Lois Henry

Public demands more water be put back into the upper Kern River as part of power plant relicensing

Studies on impact of Edison’s Kernville power plant debated while one local tribe calls the whole process illegal

Kern River Valley tribe may have river rights that give it a big dog in the Edison power plant relicensing fight

David Laughing Horse Robinson, gesturing, with the Kawaiisu tribe, tells Southern California Edison and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission representatives the process to relicense Edison's Kern River 3 (KR3) power plant

Nearly a dozen dead birds found around Truxtun Lakes, no cause named yet

California State University Biology Professor Rae McNeish counted at least 10 dead adult birds along the shore and saw another two on the island, according to an email string SJV Water was included on.

Kern River trial date is set even as appeal over order to keep up flows continues grinding along

The long-running lawsuit against the City of Bakersfield over how it operates the Kern River is set to go to trial on Dec. 8, 2025.

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife is examining the carcasses of several Canada geese and one duck found dead around Truxtun Lakes to determine what killed them and about a dozen other geese earlier this month. But it will take several weeks to get the necropsy results back from the state’s Wildlife Health Laboratory, […]

A Kern County agricultural water district is putting some of its recharge basins to double duty: Sinking water and producing solar power. North Kern Water Storage District partnered with Fresno-based White Pine Renewables to build solar panels directly in more than 57 acres of its existing recharge basins along Zerker Road north of 7th Standard […]