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Jonathan Davis (born January 18, 1971) is the vocalist for the multiplatinum Nu Metal band, Korn. He was born and raised in Bakersfield, California, where he lived with his father and step-mother.
Korn released their self-titled debut...
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- Tue Sep 4, 2007 11:34:41 PDT
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Well-traveled character actor and voice-over specialist with the famously jutting jaw has appeared in many roles from "Rambo: First Blood Part II" (1985) to "The Blues Brothers"(1980). Lives near Caliente....
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- Fri Aug 31, 2007 17:20:34 PDT
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Writer-producer for Room 9 Entertainment, the Los Angeles independent production company that brought Christopher Buckley's "Thank You for Smoking" to the screen. Newman is from Bakersfield.
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- Fri Aug 31, 2007 17:16:06 PDT
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Developed and promoted the Bakersfield Sound as its first bona fide national star. Recorded dozens of top 10 hits throughout the 1960s.
Co-star of the late '70s-early '80s comedy-variety TV show "Hee Haw."
Owner of Buck...
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- Fri Aug 31, 2007 17:10:11 PDT
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Actor-poet-artist lived on a ranch in Stallion Springs for 40 years. Won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role in the 1991 comedy "City Slickers;" Oscar nominations for "Shane" (1953) and "Sudden...
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- Fri Aug 31, 2007 17:05:35 PDT
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Joey Porter, a native of Bakersfield, will be entering his ninth season in the league in 2007 and he will be wearing new colors. After spending his whole career with the Pittsburgh Steelers, Joey signed with the Miami Dolphins in...
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- Fri Aug 31, 2007 16:57:44 PDT
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Best known for his string of trucking songs, Red Simpson was raised in Bakersfield, California, the youngest of a dozen children. At age 14, he wrote his first song -- about chickens -- and sang it to his family's fowl. During the Korean...
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- Fri Aug 31, 2007 16:50:36 PDT
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George Lee Snider: The founder of Snider's Cyclery. Arrived in Bakersfield in 1896 with $16 to his name. Opened a bicycle and motorcycle shop in 1904 in the Baker Street area.
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- Fri Aug 31, 2007 16:44:04 PDT
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East Bakersfield native widely regarded as the nation's most influential U.S. Supreme Court justice.
Served as state attorney general and, for 10 years, California governor. Directed internment of Japanese-Americans during World War...
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- Fri Aug 31, 2007 16:37:55 PDT
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On Oct. 14, 1947, Chuck Yeager made aviation history at Edwards Air Force Base in Kern County when he broke the speed of sound. Yeager had broken several ribs just days earlier in a fall from a horse.
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- Fri Aug 31, 2007 16:34:59 PDT
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Elected to the state Assembly in 1918, one of the four women to break the legislature¹s gender barrier that year. First woman to introduce a bill before the Legislature; re-elected in 1920, 1922 and 1924
Dorris, wife of...
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- Fri Aug 31, 2007 16:32:47 PDT
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First policewoman on the Bakersfield force, hired in 1941. Married to veteran policeman Charlie Dodge, who in 1966 won an upset victory in the race for Kern County sheriff.
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- Fri Aug 31, 2007 16:22:32 PDT
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One of the finest draftsmen ever to work at the Walt Disney Studio, Marc Davis has become a legend in our time. Born in 1913 in Bakersfield, California, he was one of the "Nine Old Men" whom Walt Disney gathered around him in...
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- Fri Aug 31, 2007 16:14:43 PDT
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Bakersfield-bred pitcher signed by the Yankees, Culver struck out 18 batters in one of his first big-league games. A starter with the Reds in 1968, he no-hit Philadelphia on July 29, walking five, to win 6-1.
From 1970 on, he was a...
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- Fri Aug 31, 2007 16:10:01 PDT
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Frank Bidart was born in Bakersfield from Basque stock in 1939.
The renowned poet is a Pulitzer Prize and National Book Critics Circle finalist. He has received the Academy of American Poet's Wallace Stevens Award, the Lila...
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- Fri Aug 31, 2007 16:00:32 PDT
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