The Ford City Park splash pad was announced in May 2022 by then-Supervisor Zack Scrivner as a $600,0000 project that would be ...

Derald Val Wildharber, 83, of Taft, California, passed away on June 22, 2025, in Mesquite, Nevada. Known for his warm smile ...

Kern County Sheriff's deputies should soon be able to leave the cracking, crumbling and settling Taft substation for much ...

Congressman Vince Fong, joined by his fellow members of the California Republican Congressional Delegation, issued the following joint statement yesterday: ...

The Kern County Coroner has identified the motorcyclist killed in a collision on Sunday morning as Joe Paul M. Gongora Jr., 47, of Taft.

Hit-and-run suspect Alejandro Padilla is being held on $165,000 bail and is now in Kern County Sheriff's custody.

A fire burned weeds and brush in a dry drainage ditch on the 200 block of Eastern Avenue Tuesday after and spread into a ...

Hit-and-run suspect Alejandro Padilla surrendered to law enforcement officers Tuesday afternoon, according to Taft Police.

Two men were arrested last week after they tried to hide in a Ford City house. One hid in an attic and finally surrendered to Taft Police and Kern County Sheriff’s deputies. It started in the late ...

Construction is scheduled to start in 2026 on a project to pour concrete sidewalks near Conley School along South Street from Rose Avenue to Asher Avenue.

Officer initiated activity at Taft Police Department, Commerce Wy. Disposition: Completed. Officer initiated activity at Buena Vista. Disposition: Completed. Officer initiated activity at Driller ...