It's hard to put in words the mix of fear and dread Daniel Gonzales felt as a wind-whipped fire roared into his yard last month in this remote mountain town in eastern Kern County. He managed to ...

Even with about a third of Kern County Fire Department personnel helping battle fires in Los Angeles County, local homes are still protected, Chief Aaron Duncan told the Board of Supervisors ...

Dozens of firefighters from the Kern County and Bakersfield fire departments are being sent Wednesday to fight the wildfires burning in Pacific Palisades, Altadena and the Sylmar areas.

One of those fire departments? Kern County Fire Department. “We have well over 100 firefighters that have left Kern County and have come to these fires that are burning actively here in Southern ...