Kern County

The Streamline Moderne-style building was built in 1940, and once housed a giant neon Coca-Cola sign on its roof.

Decommissioned in the 1960s, U.S. Route 466 traveled on portions of today's Highways 58, 99, 46 and 41, from Barstow to Morro Bay.

Wendy Castañeda Leal, a superintendent from Kern County, earned at least 670,000 votes in the race for California superintendent of public instruction.

Edward Fitzgerald Beale brought news of the discovery of gold in California to Washington, D.C., in the process winning a high-stakes clandestine race across the continent.

The grand hotel stood in downtown Bakersfield from 1926-1970.

The 1991 environmental art exhibit in Kern County and Japan captivated the art world.

From World War II to the Cold War, the Delano facility was a key component in sending America's message overseas.

Assurances that a “highly efficient hybrid cooling system” will keep a proposed AI data center from sucking up all the water in the already overdrafted Indian Wells Valley fell flat with residents who’ve bombarded the state with negative comments on the proposal.

California now has eight ICE detention centers. Two opened since President Trump took office in 2025, with both operating in former state prisons.

Environmentalists question how regulators will keep tabs on oil well incidents after Gov. Gavin Newsom amended state law to increase production following a three-year moratorium on new drilling permits.