You may remember a few years back when the workers of the South Central Farm, who maintained a grassy patch of garden just south of Downtown, were evicted from the land in a rather bitter eminent domain battle. Now, the collective has purchased land outside of Bakersfield, in a town named Buttonwillow (home to a speedway and not much else), in anticipation of rebuilding and replanting their farm. Thanks to a sizable donation from a......

A guest post from Stephen G. Ruiz, a freelance photographer. LA's own Angel City Derby Girls kicked off their WFTDA sanctioned season with a crushing defeat of the Bakersfield Rollergirls, at the Toyota Sports Center in El Segundo on a balmy Saturday night. While the tempature inside was cool, the action was red hot. Catch ACDG again, May 17th, when the Shore Shots take on the Block Steady Crew at the TSC or meet the......

- Today is visiting day at the Twin Towers facility where America's most famous inmate resides - The Atwater Village Street Fest is still happening till 4pm - They've turned a roller rink into the sweetest named museum in all of Long Beach, The Molaa - The Sopranos finale comes on at 6pm if you're lucky enough to get the east coast feed of HBO - LCD Soundsystem is at the El Rey tonight......

A carefree Springtime waterparty turned tragic in Bakersfield when two kids who didn't know they had the E.Coli virus bacterium infected three others and possibly seven more including one adult. In a news conference on Monday, county health officials announced that two children were already sick when they attended the party and sickened other children, ABC23 reported. Officials said they are still trying to determine how the original two children got sick. Three children......

I don't know anything about NASCAR. I will not pretend to know anything about it. I do know that Kevin Harvick is from Bakersfield. I also know that if every race ended like this I would watch NASCAR all the time. One guy finished the race upside-down, on fire. More of this please. [full story: here]......