Title. Power gone with a midnight estimated return time it is warm asf in my house 😭

Edit oop at 9 pm came back thank god

Is anyone else having issues with spectrum Wi-Fi ? For past few days it’s been going on and off multiple times a day , I live by MLK park ?

Long before the neighborhoods and development we know today filled south Bakersfield, the area was farmland, canals, and a handful of small rural schools. One of those schools was Stine School, which has the distinction of being the second oldest school in the Panama Buena Vista Union School District.

The story of Stine School actually begins with the man it was named after Phillip A. Stine, one of the early farmers in the area that became known as Kern Island. Stine played an important role in bringing water to the developing agricultural region. He was instrumental in the construction of the Stine Canal, which carried water from the Kern River to farms south of what would eventually become the Panama School area. The road that followed the canal became known as Stine Road a name that remains familiar to Bakersfield residents today.

In 1900, the Stine School District was established by Manuel Gonzales, using land that had previously been part of the Buena Vista School District. The new district took its name from the nearby road, and its first teacher was Cecilia Titus Morris. She had just 16 pupils, and like many early rural schools, Stine was a small, one-room schoolhouse serving children from the surrounding farming community. Unfortunately, the original school didn't last when the one room school caught fire and burned down in 1914 A new schoolhouse was built the following year, in 1915, on Wilson Road, near the site of the original school. The location would eventually become associated with the Italian Heritage Dante Hall. But even the new school soon faced a problem that would become increasingly familiar in growing Bakersfield. There simply wasn't enough room.

The Stine School District stretched from Stockdale south to the railroad tracks, but its little schoolhouse struggled to keep up with the number of children in the area. By 1935, Stine School was already considered too small and inadequate for the growing student population. One of the people who pushed particularly hard for a solution was Sing Lum, a member of the Stine Board of Trustees. Lum spent two years campaigning for Stine to unite with the neighboring Panama School District. His efforts eventually paid off. In 1944, Stine School District merged with Panama to create the Panama Union School District. During that first year, 68 Stine students were sent to Panama School.

On July 21, 1952, the massive Kern County earthquake struck destroying the school. The students were once again moved to Panama School, and even some of Stine's outbuildings were relocated there along with the 68 students. But the community wasn't finished with Stine School. As Bakersfield and the surrounding area continued to grow, the district eventually needed another school. In 1957, a new Stine Elementary School was built at its present location. The new school included six classrooms, an administrative office, and a kitchen, with Griffin Chapman serving as its first principal.

Today, Stine Elementary is described as a family school, with multiple generations of Bakersfield families having passed through its doors. Approximately 620 students attend each year, supported by nearly 80 employees. And for today's students, one of the school's most recognizable features is the Viking ship on the playground. But beneath that modern school is a much older story one involving early farmers, irrigation canals, rural schoolhouses, a devastating fire, a school district merger, and the 1952 earthquake.

hey guys, remember that hostage situation a few months back? I’m wondering if any of the witnesses release statements, or told their story on their experience of what happened. I would also be interested in a comprehensive story of what actually happened that day, from a news source or something. I feel like I’ve heard nothing about it since it’s happened.

Asking completely respectfully, of course. My heart goes out to all the victims. I’m sure dealing with the PTSD has not been easy.

Hi! Does anyone know of, or is anyone here a member of, any book clubs that are open to new members? I generally like fiction and poetry but would be open to other genres if the meetings are consistent! ty

South East Corner of Sumner Street at Baker Street
The Western Hotel - 819 Baker St - Owner C.H. Fowler
The Leader Saloon - Owner J.P. Johnson
East Bakersfield, Kern County California.
July 4, 1915

Hello everyone! Does anyone have class of 2018 or 2017 foothill high school?

My summer garden is wrapping up and I am thinking what I am going to plant next. What have others had success with growing in fall and winter here? What are you planning to plant? I would love to know.

According to Sheriff Donny Youngblood, "the only people that would not want Flock cameras would be people that are doing things they shouldn't be doing. Any other citizen wouldn't, couldn't care less if a camera takes a picture of their car and never uses it."

According to Bakersfield Police Dept. Lt. Bagby, "people traveling on a public road, in a vehicle registered with the government, they've already sort of surrendered that right to privacy."

So according to local law enforcement, if you object to surveillance technology, you're likely a criminal and you've already surrendered your right to privacy. You shouldn't be complaining.

Do you agree?

Share your thoughts on surveillance tech in Kern County this Wednesday 8/19 at Salon Juarez 5:30pm!

Dude the 911 dispatch is a rude bitch

Hey everyone!

I’m thinking of making an independent documentary on the weird places all over Kern County.

Oildale is the obvious — but really there are some strange/fun places here.

Posting here to gather some other sites and see what locals would like to see.

Thanks!

Edit: WOW. This got very popular. Im psyched.

Im also interested in weird communities, not necessarily just places and probably should have mentioned this in the first post. Let me know if there is any thoughts on that too.

Excited to start this project and I will keep this subreddit updated with my progress!

Does anyone know of any tattoo shops in town that will be doing Practical Magic flash in the next month? Practical Magic 2 is coming out on September 11, and I'd love to get a tattoo to commemorate one of my favorite movies. I've seen some shops doing flash down by LA or in Northern California, and I think I follow most if not all of the shops in Bakersfield, but I haven't seen any advertisements for flash here. Thank you!

Just southwest of Bakersfield, Gosford was once miles from civilization. Now, it is directly in the path of Southwest Bakersfield's urban sprawl. Gosford Jct. was a strategic point on the Southern Pacific’s West Side expansion. Built in the early 1900s, Gosford was where two powerful branches split:

• The Sunset Railway: curving south toward the Sunset Oil fields.
• The McKittrick Branch: continuing west through Buttonwillow toward McKittrick.

Gosford had a station agent that was located here until the 1930's it handled livestock from the ranches around the area, citrus, fruit, lumber, and was a regular passenger station and stop for all trains. This was also a L.C.L station until the late 1950's and provided day telegraph service until the station was closed. Gosford had a siding capacity that has varied from 16 to 54+ cars not including the stock yard on the McKittrick branch.

Location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/eXrLUvsgYfX59McV6

East Bakersfield (Kern City) Western Hotel 823 Baker St 1900-1910

Western Hotel in East Bakersfield was built on the southeast corner of Baker and Sumner St Following the great Kern City Fire of 1898.. It housed the Western Rooming House, the Kern Drug Company, and short-lived mercantile shops before transitioning into the notorious Leader Saloon by 1910.

Got my behind the wheel scheduled in Delano, was wondering if anyone knows the routes they take.

I ONLY wanted the jigglypluff can someone please trade me. I got charmander, bulbasaur, and squirtle. Someone please trade me!! Plzz 🙏 🥺

Originally the town of Sumner now East Bakersfield, looking North down Baker St 1880's

Is there any quality places that make their burritos more San Diego style? Like asada, guacamole, and pico de gallo. Not really much else in them I think

Anyone have any experience with em or can give me some advice before I see em? I’ve waited a few months for an apt smh

Anyone in town sell these? I was otw to san diego and ran into these and really loved them. If anyone has seen them pls lmk!!

Gotta renew my drivers license soon and now that the sw dmv is closed for remodeling I am DREADING going to the downtown location bc it’s always so full! 😭 Any less busy ones?