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covering an area of 145 square miles (380 km2) serving an urban population of more than 800,000. The current chief of the department is Greg Terry.[122] The department protects the city, split between two areas: West area and East area...
In the 1970s, some city officials tried to name a street after Buck Owens. They tried it again in the 1980s, and in the 1990s. Owens was embarrassed by the fuss--and the resistance. But as Owens is beginning to feel his years, Bakersfield is coming to appreciate him. At a Rotary m...