Bakersfield, CA

1948 was, by today's standards, ridiculously affordable: The cost of a new house was $7,700. A gallon of gas ran you 16 cents, a loaf of bread was 14 cents, and a ticket to the movies was 60 cents. It was a good year for local organizations marking their diamond jubilee with equal meager and humble beginnings.

BAKERSFIELD MATTERS: 1948 was a very good year: Local organizations mark 75 years

The “electronic egg,” the “unspoiled egg,” the “good egg.” If any of these were what a consumer wanted, they needed to look no further than Farmer John Eggs. In 1925, John and Ruth Lewis decided to get into the business of packaging and selling eggs. Working out of their ranch located on Panama Lane, they started off small by only handling about five cases of eggs per week, but the couple worked hard to build the best egg packaging service in Kern County. It did not take long for the business, named the Valley Egg Co., which then provided the Farmer John Eggs brand, to gain a good reputation and grow its customer base. According to the Feb. 4, 1967, Bakersfield Californian, it was soon necessary for the business to purchase additional eggs throughout the state to supply the needs of their customers.

History: Farmer John Egg Co.: The good eggs of Bakersfield

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While the Padre Hotel’s story begins in the roaring 1920s, its name originates from 1776, and we're not talking about the American Revolution. To the west, Spanish monk and explorer Padre Francisco Garces was trekking toward the California coast, along the Mojave Trail. He was one of the first...

What’s in a name? The Padre Hotel

It's no mystery how Sharktooth Hill got its name. The rich fossil bed northeast of Bakersfield is justifiably famous among scientists and fossil hunters as a treasure trove of ancient shark teeth and other marine fossils dating back more than 15 million years to the middle Miocene Epoch.

Millions of fossilized shark teeth mark ancient sea that once covered Bakersfield

Jerry Bozarth Sr., 89, Bakersfield, March 17. Viewing, 4 to 8 p.m. March 24 at Peters Funeral Home in Wasco. Graveside, 10 a.m. March 25 at Wasco Memorial Park. Memorial service, 11 a.m. March 25 at Christ Community Church in Wasco. Peters Funeral Home.

Funeral services for March 24, 2023

Mabel, animal ID A139377, is 10 years old. She's at the Bakersfield Animal Care Center. When a senior dog comes into the shelter they are typically surrendered by their owners or come in as stray because they were, in most cases, dumped.

Pet of the Month - Mabel

Trisha Reed-Fike's description of Guthrie’s Alley Cat bar can also be used to explain the origins of its name. “It’s kind of what you see is what you get,” said Reed-Fike, who runs the day-to-day of the downtown Bakersfield bar that was first established in 1940 and resides in the alley on Wall Street near Eye Street.

What's in a name? Guthrie's Alley Cat bar

What started as a civil dispute over a Bakersfield Sikh temple’s ownership bled into a criminal matter as one of its owners — a candidate in last year’s City Council election — pleaded not guilty Friday to accusations he hatched a plan to have fellow temple members shot as a way of teaching them a lesson.

Former Bakersfield City Council candidate accused of hiring hit men pleads not guilty to 7 felonies

A pedestrian died Thursday night in south Bakersfield after he walked across lanes of South Chester Avenue and a car hit him and then quickly drove off, according to the California Highway Patrol. Bakersfield Fire Department, Hall Ambulance and CHP officers were called to the intersection at South M Street...

CHP: Pedestrian dies in south Bakersfield after hit and run

A vandalism charge against a Bakersfield Police Department officer was dismissed Wednesday after he completed the terms of a plea deal, according to the Kern County District Attorney’s office. Officer Nicholas Bell, 30, was charged with a misdemeanor in connection to destroying evidence at a downtown collision in January...

BPD officer accused of destroying evidence has case dismissed under plea agreement

The Bakersfield Police Department released a video Thursday documenting a shooting in which eight police officers fired their weapons at a man who ultimately died. It wasn’t clear if the victim ever fired a bullet from a gun when officers first confronted him in the 500 block of Madison Street, according to the BPD’s video. The suspect escaped and was armed with a knife when he died on Daniels Lane, the BPD said. The California Department of Justice is investigating this incident as required by law.

BPD video: 8 officers shoot, kill man; it's unclear if he ever fired back

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Students accepted into colleges at HBCU Caravan at BC

Theresa Price, founder of National College Resources Foundation, shouted into a microphone,...

Students accepted into colleges at HBCU Caravan at BC

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