The Kern County Board of Supervisors met June 17 as scheduled for its scheduled Board Meeting. Supervisor Phillip Peters ...

Two incumbent members of the Taft Planning Commission were re-appointed to four year terms and a new commissioner was ...

Paulina and her husband moved to Taft in 1960. They came for the oilfields. He was a derrick hand. Paulina has lived in her ...

The Taft store will be closing in August as part of Rite Aid's bankruptcy, and the pharmacy will be closing even sooner, two to four weeks before the main store closes as its inventory is liquidated.

We are putting out a special section for our local Unsung/Hometown heroes. If you would like to submit a picture and name of your hero, Please email [email protected] Deadline is ...

Taft Police arrested a man on warrants Tuesday afternoon near Taft City Hall just minutes before a Taft City Council meeting.

The Taft City School District is taking the first steps towards replacing the Lincoln gymnasium. The current gym, located on ...

6:01 Hit and Run w/prop Damage, no injury Occurred on Mallory Ct. Disposition: Report Taken. 6:27 False Alarms Occurred at Buena Vista Mobile Home Park on N. Tenth St. Disposition: False Alarm. 7:21 ...

Pizza Factory in Taft is open again. The popular restaurant opened its doors Thursday after being closed for two weeks. The announcement was made on social media and said deliveries will return next ...

Les Clark Jr. received the Harvey L. Hall Lifetime Achievement Award at the 35th annual Beautiful Bakersfield Awards Saturday ...

Taft's popular Pizza Factory restaurant closed its doors recently for undisclosed reasons, but it should reopen soon.

The 2025 Taft Union High School football season doesn’t begin until August, and contact-practice won’t begin until July 28, but that doesn’t mean the Wildcat gridiron athletes are taking it easy. TUHS ...