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Bakosphere - bakosphere's Blog - Bakersfield.com http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/bakosphere Where Bakersfield and the Web collide Where Bakersfield and the Web collide en-us 14 and pregnant http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/bakosphere/30632 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/bakosphere/30632 <p>Bakersfield.com blogger meandpete has posted a very personal story about her 14-year-old daughter who is due to give birth in October. <a href="http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/meandpete/30609/#-">Read how she's coping</a> and comments from fellow bloggers.</p> <p>Perhaps she can find solace in <a href="http://www.masbakersfield.com/home/ViewPost/68085">Mas magazine's latest cover story</a>, about a local woman who got pregnant at 14. Now, at age 23, she is not only a mother but also a successful student at CSUB and recently had the starring role in the school's production of the musical "Evita."</p> <p>In both stories, the girls' mothers play an important role in their support and say that kicking out their daughters was the last thing they would have done. Age 14 may be young to become a mother, but these families show that with love and support, it can be done.</p> -1 -1

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jessTrev00.jpg Jessica Trevino and her daughter, Kandice Nicole Hernandez. Orlando Galvan The dog days of summer http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/bakosphere/30618 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/bakosphere/30618 <p>July is the dog days of summer — life seems to be crawling by right now. News is slow. Co-workers and fellow bloggers are gone on vacation. The county supervisors seem to be the only ones with purpose, <a href="http://www.bakersfield.com/hourly_news/story/503523.html">hammering out a new budget</a> over three days.</p> <p>Meanwhile, a Tuscon blogger deems <a href="http://drivingchairmanbao.blogspot.com/2008/07/bakersfield-was-baos-kind-of-place.html">Bakersfield for the dogs</a> — lazy dogs, like her shih tzu who enjoyed the air conditioning and IHOP leftovers during a stop-over in our town. That's about all they found to do, apparently.</p> <p>This is the time of year when things are put off 'til tomorrow and our pulses slow to survival mode. Then again, it was this time of year in 2003 when a school vice principal named <a href="http://www.bakersfield.com/brothers/">Vincent Brothers</a> killed five of his family members and our town turned to a frenzy. So let's all knock on some wood, and maybe then put our feet up and knock back an iced tea or margarita.</p> -1 -1 Tips for visiting Disneyland http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/bakosphere/30563 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/bakosphere/30563 <p>Raisingbakersfield.com is a new site which lets local parents find family events, meet up, buy and sell stuff, and more.</p> <p>Check out <a href="http://www.raisingbakersfield.com/home/Blog/kevinmorrison/30548">this post</a>, where a father asks for advice for an upcoming trip to Disneyland.</p> <p>Check out Raising Bakersfield <a href="http://www.raisingbakersfield.com/">here</a>.</p> -1 -1 Best local picture of the week? http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/bakosphere/30550 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/bakosphere/30550 <p>Each week our visual team leaders choose their favorite local photos of the week and explain their picks in an audio slideshow.</p> <p><a href="http://www.bakersfield.net/photography/galleries/weeks/20080714%5F20080720/">Watch it here.</a></p> <p>Which one is your favorite?</p> <p>Check out our <a href="http://www.bakersfield.net/photography/">photography page</a> for more great shot and shows.</p> -1 -1

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pictures.jpg bakosphere Radio Free Bakersfield doesn't let us down http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/bakosphere/30549 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/bakosphere/30549 <p>Sage may be the only RFB fan out there, but can anyone really argue with almost 60 minutes of twang, crunch and oomph?</p> <p>Listen to this week's show <a href="http://www.bangcartoon.com/podcasts/spahnranch/rfb90.mp3">here</a>.</p> -1 -1 What is the greatest thing about Bakersfield? http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/bakosphere/30494 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/bakosphere/30494 <p>Bakersfield Life magazine has compiled a bracket of the 64 best things about Bakersfield and it needs your help whittling the number down to 1!</p> <p>Check out the bracket <a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=IggqB2yO2NA9_2bPtLG3Y0ig_3d_3d">here</a>.</p> <p>And here's a <a href="http://brentandjulie.blogspot.com/2008/07/greatest-thing-about-bakersfield.html">reader blog</a> on the topic.</p> Note to Wasco: Could be worse. Could be Pixley! http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/bakosphere/30470 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/bakosphere/30470 <p>Los Angeles looks down on Bakersfield, Bakersfield looks down on Shafter, Shafter looks down on Wasco. </p> <p>Wasco: Find your Buttonwillow!</p> <p>Who knew? <a href="http://www.shafterbasketball.com/2008/07/buck-up-camper.html">Read more here</a>.</p> Blog roundup: The assassin leaves Bakersfield http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/bakosphere/30469 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/bakosphere/30469 <p>An 'incident' goes down in Bakersfield and the assassin works on his new novel</p> <p>Welcome to the adventure fiction of BernardL.</p> <p>Read the latest chapter <a href="http://bernardsblog.blogspot.com/2008/07/quality-time.html">here</a>.</p> Red County blog makes inauspicious beginning http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/bakosphere/30332 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/bakosphere/30332 <p>From a post on the center-right politics blog, Red County, introducing its new Central Valley section:</p> <p><i>"We are excited to represent California's great Central Valley on the Red County site! It is appropriate that this very "red" part of the state be given a voice and we hope to keep you all in-the-know during this important election cycle."</i></p> <p>Who'll be blogging?</p> <p><i>" ... our inaugural Central Valley blog team will include Dr. Adrian Moore, a vice president with Reason Foundation; Marylee Shrider, a terrific conservative newspaper columnist; Inga Barks, the talk radio host covering more of the valley than any other through KMJ Fresno and KERN Bakersfield and Ken Mettler, Kern High School District Trustee and vice president of the CA Republican Assembly."</i></p> <p>So far, the blog has linked to a few political-type stories from The Californian and Fresno Bee. There's one comment posted as of 8 this morning. It's from our own James Geluso (city government reporter) correcting one of the blog headlines!</p> <p>Check out the blog <a href="http://www.redcounty.com/centralvalley/">here</a>.</p> What not to wear http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/bakosphere/30324 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/bakosphere/30324 <p>I think they're being sarcastic, but you never can tell:</p> <p><i>"As the debut for our new column, In The Lineup / Washed Up, we traveled to Bakersfield, CA, the epicenter of fashion and fabulousness ... "</i></p> <p>Check out <a href="http://blog.swell.com/style/in-the-lineup-washed-up-bakersfield-ca/">what to wear (and what not to wear)</a> for the upcoming high school year.</p> <p> </p>