Earthjustice attorneys said BLM violated state and federal law in approving 25 oil permits near Maricopa and four near Lost ...

The legal battle over local oil permitting returned to federal court this week as environmental groups filed suit accusing the U.S. Bureau of Land Management of issuing oil and gas ...

‘Nodding donkeys’, or pumpjacks, drive the deep, underground pumps in California’s densest oil field. Andrew took this photograph ... two billion barrels of oil have been produced at Kern River, the ...

A business-improvement initiative months in the planning will debut Wednesday at Taft College as leaders from across the area gather for the inaugural meeting of the West Kern Economic Alliance.