KERN COUNTY, CA - A preliminary 2.0 magnitude quake was registered close to Taft Thursday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey ...

TAFT, Calif. — On the road into Taft, fields of fruit trees give way to orchards of oil rigs nodding on golden hills that shimmer against a blue sky like creased velvet. This small oil town two hours ...

Taft Primary is a public school located in Taft, CA, which is in a distant town setting. The student population of Taft Primary is 247 and the school serves K-3. At Taft Primary, 25% of students ...

TAFT, Calif. (AP) - The sheriff of Kern County, Calif., says a 16-year-old student shot at a high school in rural Taft is in critical but stable condition. Sheriff Donny Youngblood says the shooter is ...

Taft Elementary is a public school located in Orange, CA, which is in a mid-size city setting. The student population of Taft Elementary is 436 and the school serves K-6. At Taft Elementary, 30% of ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (CNN) — One student was wounded Thursday in ...

As Christina Taft walks through the chalky rubble and blackened ash strewn on her property in Paradise, Calif., she winces as she tries to make sense of the destruction around her. "This is just ...

TAFT, Calif. — The economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic is slamming cities and towns across the state. But for Taft, a city of roughly 9,300 people in far western Kern County, there have been a ...

Pizza Factory, the award-winning pizza brand, recently announced that its Taft restaurant recently welcomed new ownership as local entrepreneurs, Amanda and Dale Seymour, now run the daily operations.

TAFT (AP) — Authorities ordered evacuations Wednesday after a chemical release at a manufacturing plant in a rural area of California's San Joaquin Valley. Emergency crews responded around noon ...

Update 3:33 p.m.: Police officials just held their first briefing. Police confirmed the shooter was a 16-year-old student of Taft High. The shooter interrupted his scheduled first period class and ...