The air we breatheCitiesIn California’s Central Valley emissions from oil refineries and agriculture make Bakersfield America’s most air-polluted city. Activists fear the Trump administration could undo small but steady improvements
The bluffs on Panorama Road offer a wide view of the northern half of Bakersfield, which is one of the few major population centres in California’s Central Valley – perhaps the US’ leading agricultural motherlode.
It’s a rare bird’s eye vantage point of this low-slung farm city of roughly 375,000 people, nestled in a bowl created by the Sierra Nevada mountains to the east and part of the California Coast Ranges to the west. Read More...
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'Suite Life of Zack and Cody' ran for 87 episodes, so Cole and Dylan Sprouse potentially earned as much as $3.5 million together during their three-season run.
Published on March 2, 2023 2 min read TV stars can’t always demand the kind of high-paying gigs entertainers receive for movies. This is even more true when it comes to child actors. However, in some cases, breakout stars are able to negotiate paydays that make their peers jealous. Read More...
Peter Vaughan, the British actor known for playing the role of the blind Maester Aemon on Game of Thrones, has died at 93. Vaughan had a long career in British film and television, including a memorable appearances on the sitcoms Porridge and Citizen Smith, as well as film work in Terry Gilliam’s Brazil and Merchant and Ivory’s The Remains of the Day. He earned a BAFTA nomination for playing Christopher Eccleston’s dementia-stricken father in the 1996 TV drama Our Friends in the North. Read More...