Bakersfield

These Valley roadways mark important "grid correction" lines that date back to a system devised by Thomas Jefferson.

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.

The Central Valley's love affair with the automobile has helped influence American culture.

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.

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.

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.

Colonel Thomas Baker helped found both Visalia and Bakersfield.

The city may be named for Colonel Thomas Baker, but he wasn't the first to call the area home.

Called one of the most influential Americans of all-time, California Governor and Chief Justice of the United States Earl Warren grew up in Bakersfield.

The progressive lawmaker, joined by New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, drew thousands to the Dignity Health Arena in Bakersfield.