Pope Leo XIV has affirmed that priests must be celibate. And he has insisted that bishops take “firm and decisive” action to ...

Bakersfield resident Penny Martinez is a U.S. Air Force veteran. Her dad fought in World War II, her brother saw combat in ...

California gasoline prices are expected to go up next week as a result of separate state actions, but by how much they'll ...

Jayden Metz affixes a number 3 tape to the Sam Lynn Ballpark right field wall scoreboard after a first-inning Bakersfield ...

Kern County officials will have to make some tough decisions about which programs to prioritize as state and federal funding ...

Federal judges handed California researchers temporary victories in their quest to retrieve what’s likely tens of millions of ...

The Bakersfield Californian celebrated its new location at 4900 California Ave with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday, ...

At the birth of the internet age in the early 1990s, the U.S. and Europe took opposite approaches to advancing this new ...

Amid profound geopolitical shifts and a transformative era for global urbanization, Resonance Consultancy, a leading advisor in place branding, tourism, and economic ...

In marketing, AI is expected to play a dominant role by 2028, with one-third of organizations planning to use it for campaign personalization, SEO, and brand asset creation. According to the ...

The public address announcer’s voice, belonging to veteran scorekeeper Tim Wheeler, growls with enthusiasm as the hulking baseball player approaches the batter’s box.

A Kern County jury convicted a man last week of kidnapping his former girlfriend and committing other crimes after a party ...