Steve Virgen

As families get ready to fire up the grill for the Fourth of July weekend, higher meat prices are pushing up the cost of summer cookouts — but there are still ways to keep the bill down.

A controversial red card that appeared to sideline Team USA’s top goal scorer has turned into a last-minute twist ahead of the Americans’ Round of 16 match agai

Construction is continuing on the City Lights shopping center in east Bakersfield, where developers say the project is nearing full occupancy ahead of a grand o

Gene Parks, a longtime Kern River Valley leader known as “Gentleman Gene,” died Wednesday of lung complications. He was 81.Parks held various leadership roles i

Gene Parks, a longtime Kern River Valley leader known as “Gentleman Gene,” died Wednesday of lung complications. He was 81.Parks held various leadership roles i

Frazier Park sits atop multiple fault lines, including the San Andreas, and residents were reminded of that early Sunday morning when a 4.1 magnitude earthquake struck and woke people across the mountain town.

Neighbors in the Stockdale Estates area of Bakersfield say they are upset and angered over what they describe as a squatting situation involving a vacant home i

A manufacturing facility in Arvin is building homes in a matter of weeks, a process supporters say could become a bigger part of California’s housing future as

A dispute over who has the right to live in a Bakersfield home is escalating into a court fight, with neighbors and a woman living at the property offering sharply different accounts of what's happening.

Unwanted tenants and alleged squatters can be difficult to remove in California, where tenant-friendly laws can leave property owners facing a lengthy legal pro