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If the phone rings in the next week or so and it’s Americans for Prosperity calling, don’t hang up.
They don’t want your money. They want you to hang on to it. More of it, in fact.
The grassroots watchdog group, like a lot of us taxpayers, is weary of “the governor and Legislature treating California taxpayers as their own personal ATM machine” as a means to solve the current budget crisis.
The AFP showed up in Bakersfield this week to drive the point home,...
Why does he do it?
Why does Tom Alexander take to the streets of Bakersfield each morning, lugging a 60-pound cross on his back?
You’ve seen the man. Somewhere along the highways and byways of Bakersfield, you’ve spotted him, towing his cross, waving to passersby and smiling. Always smiling.
Alexander figures he and his cross have covered nearly every main and not-so-main street in Bakersfield at least once, from 7th Standard Road south to Taft Highway and from Weedpatch...
You didn't really think it was a done deal, did you?
Sure, more than 6 million Californians voted to add the words “only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California” to the state's constitution. But did you really believe proponents of gay marriage were going to let anything as piddling as the voice of the people derail their cause?
Gay marriage supporters are not about to admit defeat, especially with BFFs like Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the...
Vickie Murray didn’t shed a tear over the fire that incinerated her three-acre hay maze the day before Halloween. Heck, she barely raised an eyebrow.
Photo by Felix Adamo/ The Californian
The Murray family from left, Katie, Sean, mom Vickie, dad Steven and Steven, at their farm Friday.
Photo by Felix Adamo/ The Californian
Vickie Murray holds a "Budda's Hand" inside the barn at the Murray Family Farms.
Photo by Felix Adamo/ The Californian
Boxes of apples...
It’s been a great week for gay-rights activists, Prop. 8 protesters and the local media, all of whom are simply giddy over the infamous sign scuffle at a recent Friday-night rally.
Eight days after the incident, they’re still happily making hay over the video of Kern High School District trustee Ken Mettler punching protester Rob Badewitz.
And who can blame them? I mean, how often does such a gift fall into your lap?
That the video was shot and delivered to newsies by a...
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