The Kern County Board of Supervisors approved a series of maintenance projects at the Buena Vista Aquatic Recreational Area to include a new splash pad, picnic pavilion and other features they said ...

A “staycation” is more of a modern term that has entered the American vernacular, but as summer approaches and the itch to get out of the house starts, sometimes a staycation is just what one needs.

Buena Vista is a man-made site located approximately 25 miles southwest of Bakersfield. When the site was completed in April 1973, it took 43 days to fill both Lake Evans and the much larger Lake Webb ...