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Bakersfield

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2013

    Taft School Shooting NOT In L.A.'s San Fernando Valley

    Following another school shooting, this one at Taft High School near Bakersfield, the LAPD has had to clarify that this DIDN'T happen at the Taft campus in the San Fernando Valley. Really. The media is so East Coast-biased (it's not like more than 15 million people live in the area from Bakersfiel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 2, 2013

    The Ten Best Country Albums of 2012

    By Alan Scherstuhl This list of the year's best country albums is assembled with two important premises in mind: First: If the people who record and listen to these records consider them country, than they're damn well country. Purists who argue that country should still sound like '68, '76, '84 o ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 11, 2012

    Honky-tonk painting

    By Alan Scherstuhl This list of the year's best country albums is assembled with two important premises in mind: First: If the people who record and listen to these records consider them country, than they're damn well country. Purists who argue that country should still sound like '68, '76, '84 o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 3, 2012

    Five Artsy Things to Do This Week, Including Ceiling Fan Sculptures

    This week, a painter takes on the weirdness of Bakersfield, an artist sends pictures made to last billions of years into orbit and an artist's biographer talks about why her subject is still being censored two decades after his death. 5. Whited-out activism The prints from Juan Capistran's new sho ... More >>

  • News

    June 14, 2012

    Shelley Lubben's Pink Cross Aims to Rescue Sex Actresses: The Industry Wants Her to Shut Up

    This week, a painter takes on the weirdness of Bakersfield, an artist sends pictures made to last billions of years into orbit and an artist's biographer talks about why her subject is still being censored two decades after his death. 5. Whited-out activism The prints from Juan Capistran's new sho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2012

    VIDEO: Bear Cub Tasered for Crashing Middle-School Graduation in Bakersfield

    What did we tell you? It's the Rise of the Planet of the Black Bears! Here in L.A. County, they've begun staking out our sidewalk trees and taking Memorial Day dips in our infinity-edge swimming pools. (No joke.) And now, out in Bakersfield, they're apparently shooting for their GEDs: Rural TV new ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2012

    Mono/Poly Disses Obama, Praises Ron Paul

    It was the '90s in Bakersfield, and West Coast gangster rap gripped much of the town. But Charles Dickerson felt bored. So he ignored what was popular, sticking with his beloved electronic music. He now performs under the name Mono/Poly, and released an EP under Brainfeeder last year. The 25-year-o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2012

    Roller Derby for Guys? Check Out the Drive-By City Rollers

    He got into it because of his girlfriend: "I saw the movie, then a few months later I was introduced to her and roller derby at the same time. She invited me to come along to watch her, and I was immediately enthralled -- girls hitting each other."Another guy came over from England last year and sig ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2012

    L.A. Weekly Theater Awards 2012: The Winners

    ​​L.A. Weekly 's 33rd annual theater awards took place tonight at the Avalon in Hollywood, honoring the best work on our small stages from 2011, as judged by our theater critics. Small Engine Repair presented by Rogue Machine at Theatre/Theater won production of the year, while Re-Animator The ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2011

    Roderick Wright, Inglewood Senator Accused of Sexual Harassment, Pays Woman $120K in State Money to Shut Up: Report

    Bakersfield NowOK, ew.​The most infuriating part about the California State Senate's reported $120,000 payout on behalf of Senator Roderick Wright (D-Inglewood) last year -- just now revealed by the Los Angeles Times -- is that officials are treating it like nothing out of the ordinary. Wrigh ... More >>

  • News

    October 20, 2011

    L.A.'s Sewage Crap Export Flap

    Each week, enough black sludge to fill Staples Center arrives in Kern County

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2011

    Nature Mart in Los Feliz to Close

    Guzzle & NoshAssorted vegetables.​After 38 years in business, popular Los Feliz health food store Nature Mart will close on November 1st, reports Echo Park Patch. Founded by Matt Huupponen in 1973, the store known for its array of bulk food items, fresh fruit and vegetables and freshly pressed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 6, 2011

    VIDEO: Canyon Fire Lights Up Wind Farm Over Tehachapi Pass

    YouTubeEarth, wind & wildfire​The massive fire ignited by a double-fatality plane crash in Blackburn Canyon, Tehachapi, on Sunday has since raged through nearly 15,000 acres of Kern County. A dozen homes have been destroyed, and 650 more are under evacuation orders. Bakersfield Now has some in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2011

    What's In Season at the Farmers Markets: Kyoho and Red Flame Grapes A Request For Bronx

    Felicia FriesemaKyoho grapes are now available at Ha's Apple Farm.​ Cherries are to the start of summer as grapes are to the end of it. Yes, we're still in July, but this is when we start to see the seasonal harvests switch gears into later-bearing crops. This past week we noted -- in part b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2011

    What's in Season at the Farmers Markets: First Cherries of the Season

    Amy ScattergoodEarly cherries from Murray Family Farms​ The earliest hint that the seasons are starting to switch from spring to summer is the baskets, bowls, and piles of early sweet and sour cherries on local market tables. We started watching the calendar when the artichokes showed up. On ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    February 17, 2011

    Basque in Bakersfield

    Communal dining at the Noriega Hotel

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2011

    I-5 Freeway At L.A. Grapevine Still Closed After Night From Wintery Hell

    Bakersfield NowNot a good start for weather in 2011​What a depressing way to start a brand-new year of the infamous Los Angeles commute. All those holiday stragglers who waited until Sunday night to drive home -- hoping to avoid the mass SoCal exodus/influx, not realizing it was really this z ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2010

    California's $43 Billion Bullet Train Will Go To ... Bakersfield?

    A bullet train, German-style.​The Weekly's Jill Stewart noted this week that California's planned high-speed rail line's "route to nowhere" now has a route to ... somewhere -- but not here, or San Francisco, or San Diego, or pretty much anywhere a vast majority of California's population resid ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2010

    California Bullet Train To Los Angeles Via Bakersfield: Real Or A $43 Billion Mirage?

    Money is so tight, the new leg doesn't actually go into Bakersfield as pictured.​The California High-Speed Rail Authority, ridiculed for its secrecy, mismanagement, conflicts of interest and crazy overspending -- and for choosing as the California bullet train's first leg a "route to nowhere" ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 26, 2010

    In Search Of: Chad Brown on Rare Country From Prison, Johnny Paycheck and the Phillipines

    courtesy chad brown​ Chad Brown is an L.A.-based DJ and the singer/guitarist in CB Brand, and he may well know more about country music than anyone you're likely to encounter in this city. He is a true historian who recalls the backstories of each record in immense detail--from how he found i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2010

    SoCal's 'Geezer Bandit' Struck A Bank In Bakersfield, FBI Says

    10 NewsThe notorious Geezer Bandit.​The so-called "Geezer Bandit" has been on a record bank-heist spree across Southern California. He's been so prolific that we really have to wonder if he's a true senior citizen. After all, earlier this month a young Asian man flew from Hong Kong to Canada w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2010

    Buck McKeon Wins* California Congressional District 25 In Election 2010, Obliterating Opponent Jackie Conaway In Gladiator-Style Death Match

    ​We're calling it: Buck McKeon (R) of Bakersfield is your next representative for California Congressional District 22. He beat opponent Jackie Conaway (D) by a landslide. *OK, so we fibbed in the headline. The final results aren't in and the polls haven't closed. But thanks to sleazy incumb ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2010

    Officials To Consider Four High Speed Rail Stations In The Valley

    ​According to the Burbank Leader, officials are set to meet next week to hear reports on possible high-speed rail locations in the San Fernando Valley. California's planned 800-mile high-speed rail system will include one station in the Valley. Representatives of the California High-Speed R ... More >>

  • Stage

    June 24, 2010

    Fringe on the Top

    L.A.'s first noncurated arts festival is a triumph

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2010

    South Central Farmers: New Life with a Ceremony, a Festival Water

    Brooke BurtonTribal Elders and South Central Farmers at Buttonwillow Farm's Blessing​ The sun rose over Buttonwillow Farm in Bakersfield early last Saturday morning, as Native American elders and members of the South Central Farmers collective gathered to bless the land for future harvest. In ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2010

    Web Surfing: A Roundup of Posts from L.A. Food Blogs and Newsletters

    -- Pat Saperstein checks out the new Tip Top (banh mi! gelato!) location in Rosemead. [Eating L.A.] -- Laurent Torondel leaves his own empire. [Daily Dish] -- Expats from Chile gather at Rincon Chileno in the wake of the recent devastating Chilean earthquake. [Grub Street] -- Andrew Knowlton disc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2009

    Interview: Seminal Deathrock Band Burning Image Hits LA for Halloween

    ​ Back in the early '80s, when deathrock was taking over California, a group of young guys from Bakersfield formed Burning Image. They released a 7" single and played with bands like Specimen, Dead Kennedys and Butthole Surfers. Years after their demise, Jello Biafra re-released Burning Image ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 23, 2009

    GRAFFITI CAN BE A REWARDING CAREER!

    ​ Back in the early '80s, when deathrock was taking over California, a group of young guys from Bakersfield formed Burning Image. They released a 7" single and played with bands like Specimen, Dead Kennedys and Butthole Surfers. Years after their demise, Jello Biafra re-released Burning Image ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 30, 2008

    Love's Old Sweet Song

    ​ Back in the early '80s, when deathrock was taking over California, a group of young guys from Bakersfield formed Burning Image. They released a 7" single and played with bands like Specimen, Dead Kennedys and Butthole Surfers. Years after their demise, Jello Biafra re-released Burning Image ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 16, 2008

    Amazing Los Angeles City Council Salaries: $171,648 plus goodies

    ​ Back in the early '80s, when deathrock was taking over California, a group of young guys from Bakersfield formed Burning Image. They released a 7" single and played with bands like Specimen, Dead Kennedys and Butthole Surfers. Years after their demise, Jello Biafra re-released Burning Image ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2008

    LAFF 2008: Centered and Finished

    Even though HELLBOY II was called the “closing night” gala, with a huge after party to match, one more day remained of LAFF. But it didn’t seem like it would have much to offer me: family festivities provided pony rides for the kids, while the sparse remaining screenings were mostly things I h ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    May 3, 2007

    Film Reviews: Lucky You, Waitress, Rock the Bells

    Even though HELLBOY II was called the “closing night” gala, with a huge after party to match, one more day remained of LAFF. But it didn’t seem like it would have much to offer me: family festivities provided pony rides for the kids, while the sparse remaining screenings were mostly things I h ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    February 8, 2007

    The 20 Best L.A. Italian Restaurants

    Winter Restaurants 2007 – The Italian moment and four classic delis

  • Columns

    December 21, 2006

    Onward, American Soldier

    Private First Class Mendoza goes to war

  • Music

    March 30, 2006

    Buck Owens, 1929-2006

    Private First Class Mendoza goes to war

  • Eat+Drink

    May 26, 2005

    Ask Mr. Gold

    Private First Class Mendoza goes to war

  • News

    January 6, 2005

    Hollywood Country

    Dont look for the soul of country music in glitzy Nashville or even Bakersfield. Its right here on the grand ole streets of L.A.

  • News

    January 29, 2004

    No Escape for an O.G.

    Kershaun Lil Monster Scott thought South-Central was tough. Then he moved to Kern County

  • Eat+Drink

    January 15, 2004

    Two Guys Walk Into a Bar . . .

    Kershaun Lil Monster Scott thought South-Central was tough. Then he moved to Kern County

  • News

    December 25, 2003

    What To Eat Now: The Year's Best Dishes

    Kershaun Lil Monster Scott thought South-Central was tough. Then he moved to Kern County

  • LA Life

    May 29, 2003

    Around the World in 80 Miles

    Think globally, travel locally

  • LA Life

    May 29, 2003

    Planet Bakersfield

    So far from heaven, so close to L.A.

  • News

    April 11, 2002

    Operation Miscue

    How legal problems, cultural shifts and internal turmoil muffled Americas radical anti-abortion movement, and why the battle isnt over

  • Music

    December 13, 2001

    Roll Truck Roll

    Red Simpson, The Bard of Bakersfield

  • Music

    July 26, 2001

    Roy Nichols, 19322001

    Red Simpson, The Bard of Bakersfield

  • Music

    July 20, 2000

    Butch Blanket Bingo

    Red Simpson, The Bard of Bakersfield

  • LA Life

    July 20, 2000

    Lets Get Lost

    Red Simpson, The Bard of Bakersfield

  • Music

    June 29, 2000

    Heartaches by the Numbers

    Red Simpson, The Bard of Bakersfield

  • News

    October 21, 1999

    Love and Hell

    Merle Haggard's Twin Oracles

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