BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against Kern County over an inmate’s suicide in September 2023, alleging high-ranking county officials — including the sheriff — ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — The recruitment and retention of law enforcement officers in Kern County are at an all-time low. To help with that issue, the Kern County Board of Supervisors approved ...

Kern County officials this week posted a recruitment video on social media urging Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies who are opposed to vaccine mandates to apply for positions with their neighbor ...

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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood will be speaking on the deadly shooting in Porterville Thursday in which a KCSO Bearcat ran over and killed the suspect. The Kern ...