Bakersfield, California

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Bakersfield, California

Bakersfield city logo
City nickname:"California's Country Music Capital"
County	Kern County, California
Area  - Total  - Water	296.3 km² (114.4 mi²) 3.4 km² (1.3 mi²) 1.14%
Population  - Total (1/1/2006)  - Density	311,824 843.4/km²
Time zone	Pacific: UTC-8
Latitude Longitude	35°21'26' N 119°1'54' W
Mayor:	Harvey Hall
City of Bakersfield Official Website

Bakersfield, California (pop. 247,057^GR2) is the county seat of Kern County, California. The city's economy relies on agriculture, petroleum extraction, and refinement industries. It is one of the fastest-growing cities with large populations in the United States. As of 2006, the population was estimated to be around 312,000 within the city limits, making it the 11th largest municipality in California and 59th largest city in the nation (as of latest U.S. Census estimates). The greater Bakersfield area has a population of around 451,800, including unincorporated areas, according to local municipal sources. It is California's third largest inland city, after Fresno and Sacramento.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Founding 1.2 Development 1.3 Historic buildings 2 Geography and climate 3 Population 3.1 Demographics 4 Government and economy 5 Education 6 Urban growth 6.1 Housing and development 6.2 Highways 7 Culture 7.1 Events 7.2 Music 7.3 Sports and recreation 7.3.1 Venues 7.3.2 Football 7.3.3 Motor sports 8 Notable residents 8.1 Science and medicine 8.2 Law and politics 8.3 Arts and entertainment 8.4 Sports 9 In media and pop culture 9.1 Literature 9.2 Music 9.3 Film and television 9.4 Video games 10 Sister cities 11 References 12 External links 12.1 Government

[edit] History

The Yokuts Indians were the first people to settle in the San Joaquin Valley, roughly 8,000 years ago. In 1776, the Spanish missionary Father Francisco Garcés became the first European to explore the area. In 1851, gold was discovered in the Kern River in the southern Sierra Nevada mountains, and in 1865, oil was discovered in the valley. The Bakersfield area, a tule reed infested malarial swamp, was first known as Kern Island to the handful of pioneers who built log cabins there in 1860. The area was subject to flooding from the Kern River delta, which occupied what is now the downtown area.

[edit] Founding

In 1863, former Iowa militia member, Colonel Thomas Baker, moved into the Kern Island area to champion the cause of reclamation. He settled into a tule-reed thatched log cabin near present day Truxtun Avenue and R Street. A former California state senator, who had experience as a surveyor and reputed to be one of the few government officials not corrupted by big business, Colonel Baker was recommended to survey and lay out the town of Visalia in the late 1850s. He was also known for his hospitality.^{[citation needed]}

Colonel Baker had grown a field of alfalfa, near the present day Amtrak Station, for travelers to feed their horses. The newspapers as far away as San Francisco advised travelers to visit Colonel Baker and use his field of alfalfa to feed their stock.

As more families moved to the area, Baker subsidized development out of his own pocket.^{[citation needed]} He constructed public sawmills, helped other pioneers drain their land, and surveyed the land. Colonel Baker was asked to plot out a new town after a flood of the Kern River re-routed the river channel to the north. At the founding ceremony in 1869, residents surprised Baker by naming the town, Bakersfield, in his honor.

Baker died of typhoid fever in 1872, and is buried at Union Cemetery.

[edit] Development

The town continued to grow, reaching a population of about 801 by 1880, and 2,626 by 1890.^[1] In 1900, its population was approximately 4,836. Its population still increased despite major floods in 1867 and 1893, and fires in 1889 and 1919.

In 1874, the Southern Pacific Railroad established itself in the area, but was unpopular because of its high fare rate. On May 27, 1898, the San Joaquin Valley Railroad (popularly known as "The People's Railroad"), now the Santa Fe Railroad, arrived in Bakersfield, resulting in a great boost of the population.

In the 1930s, the Great Plains drought and dust storms (commonly called the Dust Bowl) precipitated a large influx of refugees from Arkansas and Oklahoma, who went to work mostly in the agriculture and oil industries. The overwhelming number of refugees caused considerable social strife. After World War II, the city's population grew slowly and steadily.

Migration from Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Southern California brought new residents, who were mostly employed by the oil industry. By 1980, Bakersfield's population was about 105,000. For the next 20 years, Bakersfield's population exploded and eclipsed 250,000 by 2000. When the price of homes, violence, and gangs increased in the larger cities nearby, hundreds of families chose the area for its affordability and its relative proximity to Southern California.

In 1899, the Kern River Oil Field was discovered at the Discovery Well by two brothers digging in a pit along the Kern River, about one-mile east of Gordon's Ferry (where, in the 1850s, the Butterfield Overland Mail stagecoaches had once crossed the Kern River). Advances in steam-injection of oil wells rejuvenated the oil field in the early 1960s. The oilfield is still active today and is one of the nation's highest yielding fields of all time. Oil is still important to the local economy, but the area's oil economy is dwindling.

[edit] Historic buildings

The great earthquake of July 21, 1952 changed the appearance of Bakersfield, leading to the flat, sprawling style of building which dominates the city today. The quake, centered near Bear Mountain, was the second largest quake in California history. It leveled most of downtown Bakersfield's historic Victorian brick businesses and hotels (including the once famous Southern Hotel), the historic Chinatown area on the eastern side of downtown, and turn-of-the-century buildings, including the once ornate County Court Building. Very few historic buildings survived the earthquake.

[edit] Geography and climate

Bakersfield is located at 35°21′26″N, 119°1′54″W (35.357276, -119.031661)^GR1, and at 120 m (400 ft) elevation. It lies near the southern "horseshoe" end of the San Joaquin Valley, with the southern tip of the Sierra Nevadas just to the east. The city limits extends to the Sequoia National Forest at the foot of the Greenhorn Mountain Range at the entrance to the Kern Canyon. The Tehachapi Mountains, south of the city, feature the historic Tejon Ranch. To the west, the Temblor Range, which features the Carrizo Plain National Monument and the San Andreas Fault, is approximately 35 miles across the valley floor..

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 296.3 km² (114.4 mi²). Of this, 292.9 km² (113.1 mi²) is land and 3.4 km² (1.3 mi²) of it is water (1.14%).

Bakersfield lies approximately 160 km (100 mi) north of Los Angeles (about a 1.5-hour drive on I-5 and State Route 99) and about 500 km (300 mi) southeast of the state capital, Sacramento (about a 4.5-hour drive on State Route 99).

Bakersfield's volume of wintertime tule fog is among the worst on the West Coast; visibility sometimes drops to less than 10 ft. (3 m).

Dust-borne particulate matter from causes such as agricultural operations, along with smog drifting from Bay Area and San Joaquin Valley cities, contribute to Bakersfield's poor air quality, the second worst in North America.

[edit] Population

Bakersfield is a politically conservative city with complicated racial and socio-economic equity issues.

Much of the city’s population can trace its roots to the "Okies" and "Arkies" who immigrated to California to find work during the Dust Bowl era of the 1930s. More recently, Bakersfield and Kern County field and farm workers have come from Mexico, South America, and Central America. Bakersfield also has an influential Chinese community and a large Basque community.

Historically a lower-middle class city, much of Bakersfield’s community currently has an above-average teen birth rate and below-average literacy rate which many cite due to the growing influx of Mexican immigrants. In addition, gang activity and drug use, particularly of methamphetamine, has increased apace with the growing population of this area.

[edit] Demographics

As of the 2000 census,^GR2 247,057 people, 83,441 households, and 60,995 families resided in Bakersfield. The population density was 843.4/km² (2,184.4/mi²). There were 88,262 housing units at an average density of 301.3/km² (780.4/mi²).

The racial makeup of the city was 61.87% White, 9.16% Black or African American, 1.40% Native American, 4.33% Asian, 0.12% Pacific Islander, 18.68% from other races, and 4.43% from two or more races. 32.45% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

52.1% of households were married couples living together, 15.5% were female householders with no husband present, and 26.9% were non-families. 21.5% of households consisted of a single individual; 7.2% were additionally age 65 or older. 42.5% of households claimed children under age 18. The average household size was 2.92, and the average family size was 3.41.

32.7% of the population was under age 18, 10.1% from 18 to 24, 29.9% from 25 to 44, 18.6% from 45 to 64, and 8.8% who were age 65 or older. The median age was 30 years. The total male-female ration was 94.6:100; the male-female ratio among adults age 18 or older was 90.8:100.

The median income was $39,982, while it was $45,556 among families. The medium income was $38,834 for males and $27,148 for females. The per capita income for the city was $17,678. About 14.6% of families and 18.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 24.4% of those under age 18 and 8.4% of those age 65 or over.

[edit] Government and economy

The Kern County seat, established in 1866 in the mountain town of Havilah, was moved to Bakersfield in 1874, where it has stayed till now. Bakersfield has been incorporated twice in its history. It was first incorporated in 1874, but subsequently disbanded in 1876 with the purpose of deposing an unruly City Marshall. The city was incorporated again in 1898. Currently, Bakersfield is governed by a City Council and Manager system with a mayor acting as the presiding officer.

Bakersfield is home to the largest carrot-producing operations in the world, Grimmway Farms and Bolthouse Farms. In addition, one of the nation's largest and oldest farming co-ops, the California Cotton Cooperative Association (CalCot), was founded in Bakersfield in 1927.

Other crops harvested in Bakersfield include table grapes, almonds, pistachios, citrus fruits, wheat, garlic, and potatoes.

Local oil fields include the prolific century-old Kern River field, the Midway-Sunset field, the former Naval Petroleum Reserve at Elk Hills, the Kern Front field, and the Belridge field.

Bakersfield's primary airport is Meadows Field Airport, which was renovated in 2005.

[edit] Education

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 one classroom during the 1880s. In 1915, the Norris School was rebuilt to accommodate a growing number of students. It was torn down and reconstructed in 1950, and once again in 1980. Today the Norris School District is growing very steadily thanks to extremely fast growing home developments in northwest Bakersfield, and is recognized for the quality of its students and education. However, it is still smaller than the huge Bakersfield City School District (BCSD), the state's largest elementary school district. The BCSD serves most of the schools on the east side of town. Other Bakersfield area elementary school districts include Panama-Buena Vista, Rosedale, and Fruitvale. The first high school in Bakersfield, Kern County Union High School, opened in 1893. It was renamed Bakersfield High School after World War II.

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 a yearly enrollment of 12,000-14,000 students. Since World War II, in order to serve a growing baby-boomer population, the Kern High School District has steadily expanded to eighteen campuses today, with 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) today has some 7,700 students with a special focus on business and administration. It is 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 is currently attempting to join the Big West Conference and become a Division I athletic school.

Despite efforts to improve college-going rates in the community, Bakersfield still lags in that area. According to a March 2006 study by the Taubman Center for State and Local Government, the Bakersfield metropolitan area has one of the lowest college-educated communities in the nation. Calculated using 2000 US Census figures, the study shows that only 13.5% of adults in the Bakersfield MSA have a bachelor's degree or higher. This contrasts sharply with California and U.S. figures at 28% and 24% respectively.

[edit] Urban growth

Bakersfield continues to grow, and is known for its friendliness toward economic expansion with a highly diversified business community.

[edit] Housing and development

Bakersfield city limits continue to expand due to a "hop scotch" pattern of housing development. Westward annexation, which could eventually subsume the area between the base of the Sierra Nevada range and the Temblor Range, has led some planners to consider incorporating a new city to govern the area of fast growth to the city’s west.^{[citation needed]}

The City of Shafter, a small farming town north of Bakersfield, has filed a suit to limit the northern expansion of Bakersfield's limits. Shafter has also annexed large pieces of farmland to its east and south to ensure that Bakersfield does not envelop its southern area.

The large bluff and plateau which lie east of Bakersfield have been under development for the last sixty years toward the Rio Bravo and Kern Canyon area. Because the steep north-facing edge of the bluff provides a spectacular view of the foothills, mountains, and Kern River, the city government has attempted to balance development and preservation in this area. In addition, city leaders recognize the possibility that extensive development may lead to erosion and landslides.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Highways

Bakersfield is the one of the largest cities in the U.S., second only to Fresno, which is not directly linked to an Interstate highway.

Though interest in extending Interstate 40 to Bakersfield has increased in recent years, lack of funding has prevented the proposed extension of I-40 to San Luis Obispo.

Currently, plans for freeway alignments to the metropolitan Bakersfield area include three east-west connections on the north, central, and south parts of town. These connections would link Highways 58 and 178, the future downtown Centennial Corridor, and the future Kern River Westside Parkway to one another or to Highway 99. In addition, a north-south extension west of Rosedale would connect the southern, central, and northern alignments.

Another plan proposes a link between the northern east-west alignment along 7th Standard Road and I-5. This new connection would be designated Highway 58. Congressional funding has been secured for this 25-35 year project; construction is scheduled to begin by 2010.

Another proposal would re-designate Highway 99 as an Interstate highway to be named I-7 or I-9.

[edit] Culture

Many of Bakersfield's oldest and most historic restaurants are Basque,^[2] including Woolgrowers, Maitia's, Noriega's, Pyrenees, Sandrini's, Benji's, Narducci's, and Italian Restaurant Luigi's.

Bakersfield has four movie theaters: Edwards Cinemas Stadium 14 and United Artists East Hills 10 (Regal Entertainment Group); Valley Plaza Stadium 16 (Pacific Theatres); and Movies 6 (Starplex Cinemas), a second-run cinema.

The Kern County Museum, located on Chester Avenue just north of Downtown Bakersfield, boasts an extensive collection of regional artifacts. Permanent exhibits include "Black Gold: The Oil Experience," a hands-on modern approach at showing how oil is mined; 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.

[edit] Events

Every first weekend in April, Bakersfield hosts the largest Scottish Games and Clan Gathering in California.

[edit] Music

In the 1950s, local country musicians such as Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, and Wynn Stewart helped invent a rock and roll-influenced country music style called the Bakersfield sound. Today, Bakersfield is second only to Nashville, Tennessee, in country music fame, and Bakersfield continues to produce famous country music artists.

In addition, hard rock bands such as KoЯn, Burning Image, and Adema originated in Bakersfield.

Several Gospel artists, such as Royal Ruckus and The Lighthouse Boys, also host performances in Bakersfield.

[edit] Sports and recreation

Bakersfield is home to a large population of Off Highway Vehicle (OHV) enthusiasts. As of May 2001, over 18,000 OHVs were registered in Kern County.Kern Off Highway Vehicle Association 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 acre (45 km²) site for an OHV park.Site Located for State Vehicular Recreation Area 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.Friends of Kern Open Space.

Bakersfield also hosts various amateur sporting events, including shooting, cycling, boat drag, rugby, water skiing, soccer, youth baseball, tennis, horse shoes, and volleyball competitions. Other recreational opportunities include whitewater, rock climbing, mountain biking, and skiing in the southern Sierras.

[edit] Venues

The city’s major civic center, The Rabobank Arena in downtown Bakersfield, is home to the Bakersfield Blitz, an af2 team; the Bakersfield Condors, an ECHL AA-level hockey team; and the Bakersfield Jam, and NBA Developmental League. In addition, the arena hosts basketball teams of CSU Bakersfield, the California State High School Wrestling Championships, various other business, sporting, and entertainment conventions.

Other arenas include The McMurtrey Aquatics Center, an Olympic-sized pool that hosts high school events, and The Kern County Soccer Park, the largest soccer facility in California.

Bakersfield has been a stop for the Ben Hogan and Nike Golf Tours. It also hosts PGA qualifying events and NCAA Division II regionals and tournaments. Courses include the private Seven Oaks Country Club, the Bakersfield Country Club, the Rio Bravo Country Club, and the public River Lakes Golf Club.

[edit] Football

Football is the most prevalent sport in Bakersfield. The Bakersfield High School team has won more total games, sections, and state titles than any other California school; and the Bakersfield Junior College team has won four J.C. national championships. In addition, several notable NFL athletes, including Frank Gifford, David Carr, Rashaan Shehee,Brock Marion and Joey Porter, first played football at one of the seventeen Bakersfield-area high schools.

[edit] Motor sports

The Bakersfield Speedway is a 1/3-mile banked clay oval track in Oildale. It hosts weekly Saturday Night racing, most notably the World of Outlaws. The Bakersfield Speedway is currently attempting to become a more nationally significant track by hosting races that feature out-of-state drivers.

After the destruction of Mesa Marin Raceway, a new track was planned west of Bakersfield near the Kern River. Currently designs indicate a 1/2 mile high-banked tri-oval with luxury suites, modern facilities, SAFER barriers, and Nextel Cup-quality surfacing and lighting. Marion Collins and his family will oversee the facility while the DeStefanis, who own the land, will put up most of the capital.

In addition, Bakersfield hosts the March Meets, a drag racing series, at the Famoso Drag Strip. The initial March Meets was started by the car club The Bakersfield Smokers and included the legendary Swamp Rat machine driven by "Big Daddy" Don Garlits, who came from Florida to prove himself to the west coasters who claimed to have invented drag racing. This event, which originally cast legitimacy on the fledgling NHRA of the 1950s, is now a nostalgic drag racing event held every March.

Club	Sport	League	Venue
Bakersfield Blaze	Baseball	California League; North Division	Sam Lynn Ballpark
Bakersfield Condors	Ice Hockey	ECHL; Pacific Division	Rabobank Arena
Bakersfield Blitz	Indoor football	af2; National Conference	Rabobank Arena
Bakersfield Jam	Basketball	NBA Development League	Rabobank Arena
Bakersfield Brigade	Soccer	USL Premier Development League	Bakersfield Christian High School
Bakersfield Panthers	Outdoor Football	LCFL West	Bakersfield College

[edit] Notable residents

[edit] Science and medicine

• Dr. Hans Einstein, the foremost authority on Valley Fever

[edit] Law and politics

• Earl Warren, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court
• Edward Fitzgerald Beale, former U.S. Ambassador and Superintendent of Indian Affairs in California and Nevada in 1852
• President George H.W. Bush and President George W. Bush lived in Bakersfield during the year 1947

[edit] Arts and entertainment

• Noah Beery, actor
• Justin Berry, teenaged webcam pornographer
• Martin Bertram, author
• Frank Bidart, award-winning poet
• Burning Image, a deathrock band
• James Chapman, novelist and publisher
• Brandon Cruz, punk musician and former child actor
• Prussian Blue, a white nationalist band
• Merle Haggard, Country Music Hall of Fame inductee
• Gerald Haslam, author and poet
• KOЯN, a Grammy award-winning metal band
• Jake Lloyd, actor
• Buck Owens, country-western singer
• Lawrence Tibbett, lead baritone of the New York Metropolitan Opera

[edit] Sports

• David Carr, NFL player
• Chris Childs, NBA guard
• Frank Gifford, NFL Hall of Fame inductee
• Kevin Harvick, NASCAR driver
• Jack Johnson, boxing's first black heavyweight champion
• Brock Marion, Super Bowl champion
• William "Buckshot" May, Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher
• Casey Mears, NASCAR driver
• Rick Mears, 4-time Indianapolis 500 winner
• Roger Mears, Baja 1000 winner
• Stephen Neal, Super Bowl champion
• Hank Pfister, professional tennis player
• Joey Porter, Super Bowl champion
• Jerry Quarry, heavyweight boxer
• Bruce Sarver, NHRA champion
• Robert Swift, NBA center

[edit] In media and pop culture

[edit] Literature

• The Grapes of Wrath
• The Onion Field
• Daughter! I Forbid Your Recurring Dream!

[edit] Music

• "Leaving Jesusland" and "Instant Crassic" by NOFX
• "Far Away Eyes" by The Rolling Stones
• "Tennessee Plates" by John Hiatt
• "The Virtues of Black Sabbath" and "Get in the Van: On the Road with Black Flag" by Henry Rollins
• "Cry on the Shoulder of the Road" by Martina McBride
• "Streets of Bakersfield" by Buck Owens
• "I've Been Everywhere" by Hank Snow
• "Spare Parts (A Nocturnal Emission)" by Tom Waits
• "Bakersfield by Daniel Amos
• "Mexicali Blues" by The Grateful Dead

[edit] Film and television

Many films and television shows are filmed in and around Bakersfield. This list represents a selection of those which feature specific references to the city.

• Bakersfield P.D. is a sitcom about Bakersfield police officers.
• The Running Man opens with the Bakersfield Food Riots in which the main character is framed as "The Butcher of Bakersfield."
• Fearless opens with the aftermath of a plane crash in a cornfield outside Bakersfield and also features the now-defunct Golden Empire Ambulance service.
• In two episodes of the TV series Clueless, "Bakersfield Blues" and "Back From Bakersfield," the main character and her father moved to Bakersfield.
• In an episode of Friends, "The one with Chandler's Dad," Bakersfield is mentioned as a sorry place to live.
• The Simpsons episode "Take My Wife, Sleaze" features Hell’s Satans, a fictional biker gang from Bakersfield.
• In Every Which Way But Loose, the old Bakersfield sign that spanned Union Avenue just south of California Avenue is visible in a number of scenes.
• In The Cell, the equipment used by the serial killer has a plate stamped "Made in Bakersfield."
• In Cast Away, the portable toilet that washes up on the island has "Bakersfield" written on its wall.
• In Day 2 of 24, George Mason plans to escape the blast radius of an atomic bomb set to go off in Los Angeles by going to Bakersfield.

[edit] Video games

• In the Dreamcast and PS2 game Headhunter, the city is fictionalized as "Quakersfield."
• In the CRPG Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game, the ruins of Bakersfield, called Necropolis, are inhabited by "ghouls," human beings who have been horribly mutated by radiation.

[edit] Sister cities

Bakersfield has four sister cities, as designated by Sister Cities International, Inc. (SCI):

• Minsk, Belarus
• Wakayama, Japan
• Cixi, China
• Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico

[edit] References

[edit] External links

[edit] Government

• City of Bakersfield Official Website
• Convention & Visitors Bureau
• Kern County Voter Registration
• Used Motor Cycle Recycling Centers
• Kern County Health Department
• Kern County Veterans Service Department

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