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Bakersfield Museum of Art to host Artmix next week
KGET Bakersfield via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoBAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Bakersfield Museum of Art is set to host its spring fundraiser, Artmix: An Upscale Night at the Museum next week. Lauren...
Bakersfield is coming for blighted lots, in the name of housing
The Bakersfield Californian via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMar. 26—After failing to win bids earlier this month on 16 dilapidated properties deemed a nuisance to residents, the city of Bakersfield is considering option B: How to help out those who did ...
Former City Council candidate arrested on suspicion of hiring hit men amid legal dispute over...
The Bakersfield Californian via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMar. 7—A former Bakersfield City Council candidate was arrested last weekend on suspicion of trying to hire hit men to shoot members of one of Bakersfield's largest Sikh temples and burn down ...
Nuisance properties city hopes to buy at auction could become housing
The Bakersfield Californian via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMar. 9—A series of troubled properties the city of Bakersfield hopes to pick up at public auction next week may end up housing the poor as part of a municipal program that would help people ...
Trump-era fracking expansion for Central California halted pending an investigation
Fresno Bee McClatchy via AOL· 2 years agoTrump administration plans to allow new oil and gas drilling — including fracking — on millions of...
City Council OKs buying tax-defaulted buildings
The Bakersfield Californian via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMar. 8—Faced with numerous abandoned, dilapidated buildings throughout Bakersfield, the City Council gave approval Wednesday night to buy some of them out. For years, code enforcement and officials ...
Letters to the Editor: These conditions put us dangerously close to civil war
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPro-Trump rioters storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, as Congress attempts to certify Joe...
High-speed rail cost, schedule hold steady — but money to keep building a big concern
Fresno Bee via Yahoo News· 2 months ago“My strategy since I got here … was to first improve our credibility,” the outgoing CEO told the...
Organizers reflect on Pelé's 1988 visit to Bakersfield
The Bakersfield Californian via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJan. 24—The crowd chanted for "The King" with a fervor that mounted as his helicopter first became visible, then began its descent from the skies. As if to whip the gathered masses into an even ...
Enjoy art al fresco at ARTMIX
The Bakersfield Californian via Yahoo News· 1 year agoApr. 19—When it comes to ARTMIX, the Bakersfield Museum of Art's curated cocktail party, the goal is to always go a bit bigger. "What we try to do is just really expand on the most popular aspects ...