With a healthy snowpack in the Sierras, the Kern River above Isabella Lake is running full and local businesses can take you for as much or as little adventure as you can handle. "Forty-five minutes ...

A group carries their raft on a road beside the Kern River to protest water diversions that often leave nearly 16 miles of the river impassable. It started out like a typical whitewater rafting trip ...

KERNVILLE, Calif. (KERO) — Whitewater Voyages, Sierra South and Momentum River Expeditions team up for Whitewater Wednesday in the Kern River to help raise money for the Kernville Chamber of Commerce.

It's considered by many to be the deadliest river in America: the Kern River, a powerful waterway that’s claimed more than 340 lives since 1968. The river’s danger is so well known warning signs mark ...

Our collective nerves spiked the instant we arrived at the Kern River. A steely quiet came over Erin, my partner, as she eyed its waters, which flow with visible fury through the southern foothills of ...

It started out like a typical whitewater rafting trip on the North Fork of the Kern River. Boaters paddled through churning rapids, gliding past boulders and crashing through breaking waves. But after ...