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Community members rally to save Sumner Station Sumner Station and last updated 2021-04-10 01:12:33-04 BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Members of the community have been rallying to save Sumner Station in Old Town Kern from demolition. Sumner Station has been around since the 1800s, but when community members heard it might be demolished, they flooded social media with photos of relatives and their ties to the station. One Bakersfield native showcased the memories through acrylic on canvas, which eventually touched a Bakersfield city council member. “I was reliving a memory,” said Mike...

Bakersfield's Fox Theater speaks out in defense of threatened 1889 train depot in Old Town Kern Courtesy: Fox Theater and last updated 2021-04-08 22:22:29-04 BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Thursday, the Fox Theater Foundation has chosen to display the message "#SaveSumnerStation" on the theater's marquee, in solidarity with Sumner Station. The Sumner Station in Old Town Kern has been under threat from its owner, Union Pacific, who has announced that once they vacate the office spaces in the building, they will demolish the structure. The immediate threat of the station's demolition will require ...