There’s a funny story recorded in a display at the West Kern Oil Museum about the city of Taft. The town reportedly began as “Siding Number Two” on the Sunset Railroad. But when the rails arrived ...

Every five years, the fading US town of Taft puts on a days-long "Oildorado" festival to celebrate its glory days at the center of California's black gold rush. Thousands flock to its parade of ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) – It’s human nature to sometimes take for granted the people and places we experience every day. Sometimes it takes outsiders to see remarkable things in our familiar daily ...