They include Frederik L. Schodt, Kinko Ito, Adam L. Kern, and Eric Peter Nash. A connection to Delano in Kern County is also operated. It is a fictionalized biopic of composer Jerome Kern, portrayed by Robert Walker. The first high school in Bakersfield, Kern County Union High School, opened in 1893. Two women killed in July 1980 in Kern and Ventura Counties. His parents named him after composer Jerome Kern. John W. Kern was a Democratic Senator from Indiana. The center of population of California is located in the town of Buttonwillow, Kern County. It passes through parts of Kern and Los Angeles counties. He was born, as Hans-Georg Kern, in Deutschbaselitz, Germany. She was commissioned on 23 October 2004 under the command of David J. Kern. It is the county seat and largest city of Kern County. McCarthy is a fourth-generation resident of Kern County. A 1/3 mile dirt track has also opened on the Kern County Raceway Park property. Its jurisdiction contains all of the unincorporated areas of Kern County, approximately .