The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) announced one-way traffic control on State Route 33 starting tomorrow ...

Ronald Earl Orrin, beloved husband, father, grandfather, uncle, son, brother, and friend, passed away peacefully on August 14 ...

In their final tune-up before the 2025 high school football season begins this week, the Taft Union High School JV and varsity football teams scrimmaged Mira Monte High School on ...

Officer initiated activity at Harrison St/Fir St. Disposition: Moving Violation Cite. Officer initiated activity at Taft High ...

The Taft City School District Board of Education’s search begins to hire a new, full-time superintendent. Director of ...

With the new school year beginning in the fall on August 25, student-athletes of Taft College are already beginning their ...

Ray Davis, 78, passed away on July 25, 2025 in Taft, CA. Born on January 24, 1947 in Yellville, AR. Ray lived a life marked ...

A teenager from Taft was shot and killed early Sunday in Bakersfield while trying to prevent a fight, Bakersfield Police said, and a suspect is now in custody.

Pretrial hearings have been delayed for three months for the five men arrested in a huge methamphetamine conversion lab bust in Taft in early July.

Occurred at Taft Methodist Church on North St. Disposition: Animal Pickup. Officer initiated activity at Ten Percent Firearms, Kern St. Disposition: Counseled. Officer initiated activity at Truxtun ...

Two new Taft Police officers, both Taft residents, were sworn in at the Aug. 5 Taft City Council meeting. The officers were ...

Athena Campos won gold medals and league awards swimming for Taft Union High School. The 2023 graduate excelled in the ...