Disney icon Annette Funicello has died

By City News Service, on April 8, 2013, at 11:27 am
(Flickr/Marxchivist)

Walt Disney Co. officials today praised the legacy of Annette Funicello, who was personally recruited by Walt Disney to become [...] Read More

Minor league ballpark tour scores meeting with Ken Griffey, Sr.

By Guest Contributor, on May 21, 2012, at 12:39 am
Part of an old fairgrounds surrounded by batting cages, a city park , and a county museum, this field built in 1941, is home to the Bakersfield Blaze, an affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds. (Jamie and Frank Green)

Don Drysdale, Mike Piazza, Mark Langston, and Josh Hamilton — what do these baseball icons from different eras have in [...] Read More

Storm lose hold on Southern Division after going 1-3 in Bakersfield

By Steve Smaldone, on August 22, 2011, at 6:55 pm
Freiman has currently hit 103 RBI to put him third in franchise history for single season RBI. (Cherished Memories)

After going 4-6 in their last ten games, before heading to Bakersfield, the Storm needed to come away with at [...] Read More

Home run heroics lead Lake Elsinore Storm to 10th inning victory over Blaze

By Steve Smaldone, on August 4, 2011, at 11:17 am
The Lake Elsinore Storm and the Blaze battled it out with neither team scoring a single run through the first nine innings on Wednesday night in Bakersfield. (Cherished Memories)

The Lake Elsinore Storm and the Blaze battled it out with neither team scoring a single run through the first [...] Read More

Palmdale files for injunction against California High Speed Rail

By City News Service, on July 19, 2011, at 6:35 pm
The Palmdale Transportation Center serves as the regional transit hub for the Antelope Valley. (Wikimedia Commons)

The city of Palmdale is seeking a federal injunction to stop the California High-Speed Rail Authority from studying the possibility [...] Read More

CHP closes down I-5 over Grapevine

By Yazmin Alvarez, on January 2, 2011, at 1:10 pm

CHP Bakersfield officers have closed the freeway to northbound traffic at Smokey Bear Road, and are sending that traffic back towards the Los Angeles area. Read More

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