Current Bakersfield real estate activity

[John Learned]

Would like to know if anyone is currently investing or has recently invested in the Bakersfield, CA market.  I have done a fair amount of real estate investing in the past and looking to get back into it.  I live in Ventura County and would like to stay within a couple of hours drive from where i live.  Bakersfield looks interesting but not sure if this is still a viable market.