(KGET) — In 1985, Merle Haggard wrote a love song to something very close to his heart: A place, not a person, that gave him peace, comfort and strength. The Kern River. In 2016, he wrote ...

The annual Haggard Boxcar Music Festival is scheduled for April at the Kern County Museum. The event includes a plethora of Bakersfield artists, as well as a viewing opportunity of the boxcar that ...