Dozens of children cheered and posed for a photo in the final moments before their bus departed for summer camp, courtesy of ...

Kern County is excited to invite the community to a celebration marking the completion of major upgrades at LeRoy Jackson Park in Ridgecrest on Friday, June 13, 2025, at ...

The Kern River Valley, located within California’s rugged Sierra Nevada, is home to a diverse array of wildlife, including the American black bear (Ursus americanus). These intelligent and adaptable c ...

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 ...

EASTERN KERN, INYO, and MONO COUNTIES - The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) announces the following project work and traffic impacts for the week of June 9 – June 13.

Today, 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 ...

There's a saying in Spanish, ‘cry yourself poor, but not alone,’” said Teresa Pastor, who's extensive centennial birthday ...

Burroughs High School graduate, music studio guy, engineer, producer, and songwriter Mike Braithwaite is dying. In fact, he ...

Ridgecrest Pickleball held an exhibition event on Saturday morning on the tennis and pickleball courts at Leroy Jackson Park.

Dairy Queen would love to have a location in Ridgecrest … if it can find a franchise owner to open one. That tidbit of news was one of the updates shared at this week’s Ridgecrest Economic Development ...

The reworked rodeo arena at the Desert Empire Fairgrounds is impressing the groups using it. Now it’s just a matter of getting that word of mouth out there so more ...

William Shakespeare’s famous tragic lovers, Romeo and Juliet, are coming to Ridgecrest this fall! CLOTA Director Olivia Holm is taking a dark twist to a tragic classic, setting the show ...