Kern County residents report losing funds from EBT accounts due to skimming devices, prompting warnings and investigations.

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Tax season is here signaling the rise of cyber and phone scams in Kern County. Missing jury duty scam calls are the latest ...

Two men have been charged in connection with electronic benefit transfer (EBT) scams in Kern County, authorities said. Alberto ...

As EBT fraud incidents rise, authorities are taking measures to educate users and resolve account discrepancies.

Homelessness rose by 37% in 2024, to more than 2,600 homeless individuals in Kern County, according to Bakersfield-Kern ...

Acres of orange fields sat unpicked in Kern County this week as word of Border Patrol raids circulated through Messenger chats and images of federal agents detaining laborers spread on local ...

[AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin] Last week US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents carried out mass raids and arrests of immigrants in Kern County, California, even as the fires raging across Los ...

Fear is the emotion felt by many immigrants across Monterey County. The U.S. Border Patrol showed up in Kern County this week, leaving the community uneasy. With the inauguration just weeks away ...

You can contact Billal at b.rahman@newsweek.com. Immigration raids by the United States Border Patrol (USBP) in Kern County, California, are "sowing chaos" in vulnerable communities, according to ...

More than 60 Border Patrol agents from El Centro, near the Mexico border, carried out an operation in Kern County that the federal agency says led to 78 arrests. The sight of federal Border Patrol ...