My wife is fourth-generation Bakersfield and I’m third-generation Bakersfield so we have pretty deep roots.

We’ve both been all over the world, and I work in Malibu and my wife works in Santa Monica.

But Bakersfield is home. Where else can you be surrounded by so much that is growing?

When we look at Bakersfield, we think of Steinbeck. Call it delusional, but hey, well, okay, it’s delusional. But Bakersfield is home.