This turned out to be such a fun story, and with more elements than we could run the first time around, that we decided to give readers a second look at an old Kern County map. For background ...

The 38,000-acre Borel fire in Kern County has leveled the tiny, historic mining town of Havilah. “We lost everything — it’s all gone,” Havilah resident Sean Rains told The Times on Sunday.

There are many historical landmarks throughout Kern County that people drive by each day, though others are in not so well-traveled areas. This article will take you to some of those places with ...