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Owners of the Buck Owens Crystal Palace say the music venue will be shutting down in the coming months.
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Family members and residents say alleged abuse by the girl's father was reported to the county’s Child Protective Services agency previously.
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These Valley roadways mark important "grid correction" lines that date back to a system devised by Thomas Jefferson.
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Amid ongoing uncertainty over federal funding of local health services, a project to prevent suicide and substance use among Native American youth in Kern County could be scaled back, or possibly eliminated.
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The Central Valley's love affair with the automobile has helped influence American culture.
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In May 1899, James and Jonathan Ellwood discovered oil on the north side of the Kern River, setting off an oil boom that transformed Bakersfield and Kern County.
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The Kern County Water Agency filed a motion seeking to remove Kern County Superior Court Judge Gregory Pulskamp from the long-running Kern River lawsuit saying it believes he is prejudiced against the agency.
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In the 1890's sugar magnate Claus Spreckels funded a railroad from Stockton to Bakersfield that broke the Southern Pacific's transportation monopoly in the region.
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Colonel Thomas Baker helped found both Visalia and Bakersfield.
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The city may be named for Colonel Thomas Baker, but he wasn't the first to call the area home.