Due to its key position in the southern San Joaquin Valley, Bakersfield is served by several media outlets.

An important route, it linked the southern San Joaquin Valley, to Tehachapi and industries in the Mojave Desert.

Climate is typical of the southern San Joaquin Valley, and is arid.

It connects the Central Coast to the southern San Joaquin Valley.

It is California's single largest remaining remnant of native grassland that was once abundant in the southern San Joaquin Valley .

The terrain is typical of the southern San Joaquin Valley.

Its headwaters are located on the western slopes of the Tehachapi Mountains, and it flows northwest into the southern San Joaquin Valley.

The areas in the southern San Joaquin Valley had been demanding a four-year university since the 1950s.

This transports water to the southern San Joaquin Valley and vast urban lands south of the Tehachapi Mountains.

In 1874, the Southern Pacific railroad was extended to the southern San Joaquin Valley.