Two-year-old Elias Vidal was found safe after California Highway Patrol issued an Amber Alert Sunday night after he was last seen with his father, who was considered armed and dangerous, CHP said. Elias went missing after being with his father, Javier Vidal, on Florence Street and Ralph Avenue in Lamont on April 12 at around 8:30 p.m. Deputies responded to…