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Police Activities League: PAL Youth Center, 301 E. 4th St., 283-8880. The PAL-sponsored program is year-round and open to anyone between the ages of 8 and 17. Beginners train from 2:30 to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday in the summer and...

Kern County Library System 868-0700 www.kerncountylibrary.org The Kern County library system has more than two dozen branches, plus two bookmobiles. The system offers more than 1 million volumes and borrows books from other...

Demographics, Crime Rate & More Beale Park In 1908, Truxtun Beale, the only son of Tejon Ranch owner Lt. Edward F. Beale and wife Mary E. (Edwards) Beale, donated five acres of land on Oleander Avenue for the building of the first...

It is an unincorporated town just north of Bakersfield across the Kern River, west of the Kern River Oilfield, and east of Highway 99. The amount of land area in Oildale is 6.4 sq. miles. Most of the original U-2 spy planes flown out...

The 12th Annual SHRM Symposium & Expo will address many of the responsibilities that business owners and HR professionals juggle every day.  As the HR profession progresses the juggling becomes more involved.  To assist...

Here is your guide to hospitals in Bakersfield and the greater Kern County area: Bakersfield Bakersfield Heart Hospital: 3001 Sillect Ave., 316-6000, www.bakersfieldhearthospital.com. Bakersfield Memorial Hospital: 420 34th St.,...

American Heart Association 404 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield, 327-1173, www.americanheart.org. Education on heart disease and stroke, fundraisers. The American Heart Assocation is working everyday to save lives from America's No. 1...

Kern County wouldn't be what it is today if it weren't for the oil industry. We produce 67 percent of California's oil. If Kern County was a state, we would be fourth in the nation for oil production. Taxes raised from oil production...

Where can you get a good plate of fish ‘n’ chips in Bakersfield? What preschools do local parents recommend? What bands are playing this weekend? When you have local questions, Bakersfield.com and its sister Web...

Valley fever Valley fever is a fungal disease endemic to the San Joaquin Valley, particularly Kern County. It is contracted by breathing in spores released by the fungus, Coccidioides immitis, that grows in local soils. After...

Kern County has a number of programs for parents who wish to educate their children at home. Homeschooling is legal, although some are watching closely a court case that has threatened it. In February 2008, the 2nd District Court of...

California State University, Bakersfield 9001 Stockdale Highway, Bakersfield, CA 93311 654-CSUB (2782), 800-788-CSUB (2782), www.csub.edu President: Horace Mitchell Vision: “By 2014-15, CSU Bakersfield will be the leading...

The following is a list of private schools serving the Bakersfield area: Adventist Christian School: 555 Las Flores Ave., Ridgecrest, 760-375-8673, www.ridgecrestsda.org/school, 1-8. Bakersfield Adventist Academy: 3333 Bernard...

Where will your students go to school? What school district are you in? Find out more on the 2008 Kern School District Map!

   My husband and I are moving to Bakersfield along with our three kids. We don't know any one from there and are just wondering what areas are good clean and have excellent schools. Can any one give us a few pointers as to...