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Howser helps history move along

It was mid-morning on July 10 in Bakersfield. Cars and SUVs were wedged everywhere there was a place to park. In some cases vehicles were double- parked next to an old, modest-appearing house on the corner of Rosedale Highway and Calloway Drive. Dozens of people were milling around outside, checking out a photo display that was set up in one section of the front yard before going inside to see rooms of antiques dating back to the early 1900s. Then, Huell Howser and his camera crew arrived, officially putting a stamp of importance on this day. Howser, who writes, produces and stars in his own nationally-syndicated, public television, documentary series, "California's Gold," came to Bakersfield to include the J.J. Lopez House in a future episode. Why would the Lopez House interest Howser? More
Posted: 7/16/07; 2:56:39 PM | Permalink(#)


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