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The wildfire, which ignited July 24, made history as Kern County's largest, scorching nearly 60,000 acres. As of Monday, the fire still smoldered but was 94% contained.
The Hurricane fire, which began Saturday in San Luis Obispo County, had burned 20,000 acres and was 10% contained as of Sunday afternoon, according to a news release from the Kern County Fire ...
The 38,000-acre Borel fire in Kern County has leveled the tiny, historic mining town of Havilah. "We lost everything — it's all gone," Havilah resident Sean Rains told The Times on Sunday.
The 1952 Kern County earthquake occurred on July 21 in the southern San Joaquin Valley and measured 7.3 on the moment magnitude scale. The main shock occurred at 4:52 am Pacific Daylight Time (11:52 UTC ), killed 12 people, injured hundreds more and caused an estimated $60 million in property damage.
Kern County is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 909,235. [ 9] Its county seat is Bakersfield. [ 11] Kern County comprises the Bakersfield, California, Metropolitan statistical area. The county spans the southern end of the Central Valley.
The Kern County child abuse cases started the day care sexual abuse hysteria of the 1980s in Kern County, California. [ 1] The cases involved allegations of satanic ritual abuse by a sex ring against as many as 60 children who testified they had been abused. At least 36 people were convicted and most of them spent years in prison.
The Kern County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the project in October 2021 despite comments and letters from dozens of residents. “It was like the decision had already been made ...
Firefighters battling Kern County blaze are challenged by weather conditions and terrain. Kern County fire likely sparked by lightning grows to 2,300 acres, could threaten Interstate 5 Skip to ...