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A kayaker died and four more had to be rescued from the high-flowing Kern River, the Tulare County Sheirff’s Office said Wednesday. The Swiftwater Rescue Team was called to the Kern River in the ...
It was a hike that would end in tragedy, when all three friends apparently drowned in a pool at the end of the hike along the Kern River in what family members are calling a "freak accident."
One person drowned and four others were rescued this week after they were thrown from their kayak into the swollen and fast-moving Kern River, Tulare County authorities said.
The Kern River Parkway Trail is a system of hiking and biking trails that extends along the Kern River from the mouth of the canyon to Hart Park in Bakersfield, California. The trail system is part of the larger Kern River Parkway, which includes several parks, picnic areas, and green spaces along the river.
The sheriff’s water and rescue team have been trying to recover the kayaker since June 15.
The Borel Fire was a large and destructive wildfire started on July 24, 2024 that burned south of Lake Isabella in Kern County, California. The fire burned a total of 59,288 acres (23,993 hectares) before being contained on September 15. The fire was caused by a fatal car crash which caught fire and spread to the surrounding hillside.
The South Fork Kern River is a tributary of the Kern River in the Sierra Nevada of the U.S. state of California. It is one of the southernmost rivers on the western slope of the mountains, and drains a high, relatively dry plateau country of 982 square miles (2,540 km 2 ) along the Sierra Crest.
Kern County deputy sheriffs and search and rescue workers retrieve a dead body from the Keyesville South area of the Kern River, in Lake Isabella, Calif., on July 1, 2017.