The first snow of the season hit the mountain communities on Sunday and Monday, January 26 and 27. As expected, with snow ...

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On Tuesday, January 21 at 6:08 p.m., Kern County Fire Department (KCFD) Emergency Dispatch received a report of an elevator ...

Above left: Volunteers at the AARP donation event among the many donations they received; Above right: Volunteers load ...

Above: Mel Weinstein speaks with members of the Mountain communities and surrounding areas gather together to celebrate the ...

At about 4:45 Monday morning on January 20, I heard what I thought were gunshots. I stepped outside to discover a fire, presumably a house, burning on the next block here in Los Padres Estates. The ...