Ishani Desai

A Kern County Superior Court judge ruled Monday she doesn’t have jurisdiction to adjust the bail of a man accused of killing a corrections counselor — unless a defense attorney

For the second time this year, a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed against the Kern County Department of Human Services and the California Department of Social Services by the

Three jurors cried as a court clerk read the guilty verdict Wednesday in the ice-pick death of the defendant’s girlfriend of one month.

Both attorneys agreed during their closing arguments Wednesday that Michael Fontes had sex with Cari Anderson nearly 26 years ago.

The fallen Kern County sheriff’s deputy’s name is emblazoned on law enforcement memorials throughout Kern County, a green highway sign and on the Fox Theater’s Walk of Stars. He’s even

The California Medical Board may discipline a Tehachapi doctor who’s accused of telling a patient falsities about COVID-19 and the coronavirus vaccine, which breaks from a doctor’s proper standards of

Eight inmates have died at Kern County Sheriff’s Office jails this year, according to information posted only on the sheriff’s website.

A Kern County Superior Court judge granted a request to postpone a sentencing hearing Wednesday for a couple convicted of killing their adopted toddler, Orrin West, because defense attorneys need

I’ll be the first to say the lyrics for “We fell in love in October” by girl in red are simple and don’t require much interpretation or imagination. It belies

Saxophone music soothed a crowd of 30 people at the Liberty Bell plaza Tuesday as victims advocates, city leaders and community members gathered to commemorate victims slain by gun violence