By Jenny Shearer, The Bakersfield Californian Jul. 23--A Kernville property owner will seek permission Thursday night from the Kern County Planning Commission to expand the number of campsites at Frandy Park.

By Stacey Shepard, The Bakersfield Californian May 21--Memorial Day weekend is expected to be cool and blue around Kern County so if you don't already have plans to head out of town, you may want to stay put.

By James Burger, The Bakersfield Californian Apr. 8--It's a worst-case scenario. One of the two dams at Isabella Lake collapses while the lake behind the dam is full. A wall of water roars down the Kern River Canyon.

By Casey Christie, The Bakersfield Californian Mar. 18--On a recent boating trip on Isabella Lake, camera in hand, with bass boat pilot, Bill Oden, we came across and photographed hundreds of birds on a cold winter morning.

The Canyons project has become the latest focus of mounting concerns by a state wildlife agency that local officials aren't protecting endangered species as they approve new development around Bakersfield.