By James Geluso, The Bakersfield Californian Feb. 15--There's enough snow in the mountains above the Kern River that officials are predicting an average year, complete with water flowing at least partway down the Kern through Bakersfield this summer.

By James Burger, The Bakersfield Californian Dec. 19--Kern County supervisors moved Tuesday to start funding systems to alert the public to a collapse of dams at Isabella Lake. The likelihood of a catastrophic failure of the two dams isn't high, according to the experts. But the risk does exist.

By James Burger, The Bakersfield Californian Dec. 19--Kern County supervisors moved Tuesday to start funding systems to alert the public to a collapse of dams at Isabella Lake. The likelihood of a catastrophic failure of the two dams isn't high, according to the experts. But the risk does exist.

By James Burger, The Bakersfield Californian Dec. 18--Kern County supervisors moved, Tuesday, to start funding systems to alert the public to a collapse of dams at Isabella Lake. The likelihood of a catastrophic failure of the two dams at Isabella Lake isn't high, according to the experts.

By James Burger, The Bakersfield Californian Dec. 18--A first stab at a flooding evacuation plan for the Kern River Valley and Bakersfield will cross Kern County supervisors' dais during a meeting this morning.