Health and conservation groups sued the Bureau of Land Management today, challenging its approvals of new oil and gas drilling permits on public lands in California’s San Joaquin Valley.

To loosen thick crude, producers in California’s oil fields often pump steam into ... project will transform the workforce in rural Bakersfield, which is dotted with pump jacks.

A business-improvement initiative months in the planning will debut Wednesday at Taft College as leaders from across the area ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif.— Environmental and community groups ... plan to open more than a million acres of public land and mineral estate in central California to oil drilling and fracking. The rallies ...

The Special Election for the 32nd Assembly District race is just weeks away. Candidate Stan Ellis is running as a conservative Republican, a businessman, rancher, and oilman.