With a healthy snowpack in the Sierras, the Kern River above Isabella Lake is running full and local businesses can take you ...

UPPER KERN RIVER — Imagine racing down a steep river ... California is on the brink of a whitewater rafting season for the ages. Thanks to this year’s epic snowpack, some of the Golden State ...

"That's our planned closing date." Rafting companies say whitewater enthusiasts from all over the world have been coming to the Kern River Valley this summer to experience one of the biggest water ...

But the exceedingly wet winter has returned the 165-mile Kern, California’s 10th-longest river and a favorite among whitewater rafting enthusiasts, to a power not seen in years. Fueled by runoff ...

Two people drown and another dozen were thrown overboard while rafting down the Kern River over Memorial Day weekend. Tulare County Sheriff’s Department’s Swiftwater Dive Rescue Team were ...

One safe way to enjoy the river and its extra high flows is to contact a permitted white water rafting company. "The safest way and the number 1 way, and probably the best way to enjoy the Kern ...

LOS ANGELES (CBS) — Two Southern California men are still missing after being tossed into the frigid waters of Kern River during a rafting trip. Minh Tu Quang Nguyen, 25, of Westminster and 22 ...

but it's good news if your business is whitewater rafting. Joshua Yeager of member station KVPR takes us to the Sierra Nevada mountains on the upper Kern River. (SOUNDBITE OF WATER RUSHING ...

Such as kayaking, fishing, white river rafting, among others. The Kern River has been a big part of Kern County history. That's why Community members gathered early Saturday morning to push for ...

The Kern River has a reputation as a tempestuous beauty ... When he and his colleagues are not guiding rafting expeditions, they are training to safely lead visitors, scoping out where hazards ...

Rafting companies say their guides have undergone ... people to not raft on their own on the county’s stretch of the Kern River but stopped short of issuing closures. Last week, National Park ...

It's been nicknamed "The Killer Kern" and while it may look like a thrilling place to go whitewater rafting, travelers should be careful to take safety precautions when entering the river's ...