Kern Facts

The design industry is about creativity—you don’t learn that from someone else.

FASHION TIP: Add a ‘pop’ of color to your business look...

This community-minded businessman has been running companies since he was a teenager, starting with a video cassette rental store. While he did his fair share of country dancing at Trout’s in the early ‘90s it wasn’t until 1999 that Rockwell officially came on board to work with Vern Hoover to give Trout’s a shot in the arm...

FASHION TIP: Find out what looks good on you and ROCK it.

FASHION TIP: Find a good tailor and try to get on “their good side”

You have to deal with a lot of “no’s” but it’s worth it to interact with the greats...

The familiar buzz of a neon sign could be heard outside many a diner, bar, and theater in Bakersfield throughout the 1940s, and ‘50s. The glow emitted from these signs caused an electric stir in people. And it still does today...

When he was nine, Saylor’s mother took him on a routine trip to the mall where legendary magician Chuck Jones just happened to be performing. The act left an impression. “I knew that magic would be a part of my life,” Saylor, who put on his first show at the ripe old age of 10...

Born into a family of tennis players, Pfister picked up his racket early and never looked back. “I really had no aspirations to be a professional tennis player,” Pfister said, laughing. “When you find you’re good at something, you tend to enjoy it—it was just something I had fun doing...”