The Taft CCF currently houses inmates for the United States Marshal and Bureau of Prisons and Jones said, but has room for up to 400 more inmates, McMinn told the Bakersfield Californian. Now, the ...

Fall sports programs at Taft Union High School in 2025 were filled with hard-working, talented student-athletes who excelled in the classroom, at practice and on the fields, courts and courses ...

After tying West HS (Bakersfield) 1-1 in their season opener, November 19, the Taft Union High School Boys Varsity Soccer team faced Arvin on the road in a friendly on ...

The Taft Union Highs School Wildcats Varsity Basketball team entered a tournament week at 1-1, after beating Foothill in the ...

With two wins last weekend, the Taft College Women’s basketball team improved their 2025-26 record to a perfect 11-0 and won ...

On December 4, East Bakersfield used a second-half surge to put away the Taft Lady Cats. After a low-scoring first quarter in which Taft took a 5-2 lead, swarming defensive play and cold shooting ...

Entering the quarter-finals (Elite Eight) in the 3C2A State Women's Volleyball Playoffs held on December 5, at Folsom Lake College, the Cougars held a 30-2 record and had ...

The Lady Cats started the season with a win, 1-0, over Foothill on November 19, but their second game of the year was not as pretty, as the Lady Cats ...

In a strong week for the Taft Union High School Girls varsity Soccer team, the Lady Cats dropped an early-week match vs.

The Kern County oil industry won another battle when a Superior Court judge lifted an order that was blocking new oil permits ...

The Taft Planning Commission gave conditional approval to get a miniature golf facility opened on Kern Street. but the ...

Although the weather was not particularly conducive to the Christmas spirit, the 80th annual Taft Christmas Parade went off ...