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City in California, United States
Bakersfield, California
City
City of Bakersfield
Images, clockwise from top: A panoramic view of Bakersfield; the Bakersfield Sign; the Rabobank Arena; City Hall

Flag
Seal
Nickname(s): "Nashville West"[1]

Location of Bakersfield in Kern County, California
Bakersfield
Location in the contiguous United States
Bakersfield
Bakersfield (the US)
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Coordinates: 35°22′N 119°1′W / 35.367°N 119.017°W / 35.367; -119.017Coordinates: 35°22′N 119°1′W / 35.367°N 119.017°W / 35.367; -119.017
Country
United States
State
California
County
Kern
Region
San Joaquin Valley
Incorporated
1873–1876[2]
Re-incorporated
January 11, 1898[3]
Named for
Thomas Baker
Government
• Type
Council-Manager
• Body
Bakersfield City Council
• Mayor
Karen K. Goh (R)[4]
• City Manager
Alan Tandy[5]
• Finance director
Nelson Smith[6]
• City clerk
Christopher Gerry[citation needed]
Area[7]
• City
151.20 sq mi (391.60 km2)
• Land
149.73 sq mi (387.80 km2)
• Water
1.47 sq mi (3.81 km2) 0.97%
• Urban
138.44 sq mi (358.6 km2)
• Metro
8,161.42 sq mi (21,138.0 km2)
Elevation[8]
404 ft (123 m)
Population (2010)[9]
• City
347,483
• Estimate (2017)[10]
380,874
• Rank
1st in Kern County
9th in California
52nd in the United States
• Density
2,543.76/sq mi (982.15/km2)
• Urban[11]
523,994
• Urban density
3,800/sq mi (1,500/km2)
• Metro[12]
839,631
• Metro density
100/sq mi (40/km2)
Demonym(s)
Bakersfieldian
Time zone
Pacific (UTC−8)
• Summer (DST)
PDT (UTC−7)
ZIP codes
93220, 93241, 93263, 93301–93309, 93311–93314, 93380–93390, 93399
Area code
661
FIPS code
06-03526
GNIS feature IDs
1652668, 2409774
Website
www.bakersfieldcity.us
Bakersfield is a city and the county seat of Kern County, California, United States. It covers about 142 square miles (370 km2)[13] near the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley and the Central Valley region. Bakersfield's population is approximately 380,000,[10] making it the ninth-most populous city in California and the 52nd-most populous city in the nation. The Bakersfield–Delano Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Kern County, had a 2010 census population of 839,631, making it the 62nd largest metropolitan area in the United States.[14] The more built-up urban area that includes Bakersfield and areas immediately around the city, such as East Bakersfield, Oildale and Rosedale, has a population of approximately 464,000. Bakersfield is a charter city.
The city is a significant hub for both agriculture and oil production. Kern County is the most productive oil-producing county,[15] and the fourth most productive agricultural county (by value) in the United States.[16] Industries include natural gas and other energy extraction, aerospace, mining, petroleum refining, manufacturing, distribution, food processing, and corporate regional offices.[17] The city is also the birthplace of the country music genre known as the Bakersfield sound.
Contents
1 History
1.1 Founding
1.2 The 1952 Kern County earthquake
2 Geography
2.1 Nearby Outdoor Activities and Family Fun
2.2 Communities and neighborhoods
2.3 Climate
2.4 Air quality problems
3 Demographics
3.1 2010
3.2 Housing and development
4 Economy
4.1 Top employers
5 Arts and culture
5.1 Events
5.2 Entertainment
5.3 Music
5.3.1 Classical
5.3.2 Country
5.3.3 Doowop
5.3.4 Rock
5.4 Websites
6 Sports
7 OHV Park
8 Government and politics
8.1 Local government
8.2 Political makeup
8.3 Public safety
8.3.1 Police
8.3.2 Fire
8.4 Crime
8.4.1 Jails
9 Education
9.1 High schools
9.2 Accredited colleges and universities
9.2.1 California State University, Bakersfield
9.2.2 Bakersfield College
9.2.3 Other colleges and universities
10 Media
11 Transportation
11.1 Highways
11.2 Bus
11.3 Rail
11.4 Airport
12 Notable people
13 Sister cities
14 See also
15 References
16 External links
History[edit]
See also: Timeline of Bakersfield, California
Archaeological evidence indicates the presence of Native American settlements dating back thousands of years.[18] The Yokuts lived in lodges[19] along the branches of the Kern River Delta and hunted antelope, tule elk, deer, bear, fish, and game birds. In 1776, Spanish missionary Father Francisco Garcés became the first European to explore the area. Owing to the remoteness and inaccessibility of the region, however, the Yokuts remained largely isolated until after the Mexican War of Independence, when Mexican settlers began to migrate to the area. Following the discovery of gold in California in 1848, settlers flooded into the San Joaquin Valley. In 1851, gold was discovered along the Kern River in the southern Sierra Nevada, and in 1865, oil was discovered in the valley.[20] The Bakersfield area, once a tule-reed-covered marshland, was first known as Kern Island to the handful of pioneers who built log cabins there in 1860. The area was subject to periodic flooding from the Kern River, which occupied what is now the downtown area, and experienced outbreaks of malaria.[21]
Founding[edit]
In 1862, disastrous floods swept away the original settlement founded in 1860 by the German-born Christian Bohna.[22] Among those attracted to the area by the California gold rush was Thomas Baker, a lawyer and former colonel in the militia of Ohio, his home state.[22][23] Baker moved to the banks of the Kern River in 1863,[22] at what became known as Baker's Field, which became a stopover for travelers.[24] By 1870, with a population of 600, what is now known as Bakersfield was becoming the principal town in Kern County.[22]
In 1873, Bakersfield was officially incorporated as a city[22] and, by 1874, it officially replaced the dying town of Havilah as the county seat.[22] Alexander Mills was hired as the city marshal, a man one historian would describe as "... an old man by the time he became Marshal of Bakersfield, and he walked with a cane. But he was a Kentuckian, a handy man with a gun, and not lacking in initiative and resource when the mood moved him." [25] Businessmen and others began to resent Mills, who was cantankerous and high-handed in his treatment of them. Wanting to fire him but fearing reprisals, they came up with a scheme to disincorporate, effectively leaving him without an employer. According to local historian Gilbert Gia[26] the city was also failing to collect the taxes it needed for services.[27] In 1876,[28] the city voted to disincorporate. For the next 22 years, a citizen's council managed the community.[29]
By 1880, the town had a population of 801, and by 1890, it had a population of 2,626. Migration from Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Southern California brought new residents, who were mostly employed by the oil industry.[citation needed]
The city reincorporated on January 11, 1898.[30]
The 1952 Kern County earthquake[edit]
Main article: 1952 Kern County earthquake
The First Baptist Church building, which survived the 1952 earthquake and is now a commercial-use structure, is one of several buildings in Bakersfield listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
On July 21, 1952, an earthquake struck at 4:52 am Pacific Daylight Time.[31] The earthquake, which measured 7.5 on the moment magnitude scale and was felt from San Francisco to the Mexican border, destroyed the nearby communities of Tehachapi and Arvin. The earthquake's destructive force also bent cotton fields into U shapes, slid a shoulder of the Tehachapi Mountains across all four lanes of the Ridge Route, collapsed a water tower creating a flash flood, and destroyed the railroad tunnels in the mountain chain.[citation needed] Bakersfield was spared, experiencing minor architectural damage without loss of life.
A large aftershock occurred on July 29, and did minor architectural damage, but raised fears that the flow of the Friant-Kern Canal could be dangerously altered, potentially flooding the city and surrounding areas.
Aftershocks, for the next month, had become normal to Bakersfield residents until, on August 22 at 3:42 pm, a 5.8 earthquake struck directly under the town's center in the most densely populated area of the southern San Joaquin Valley. Four people died in the aftershock, and some of the town's historic structures sustained heavy damage.
Between 1970 and 2010, Bakersfield grew 400% (from 70,000 to 347,483),[32] making it one of the fastest-growing cities in California.[16]
Bakersfield's close proximity to mountain passes, primarily the Tejon Pass on Interstate 5 between the Los Angeles metropolis and the central San Joaquin Valley, has made the city a regional transportation hub.[33]
In 1990, Bakersfield was one of ten U.S. communities to receive the All-America City Award from the National Civic League.
In 2010, the Bakersfield MSA had a gross metropolitan product of $29.466 billion, making it the 73rd largest metropolitan economy in the United States.[34]
Geography[edit]
Truxtun Tower, also referred to as the Bank of America Building, is the tallest in downtown and the second tallest building in Bakersfield.
Bakersfield lies near the southern "horseshoe" end of the San Joaquin Valley, with the southern tip of the Sierra Nevada just to the east. The city limits extend to the Sequoia National Forest, at the foot of the Greenhorn Mountain Range and at the entrance to the Kern Canyon.[35] To the south, the Tehachapi Mountains, rising more than a vertical mile, feature the historic Tejon Ranch. To the west is the Temblor Range, behind which is the Carrizo Plain National Monument and the San Andreas Fault. The Temblor Range is about 35 mi (56 km) from Bakersfield across the valley floor.[36]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 143.6 sq mi (372 km2), of which 142.2 sq mi (368 km2) is land (98.99%) and 1.4 sq mi (3.6 km2) is covered by water (1.01%).
At the 2000 census, the city had a total area of 114.4 sq mi (296 km2), of which 113.1 sq mi (293 km2) was land (98.86%) and 1.3 sq mi (3.4 km2) was water-covered (1.14%).
Bakersfield lies around 110 miles (180 km) north of Los Angeles (about a 2-hour drive on I-5 and State Route 99) and about 275 mi (443 km) southeast of the state capital, Sacramento (about a 4½-hour drive on State Route 99).
Nearby Outdoor Activities and Family Fun[edit]
Hart Memorial Park is located in northeast Bakersfield at the end of Alfred Harrell Hwy.
The Panorama Bluffs (aka "The Bluffs") are located in northeast Bakersfield and are ideal for early morning or evening walks, jogs, or hikes.
Communities and neighborhoods[edit]
See also: List of neighborhoods in Bakersfield
Bakersfield has historically referred to its regions by directional names. They include: North Bakersfield, Northeast, Southeast, South Bakersfield, Southwest, and Northwest. East Bakersfield generally refers to the former town of Sumner (later renamed East Bakersfield). As a result, the Northeast wraps around East Bakersfield.[37]
Climate[edit]
Dense tule fog in Bakersfield, California. Visibility in this photo is less than 500 feet (150 m).
Although the region hosts abundant green and leafy vegetation due to the hydrology of the Tulare Basin, Bakersfield has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh),[38] with long, hot, dry summers, and brief, cool, slightly moist winters. In fact, Bakersfield enjoys more clear days than the majority of the U.S. (averaging 191 days a year).[39] Bakersfield's long summers gives the region a climate suitable for growing a variety of crops (ranging from carrots to citrus, almonds, and pistachios). Rainfall is low in the city, however, averaging only 6.5 inches or 165 millimetres annually, mostly falling during winter and spring.
Summers are very hot and there are extended stretches of hot weather with 108 days per year above 90 °F or 32.2 °C (on average between April 19 and October 12);[40] in addition, 33 days are above 100 °F or 37.8 °C from May to September, and a handful of days each summer can be expected to top 110 °F or 43.3 °C.[40] Winters feature mild daytime temperatures, although frost can occasionally occur, often coming with dense tule fog and low visibility, causing many schools to have fog delays as long as three hours. The official time frame for tule fog to form is from November 1 to March 31.[41] There are, on average, twelve mornings with freezing lows (on average between December 13 and January 26) annually,[40] and the coldest night of the year will typically bottom out below 30 °F or −1.1 °C.[42]
Snow is rare on the valley floor.[43] The last time it snowed was on January 25, 1999, when the city received 6 inches or 0.15 metres.[44] The record maximum temperature was 118 °F (47.8 °C) on July 28, 1908, and the record minimum temperature was 11 °F (−11.7 °C) on January 3, 1908.[45] The most rainfall in one month was 5.82 inches (147.8 mm) in December 2010,[46] and the maximum 24-hour rainfall was 2.29 inches (58.2 mm) on February 9, 1978.[47] The wettest “rain year” has been from July 1997 to June 1998 with 14.73 inches (374.1 mm) and the driest from July 1933 to June 1934 with 2.26 inches (57.4 mm).[40]
hideClimate data for Bakersfield, California (1981–2010 normals)
Month
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Year
Record high °F (°C)
82
(28) 88
(31) 94
(34) 101
(38) 110
(43) 114
(46) 118
(48) 117
(47) 112
(44) 104
(40) 95
(35) 87
(31) 118
(48)
Average high °F (°C)
56.2
(13.4) 62.8
(17.1) 68.7
(20.4) 75.0
(23.9) 83.5
(28.6) 90.9
(32.7) 97.1
(36.2) 95.8
(35.4) 90.0
(32.2) 79.4
(26.3) 65.7
(18.7) 56.6
(13.7) 76.8
(24.9)
Daily mean °F (°C)
47.8
(8.8) 52.6
(11.4) 57.6
(14.2) 62.6
(17) 70.5
(21.4) 77.5
(25.3) 83.8
(28.8) 82.4
(28) 77.0
(25) 67.2
(19.6) 55.1
(12.8) 47.8
(8.8) 65.1
(18.4)
Average low °F (°C)
39.3
(4.1) 42.4
(5.8) 46.5
(8.1) 50.2
(10.1) 57.5
(14.2) 64.2
(17.9) 70.5
(21.4) 69.0
(20.6) 64.0
(17.8) 55.0
(12.8) 44.6
(7) 39.0
(3.9) 53.5
(11.9)
Record low °F (°C)
12
(−11) 20
(−7) 20
(−7) 28
(−2) 34
(1) 38
(3) 45
(7) 44
(7) 30
(−1) 29
(−2) 22
(−6) 13
(−11) 12
(−11)
Average precipitation inches (mm)
1.15
(29.2) 1.23
(31.2) 1.21
(30.7) .52
(13.2) .18
(4.6) .08
(2) 0
(0) .04
(1) .08
(2) .30
(7.6) .64
(16.3) 1.02
(25.9) 6.45
(163.7)
Average snowfall inches (cm)
0.1
(0.3) 0
(0) 0
(0) 0
(0) 0
(0) 0
(0) 0
(0) 0
(0) 0
(0) 0
(0) 0
(0) 0
(0) 0.1
(0.3)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in)
6.7 7.1 6.5 3.7 1.7 .5 .1 .3 1.0 1.8 3.9 5.9 39.2
Source: NOAA (extremes 1893–present)[40]
Air quality problems[edit]
In 2015 Bakersfield had 28 days of "Unhealthy" and 1 day of "Very Unhealthy" air quality according to the EPA. This ranked 6th in the United States.[48]
In 2016 Bakersfield had 14 days with "Unhealthy" air quality according to the EPA. This ranked 9th in the United States.[49]
In 2017 Bakersfield had 23 days with "Unhealthy" air quality according to the EPA. Fourteen of those days were caused by the Thomas Fire located in adjacent Ventura and Santa Barbara counties. During that fire, Ventura and Santa Barbara counties experienced "Very Unhealthy" and "Hazardous" air quality.[50]
Demographics[edit]
Historical population
Census
Pop.
%±
1880 801 —
1890 2,626 227.8%
1900 4,836 84.2%
1910 12,727 163.2%
1920 18,638 46.4%
1930 26,015 39.6%
1940 29,252 12.4%
1950 34,784 18.9%
1960 56,848 63.4%
1970 69,515 22.3%
1980 105,611 51.9%
1990 174,820 65.5%
2000 247,057 41.3%
2010 347,483 40.6%
Est. 2017 380,874 [10] 9.6%
U.S. Decennial Census[51]
hideEthnic composition
2010[52]
1990[53]
1970[53]
1940[53]
White 56.8% 72.7% 83.6% 94.6%
—Non-Hispanic 37.8% 65.9% 70.8%[54] n/a
Black or African American 8.1% 9.4% 13.3% 3.5%
Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 45.5% 20.5% 10.9%[54] n/a
Asian 6.2% 3.6% 1.1% −
Map of racial distribution in Bakersfield, 2010 U.S. Census. Each dot is 25 people: White, Black, Asian, Hispanic or Other (yellow)
2010[edit]
The 2010 United States Census[55] reported that Bakersfield had a population of 347,483. The population density was 2,419.6 people per square mile (934.2/km²). The ethnic makeup of Bakersfield was 197,389 (56.8%) White, 28,238 (8.1%) African American, 5,102 (1.5%) Native American, 21,432 (6.2%) Asian (2.1% Indian, 2.0% Filipino, 0.5% Chinese, 0.4% Korean, 0.2% Japanese, 478 (0.1%) Pacific Islander), 77,686 (22.4%) from other races, and 17,068 (4.9%) from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 158,205 persons (45.5%). Among the general population, 39.5% are Mexican, 1.3% Salvadoran, 0.5% Guatemalan, and 0.10% Colombian. Non-Hispanic Whites were 37.8% of the population in 2010,[56] compared to 71% in 1980.[53]
The census reported 344,088 people (99.0% of the population) lived in households, 2,094 (0.6%) lived in noninstitutionalized group quarters, and 1,301 (0.4%) were institutionalized.
Of the 111,132 households, 51,995 (46.8%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 57,276 (51.5%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 18,049 (16.2%) had a female householder with no husband present, and 7,829 (7.0%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 8,159 (7.3%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 845 (0.8%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. About 21,800 households (19.6%) were made up of individuals, and 7,354 (6.6%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.10. There were 83,154 families (74.8% of all households); the average family size was 3.56.
The population was distributed as 109,479 people (31.5%) under the age of 18, 37,368 (10.8%) aged 18 to 24, 97,024 (27.9%) aged 25 to 44, 74,276 (21.4%) aged 45 to 64, and 29,336 (8.4%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30.0 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.5 males.
The 120,725 housing units averaged 840.6 per square mile (324.6/km²), of which 66,323 (59.7%) were owner-occupied, and 44,809 (40.3%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 3.2%; the rental vacancy rate was 9.0%. About 206,492 people (59.4% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units, and 137,596 people (39.6%) lived in rental housing units.
Bakersfield has consistently ranked as one of the least educated metropolitan areas in the United States.[57][58] A study by the Brookings Institution using 2008 data found that the proportion of Bakersfield metro adults age 25 and over with a bachelor's degree was the lowest (14.7%) of the 100 largest metropolitan areas in the United States; that 100th-place finish was down from being ranked 95th in 1990.[59]
According to a Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index, Bakersfield ranks as one of the ten most obese metro areas in America. Of its residents, 33.6% were found to be obese, compared to the national average of 26.5%.[60] The same study found that 21.2% were smokers, 12.7% had diabetes, 27.9% had high blood pressure, 22.8% had high cholesterol, 3.3% had had a heart attack, 75.2% felt they had enough money to buy food and 75.5% had health insurance.[60]
Housing and development[edit]
Bakersfield has seen its population grow from about 105,000 in 1980 to 347,000 in 2010. Although the city is still growing, its growth rate has slowed in recent years due to the economic recession and high home foreclosure rates. However, in October 2013, Bakersfield was found to be the number two city for the rental market.[61]
The city of Shafter, a small farming town north of Bakersfield, previously filed a suit to attempt to limit the northern expansion of Bakersfield's city limits. Shafter has also annexed large pieces of farmland to its east and south to ensure that Bakersfield does not annex this area.[62] Bakersfield, in addition, filed a lawsuit against Shafter in 2007 regarding water rights Shafter planned to use but Bakersfield stated it had purchased in 1976. As a result, the city council of Bakersfield threatened to annex all of Shafter. When Shafter heard about this, Shafter threatened to counter-annex Bakersfield.
The large bluff and plateau which lie east of Bakersfield—toward the Rio Bravo and Kern Canyon area—have been under development for the last 60 years. Because the steep, north-facing edge of the bluff provides a view of the foothills, mountains, oil fields, and Kern River, the city government has attempted to balance development and preservation in this area.
Economy[edit]
Bakersfield's historic and primary industries have related to Kern County's two main industries, oil and agriculture. Kern County in 2013 was the most oil productive county in America.[63][64] Kern County is a part of the highly productive San Joaquin Valley, and ranks in the top five most productive agricultural counties in the nation.[64] Major crops for Kern County include: grapes, citrus, almonds, carrots, alfalfa, cotton, and roses.[65] The city serves as the home for both corporate and regional headquarters of companies engaged in these industries.
Bakersfield also has a growing manufacturing and distribution sector. Several companies have moved to Bakersfield because of its inexpensive land and access to the rest of America, as well as international ports in both Los Angeles and Oakland.[66] Other companies have opened regional offices and non-oil/agricultural businesses because of Bakersfield's and Kern County's business friendly policies, such as having no local utility or inventory taxes.[64] Products manufactured in the city include: ice cream (world's largest ice cream plant), central vacuums, highway paint, and stock racing cars.[67]
Bakersfield is the largest city to have the lowest sales tax in California at the state minimum of 7.25%.[68]
Top employers[edit]
According to the Greater Bakersfield Chamber of Commerce,[when?][69] the top employers in the county based in Bakersfield are:
#
Employer
# of Employees
1 County of Kern 7,475
2 The Giumarra Companies 4,200
3 Grimmway Farms 3,500
4 Bolthouse Farms 2,000
5 Bakersfield Memorial Hospital 1,400
6 City of Bakersfield 1,300
7 Mercy Hospitals of Bakersfield 1,200
7 ARB 1,200
9 Kern Medical Center 1,200
10 State Farm Insurance 1,045
11 Sun World 1,025
12 Chevron 1,000
13 Clinica Sierra Vista 1,000
14 San Joaquin Community Hospital 880
15 AndrewsAg 800
16 Sun Pacific 800
17 Paramount Farms 800
18 California State University, Bakersfield 600
19 Aera Energy 600
20 Kaiser Permanente 500
Arts and culture[edit]
Main article: Arts and culture of Bakersfield
Many of Bakersfield's oldest and most historic restaurants are Basque,[70] including Woolgrowers, Noriega's, Pyrenees, Benji's, and Narducci's.
The Kern County Museum, located on Chester Avenue just north of downtown Bakersfield holds a collection of regional artifacts. Permanent exhibits include:[citation needed] "Black Gold: The Oil Experience", a hands-on modern approach at showing how oil is extracted; and "The Lori Brock Children's Discovery Museum", a hands-on children's museum and a display on the influential "Bakersfield Sound" style of country music. Bakersfield is also home to the Buena Vista Museum of Natural History, which has a collection of Miocene era marine fossils collected from the region as well as other displays.
The city gained fame in the late 1950s and early 1960s for the Bakersfield Sound, an electric guitar-driven subgenre of country music that commercially dominated the industry for more than a decade. Buck Owens, Dwight Yoakam, and Merle Haggard were its best-known stars.
Events[edit]
Bakersfield hosts horse shows all year round, including local, 4-H, and breed shows.
Every spring, Bakersfield hosts one of California's Scottish Games and Clan Gatherings.[71] In the late summer, St. George's Greek Orthodox Church hosts an annual Greek Festival.
Every year during the summer, Bakersfield hosts the Lowrider National at the Kern County Fairgrounds.
Memorial Day weekend features the Kern County Basque Festival, sponsored by the Kern County Basque Club.[72] This three-day festival features food, music, dance, and handball games.
In March, Famoso Raceway holds the annual March Meet nostalgia drag racing event. The event dates back to the U.S. Fuel and Gas Finals held in March 1959.
Twice a year, the CSUB Indigenous Native American Club hosts a Native Gathering on the California State University Bakersfield campus at Runner Park.[73]
The Native American Preservation Council of Kern County has hosted an annual intertribal pow wow every June since the 1990s.[citation needed]
In mid to late September, Bakersfield holds the annual Kern County Fair, which showcases the area's agricultural produce and animal husbandry, along with a rodeo, concerts, and a traditional carnival.
Previously every year and now every five years,[74] Bakersfield hosts a political conference known as the Bakersfield Business Conference. Since 1985, this conference has grown in attendance and as of 2007, the attendance numbered over 9,000. The Conference has had several notable political speakers to include Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford, George H. W. Bush, Margaret Thatcher, Neil Armstrong, Norman Schwarzkopf, Colin Powell, Mike Wallace, Dan Rather, Tom Brokaw, Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin, and Paul Harvey.[75]
Writers of Kern hosts their Spring Writers Conference[76] in March or April each year. Edgar Award winner and internationally bestselling author, Anne Perry, was a notable speaker at one of these writer's conferences.[77]
Entertainment[edit]
The Fox Theater
Bakersfield has five movie multi-screen theaters: Edwards Bakersfield Stadium 14, Reading Cinemas Valley Plaza 16, Maya Cinemas Bakersfield 16, AMC Bakersfield 6 and the newly opened Studio Movie Grill. The historic downtown Fox Theater has been renovated, and is now a venue for concerts, musicians, comedians, and movies. There is also the oldest continuing community theatre in California. It is the Bakersfield Community Theatre.
Music[edit]
Due to the Dust Bowl, Buck Owens and his family migrated west where they would travel from Phoenix to the San Joaquin Valley to pick crops, including cotton.[78] At 16, Owens moved to Bakersfield in 1951 where he and other musicians began to create what is now known as the Bakersfield sound.[78]
One of those musicians was Merle Haggard, who was born and raised in Oildale, California. In 1962, Haggard completed his first single, "Skid Row," on Bakersfield's Tally label. In 1965, he went on to sign with Capitol Records.[79]
Most of Haggard's early songs reflect his time spent in prison, farming, and working blue collar jobs in Southern California, including Bakersfield.[79]
It is in Bakersfield where country music was born.[80] The sound has inspired many country artists, such as Dwight Yoakam [80] and The Strangers.
Yoakam, alongside Owens, paid tribute to Owens by covering his 1973 recording of "Streets of Bakersfield." The cover reached number one on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in 1988.[81]
On Feb. 24, 2006, Bakersfield mayor Harvey Hall declared Feb. 24 Korn Day, after metal band, Korn. Korn's hometown is Bakersfield, Calif. On the same day, the back road to the Rabobank Arena was named Korn Row.[82]
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Classical[edit]
The Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra has been performing for over 80 years.[83]
Country[edit]
Bakersfield is known for the Bakersfield sound, "a twangy style of Fender Telecaster and pedal steel guitar music made popular by hometown country crooners Buck Owens and Merle Haggard" as well as The Strangers.[84]
Doowop[edit]
Bakersfield is also known for Doowop music dating back from the early-to-mid 1950s' to the early-to-late 1960s'. Which consist of Doowop vocal groups such as: The Paradons, The Colts, The Rev-Lons, and more.[85][86][87]
Rock[edit]
In 1972, Bob Weir released the song "Mexicali Blues" on his first solo album, Ace. Not only does the sound of the song pay tribute to the Bakersfield sound, but the name of the city is referenced in the lyrics.
In 1978, The Rolling Stones released the song "Far Away Eyes" on the album Some Girls. Mick Jagger and Keith Richards collaborated on writing the song and it was recorded in late 1977. The Rolling Stones, longtime country music fans, incorporated many aspects of "Bakersfield sound" country music into this song. Bakersfield is mentioned in the song.
In the early 1990s, a group of friends from the lower and middle-class parts of Northeast and East Bakersfield formed the alternative metal band Korn. The members of the band attended Highland High School (Jonathan Davis and Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu), East High School (James "Munky" Shaffer and lead guitarist Brian "Head" Welch) and South High School (David Silveria). Korn have sold over 34 million albums worldwide and were given the keys to the city. Bakersfield is also the home of fellow metal groups Cradle of Thorns and Adema.
Bakersfield is also the home of Deathrock group Burning Image, one of the original bands of the early 80's Californian Deathrock scene.[88]
The now disbanded white nationalist Folk rock group Prussian Blue (band) also originated from Bakersfield and was composed of sisters Lynx and Lamb Gaede.
Websites[edit]
There are several websites that cover Bakersfield and what happens in and around the city. The most notable of these are The Bakersfield Californian and Bakersfield Magazine[89] websites.
Sports[edit]
Main article: Sports in Bakersfield
A minor league hockey game being played at Bakersfield's Rabobank Arena
Bakersfield is not represented in any of the four major sports leagues: NFL, MLB, NBA, or NHL. The closest major sports teams are in Los Angeles and they have many fans in Bakersfield. The city is home to two minor league professional sports teams: the Bakersfield Condors (American Hockey League) and the Bakersfield Train Robbers baseball club (Pecos League). It was previously home to the California League's Bakersfield Blaze baseball team which ceased operations after the 2016 season. A third minor league team, the Bakersfield Jam of the D-League (basketball), was relocated to Prescott Valley, Arizona, in 2016.
In addition, Bakersfield has two colleges with strong athletics programs. Bakersfield College Renegades is a community college with 19 varsity sports, the most notable being football.[90] It competes in the Western State Conference, which is a part of the California Community College Athletic Association. California State University, Bakersfield Roadrunners is a university with 15 varsity sports, the most notable being basketball.[91] It competes in NCAA Division I as a member of the Western Athletic Conference[92]
Bakersfield is home to Colby Lewis from the MLB team, the Texas Rangers, Stephen Neal from the Super Bowl Champions, New England Patriots. NFL players Joey Porter, David and Derrick Carr also have called Bakersfield home, and still have some connection to Bakersfield.
Bakersfield is also located near a variety of motor racing venues. Current racing sports include: drag strip (at Famoso Raceway), dirt (at Bakersfield Speedway), road course (at Buttonwillow Raceway), and a paved 1/2 mile oval (at Kern County Raceway Park), which replaced Mesa Marin Raceway, a NASCAR associated oval track, that was demolished in 2004. A 1/3 mile dirt track has also opened on the Kern County Raceway Park property. The national jet boat association holds drag boat races at Lake Ming. Bakersfield is also the home town of four time Indianapolis 500 winner Rick Mears, as well as the 2007 Daytona 500 winner, and 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Kevin Harvick.
Bakersfield has many venues for a variety of different sports. One of the most notable and versatile is the Rabobank Arena (formerly the Centennial Garden) which hosts concerts, shows, and sporting events. In addition, Bakersfield has facilities that can host tournament games. The Kern County Soccer Field has 24 full-size light soccer fields.[93] Also, currently under construction is the Bakersfield Sports Village. When completed, it will have 16 baseball fields, 6 football fields, and 16 soccer fields.[94]
OHV Park[edit]
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Bakersfield is home to a large population of off-highway vehicle (OHV) enthusiasts. As of May 2001,[needs update] over 18,000 OHVs were registered in Kern County.[95] On May 26, 2005, the City of Bakersfield and the State of California Parks department obtained an assignable option, using a grant from the OHV Trust funds, to purchase a prospective 11,000 acres (45 km2) site for an OHV park.[96] Ruth Coleman, Director of California State Parks, remarked, "This project responds to the needs of the Bakersfield community for increased recreation opportunities and will provide a cornerstone for the Central Valley Strategy." Several programs, including National 4-H and California Off-Road PALS, exist to train youth in proper OHV recreation.[97]
Government and politics[edit]
For current elected officials and representative districts (all levels of government), see List of elected officials in Bakersfield.
City Hall is the seat of government for the city. Both the mayor's office and city council chambers are located inside.
Local government[edit]
Federally, Bakersfield is located in California's 23rd congressional district, which is represented by Republican Kevin McCarthy. Bakersfield uses the Council-Manager form of government, in which the City Council is the primary governing authority.[98] The City Council consists of seven members, elected from seven wards (or districts). The Mayor is elected at large, and is the presiding member of the City Council, although she does not cast a vote except in a few instances.[99] The City Council appoints and confirms (which the mayor does cast a vote[99]) both the City Attorney and the City Manager.[100] The City Manager, in turn, appoints (does not require confirmation from the City Council) the Finance Director, City Clerk, and Deputy City Clerk.[101] In addition to these positions, Bakersfield also has several departments, used to provide the services necessary to the city. They are: Department of Development Services, Department of Economic and Community Development, Fire Department, Police Department, Department of Public Works, Department of Recreation and Parks, and Department of Water Resources.
The framework for the city government is defined in the City Charter. As of 2011, it contained 11 articles and 4 addendums.[102] The current version was adopted on January 23, 1915.[103] Little information is known about the City Charter adopted in 1873, or in 1898, when the city was incorporated. The City Charter has been amended several times since it was adopted. One of the more definitive amendments was to change the Mayor from an appointed position (by the City Council) to an elected position in 1956, which was done as a result of the 1952 Kern County earthquake.[104]
Political makeup[edit]
An August 2005 article in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer listed Bakersfield as the eighth-most-conservative city in the United States and the most conservative city in California.[105] In the 2008 Presidential election, Republican John McCain received 55.6% of the city's votes to Democrat Barack Obama's 42.9%.[106] The same year, Bakersfield cast 75.2% of its votes in favor of Proposition 8, which amended the California Constitution to ban same-sex marriage.[107] In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump received 50.4% of the vote to Hillary Clinton's 44.0%[108]
Public safety[edit]
Law enforcement within the city limits is provided by the Bakersfield Police Department. Fire protection within the city is provided jointly by the Bakersfield Fire Department and the Kern County Fire Department. The Kern County Fire Department protects the county as a whole as well.
Police[edit]
Main article: Bakersfield Police Department
The Bakersfield Police Department (BPD) is the agency responsible for law enforcement. It has over 363 officers and 100 professional staff, covering an area of 145 square miles (380 km2) serving an urban population of more than 800,000. The current chief of the department (as of December 2016) is Lyle Martin.[109] The department protects the city, split between two areas: West area and East area, with police headquarters in the east and the west substation serving west Bakersfield. The department administration is made up of the chief of police, one assistant chief, four captains and eleven lieutenants.[110]
The department headquarters are located at 1601 Truxtun Avenue. The West Substation is located at 1301 Buena Vista Road. Satellite offices are located on E. 11th St. and on E. White Ln. The department pistol range is located on Truxtun Avenue, with the K-9 training grounds next door to the range. The department training academy is located on Norris Road in conjunction with the Kern County Sheriff's Department.
In 2015 the Mapping Police Violence study calculated that Bakersfield police killed civilians at the highest rate in the U.S., logging 13.6 killings per million people, compared to the U.S. average of 3.6.[111] In all, thirteen people have been killed so far this year by law enforcement officers in Kern County, which has a population of just under 875,000. As such, police in Kern County, California, have killed more people per capita than in any other American county in 2015.[112]
Fire[edit]
Main article: Bakersfield Fire Department
The Bakersfield Fire Department's communications division, known as ECC (Emergency Communications Center), is located in the Whiting Communications Center in Northeast Bakersfield. ECC is a joint dispatch center for the Kern County, Bakersfield City and California City Fire Departments. Built in 1988, ECC is responsible for dispatching resources over an area of approximately 8,100 square miles (21,000 km2) that includes 65 fire stations. ECC's approximate call volume is 82,000 calls a year and processes Emergency and Non-Emergency Fire and Medical 911 calls for the entire County of Kern.[113]
The Kern County Fire Department (KCFD) is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the county of Kern, California, USA. With over 625 permanent employees and 100 extra help employees protecting an area which spans over 8,000 square miles (21,000 km2). KCFD provides fire protection services for over 500,000 citizens living in the unincorporated areas of Kern County and the cities of Arvin, Delano, Maricopa, McFarland, Ridgecrest, Shafter, Taft, Tehachapi and Wasco. This agency is contracted to provide dispatch services for the California City Fire Department, Kern Ambulance based in Wasco, and Care Ambulance based in Lake Isabella. Over 546 uniformed firefighters are stationed in 46 fire stations throughout the county.
Due to a vast number of county islands and jagged city limit lines in the south part of Bakersfield, the closest fire station is dispatched to incidents. This often results in city resources being dispatched to county locations, and vice versa.
Crime[edit]
Further information: Bakersfield Police Department
The number of violent crimes recorded by the Bakersfield Police Department in its 2008 Crime Reports was 5,961.[114] 27 of those were murders and homicides.[115] Data collected by Bakersfield Police Department, an anti-gang program under the city of Bakersfield, shows that the city of Bakersfield has experienced an increase in gang membership and gang activity since the early 2000s.
Jails[edit]
The Bakersfield Police Department has a holding area, but inmates are transported to the Kern County Central Receiving Facility in Bakersfield. Sentenced criminals are held at the Lerdo Detention Facility, just outside the city's limits.[116] The Kern County Sheriff's Office, Detentions Bureau has an average daily inmate population of approximately 2,500 inmates.[117]
The primary facility for receiving inmates arrested in the Bakersfield area is the Central Receiving Facility.[118] In addition, there is the Lerdo Complex, which consists of three facilities:
The Lerdo Minimum Security Facility holds inmates of lower security levels.[119]
The Lerdo Pre-Trial Facility holds inmates of higher security levels.[120]
The Lerdo Max/Med Security Facility holds overflow inmates from the Pre-Trial Facility.[121]
Education[edit]
CSUB's Walter Stiern Library
Two of the earliest schools founded in Kern County were Mrs. Thomas Baker's school, opened in 1863 at the Baker home (near present-day 19th and N Streets); and a Catholic parochial school opened by Reverend Father Daniel Dade in 1865 in Havilah (then the county seat). In 1880, Norris School was established. The land for this school was donated by William Norris, a local farmer. Thirteen to twenty students were taught in its one classroom during the 1880s. Bakersfield City School District (BCSD) is the state's largest elementary school district. The first high school in Bakersfield, Kern County Union High School, opened in 1893. It was renamed Bakersfield High School after World War II.
Bakersfield College
The site at California Avenue and F Street is the location of the first campus of Bakersfield College, which was established in 1913 and relocated in 1956 to its current location overlooking the Panorama Bluffs in northeast Bakersfield. Bakersfield College has an enrollment of 16,000 students. To serve a growing baby-boomer population after World War II, the Kern High School District has steadily expanded to nineteen campuses and more than 35,000 students, making it the largest high school district in the state. In 1965, a university in the California State University system was founded in Bakersfield. California State University, Bakersfield (CSUB) has approximately 7,800 students. It was an NCAA Division II sports powerhouse in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) with some sports, including wrestling (Pac-10), competing in Division I. CSUB has become a Division I athletic school and is trying to begin the process of joining the Big West Conference. In 1982, Santa Barbara Business College was founded.
High schools[edit]
The Baker Street Branch Library, part of the Kern County Library system, is among the Bakersfield structures listed on the NRHP.
Bakersfield is part of the Kern High School District (KHSD), California's largest high school district,[122] comprising 28 schools and educating about 35,000 students. There are 15 high schools within the KHSD in Bakersfield:
Bakersfield High School
Centennial High School
East Bakersfield High School
Foothill High School
Frontier High School
Golden Valley High School
Highland High School
Independence High School
Liberty High School
Mira Monte High School
North High School
Ridgeview High School
South High School
Stockdale High School
West High School
Private high schools include Garces Memorial High School, Bakersfield Christian High School, and Bakersfield Adventist Academy.
Accredited colleges and universities[edit]
California State University, Bakersfield[edit]
Main article: California State University, Bakersfield
California State University, Bakersfield ("CSUB", "CSU Bakersfield", or "Cal State Bakersfield") is a public university founded in Bakersfield in 1965. CSUB opened in 1970 on a campus of 375 acres (1.52 km2), becoming the 19th school in the California State University system. The university offers 31 bachelor's, and 22 master's degree programs. As of Fall 2002,[needs update] some 7,700 undergraduate and graduate students attended CSUB, at either the main campus in Bakersfield or the satellite campus, Antelope Valley Center in Lancaster, California.
Bakersfield College[edit]
Main article: Bakersfield College
Bakersfield College ("BC") is a public community college located in Bakersfield, California. Its main campus is on a 153-acre (0.62 km2) campus in northeast Bakersfield, with two satellite campuses: the Weill Institute in downtown Bakersfield, and at the Delano Center in Delano, California, approximately 35 miles (56 km) north of Bakersfield. BC serves more than 18,000 students each semester and is part of the Kern Community College District. Currently there are a total of 184 Associate's degree and certificate programs for students to choose from. BC is a part of the California Community Colleges system.
Other colleges and universities[edit]
National University and University of Phoenix maintains a campus in Bakersfield, while the University of LaVerne, Fresno Pacific University, and Point Loma Nazarene University all have branch campuses located in Bakersfield. San Joaquin Valley College and Santa Barbara Business College also have campuses in Bakersfield.
Media[edit]
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The Bakersfield Californian Building is also listed on the NRHP.
Bakersfield is served by several media outlets. The primary newspaper is The Bakersfield Californian, which is a direct descendant of the first paper published in the region, The Daily Courier in 1866.
The city has a number of television stations and network affiliates, including KERO-TV (ABC), KBAK-TV (CBS), KGET-TV (NBC), KBFX-CD (Fox), KABE-CD (Univision), KKEY-LP (Telemundo), KGET-DT2 (The CW) and is served by Fresno's PBS affiliate, KVPT. Bakersfield is also home to Spanish-language broadcaster Univision's only English-language station, KUVI-DT.
Transportation[edit]
See also: Transportation in Kern County
Highways[edit]
California State Route 178 at M Street near downtown Bakersfield on a foggy day
Garces Circle
The old Southern Pacific Railroad station, currently the crew change depot for north and southbound Union Pacific Railroad trains. Old Town Kern is located primarily around Baker Street, near the former town of Sumner. It competed to be the commercial downtown, eventually losing to the present location west of Old Town.
Bakersfield is currently serviced by three freeways. State Route 99 bisects Bakersfield from north to south, while State Route 58 exists as a freeway east of SR 99, servicing the southeast part of the city and extending over the Tehachapi mountains to Tehachapi, Mojave, and Barstow. State Route 178 consists of a short segment of freeway that runs from a point near downtown to the northeastern part of the city, although there is currently no direct freeway connection between SR 99 and SR 178. Interstate 5, the fast north-south superhighway, bypasses the city several miles to the west.
Bakersfield is also served by a short, unsigned, four-lane freeway called Alfred Harrell Highway. It was constructed between 1956 and 1958 and extends from China Grade Loop to Hart Park (a large recreation park in northeast Bakersfield). There is also a two-lane expressway to the east of the park. This section was originally reserved to be converted to a four-lane freeway similar to the constructed western portion.[123] If it were ever constructed, it would have two interchanges at Morning Drive and Lake Ming Road and would terminate at the SR 178 adopted alignment (not constructed).
Both SR 58 and SR 178 have planned future extensions. SR 58 western extension is known as the Centennial Corridor, and will extend the freeway west to I-5.[124] Included in the Centennial Corridor is the Westside Parkway (sometime referred to by its formal name Kern River Freeway).[125] This is a new freeway which will run through western Bakersfield, on a route parallel to the Kern River and Stockdale Highway. SR 178 western extension is known as the Crosstown Freeway/SR 178 Connection, although it was formerly known as the Centennial Corridor before that name was moved to SR 58. It will connect SR 178 to the Westside Parkway.[126]
In addition to these freeway extensions, there is also a proposed network of beltways. Currently there are two beltways being considered in Bakersfield. The West Beltway would run north-south from Seventh Standard Rd. to Taft Highway. It will run parallel to Heath Road to the north and parallel to South Allen Road to the south.[127] A future extension would connect the West Beltway to SR 99 and I-5, providing a bypass to Bakersfield. The South Beltway would run east-west from SR 58 to I-5. From SR 58, it would run south, parallel to Comanche Drive until Taft Highway. From there, the freeway would turn west, and run parallel to Taft Hwy. until terminating at I-5. A future extension would extend the freeway north to SR 178 and terminate at Alfred Harrell Highway. Bakersfield also envisioned CalTrans building a North Beltway as the western extension of SR 58, but has been withdrawn in favor of the Centennial Corridor.[citation needed]
Bakersfield is one of the largest cities in the U.S. that is not directly linked to an Interstate highway.[128] SR 99 and SR 58 have been considered for conversion to interstates. SR 99 would be a new interstate signed either as Interstate 7 or Interstate 9, while SR 58 would be an extension of I-40 which currently terminates in Barstow. In 2005 SR 99 was added to the FHWA list of high priority corridors as "California farm to market route" and designated a Future Interstate.[129][130]
Garces Memorial Traffic Circle, informally known as Garces Circle or just The Circle, is the only traffic circle in Bakersfield, California. The traffic circle is located at the intersection of Chester Avenue, Golden State Avenue (State Route 204) and 30th St in Bakersfield. The Circle was built circa 1932 as a part of US 99. A large sculpture of Father Francisco Garces was erected inside the circle in 1939.[131]
Bus[edit]
Main article: Golden Empire Transit
Bakersfield is served by Golden Empire Transit.[132] Eighteen routes are operated, the majority of which serve the urbanized portion of the county which includes the city of Bakersfield. Bakersfield is also served by Kern Transit, which connects Bakersfield with other communities in Kern County. Intercity bus providers in Bakersfield include Greyhound, Orange Belt Stages, Intercalifornias, TUFESA, and Fronteras del Norte.[133]
Rail[edit]
Amtrak Station
For freight, Bakersfield is served directly by two class-1 railroads, Union Pacific, and BNSF. North of the city, each railroad uses its own rail lines; south of the city, they share a line owned by Union Pacific.[134] The route travels over Tehachapi Pass (and through the Tehachapi Loop).[135] There are several spur lines in and around Bakersfield. The majority are operated by the San Joaquin Valley Railroad, owned by Genesee & Wyoming.[136]
Passenger service is provided by the San Joaquin Route, operated by Amtrak California. The Bakersfield Amtrak Station is located downtown, at the intersection of S Street and Truxtun Avenue. The city is the southern terminus of the route. There are five Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach routes, which connect passengers to destinations west, south, and east.[137] Kern Transit also uses the station as one of its hubs, connecting passengers to regions throughout Kern County.[138] A station for Bakersfield is planned as part of the California High Speed Rail system, now under construction.[139]
Meadows Field
Airport[edit]
Meadows Field Airport in Bakersfield was recently rebuilt and dedicated as the William M. Thomas Terminal.[140]
Also located at the Airport: Hall Medivac Helicopter, International Flight Training Academy (a subsidiary of Japan's ANA Airlines), SRT Helicopter Flight School, and numerous other aviation mechanics and technicians. However, IFTA has suspended operations in March 2014.
Notable people[edit]
Main article: List of people from Bakersfield, California
Sister cities[edit]
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Bakersfield has 6 sister cities, as designated by Sister Cities International: [141]
Bucheon, Gyeonggi, South Korea
Minsk, Belarus (Inactive since June 1999)[142]
Wakayama, Japan
Cixi, Zhejiang, China
Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico
Amritsar, Punjab, India
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