Bakersfield Life

Honoring Those Who Give Back

On March 14, CSU Bakersfield will induct its 2009 class of accomplished former students into the CSUB Alumni Hall of Fame, a ceremony of recognition that was initiated ...

The Local Boys of Summer
By Chris Thompson

More than 91,000 square foot of sod lay on the new practice field of the Roadrunners of Cal State University, Bakersfield. More than just a place t...

It was a rough morning for everyone involved. The photographer who was expected at downtown’s La Dolce Vita to shoot three women’s transformation from plain Jane to super chic hydroplaned ...

The best way to summarize the evolution of Bakersfield over the past 25 years would be to call it a city reaching maturity. The population of the city more than doubled and Bakersfield’s residen...

Artistic License

Three local artists lead the way in Bakersfield’s transition to an art town

If you haven’t noticed, Bakersfield is beginning to turn into an art hotspot in the Centr...

Ten Historic Events That Have Shaped the History of Bakersfield
By Jeff Nickell

It has now been 140 years since the city of Bakersfield was founded and named for Col. Thomas Baker. Things have cer...

The Greatest Thing About Bakersfield

And The Winner Is...

When The Greatest Thing About Bakersfield competition started back in July 2008, the staff at Bakersfield Life wondered who would come o...

Fairytale Weddings
Melissa Peaker-Whitten

Wedding dreams. Most women have been imagining their wedding day since childhood and in their minds it takes on fairytale proportions. From the look of th...

Stories Behind the Structures

The Kern County Museum recently received an Institute of Museums and Library Services grant to add interpretive signs in front of each historic structure. These signs ...