BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — As Kern County currently handles a $3.5 billion budget, the auditor-controller has a huge responsibility but tracking funds isn't all they do. Mary Bedard has been Kern ...

Less than a week before the Nov. 5 general election, a nonprofit group based in Santa Clarita has sued Kern County's auditor-controller-county clerk, along with her peers in four other counties and ...

Kern County Auditor-Controller Ann Barnett, known for both beefing up the auditing of county departments and controversially ending civil marriages at her office, is retiring at the end of the year.

In an effort to improve the county’s elections processes, Kern County may create a new Registrar of Voters position separate from the Auditor-Controller-Clerk, which currently fulfills that role. The ...

Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 5 and in addition to the U.S. presidential race, Kern County voters will cast their votes for a range of elected officials and ballot propositions. Depending on where ...