Topic - Kern County

Kern County is located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 839,631. Its county seat is Bakersfield. - Source: Wikipedia

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FILE - This May 1, 2018 file photo shows oil pump jacks in an oil field near Taft, Calif. California's oil rich Kern County is voting on a revised plan that could permit tens of thousands of oil and gas wells in the next two decades. The plan had to be rewritten after environmental groups sued and a state appeals court found the county's permit system could threaten the region's air and water. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong,File)

Plan to allow thousands of California oil wells faces vote

By BRIAN MELLEY - Associated Press