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36What can be done about neighbors who are constantly committing damage to property and sending their son in laws and kids to do things to your property?
I have photos dating bineack to 1994 and later show00ing them cutting and trespassing, and I think I have enough of it to prove that it's been...
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Q: There appears to be a high-security building on Young Street, just north of Harris Road on the east side of the street. It is located just behind the Sam's Club in southwest Bakersfield. What is it?
--Don Kurtz
A: It’s a Verizon Wireless communications and...
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Q: Is there a way to recycle the plastic bags that my paper comes in? I do have a few uses for the bags, but not enough to use them up and I hate to throw them away. Can the paper carrier reuse them?
–– Kim Bean
A: There are several options for recycling these bags.
Vons...
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Q: Can you please give us some information regarding the current status of the state’s execution of death row inmates? The state Web site says executions are being blocked by officials, however the information on their site is outdated. Can you give us information regarding the death row...
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I rarely get stirred up by politics because there are so many other, more interesting, things to think about but this one has me in a state of - "Say What?!"
According to the American Motorcycle Association (AMA), former South Dakota Governor Bill Jankolow sped through a stop sign in...
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Here we go! Just as I predicted(along with about a million other conservatives), the Democrats are already pork barrelling bills just as they derided the Republicans for doing since 1996 and and breaking the promise the Dems made not to do it themselves while stumping for the last elections....
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There is a glaring racial disparity caused by the drug war which some of us still so enthusiastically support.
Research shows that blacks comprise 62.7 percent and whites 36.7 percent of all drug offenders admitted to state prison, even though federal surveys and other data show clearly that...
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Once upon a time Manuel Carrizalez was a tough-talking, heroin-shooting, drug-peddling participant in Bakersfield's growing gang problem.
Manuel Carrizalez in 2004.
Now he's part of the solution.
The baby-faced former gang member was on hand Monday night when county...
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Psalm 51:10 (KJV)
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
According to Wikipedia, Professor Christiaan Barnard performed the first heart transplant at Groote Schuur Hospital (South Africa) in December 1967. The patient was Louis Washkansky, who lived 18 days...
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The trade bargo and traveling ban against Cuba is hurting the American people. People should have the right to travel to any place in the world they want, and you're taking that right away from them with the traveling ban. Lifting the embargo would be beneficial to both countries,...
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Got Jokes?
I want to here any and all of your best jokes over the next couple of days. I'll give you a topic and you give me your best stuff.
Today's Jokes are on the topic of "Your MaMa". Give me anykind of your mama joke you can think of, but it has to start with, or be about...
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The six Muslims kicked off a flight last fall because of 'suspicious' behavior are now suing the airline and threatening to sue the passengers who reported their activies. One of the men is a local imam.
Now I understand suing the airline, but the passengers? That's pretty scary.
If these...
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PUBLISHED 4-2-07
Are you a terrorist or drug trafficker? Maybe not, but your name could be on a “blacklist” and you could be blocked from conducting ordinary business.
Changes must be made to the Office of Foreign Asset Control’s Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked...
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PUBLISHED 4-2-07
Congress must put its foot down and stop the administration from taking food from seniors and the poor.
For the second year, President Bush wants to eliminate the Commodity Supplemental Food Program that supplies such commodities as rice, orange juice and peanut butter,...
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PUBLISHED 4-2-07
Changes must be made in the Medicaid rebate law that would allow college students to pay lower prices for oral contraceptives.
There’s a possibility that women will either stop using them or turn to a less effective method with the recent hike in prices.
That...
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From MSNBC:
WASHINGTON - A suspected Saudi terrorist told a military hearing that he was tortured into confessing that he was involved in the bombing of the warship USS Cole, according to a Defense Department transcript released Friday.
Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, a Saudi national of Yemeni...
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Anyone else hear Jaz McKay on 1560 today? Who else wasn't shocked at his comming out of the closet?
For those that didn't hear, Jaz McKay came on air at noon today and told his listeners that he is actually a liberal and that his radio personality was faked for the job. For those who listened...
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Multimedia reporter Dane Boedigheimer teamed up with reporter Jeff Nachtigal and multimedia editor Jennifer Baldwin to put together a short video showing folks some of the basics of making their own videos.
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This is Not Merle's Hillary. Is it the "real Hillary"? Well, perhaps some may prefer to see it as the distorted side Dick Morris (who has an obvious axe to grind) sees, and the side that Merle (whose only "axe" is his guitar) may not see. Is...
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We've got a Q&A up this morning on 'tree butchery,' which is apparently the term for the practice of dramatically trimming trees that is pretty popular here in Bakersfield.
The article suggests you hire a certified arborist and avoid 'topping' a tree, which is where you basically lop the...
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How to change the perception of America’s leadership? It begins with our President. Say you were a film producer looking for someone to play the role, and if it were possible to provide all the potential candidates for President in a lineup standing next to one another the only one that...
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Today the Committee sent a formal request to former White House aide Susan Ralston to appear for a deposition on April 5th. The deposition is part of the Committee’s investigation, begun last spring, into lobbying contacts between lobbyist Jack Abramoff and the White House.
Cspan has...
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From Waxman's Oversight Committee website:
The Committee has formally requested Secretary Rice to testify before the Oversight Committee on April 18th regarding the Administration’s claims that Iraq sought uranium from Niger, White House treatment of classified information, the...
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When I was younger, it use to make me sick *gag* when my mother would fawn all over the spring flowers. Now look at me, I'm doing the same thing and now my kids are rolling their eyes at me.
You get to a more comfortable spot in life where you can really slow down and enjoy the...
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A Valley Plaza Mall official confirmed that General Growth, which owns and operates the mall, has held negotiations with an undisclosed retailer to fill the vacant Robinsons-May department store space. A decision on a new tenant for the space could come soon. There have been many...
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It's great news that the Valley Plaza is close to finding a replacement for the Robinsons-May store.
As the mall's marketing director says, the new tenant, "represents an opportunity for the future of not just the mall, but the community as well."
Let's not read too much into that...
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Have you seen "anonymous" around, trying to correct everyones grammar?
Is it just me, or is it ruining it for you too? It takes all the fun out of the topic especially since the comment NEVER pertains to the topic ! ! !
What do you think ?
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I know someone that has a full size rottweiler that they keep in their backyard. This backyard is next to the garage, its more like an extra yard that they don't use and not connected to the house. This rottweiler is always kept in the backyard and there is no shade except for a small doghouse...
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ok, i have given up on houseplants. they all die on me. but my patio plants are doing ok, and i want to add to them. the jasmine blooming right now smells so wonderful. is this a good plant for my northeast corner patio? any suggestions on easy-to-maintain plants?
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I hate it, that there are so many people either losing, or about to lose their homes over this. I don't so much feel bad for the investors, because they should have done their homework.
It's the people who were actually buying a home for the purpose of living in, and raising a family are the...
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Valley Plaza is getting close to filling the 23,000-square-foot Robinsons-May building, which served as a Barber Honda showroom in the interim.
But now it will go back to being an anchor store.
What do we want there? A huge sports, auto accessory and beer plaza to fulfill every man's...
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One of my really good friends is getting married soon. I am totally happy for him, but I am baffled at his and his fiance's registry list. He actually put an XBOX 360, various video games, and two 12 packs of Dr. Pepper and Mountain Dew! This guy is a character. I have yet to ask his fiance if...
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I've been at this job, working with all of you on a daily basis, for five months now. That means that these blogs have existed with a Community Content Coordinator now for the same amount of time that they existed, post-launch, without such a position in place. While some of you...
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As this article points out:
ERUSALEM - In bad news for its religious Jewish supporters, an Israeli pro-marijuana party announced Tuesday that pot is forbidden on Passover.
Cannabis is among the substances Jews are forbidden to consume during the week-long festival, which begins Monday, said...
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Defense attorney Michael Gardina shows a photo of the phone base which Brenda Smith swabbed for DNA.
There were a mixture of at least three people who contributed DNA to that found on the phone base. Everyone in the family including Brothers was eliminated except for Marques Harper.
The...
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PUBLISHED 3-30-2007
It’s enough to make your eyes roll back into your head and force the casual observer to diagram the action — a lot of action. So much action you wonder:
If former Bakersfield City School District Vice Principal Vincent Brothers spent so much time chasing...
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Defense attorney Michael Gardina questions criminalist Brenda Smith.
DNA from Brothers matched DNA found in a glove tip found in the house under the items from Joanie Harper’s purse.
She put the samples in the tube which she collected from the glove tip and added a chemical that would...
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The Illusionist
written and directed by Neil burger. The surprising Jessica Biel, consummate Edward Norton, Rufus Sewell and the subtle performance of Paul Giamatti, play the characters. This is a visually lovely film, in homage to early photographic styles, which is set in 19...
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For other dollar bills, she could not eliminate Marques Harper as being the major contributor, criminalist Brenda Smith testified.
The phone base had a mixture of contributors, Marques could not be eliminated as the major contributor.
The remote control had a mixture, the three children...
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Criminalist Brenda Smith did further testing.
She retested the DNA from the glove tip to see if she could get a more detailed DNA analysis with a new type of testing.
She also tested a JCPenney credit card, a baby monitor, a remote control, a gum wrapper, three paper receipts, a phone base...
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Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger was in Delano today and during the presentation at least two students fainted. Photographer Casey Christie got a photo of one of the students and the Gov helping her up.
Here's the info Casey sent with the photo:
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger helps a Cesar...
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Criminalist Brenda Smith started testing items from this case on July 11, 2003.
DNA profile were produced for Brothers, Earnestine Harper, Joanie Harper and Marques, Lyndsey and Marshall Harper.l
Finger nail clippers were tested from Joanie Harper’s hands. She also swabbed the casings...
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The Miami Herald is reporting that the fight earlier this month between Joey Porter and Levi Jones wasn't a one on one affair.
Turns out surveillance tape shows Porter punching Jones and then some of his friends jumping in on the fight.
Jones called the attack "cowardly" and...
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There has been a study out that if you leave your car idling it will consume more gas than when it is in motion. This is another way to save gas, don't let your car sit and idle. Check out these links below for more info:
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From Politico:
Republicans across the country are warning that increasing public discontent toward President Bush, the Iraq war and the GOP brand in general threatens to send the party's 2008 campaign planning into a tailspin.
Already, the problems are having tangible effects. Some of the...
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Some highlights:
"The decision makers in this case were the attorney general (Alberto Gonzales) and the counsel to the president (then Harriet Miers). I and others made staff recommendations but they were approved and signed off on by the principles." -- Kyle Sampson, former chief...
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Deputy District Attorney Lisa Green calls Brenda Smith to the stand. She is employed by the Kern County Regional Crime Lab as a supervising criminalist. She has worked there 22 years.
She is trained to analyze DNA.
She worked on the Harper family case. She went to the house where the bodies...
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Deputy District Attorney Lisa Green calls to the witness stand David Jordan. He is employed as a detective with the Bakersfield Police Department.
In July 2003, he was assigned to financial crimes and did some work on the Harper case. He transported the items on Monday July 28, 2003, to the...
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Deputy District Attorney Lisa Green calls to the stand Rich Novelli. He is a special agent with the FBI.
On July 16, 2003, he came into contact with the Dodge Neon.
He took many photos of the car inside and out. He also removed some of the seatcovers to reveal more of the interior.
The...
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