Trackers
Kern County Trackers: Roads, Wildfires, Lake Isabella & Cameras
Pages that follow one public source each and show what it says right now, with the time the source last reported. Pick the one you need.
Is the Grapevine open?
I-5 over Tejon Pass: open, restricted or closed, from Caltrans, checked while you read.
Open tracker RoadsTehachapi Pass (SR-58)
Highway 58 conditions between Bakersfield and Mojave, plus wind on the pass.
Open tracker RoadsKern County road conditions
I-5, SR-58 and SR-99 in one place, with each Caltrans report time.
Open tracker SchoolsSchool fog delays
Kern County school delays and closures posted today, and fog days this school year.
Open tracker WildfireKern County Fire Tracker
Active wildfires in Kern County and California, live from the official CAL FIRE feed — map, acres, containment, and automatic updates.
Open tracker WaterLake Isabella Water Level
Lake Isabella water level and elevation, live from California DWR/CDEC — storage, Kern River inflow, fishing species, and boat ramp status.
Open tracker CamerasFlock & ALPR Tracker
Every automated license plate reader mapped in the Bakersfield metro, each one joined to its tax-roll parcel and owner of record: weekly map, facing direction, newest-camera highlights and a real 13-week change log.
Open tracker WeatherTehachapi weather
Current conditions and forecast for the Tehachapi mountains.
Open trackerHow trackers work
Each tracker pulls one official public source (for example OpenStreetMap for cameras, the state’s CDEC service for Lake Isabella, CAL FIRE for wildfires), compares it with the previous copy to spot what changed, and rebuilds its page. Every page shows when its data was last updated and where it came from.
ALPR count on the last build: 270 cameras mapped (240 Flock Safety). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Every camera is also joined to the nearest tax-roll parcel and the owner of record: see who owns the land at or beside each camera.