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An 8-year-old boy, Ricardo Ismael Aguilar, was fatally struck by a driver while crossing a street in. The driver, Judith ...

California Highway Patrol officers and Caltrans officials advise there is heavy fog in the Grapevine Friday morning.

Envisioned as a statewide system decades ago, the multibillion-dollar project has trouble linking Merced and Bakersfield.

Envisioned as a statewide system decades ago, the multibillion-dollar project has trouble linking Merced and Bakersfield.

CSU Bakersfield and UC Riverside will take the floor in a matchup of Big West foes. The teams square off Saturday for the first time this season.

The Maddy Institute is undergoing a major rebrand as it looks to better incorporate its four Central Valley institutions ...

When Gov. Gavin Newsom issues one of his periodic boasts about California’s superiority vis-a-vis other states — particularly ...

Experts predict the long-term effects of the devastative Los Angeles wildfires could hit the housing market in Bakersfield.

The California Office of the Inspector General warned that work on the initial segment could slip behind schedule.

A woman was arrested after she was accused of taking down a United States flag at a public park and replacing it with a Mexican flag, California deputies say.

President Donald Trump denounced California’s bullet train for the project’s delays and rising costs on Tuesday, and said his ...