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The unexpected surge in demand that boosted Bakersfield’s home market in October didn’t last long.

What’s normally a basketball court was set up like a museum gallery Monday for Bakersfield’s annual Kwanzaa celebration at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center.

Three teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of murder, gang-related activity and other crimes related to a shooting three months prior that left one person dead and another wounded, the Bakersfield Police Department reported.

Words made a lot of news in 2025, in Kern County as much as anywhere else. The following list of quotations highlights some of the biggest local developments during the past year.

A motorist who fled after being pulled over early Monday was taken to the hospital with a critical injury following an officer-related shooting, the Bakersfield Police Department reported.

Minnesota has been the white whale for Republicans in the Trump era. And 2026 could be the year they finally break through — if President Donald Trump and one of the most prolific peddlers of conspiracy theories about the 2020 election don’t sink their chances. Republicans are growing optimistic about their chances of unseating Democratic…

Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in the world of politics. The fruits of these labors are hundreds of cartoons that entertain and enrage readers of all political stripes. Here’s a look back on the…

After five years in the United States Senate, Republican Tommy Tuberville wants Alabamians to know one thing above all else as he embarks on a gubernatorial bid: His time as a college football coach. That his campaign website is framed by a banner reading “Coach Tuberville for Governor” speaks to how much the GOP is…