Accomplished Bakersfield artist Charlott White has been invited to show her art at a reception Taft College, October 2, from 4-8 p.m.—during the same time frame as the Cougar Cookout.

The Pioneer Mercantile, as the event venue is called, has already hosted several events. It served as headquarters and store ...

The suspect in the murder of a man in Taft Heights early on Sept. 15 confessed to the deadly shooting to 911 operator and a ...

The Kern County Sheriff is hosting Coffee with a Cop in Taft on Wednesday. Deputies and other KCSO personnel will be at the ...

Kern County Supervisor David Couch announced today that he’s running for the California State Assembly in District 32. With Assemblymember Stan Ellis retiring, Couch says he’s ready to bring his ...

Wright of Bakersfield, California gained her wings September 20, 2025 at the age of 93, at Memorial Hospital in Bakersfield.

The tone has bordered on smug among executives of the Southern California Edison Co. ever since the Eaton Fire last January destroyed most of Altadena and some of neighboring Pasadena, ...

Jacob Lopez was the speaker at the annual Taft Union High School Oil Technology Academy Kick Off Barbecue Monday night.

The Taft Union High School varsity football team traveled 115 miles to Huyck Stadium at Lompoc Community Track & Field, Lompoc High School Campus on Thursday, September 11, to take ...

Taft’s youth football organization, the Wildcatters, faced one of the toughest parts of their schedule last weekend, when the ...

The Taft Union High School JV football team had an early wake-up call last Thursday and answered the alarm with a convincing 32-7 victory over the host Cabrillo (Lompoc) Conquistadors, ...

The Cougars varsity volleyball squad split tough matches last week losing a tough five-setter to No.3-ranked San Joaquin Delta College, then rebounding to take down Cerro Coso College ...