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Christmas lights tour -- with a twist
by bakosphere
Looking for something different to do this holiday season? How about seeing Christmas lights up close while tooling around on a Segway? For those who don't know, Segways are self-balancing battery-powered "personal transporters" that travel about 10 mph. Segways are still something of a rarity in Bakersfield but there's a new local business called Seg Bakersfield that's offering tours of holiday-light displays around the Marketplace (...
Posted: Sunday, November 22, 2009 at 10:09 pm
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Sign maker needs a spellchecker
by mobile
Mary Jo Riccomini of Bakersfield captured this misspelled sign while out and about. From the looks of it, this sign is on Coffee Road near Truxtun Avenue, so not sure which public agency is responsible for the creative wording. I guess if there's an upside, maybe using one less letter save us taxpayers a few cents?
Posted: Sunday, November 22, 2009 at 7:23 pm
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High-speed chase under way
7:07 pm Sunday: Scanner traffic indicating Bakersfield police are in pursuit of a suspect...one officer is following at 120 mph, it sounds like... The y are on 99, passing Copus Road; speeds have been reported at 130 mph...the suspect is weaving in and out of traffic. &nbs p; Edit: This is south on 99, now to Grapevine, so I-5 Will update as possible
Posted: Sunday, November 22, 2009 at 7:06 pm
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This came over at 6:15 p.m.: ; SUSPICIOUS DEATH Details: INCIDENT ANNOUNCEMENT ONLY Sheriff Homicide Detectives are enrout to the Frazier Park area for a suspicious death.
Posted: Sunday, November 22, 2009 at 6:19 pm
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Week 11 (playoffs), Most important things
by zewing
It's time to admit it. My weekly "Most Important Things" po st has become more of a weekly recap than anything — which is OK, but I'd like to really focus today on what is actually important about a first week of playoffs in which nearly every team that was in action is a heavy underdog to win the championship (minus Edison and Memorial from Division II, and Tehachapi, Porterville, Delano and maybe Hanford or Ridgeview from D...
Posted: Sunday, November 22, 2009 at 6:16 pm
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A Republican steps into the Parra/Florez contest
There's still no official announcement from Republican incumbent Danny Gilmore that he's not running for his 30th District state Assembly seat. No matter: there's a new Republican name on the list of possible contenders. David G. Valadao (pronounced val-uh-DAY-oh, as far as I can tell from his dairy's answering machine), a dairyman in Hanford, filed intent-to-run papers last week. I have some calls out but haven't spok...
Posted: Sunday, November 22, 2009 at 4:29 pm
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Vehicle Pursuit This is a news release of the Kern County Sheriff's Office. Please do not contact the Sheriff's Communications Center. Date: Saturday, November 21, 2009 Time: 11:33:25 PM Details: At about 1500 hrs on 11-21-2009 a Deputy attempted to conduct an enforcement stop on a motorcycle that was being driven recklessly. As the deputy attempted to make the stop the motorcycle fled. Deputies together with CHP officers pursu...
Posted: Sunday, November 22, 2009 at 11:51 am
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Homicide NEWS RELEASE KERN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE CORONER DIVISION This news release is prepared under the direction of the Sheriff-Coroner-Publ ic Administrator for the convenience of news reporters. Facts concerning news events of major importance, which occur after the preparation of this release, will be made available to reporters at their request as soon as it is possible to do. DECEDENT'S NAME: Augie Gutierrez Senoran CASE...
Posted: Sunday, November 22, 2009 at 11:49 am
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Another beauty between BC and Hancock
These guys always seem to have great games. BC's 24-21 Golden Empire Bowl win on Saturday had more twists than a Magic Mountain roller coaster (OK, that's a pretty sorry cliche). BC be at Hancock for the second time this season, and both games came down to the end. On Oct. 10, BC stopped the Bulldogs on a fourth-and-goal from the 2 with two seconds left. On Saturday, it was Josh Gallington's 22-yard field goal on the game's final pla...
Posted: Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 11:22 pm
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Statement by CARB board member
Here is a video of Dr. Telles asking that the truck rule be set aside because of problems with the researcher's credentials. It's pretty strong. &nb sp;
Posted: Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 1:02 pm
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It’s not the lie, it’s the cover up that’ll get you. How many times does this wisdom have to be pounded into the heads of bureaucrats? The scandal over how a lead researcher behind California’s new diesel truck rules lied about his credentials continues to grow. At Thursday’s California Air Resources Board meeting, one of the board members said the legitimacy of the rule is in question because of the lie and subse...
Posted: Friday, November 20, 2009 at 7:33 pm
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I received a lot of reaction to my piece about the fellow who came to my door the other night, acted strangely and then ran off (see Wednesday’s paper or my blog at www.bakersfield.com) . Well, he was arrested Thursday evening, still in northwest Bakersfield and still acting strangely. He didn’t do anything terribly bad and wasn’t a dangerous guy. But I feel I need to clear up what happened and point out some interesting thing...
Posted: Friday, November 20, 2009 at 7:14 pm
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Is a new southwest Body Xchange coming?
Q: For quite a while there used to be a sign on Stine Road (right off of Panama) indicating that a Body Xchange would be coming soon. I noticed this week that the sign has been removed. Are there still plans for a future Body Xchange at this location? - Denise Buzzini A: We have left about a half dozen messages at Body Xchange headquarters over the last few weeks with your question and haven’t received a call back. We’ll continu...
Posted: Friday, November 20, 2009 at 6:22 pm
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Q: Does The Californian have any plans to allow readers to post comments on its Web site using Facebook or Twitter accounts? Some news sites are now letting readers log-in to their sites using their Facebook and Twitter accounts. - Travis Anthony A: Launching story commenting as well as Facebook/Twitter integration is high on our to-do list for early next year, said Logan Molen, the senior vice president and chief operating officer who...
Posted: Friday, November 20, 2009 at 6:20 pm
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Q: Why is it on the first no-burn day of the season I see several tractors plowing their fields sending huge plumes of dust hundreds of feet in the air? I thought the point of a no-burn day was to reduce the amount of particulate in the air. - Matthew Milbury A: Scott Nester, director of planning at the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District, responded: The no-burn restrictions predominantly apply to fine particulates (PM...
Posted: Friday, November 20, 2009 at 6:19 pm
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FYI, we're changing how we blog Ask TBC items. We'll post them one-by-one instead of grouped by day they run in the newspaper. - Government editor Christine Bedell Q: For months now it has been explained that the westbound off-ramp to Fairfax on 178 has been closed or delayed due to a “design flaw.” In all of my readings not one time has this “flaw” been explained, so can you please tell us? - Wayne Baker A: He...
Posted: Friday, November 20, 2009 at 6:13 pm
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Just got this from Sen. Dean Florez' office. YAY! (though why it took intervention from a senator to get the CPUC to get off its duff and actually treat consumer's complaints seriously is another story!) Still, good news! And I'm also reading that customers in the Bay Area who are just now getting the smart meters are having the same complaints we did down here in Bakoland. One man emailed me from Fairfield about how his bill is normally $160...
Posted: Friday, November 20, 2009 at 12:12 pm
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by zewing
UPDATED, 11:49 p.m.: Here's what we're looking at for next week. We'll talk more about it Sunday in a Most Important Things post, but I wanted to get the matchups out there and talked about now: Division I (8) Centennial at (1) Clovis-Buch anan (5) Liber ty at (4) Fresno-Cent ral (6) Bakersfield at (3) Stockdale (7) Clovis West at (2) Fresno-Bullard Divi sion II (8) Sanger at (1) Tulare Union (5) Fres n...
Posted: Friday, November 20, 2009 at 11:08 am
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Bomb threat at Kern River Health Care Center This is a news release of the Kern County Sheriff's Office. Please do not contact the Sheriff's Communications Center. Date:&nbs p; Thursday, November 19, 2009 Time: 8:56:29 PM Department Contact: Dean Marshall Details: On11/19/2009 at 1523 hours, deputies from the Kern Valley Substation were dispatched to the Kern River Valley Health Care Center in regards to a bomb threat. ...
Posted: Friday, November 20, 2009 at 10:47 am
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BAKERSFIELD POLICE DEPARTMENT PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release November 19, 2009 Bakersfield Police are requesting the community’s assistance in identifying suspects wanted for using stolen credit cards. On 11/19/09, the victim’s car was burglarized while parked in the parking lot at 3100 Camino Del Rio. Taken in the burglary were the victim’s credit cards, three handguns plus ammunit...
Posted: Friday, November 20, 2009 at 10:44 am
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Date: Novem ber 19, 2009 Crime or Incident: S earch Warrant - Narcotics L ocation: Ma ricopa Inve stigating Officer(s): Officer Curtis Jue, K-9 Officer Todd Backer, Sergeant Derek Merritt SUS PECTS(S) – If the suspect is in custody, any further information released will be by authorization of the Watch Comma nder or the Investigating Officer. NA ME &...
Posted: Friday, November 20, 2009 at 10:41 am