A brush fire swept across California Valley north of the Carrizo Plain National Monument Wednesday afternoon, burning an estimated 2,500 acres before firefighters halted the spread. The Plains Fire ...

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The heat wave has apparently broken. After a long hot spell capped by three days of 110-plus temperatures, cooler weather is coming and daytime highs could drop by more than 20 degrees, forecasters ...

Taft Union High School graduate Logan Clark (Class of 2022) has been promoted to play AA baseball for the Akron Rubber Ducks in the Cleveland Guardians organization.

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Since protein is an important nutrient for energy and satiety, choosing options like PB2Go Cups could be the perfect solution ...

Fresh from a spirited Blue & Gold intrasquad practice last week (August 7) and revved up for this week’s August 14 scrimmage against West HS and Mira Monte HS, the ...

The 2026 Taft Union High School Volleyball season kicks off this week with Bakersfield-based tournaments for JVs and Freshmen (JVs, Friday-Saturday at West HS and Frosh, Saturday at South HS) ...

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Last year’s Taft Union High School Girls Golf team won its final two matches of the regular season to earn a tie for first place in South Sequoia League standings ...

With this season’s Cross Country schedule starting September 5 at the 2nd Annual Central Coast Cross Country Invitational at Los Flores Ranch, the Taft Union High School Cross Country team ...

Motorcycle racing is likely coming to downtown Taft this fall after the Taft City Council preliminary approval to the Taft GP Downtown Motorcycle Bash .