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  Mayor and City Council   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The City of Bakersfield was first incorporated in 1873, and in the same year, the County seat was moved from the booming little town of Havilah to Bakersfield.
This charter provides that the governing body of the city shall be the city council composed of seven members, one to be elected from each of the seven wards of the city for four years, overlapping terms, with a mayor elected from the council.
Bakersfield was one of the first cities in the United States to adopt the council-manager form of government.
www.ci.bakersfield.ca.us /administration/mayor_council/history.htm   (470 words)

  
  Bakersfield Condors :: History
Bakersfield has enthusiastically supported the game at the grassroots level for over 60 years and recently, the community’s efforts in the professional ranks have paid dividends for players and fans alike to this day.
The Bakersfield franchise generated enough interest in the community and those in the industry during the 1994-95 season to persuade the owners to apply for membership in the newly formed West Coast Hockey League.
Bakersfield finished the year in second place in the Southern Division and solidified themselves as a player in the Western hockey scene.
www.bakersfieldcondors.com /organization/history.php   (1522 words)

  
 Bakersfield real estate, CA - America Real Estate Directory
Bakersfield is a commercial, distribution, and manufacturing center situated in an agricultural and petroleum-producing region.
Bakersfield continued to grow with the coming of the railroad in 1874 and the development of the Kern River irrigation system, which greatly increased the production of grain, alfalfa, and livestock.
Bakersfield covers a land area of 113 sq mi, with a mean elevation of 408 ft. According to the 2000 census, whites are 61.9 percent of the population, fls 9.2 percent, Asians 4.3 percent, Native Americans 1.4 percent, and Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders 0.1 percent.
www.real-estate-2000.com /bakersfield_ca.htm   (0 words)

  
 Bakersfield California Resource Guide, City or community of Bakersfield, California Facts, Information, Relocation, ...
The population of Bakersfield is approximately 295,536 (2005).
Bakersfield is positioned 35.35 degrees north of the equator and 119.00 degrees west of the prime meridian.
Bakersfield is the county seat of Kern County, one of the largest counties in the state.
www.usacitiesonline.com /cacountybakersfield.htm   (0 words)

  
 Bakersfield's Hometown Drivers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Bakersfield has two very well known Race Tracks - Bakersfield Speedway, Mesa Marin Raceway, and a Drag Racing Venue at the Famoso Raceway, which is home of the Annual March Meets.
With Bakersfield's reputation of being a country town, cowboys (cowboys love their trucks), country music, and agriculture, this was a natural place for the truck series to begin.
Turkey Night was held in Bakersfield at the Bakersfield Speedway after ASCOT ended and prior to the current venue of Irwindale Speedway.
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 That BAKERSFIELD SOUND Home Page
The Bakersfield Inn has been demolished, and, Buck Owens at a cost of over $175,000, had the Bakersfield Sign dismantled and reconstructed only using the blue letters on his property at the Crystal Palace, a nightclub/museum that he currently owns and operates.
The Bakersfield Sound was a reaction to the early ('50s and) '60s sweetening of country music epitomized by the Nashville Sound.
"The (Bakersfield) music was simple but powerful, played by simple-living people who had to leave their farms to come west," said Tommy Collins, an Oklahoma native who wrote his first hit songs after moving to Bakersfield in 1951.
www.rockabillyhall.com /bakersfield.html   (3076 words)

  
 Bakersfield - Wikitravel
Bakersfield is a city in Kern County in the San Joaquin Valley of California.
Bakersfield is a car-based city with poor mass transit options, so driving your own car or renting one is probably wise.
The Marketplace, near the CSU Bakersfield campus, is relatively upscale, while the Promenade area on Rosedale Highway is a sprawling collection of major retailers and restaurants.
wikitravel.org /en/Bakersfield   (894 words)

  
 Bakersfield News
Published 11:43 am PDT Tuesday, March 13, 2007 A gang member convicted of killing a Sacramento man on the way to his bachelor party in Las Vegas was sentenced to life in prison without parole.
A 72-year-old Bakersfield man suffered fatal injuries when his bicycle was struck by a truck Monday evening.
Watch This Video Posted 3/12/07 BAKERSFIELD - The mother of one of Vincent Brothers' children said she ritualistically burned his phone number after he failed to show up at his daughter's graduation.
www.topix.net /city/bakersfield-ca   (611 words)

  
 Bakersfield Blog
This is part 2 in a multi-part series of discussions on the state of live theatre in Bakersfield by local thespian and educator Rob Long.
BMT uses Bakersfield High School's Harvey Auditorium for a high dollar season, and are constantly facing criticism that they get preferred treatment, that there's something shady about the finances between BMT and KHSD.
This is part 1 in a multi-part series of discussions on the state of live theatre in Bakersfield by local thespian and educator Rob Long.
www.bakersfield-blog.com /index.php?p=3   (0 words)

  
 Rotary Club of Bakersfield - DOWNTOWN - Current Projects
The members of the Rotary Club of Bakersfield want to improve the lives of youth and their potential for a successful future.
The Bridging Program is a project of the Rotary Club of Bakersfield and Bakersfield High School, providing a leadership-mentor program that focuses on at-risk high school students.
Bakersfield High school is the largest and oldest high school in Kern County.
www.bakersfield-rotary.com /curprojects.html   (0 words)

  
 Bakersfield sound - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Bakersfield sound was a genre of country music developed in the mid- to late 1950s in and around Bakersfield, California, at honky-tonk bars such as The Blackboard, and on local television stations in Bakersfield and throughout California in the 1950's and 60's.
Bakersfield country really hit its stride as a reaction against the slick, string-laden Nashville Sound, which was becoming popular in the late 1950s.
Bakersfield Sound musicians peform in the studio as they do on stage, with the same instruments and style they use every day, and do not depend on elaborate studio production techniques when recording their music.
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 Bakersfield, California (Cities)
Bakersfield is the seat of Kern County in southcentral California, on the Kern River at the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley.
Today Bakersfield, population 247,057, is a commercial, manufacturing and distribution hub of an agricultural and petroleum-extraction area.
Bakersfield is part of the Bakersfield, California metro area.
www.ohwy.com /ca/b/bakersfi.htm   (0 words)

  
 Davenport Story
Those resourceful people who came to Bakersfield more than a century ago stayed for the same reasons people come to Bakersfield today: We are still a community of opportunities and innovative, friendly people who realize the importance of family.
Bakersfield's cultural and industrial diversity, as was the case with its early settlers, continues to play a key role in our economic structure.
Davenport is Co-Chair of the Historical Committee for the Centennial Foundation, City of Bakersfield; Vice-Chair of the Historic Preservation Commission, City of Bakersfield; and Co-chair of the Centennial Beautiful Bakersfield Awards.
www.bakersfield.org /city/davenport.html   (0 words)

  
 bakersfield.com - The Lords of Bakersfield
And because The Californian was part of the story, we felt a particular responsibility to be thorough.
Some of the facts of the Tauzer case appear similar to aspects of the Lords legend, which goes like this: For more than a generation, Bakersfield was run by a cadre of men who led double lives.
One irony in his death -- a brutal stabbing at his northwest Bakersfield home last September -- is that none of those cases ever generated the notoriety that Tauzer's own murder seems likely to provide when the case goes to trial later this year.
ww2.bakersfield.com /2003/lords   (0 words)

  
 Bakersfield, California: Red Light Cameras Increase Accidents
After three years of use, red light cameras in Bakersfield, California have increased the number of injuries and accidents at the eight intersections where they are used.
The findings in Bakersfield match those found in a number of independent research studies that have concluded red light cameras increase accidents.
Bakersfield collects $381 for every red light camera ticket that Australian vendor Redflex is able to issue.
www.thenewspaper.com /news/12/1242.asp   (282 words)

  
 Bakersfield, California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
According to a March 2006 study by the Taubman Center for State and Local Government, the Bakersfield metropolitan area is one of the lowest college-educated communities in the nation.
Country legends Merle Haggard, a Bakersfield native, and Buck Owens, who settled there in 1950, are both associated with the city.
Bakersfield is home to the Bakersfield Blaze, a minor league baseball affiliate of the Texas Rangers that plays in the Single-A level California League and who play at the historical Sam Lynn Ballpark, built in 1941.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bakersfield,_California   (0 words)

  
 Bakersfield Real Estate Agents, Bakersfield Homes For Sale, REALTORS and Bakersfield
HomeGain provides Bakersfield, California real estate information and resources to guide homeowners and homebuyers through the process of selling and buying a house, condo or other Bakersfield realty property.
HomeGain has services to help you find a top Bakersfield real estate broker or agent, get the value of your Bakersfield home and a comparative market analysis (CMA), view Bakersfield real estate and MLS listings, prepare your home for sale, and more.
Cuando se registre para encontrar un agente de bienes raices en Bakersfield, simplemente indique que necesita un agente que habla Español.
www.homegain.com /local_real_estate/CA/bakersfield.html   (471 words)

  
 bakersfield.com - The Evolution of Korn
The way the members of Korn tell it, Bakersfield was a wasteland for anyone too young to get into bars.
But gigs in Bakersfield for metal acts were largely limited to keg parties and 21-and-over clubs.
Ty Elam -- a rock kid who would later go on to front one of the most popular Bakersfield bands of the early '90s, the gothic-tinged Cradle of Thorns -- took a physical education class with Welch and Shaffer.
ww2.bakersfield.com /2002/korn/main2.asp   (0 words)

  
 FC Bakersfield   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
FC Bakersfield is dedicated to becoming the premier soccer club in Kern County.
The FC Bakersfield U-15 Boys team finished off the fall 2005 season on a high note by finishing first at the November Classic in Bakersfield.
The FC Bakersfield Boys Under 18 team prepared for the upcoming Nomads tournament by winning the 2004 November Classic held in Bakersfield.
eteamz.active.com /fcbakersfield   (267 words)

  
 New User Registration - Bakersfield.com - More than before.
All users who live in Bakersfield or Kern County ages 13 and over are encouraged to contribute information and pictures to www.Bakersfield.com.com.
If you are under 13 or do not reside in Bakersfield or Kern County, you are not allowed to contribute content or comments to Bakersfield.com.
Notice The Bakersfield Californian may deliver notice to you under these Terms and Conditions by means of electronic mail, a general notice on bakersfield.com, or by written communication delivered by first class U.S. mail to your address on record in bakersfield.com's account information.
people.bakersfield.com /home/Register   (2285 words)

  
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If there is still something you can't on the My Bakersfield site find feel free to email us and tell us what you want to see.
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - An explosive that killed two children and injured five others was a 40mm high-explosive, anti-personnel military round likely made during or after the Vietnam War, authorities said.
Bakersfield, Calif., has swelled more than any other California city over 200,000 residents.
www.mybakersfieldca.us /Bakersfield/93380.html   (0 words)

  
 Bakersfield College
In light of the tragic events at Virginia Tech, Bakersfield College would like to share with you information about our Emergency Response Plan, Incident Command System and accompanying website.
Photographer Mark Abrahamson will be coming to Bakersfield College on September 27 as part of the Eminent Speakers Series to discuss his Global Warming - An American Perspective photography series.
It’s fall in Bakersfield, and that means cooler breezes, falling leaves and of course, the annual Kern Shakespeare Festival!
www.bc.cc.ca.us   (229 words)

  
 Realty Times - Real Estate News and Advice - Local Market Conditions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Bakersfield has a good supply of all properties and prices.
The Bakersfield Chamber of Commerce writes in their Community Profile "The town of Bakersfield was named after one of its early settlers, Colonel Thomas Baker.
The Colonel planted a ten-acre parcel of land with alfalfa that was used by travelers to...
realtytimes.com /rtmcrloc/California~Bakersfield   (316 words)

  
 Bakersfield, California CA, city profile (Kern County) - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
Bakersfield is on the Kern River, in the San Joaquin Valley
At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Bakersfield was $17,678, compared with $21,587 nationally.
Median rent in Bakersfield, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $470.
www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=9840   (727 words)

  
 CSU Bakersfield
A professional ensemble of classical musicians and traditional dancers from Bakersfield's sister city Bucheon, South Korea, will present two performances...
Renowned Kenyan novelist Ngugi wa Thiong'o will open the third annual California Writers Series at California State University, Bakersfield with a reading from his most recent novel...
Please share your thoughts with the Office of the President: excellence@csub.edu
www.csub.edu   (105 words)

  
 The Bakersfield Xtreme Baseball Club   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The Bakersfield Xtreme Baseball Club is a 12 and Under travel baseball team that was established in October 2005.
We are located in Bakersfield, California, and are proud to represent Kern County.
The Bakersfield Xtreme are taking a break from Travel Ball action to concentrate on Recreation League Play.
eteamz.active.com /bakersfieldxtreme   (382 words)

  
 bakersfield.com Photography | Staff
Alex Horvath has been telling stories with pictures since he was 12 years old.
Felix Adamo is the chief photographer at the Bakersfield Californian where he has worked for 26 years.
John Harte has been a staff photographer at The Bakersfield Californian since September, 1981.
www.bakersfield.net /photography/staff   (0 words)

  
 Bakersfield Field Office, Bureau of Land Management California   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Bakersfield Field Office, Bureau of Land Management California
Mineral extraction, ranching, river rafting and a tour of Carrizo Plain, on public lands within the Bakersfield Field Office
The BLM Bakersfield Field Office recently completed an important land exchange benefiting Sierra Nevada wilderness in central California.
www.blm.gov /ca/st/en/fo/bakersfield.html   (78 words)

  
 Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra
Members of the Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra will be the Institute orchestra.
This is the 76th Anniversary of the Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra and it is filled with exciting and vibrant music including Ravel’s Piano Concerto, Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 2, Bruch’s Violin Concerto, Holst’s The Planets with sound and sight, an evening of Wagner’s romantic opera music, Respighi’s The Pines of Rome, and much more!
A portion of the orchestra travels from the Los Angeles area to perform with the Bakersfield Symphony as well as with other symphonies throughout the state.
www.bakersfieldsymphony.org   (233 words)

  
 Bakersfield, California (CA) Detailed Profile - relocation, real estate, travel, jobs, hospitals, schools, crime, news, ...
Back to Bakersfield, CA housing info, Kern County, California big cities, CA smaller cities, CA small cities, All Cities.
The ratio of number of residents in Bakersfield to the number of sex offenders is 287 to 1.
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www.city-data.com /city/Bakersfield-California.html   (3064 words)

  
 Official Municipal Website, City of Bakersfield, California
Greater Bakersfield Chamber of Commerce State of the City Luncheon Forum
Bakersfield's location at the Southern end of the San Joaquin Valley provides the visitor a wealth of recreational arts and sports to experience on a moments notice.
“Downtown Bakersfield is an inspiring magnet for those who live, work or play there and is truly the
www.bakersfieldcity.us   (110 words)

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