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The unincorporated community was named for Elverta Dike, whose husband donated property to a local church. [9] The Elverta/Rio Linda community is located on part of the Rancho Del Paso Mexican land grant of 1844. In 1910, a Fruit Land Company of Minneapolis acquired 12,000 acres (49 km 2) of the Grant and in 1912 the area was subdivided.
Caliente (Spanish for "Hot") [2] is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California. [1] It is located 22 miles (35 km) east-southeast of Bakersfield, [2] at an elevation of 1,312 feet (400 m).
Mechanics Bank Arena is a multi-purpose arena in Bakersfield, California.Located downtown at the corner of Truxtun Avenue and N Street, it was built in 1998, and was originally known as Centennial Garden, a name submitted by local resident Brian Landis. [6]
The Governor Edmund G. Brown California Aqueduct is a system of canals, tunnels, and pipelines that conveys water collected from the Sierra Nevada Mountains and valleys of Northern and Central California to Southern California. [4]
Hurricane Hilary was a large and powerful Pacific hurricane in August 2023 that brought torrential rainfall and gusty winds to the Pacific Coast of Mexico, the Baja California Peninsula, and the Southwestern United States, resulting in widespread flooding and mudslides.
The First Baptist Church, also known as the Bell Towers, is a historic church complex built in 1931 in Bakersfield, California. The church moved to a new campus in 1977 and the building presently used as an office building. [2] The structure was placed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) on January 2, 1979.
The Lakeview Gusher was an eruption of hydrocarbons from a pressurized oil well in the Midway-Sunset Oil Field in Kern County, California, in 1910.Caused by a blowout, it created the largest accidental oil spill in history, lasting 18 months and releasing an estimated 9 million barrels (1.4 × 10 ^ 6 m 3) of crude oil.
Aug. 20—The National Weather Service in Hanford issued a warning shortly after noon Sunday about flash flooding in eastern Kern. The agency advised people to move to higher ground in an area ...