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Life and death: A touching story
by jbaldwin
Every so often, a Your Words article comes in from a reader on Bakersfield.com that brings tears to my eyes. Bree Alvarez has submitted this touching article about saying goodbye to one friend while welcoming another friend's baby into the ...
Posted: Friday, September 5, 2008 at 3:03 pm
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What are the TV Shows that you can't wait to start?
by KATTBC
September is generally the month that TV shows come back in full force. Sometimes I think my DVR is going to overload from all of the shows that are taped but you gotta love the DVR this month for when you are too busy to watch a show. The...
Posted: Friday, September 5, 2008 at 11:11 am
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by aroundtheweb
Muhammad Ali, Michael Jordan, Dale Earnhardt Jr, the 1951 New York Giants. All provided unforgettable sporting moments ... that may have been fixed. Prepare to have your faith in sports shaken.
Posted: Friday, September 5, 2008 at 8:34 am
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Body pulled from Kern River at the North Chester Avenue Bridge by Search & Rescue NEWS RELEASE KERN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE CORONER DIVISION This news release is prepared under the direction of the Sheriff-Coroner-Publ ic Adminis...
Posted: Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 8:44 am
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by zewing
Here's what we have for Week 0 scores thus far. I'll add some of my thoughts in a blog post tomorrow, but for now, enjoy: Bakersfield 38, Canyon 32 Westlake Village-Oaks Christian 35, Bakersfield Christian 7 Clovis West 22, Liberty 19 N...
Posted: Friday, September 5, 2008 at 11:37 pm
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At least one home was destroyed Friday when two separate fires ravaged an Oildale neighborhood. Firef ighters found a house engulfed in flames in the 600 block of El Tejon Avenue at about 5:30 p.m., according to Battalion Chief...
Posted: Friday, September 5, 2008 at 6:48 pm
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Name release of suspect shot by Delano Police Officers on 08/30/2008 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 c...
Posted: Friday, September 5, 2008 at 4:17 pm
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by jbaldwin
Every so often, a Your Words article comes in from a reader on Bakersfield.com that brings tears to my eyes. Bree Alvarez has submitted this touching article about saying goodbye to one friend while welcoming another friend's baby into the ...
Posted: Friday, September 5, 2008 at 3:03 pm
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Twin Oaks homicide update This is a news release of the Kern County Sheriff's Office. Please do not contact the Sheriff's Communications Center. Date:&nbs p; Friday, September 05, 2008 Time: 2:27:08 PM Department Contact: Cra...
Posted: Friday, September 5, 2008 at 2:36 pm
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by KATTBC
September is generally the month that TV shows come back in full force. Sometimes I think my DVR is going to overload from all of the shows that are taped but you gotta love the DVR this month for when you are too busy to watch a show. The...
Posted: Friday, September 5, 2008 at 11:11 am
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PUBLISHED Sept. 7, 2008 --- Eleven months ago, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed legislation into law that expanded the valley’s air-quality board from 11 to 15 members. These new members were not to be political cronies o...
Posted: Friday, September 5, 2008 at 10:41 am
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PUBLISHED Sept. 5, 2008 --- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has painted himself in a corner by pledging not to sign any new bills until the state Legislature resolves its history-making impasse and passes a budget. Schwarzen egger gr...
Posted: Friday, September 5, 2008 at 10:28 am
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INYOKERN, CA - On Thursday, September 5th 2008 at approximately 21:54 P.M., a call was received by the Kern County Fire Department for a structure fire in the 1600 block of Jacobs St in Inyokern. A family of 2 adults and 2 children were ...
Posted: Friday, September 5, 2008 at 10:03 am
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Maria Gonzalez has lived on the Crane Street neighborhood – where the mother who allegedly murdered two children lived – for 15 years. She remembers there were kids next door that cried a lot, would br...
Posted: Friday, September 5, 2008 at 9:47 am
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Bakersfield has been the butt of many jokes, but now it's official: The greatest joke has nothing to do with Bakersfield. More than 2 million voted on the world's greatest joke and here it is: A couple of New Jersey hunters are out in th...
Posted: Friday, September 5, 2008 at 8:58 am
Are you the winning lottery ticket holder? You've got 171 days left to claim your prize. Guess it wasn't this joker. Who is it and why are they hiding?
Posted: Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 1:50 pm
Our city tries to do the right thing. They give us some water in the river over the long weekend so our canine companions can splash around. Then someone jumped into the Kern River off the Chester Avenue bridge. And died. And our dogs l...
Posted: Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 8:02 am