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Drowning is the leading cause of death on the river, and falling in is as dangerous as swimming, the U.S. Forest Service says.

Signs warning of the river's dangers are posted around several river access entry points, but people continue to take risks with the Killer Kern.

Kern County Fire personnel only just received their swift water rescue certification for the summer, but they've already been performing rescues on the Kern River for weeks.

Crews at the 95th Academy Awards struggled on Sunday to clean up water leaking from the ceiling of the Dolby Theater before celebrities arrived.

We might not have been able to save them. >> finally, mcadoo reaches ed and deftly whips the harness over his head. >> he got it around me just really quickly, then the helicopter maneuvered me toward the shore. >> a grateful ed rejoins his fellow rafters as deputy mcadoo goes back to lift the other man off the log. >> it was quite an amazing feat to have walked away with as limited an injury that i had. >> both men are aware of how close they came to becoming one more dismal notch on the belt of the killer kern. >> you never think you're going to be a statistic. you think that's only going to...