CPH Daily Bulletin 10/8/2025
In the Central Valley, #Prop50 is a fight between Newsom’s #California and GOP’s Washington
https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/10/proposition-50-san-joaquin-valley/
#Redistricting #Gerrymandering #Bakersfield #KernCounty #KingsCounty #TulareCounty
CPH Daily Bulletin 10/7/2025
A huge $600-million casino — bigger than many Vegas rivals — is coming to #California next month
#KernCounty #Casinos #Tejon #Grapevine #Bakersfield #California
“playing the same guitar #DannyWhitten did...I first heard this song on a #bootleg I got at age 17, 1971 --live recording from #FillmoreEast, later released as an album. Cool song eh? Never knew Nils Lofgren played guitar with his thumb” — #billr2375, (same Bill as the last comment)
#NeilYoung / #CrazyHorse / #NilsLofgren / #live #Bakersfield #CA / 5 May 2018 <https://youtube.com/watch?v=AkiezAFQLTE>
The Edmonton Oilers trim their roster yet again, and also display new Power Play units https://www.rawchili.com/nhl/212987/ #AdamHenrique #Bakersfield #ConnorMcDavid #Edmonton #EdmontonOilers #EdmontonOilers #ekholm #EvanBouchard #Hockey #JakeWalman #JamesHamblin #JeffChiu #JoshBrown #JoshuaBrown #LeonDraisaitl #MacklinCelebrini #MattSavoie #NHL #Oilers #RobyJarventie #RyanNugentHopkins #SanJoseSharks #TrainingCamp #TrentFrederic #ViljamiMarjala #ZachHyman
CPH Daily Bulletin 9/26/2025
#EastBay grandmother deported to India says ICE denied her water, bed
https://oaklandside.org/2025/09/26/harjit-kaur-ice-deportation-india/
Roby Jarventie is an intriguing training camp story, but can he stay healthy? https://www.rawchili.com/nhl/191289/ #Bakersfield #Blues #BuffaloSabres #Calgary #camp #ColinChaulk #ConorAllen #Dallas #DylanGarand #Edmonton #EdmontonOilers #EdmontonOilers #Florida #Hockey #JackRoslovic #KlimKostin #MattGrzelcyk #MattSavoie #MikeHoffman #MilanLucic #NHL #Oilers #OlivierRodrigue #Ottawa #PeytonKrebs #RemPitlick #RobyJarventie #RookieCamp #TeamFinland #WashingtonCapitals #XavierBourgault
🔔#Earthquake (#sismo) M3.6 occurred 18 mi SW of #Bakersfield (#California) 4 min ago (local time 20:53:50). More info at:
📱https://m.emsc.eu/#app
🌐https://m.emsc.eu/?id=1863982
🖥https://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake_information/earthquake.php?id=1863982
🔔#Earthquake (#sismo) M3.6 strikes 18 mi SW of #Bakersfield (#California) 3 min ago. More info: https://m.emsc.eu/?id=1863982
2 Californians match 5 numbers in Powerball drawing
WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE IT FROM THOSE STUDENTS. ALL RIGHT. $1.7 BILLION. THAT’S THE NEW JACKPOT IN THE POWER…
#NewsBeep #News #Topstories #albertsons #arlingtonavenue #bakersfield #CaliforniaLottery #californians #Headlines #highway #jackpot #Lottery #lotteryofficial #majorjackpot #nextdrawing #number #p.m.ticket #powerball #powerballdrawing #powerballhistory #Riverside #staterbros.market #TopStories #wednesday
https://www.newsbeep.com/102370/
Just a network engineer after the night shift. Living the dream. Best thing next is getting to Augie. #kitty #cat #bakersfield #nightshift #network
A Common Perspective (t)
I have done a lot of shooting from this vantage point over the last five or so years. It offers a different view of the city even though the buildings pretty much stay in the same positions. Every once in a while, the Brower building will wander a little north or west just to make me take a good hard look. But, that isn't too often.
Bakersfield, California 2012
#A_Common_Perspective #Hogwash_Book_Two #cityscape #Bakersfield #photography
https://flic.kr/p/F6GqWu
At sunrise it’s still,
The mind and the world around.
Never disappoints.
River Walk Park
Bakersfield CA
#Haiku #Photography
#MonochromeAndColor
#Bakersfield
#California
#MakeArtEveryDay
#MakeToEscape
This fresh face on the Edmonton Oilers’ Top Prospects list will attempt to buck long NHL odds https://www.rawchili.com/nhl/157468/ #AidanPark #Bakersfield #Boston #Calgary #CultOfHockey #DavidStaples #Edmonton #EdmontonOilers #EdmontonOilers #GreenBayGamblers #Hockey #JimMatheson #LosAngeles #MattWinkelmeyer #NewJersey #NHL #NHLDraft #Oilers #RichardPark #TrentFrederic
Truck Warmer (t)
From the way back machine in 2003. Woody the cat looks for the highest point which happens to be on top of the old 1984 Chevy pickup. A good vantage point.
Bakersfield, California 2003
#Truck_Warmer #Hogwash_Book_Two #cat #Bakersfield #California #Kern_County #Hogwash #Hog_Wash #photography
https://flic.kr/p/23bAMAU
18 Cities with uninspired tallest buildings
Listed below are 18 American cities whose tallest buildings are less than inspiring nor particularly appealing visually. In many cases it appears that function (or budgetary considerations) overruled form as the lack of of panache, style, adornments, and interesting architectural features have made these buildings rather bland. It seems to this author that if you are going to the effort to construct the tallest building in a city, it ought to have some personality and visual appeal that enhances pride in the community.
When comparing the Rhodes State Office Tower in Columbus, Ohio to its surrounding counterparts, it is quite apparent that the Rhodes Tower is boxy and lacks charm. This is especially evident when viewing it in comparison to the city’s prior tallest building, the stunningly gorgeous LeVeque Tower.
Rhodes Tower – Source: en.wikipedia.org LeVeque Tower – Source: sah-archipedia.orgWhat may be the most disappointing is the example from Charleston, South Carolina. This is not because the building is worse than the others, but due to the fact that it seems out-of-sync with the historic colonial integrity of that charming city.
Sixteen of the 19 towers (there is one tie) identified below were built between the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s. That may say something about the styles employed during that two-decade period or that budgetary considerations outweighed style. Hopefully, if and when some of these towers are refurbished, the work can include adding some features that make them visually more appealing.
Peace!
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MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE
100 N. Main (1965): Memphis, TN – Source en.wikipedia.orgCOLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA
Capitol Center (1987) : Columbia, SC – Source: en.wikipeidia.orgMACON, GEORGIA
Fickling & Co. Building (1969): Macon, GA – Source en.wikipedia.orgGARY, INDIANA
504 Broadway (1927): Gary, IN – Source: skyscrapercenter.comRIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA
Mount Rubidoux Manor (1971): Riverside, CA – Source: skydb.netBAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA
Stockdale Tower (1982): Bakersfield, CA – skydb.netODESSA, TEXAS
Prosperity Bank (1952): Odessa, TX – Source: newsflare.comNEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
Hancock Whitney Center (1972) – New Orleans, LA – Source: en.wikipedia.orgNEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA
River Park Tower (1986): Newport News, VA – Source: skydb.netSPOKANE, WASHINGTON
BoA Financial Center (1981) – Spokane, WA – Source: en.wikipedia.orgCOLUMBUS, OHIO
Rhodes State Office Tower (1973): Columbus, OH – Source: en.wikipedia.orgWAUKEGAN, ILLINOIS
Hotel Waukegan (1927): Waukegan, IL – Source: en.wikipedia.orgMUNCIE, INDIANA
Teacher’s College Building (1968): Muncie, IN – Source: skydb.comLAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA
Chase Tower (1975): Lafayette, LA – Source: chasetowerlafayeette.comFALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS
Riverview Tower (1973): Fall River, MA – Source: google.gemini.ai and heraldnews.comHARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
333 Market (1978): Harrisburg, PA – Source skydb.comCHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA
Dockside Condominiums (1978): Charleston, SC – Source: skydb,comKANSAS CITY, KANSAS (two tied for the tallest building)
Wyandotte Towers (1973) -Kansas City, KS – Source: skydb.com Vista Condominiums (1969) – Kansas City, KS – Source: skydb.comTRENTON, NEW JERSEY
1 Kingsbury Square (1972): Trenton, NJ – Source: skyscrapercenter.com#Bakersfield #beauty #buildings #Charleston #cities #Columbia #columbus #design #FallRiver #Gary #Harrisburg #KansasCity #Lafayette #landUse #Macon #Memphis #Muncie #NewOrleans #NewportNews #Odessa #panache #planning #Riverside #skylines #skyscrapers #Spokane #style #towers #Trenton #Waukegan
Tag, You're It! (t)
Paintcan Harry was really good at what he did. Tagging. A buddy of his had an engine he used to do side work the major railroads wouldn't. Harry painted Railroad Police on a car and had his buddy haul him all over the county. Harry's buddy would drop the car and Harry would wander around tagging other...
Bakersfield, California 2011
#Tag_Youre_It #Hogwash_Book_Two #caboose #bakersfield #california #Hogwash #Hog_Wash #Kern_County #photography
https://flic.kr/p/21SaJVx
Learn From Failure (t)
The Sun slowly sinks on Transylvania and Wilbur the Wolf gets another chance to practice his howling. So far, Wilbur has not done well with his howling. It was pretty obvious when he heard Count Dracula exclaim, "Listen to them, the children of the night. What music they make, except, for Wilbur. Get with the program, Wilbur!"
Bakersfield, California 2011
#Learn_From_Failure #Hogwash_Book_Two #sunset #Bakersfield #California #photography
https://flic.kr/p/F6ww2E
Standing Tall (t)
I don't know about your location, but, the Central San Joaquin Valley in California has a ton of electrical transmission towers. It would be wise not to walk around holding conductive materials pointing skyward.
Bakersfield, California 2011
#Standing_Tall #Hogwash_Book_Two #electrical_transmission_tower #Bakersfield #California #Kern_County #Hogwash #Hog_Wash #photography
https://flic.kr/p/23bJjAW
