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Bakersfield Fire Capt. Nicholas Kahanic held his 5-month-old son, Krew Kahanic, against his chest as he stood beneath the Sept. 11 memorial at Fire Station 15 in southwest Bakersfield on

The Bakersfield Fire Department, police and community gathering around the 9/11 Memorial at Fire Station 15. Only this time, they were joined by dozens of children from Ronald Reagan Elementary.

First responders outside the southern San Joaquin Valley levied hefty citations against illegal fireworks users caught in the act by a drone. But the Kern County Fire Department, despite paying

Be forewarned: Residents igniting illegal fireworks over Independence Day weekend might be surveilled by the same drone company that last year helped the Kern County Fire Department initiate more than

According to Kern County Fire Chief Aaron Duncan, more than 7,000 sandbags have already been distributed across the county as residents try to protect their homes from the rising water.

Four local firefighters were honored this weekend for jumping into action while off-duty to help a man drowning at the beach.