FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Kern County sheriff's deputies recovered the body of a man from an SUV submerged in the Kern River Sunday afternoon, according to California Highway Patrol. Authorities told ...

The nonprofit Kern River Conservancy, which hosts multiple river events throughout the year and marshals an army of volunteers to clean up river campgrounds, is holding its annual whitewater ...

A group carries their raft on a road beside the Kern River to protest water diversions that often leave nearly 16 miles of the river impassable. It started out like a typical whitewater rafting trip ...

Caltrans said Highway 178 in the Kern River Canyon will be closed from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Monday for emergency power line repairs. “Closures may continue for longer periods of time, if necessary ...

A Pasadena lawyer who was allegedly high on methamphetamine when he crashed into a Kern County sheriff’s deputy’s car and sent the officer plummeting to his death in the Kern River Canyon has been ...

Firefighters battling the so-called Little Fire in the Kern River Canyon have achieved 62% containment, the Sequoia National Forest reported Friday, adding the fire now measures 2,506 acres. Crews are ...

It started out like a typical whitewater rafting trip on the North Fork of the Kern River. Boaters paddled through churning rapids, gliding past boulders and crashing through breaking waves. But after ...