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Kern County
Arcs in the news about Kern County from the outlets we track, each followed from its first story to its last, with who covered it.
Subject · 59 stories · 98 articles · earliest story we hold Oct 11, 2023
Right nowactive arcs, newest development first
Nothing ongoing.
All arcs0 named arcs in 2026
Year: changes this list, the board and the stories below.
No named arcs in 2026 yet.
On a timeline
every arc in 2026 at its own dates · opens on month
Jun 11 – Aug 22, 2026No arcs in this window
- Each row is an arc
- A mark is a story, on the day it was first reported
- Who covered it: left, center, right
Coverage over timeindependent sources per week, by side, every year we hold
Earlier years are still being indexed.
Coverage by side is still being counted for Kern County.
Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.
Everything else7 stories in 2026 not part of any arc, newest first
Stories that name Kern County
- Aug 18– 20Mother, 2 daughters killed in Bakersfield head-on crash after attending Fresno concert5 articles · 4 independent sources0 left, 3 center, 1 right
- Aug 18– 20Trump moves to strip protections from 44M acres of national forest51 articles · 34 independent sources8 left, 11 center, 4 right
- Aug 5– 7North Dakota reports 1st West Nile case of 2026; Cass County resident hospitalized17 articles · 12 independent sources2 left, 5 center, 2 right
- Jul 6– 9Feds buy two immigration detention centers for $1.5 billion21 articles · 16 independent sources2 left, 4 center, 3 right
- Jun 15– 17Edwards Air Force Base releases names of 8 crew members killed in B-52 bomber crash96 articles · 45 independent sources10 left, 21 center, 8 right
Local coverage
- Aug 7– 8Ridge fire prompts evacuation orders, closes 5 Freeway near Gorman7 articles · 4 independent sources1 left, 2 center, 1 right
- Aug 4– 8California relies on goats to combat fires. A wage change threatens the industry9 articles · 4 independent sources0 left, 3 center, 0 right