Bakersfield, CA

Three-story Southern Hotel occupying the corner of 19th & Chester Streets. Pedestrians walk sidewalks, horse and buggies stopped along road, bicyclist on corner. Scribner Block building and White Star Steam Laundry visible in right corner. Built in 1889 for Southern Hotel Association. Architectural drawings by Benjamin G. McDougall and Son of San Francisco and San Diego. Built by contractor William J. Doherty.

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This was the first school building to be built on the current site of Bakersfield High School. Kern County Union High School, as it was then known, moved classes to this building in 1895. The building was later known as the Commercial Building after other buildings were added to the campus. The building was torn down in 1936 and Elm Grove was established in its place.

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Explore the California High Speed Rail route from above in an airplane to not only see how construction is coming along, but also to observe all of the terrain standing in the way of finishing one of the largest engineering projects in the world. Starting in downtown Los Angeles, we fly 270 miles north along the route through the Mojave desert and Central Valley.

I called to confirm the times at both locations and just had lunch there. It was delicious! Great prices too.

In the event of a power crisis, Geotes will be able to power all 300,000 homes for 42 days in Bakersfield. Premier resource management is converting A depleted oil field into geothermal power production.

What was once an oil and gas reservoir is now being converted into geologic thermal energy storage. This project is to store thermal energy within the oil reservoir using concentrated solar powered by parabolic troughs.

You might recognize this clock tower. It now resides at the Kern County Museum (Pioneer Village).

It was damaged in the 1952 earthquake. The earthquake was a 7.3 and killed 12 people, injured hundreds more and caused an estimated $60 million in property damage.

Gates: 6:30 PM • Show: 8:00 PM

LOCATION: Budweiser Pavilion

FREE with your admission into the Kern County Fair

I just found Jeje's Mediterranean Kitchen in a gas station (Rosedale Hwy. at Gibson St.) and it looks really good. Has anyone tried it yet? It just opened recently.

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TL;DR: they're finally going to build the connector ramps for the eastbound to northbound connection and the southbound to westbound connection.

Construction starts Nov. 2024 with an expected completion date of June 2026.

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Bill would end funds for ‘any project that hasn’t laid track after a decade’

U.S. Rep. Mike Garcia (R-Santa Clarita) announced last week that he has introduced H.R. 9308, which he has dubbed the “No Frankenrail Act.”

California is seeing record-high numbers of this fungal disease. Here’s why

"California in 2023 reported a record-high number of valley fever cases — a potentially debilitating infection caused by inhaling fungal spores in dirt or dust — and 2024 is on track to surpass that, state health officials said Tuesday."

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Last year, Delano residents attempted to pass a stricter rent control ordinance that would be easy to enforce at the local level. The ordinance did not pass the City Council. Residents then moved on to the next step—gathering signatures from registered voters to get the Fair Rents Delano ordinance on the November 2024 ballot.

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