+2 Entertainment NICK STROBEL: Rare conjunction of planets on tap BY NICK STROBEL For The Californian Jun 6, 2026 Over the past couple of months, we've seen the two brightest planets, Venus and Jupiter, draw closer and closer together in the western sky in…
+2 Entertainment NICK STROBEL: Constellations on display this spring BY NICK STROBEL For The Californian May 2, 2026 On Friday, the moon was at full moon phase. Since the lunar phase cycle is 29.5 days long, May will have a "blue (full) moon" at the end of th…
+2 Entertainment NICK STROBEL: Don't miss last shows of spring BY NICK STROBEL For The Californian Apr 4, 2026 Tickets are still available for this Thursday's showing of "Incoming!" and the April 23 showing of "Supervolcanoes" (the last show of the spri…
+2 Entertainment NICK STROBEL: Moon moves this spring BY NICK STROBEL For The Californian Mar 21, 2026 We are now officially in the season of spring with the start at the March equinox yesterday, though the weather seems to have jumped to summer!
+2 Entertainment NICK STROBEL: Leo signals spring is on its way BY NICK STROBEL For The Californian Mar 7, 2026 Tonight the moon is now in a waning gibbous phase after the big full moon total lunar eclipse show earlier this week that won't be visible aga…
+2 Entertainment NICK STROBEL: Lunar eclipse on tap for March 3 BY NICK STROBEL For The Californian Feb 21, 2026 Tonight the waxing crescent will be on the west side of Aries and set at about 10:30 p.m. A couple of nights later, the moon will be at first-…
News State lawsuit against feds, if successful, could boost Kern hydrogen projects BY JOHN COX jcox@bakersfield.com Feb 20, 2026 At least three hydrogen production projects proposed in Kern County could benefit if a lawsuit filed this week by attorneys general in Califor…
+2 Entertainment NICK STROBEL: Pre-spring sky shines bright with planets BY NICK STROBEL For The Californian Feb 7, 2026 Jupiter continues shining brightly in the east in the evening among the stars of Gemini. To the right of Gemini is Orion with orange-red Betel…
Community Voices Community Voices: What happens when your neighbor is a refinery? The human cost of hydrogen’s ‘green’ promise By JENNIFER MARTINEZ-MEDINA Jan 29, 2026 The Kern Energy refinery processes 25,000 barrels of crude oil per day. It is a major industrial presence embedded in the small, unincorporate…
+2 Entertainment NICK STROBEL: Jupiter bright in night sky BY NICK STROBEL For The Californian Jan 17, 2026 The very bright "star" you see in the eastern sky after sunset is actually the planet Jupiter. It is just coming off opposition when it was di…
