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Historic downtown tower against an amber dusk sky

Docuseries

Bakersfield: Untold Stories

20256 episodesDocumentary SeriesArchive

Archive tape, family photographs and first-person accounts assembled into a people's history of the city.

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Water tower silhouetted against a deep sunset

Vetra Original Series

What's the 661?

The county, block by block.

Woman walking down a row of blossoming orchard trees

Lifestyle Series

Behind the Bloom

Six weeks of blossom, a whole year of work.

Oil pumpjacks on golden hills at sunset

Docuseries

Raised Here

Portraits of people who stayed.

Orchard rows in soft overcast light

Food. People. Places.

Local Life

A half hour, one neighborhood.

Empty street at night under neon signage

Original Series

Night Shift

The county between midnight and six.

Historic tower building at dusk

Restored

The Archive

Sixteen millimeter, found in a garage.