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Jim Costa, the Blue Dog Dem from Fresno, got the funding he sought for a medical school at UC Merced, including residency in Fresno, and voted for the House health care reforms Saturday. (Kevin McCarthy, the Bakersfield Republican, voted against as expected.)
Here is the release from...
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Double Traffic fatality on State Route 58 East of Banning Road and west of Bussell Road in rural Buttonwillow
NEWS RELEASE
KERN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
CORONER DIVISION
This news release is prepared under the direction of the Sheriff-Coroner-Public Administrator for the convenience of...
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EDITOR'S NOTE: CHP release on accident attached as PDF file; click on blue box to download. Three passengers in the same accident were injured.
Name release of MVA victim from SR-99 at Whisler Road on 11/07/2009
NEWS RELEASE
KERN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
CORONER DIVISION
This news...
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County gang units team up to arrest 6 in southeast/east Bakersfield
This is a news release of the Kern County Sheriff's Office.
Please do not contact the Sheriff's Communications Center.
Date: Sunday, November 08, 2009
Time: 12:21:07 AM
Details: On November 6, 2009, Deputies from...
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Let's say a neighborhood pit bull gets loose from its yard, runs down the street, breaks through your backyard gate and attacks and kills your beloved pet.
Is the pit bull "dangerous?"
Not necessarily in the eyes of the law.
For JoAnn Mayfield, the owner of Tucker, a miniature...
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Oh yes, if the Tejon Indian tribe gains federal recognition, Kern County will likely have an Indian gaming casino in its future. Probably somewhere near Mettler, close to Interstate 5.
And I’m fine with that.
I’m not a gambler, but other people enjoy it and as long as...
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A Los Angeles Police Department motorcycle officer was in stable condition
Saturday after colliding with a pickup truck on Interstate 5, police said.
The cause of the crash was under investigation.
LAPD Officer Timothy Kay was headed northbound on I-5 north of the Tejon
Summit at an...
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The Anaheim Ducks assigned defenseman Mark Mitera to the Condors on Saturday and he will be in the lineup tonight when the Condors play host to the Las Vegas Wranglers.
A first-round draft pick of the Ducks in 2007, Mitera had been in the American Hockey League with San Antonio where he had no...
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I may have had this info before, but have been asked for it again so here goes:
After State Sen. Dean Florez', hearing in Bakersfield Oct. 5 regarding problems with PG&E's SmartMeters and rate hike, a local group was formed to try and deal with this issue.
TURNaroundBakersfield is a local...
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Assemblywoman Jean Fuller said Friday she's leaning toward running for the state Senate and not for re-election to her current post.
If she indeed goes that way, other candidates' plans should firm up, too.
Bakersfield psychologist Dean Haddock, Kern High School District Trustee Ken Mettler...
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Q: Is there anything that can be done about the nightly assault on the neighborhood peace by the local ambulance company?
Unfortunately I live near South H Street. Every night at least once, if not more, I am awakened by an ambulance running "code 3.” Many times this is during the...
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California City Police Department
21130 Hacienda Blvd.
California City, CA 93505
(760) 373-8606
PRESS RELEASE
TITLE: “Father shoots and kills son ”
BY: Chief Steve Colerick...
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ANTHONY DELAROSA M BAKERSFIELD CA 93305 H ...
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Pursuit Results in Arrest for Assualt on a Peace Officer
This is a news release of the Kern County Sheriff's Office.
Please do not contact the Sheriff's Communications Center.
Date: Thursday, November 05, 2009
Time: 10:31:54 PM
Department Contact: Lt. Bart Camps...
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CAL-MMET officer's assist Metro Patrol in service of a search warrant for narcotics.
This is a news release of the Kern County Sheriff's Office.
Please do not contact the Sheriff's Communications Center.
Date: Thursday, November 05, 2009
Time: 8:04:06 PM
Department Contact:...
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CAL-MMET narcotics unit serves search warrant for sales of methamphetamine
This is a news release of the Kern County Sheriff's Office.
Please do not contact the Sheriff's Communications Center.
Date: Thursday, November 05, 2009
Time: 8:04:06 PM
Department Contact: Laura Lopez...
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Anyone out there know how I can reach any members or leaders of Tejon Indian Tribe?
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UPDATED, 12:20 a.m.: What a showdown at Stockdale and what a shocker of a week in other places around the county. As always, a complete score list is below, but it's time to get to to some major results:
Stockdale 17, Frontier 15: Stockdale won the game with a blocked-punt touchdown...
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UPDATE: Apparently the first version of the podcast was derailed by my less-than-stellar technological skills. Bummer. This one works, though!
ORIGINAL POST: Sorry this is so late into the evening, but I was out at Garces' girls tennis victory over Visalia-Redwood to give the Rams...
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It’s Thursday afternoon, California time, and Rep. Jim Costa still hasn’t decided how he’ll vote on health care come Saturday.
The Fresno Democrat, whose district includes parts of Bakersfield, Arvin, Shafter, Wasco and Delano, is one of the moderate and conservative...
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A lawsuit was filed this week in Kern County on behalf of everyone in California who believes they’ve been ripped off by PG&E’s SmartMeter program.
The suit, filed by El Segundo firm Kirtland & Packard, is seeking class action status and lists eleven charges against the...
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Home Invasion Robbery in Weldon
This is a news release of the Kern County Sheriff's Office.
Please do not contact the Sheriff's Communications Center.
Date: Thursday, November 05, 2009
Time: 4:22:52 PM
Department Contact: Sgt Fleeman
Details:
On 11-04-09, at 0015 hours...
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CHP NEWS
Press Release
Roberto Camacho, 45 of Portewille was driving a 1995 Ford F-350 southbound on Famoso-Portewille Highway
south of Peterson Road at 50-55 MPH, with his 29 year old passenger. Luis Nunez, 28 of McFarland was driving a
1995 Ford F-I50 northbound on Famoso-Portewille Highway...
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Avoid the rush, buy yours NOW!!! (get two, they're small)
A new device that can help sort out your mutt’s breed, or breeds, can also help other pups in need.
The Tehachapi Radio Shack on West Valley Boulevard, is selling Doggie DNA kits to help Rainbow Rescue, a non-profit organization...
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BAKERSFIELD POLICE
DEPARTMENT
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
November 5, 2009
On 11/5/09, Bakersfield Police conducted a warrant sweep in an effort to locate
17 outstanding warrant suspects; one suspect for attempted murder, and the
remainder for assault with a deadly...
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A Bakersfield man was convicted Wednesday of beating a 90-year-old grandmother to death with a baseball bat in 2007.
Timothy Titus Rodriguez, 41, now faces a possible death penalty.
Rodriguez and his fiancee at the time Chenoa Martinez worked in the victim’s northeast Bakersfield home...
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In Custody Death
NEWS RELEASE
KERN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
CORONER DIVISION
This news release is prepared under the direction of the Sheriff-Coroner-Public Administrator for the convenience of news reporters. Facts concerning news events of major importance, which occur after the...
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CHP NEWS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 5,...
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The Condors had a quick pre-game skate at Rabobank Arena this morning and jump on a bus around noon to head to Las Vegas for tonight’s game (Nov. 5).
The busing on the day of the game is new this year, as part of cost-saving measures being taken by many teams.
Line combinations:...
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BAKERSFIELD POLICE
DEPARTMENT
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
November 4, 2009
The Bakersfield Police Department is asking the public’s assistance in identifying
a suspect wanted in connection with an identity theft. On 10/7/09, the victim
discovered that unknown...
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Autopsy Performed On Body Found In Frazier Park Creek
NEWS RELEASE
KERN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
CORONER DIVISION
This news release is prepared under the direction of the Sheriff-Coroner-Public Administrator for the convenience of news reporters. Facts concerning news events of major...
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BAKERSFIELD POLICE
DEPARTMENT
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
November 4, 2009
Bakersfield Police are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying a suspect
wanted for grand theft.
On 10/6/09, at about 12:20 p.m., the suspect depicted in the...
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A quick note relating the World Series to Bakersfield on this, the night of Game 6: I ran into K.C. and Butch Hobson today at Stockdale while working on a story about this weekend's big football game. Butch said he's organizing Northwest and Southwest youth baseball camps in December and...
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Andy Castaneda could hear the man's screams from several houses away.
By the time he and other neighbors in east Bakersfield arrived Tuesday afternoon, they saw 35-year-old Steven Herrera being attacked and brutally mauled by three pit bulldogs.
"I was four houses down," Castaneda...
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Q: Are any T.V. stations in Bakersfield considering going H.D.?
- Rob Linares
A: We were able to talk to general managers at two local television stations and here's what they said:
KBAK Channel 29: Most of its network programming is offered in high definition but local programming like news...
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A 55-year-old Porterville man turned into the lane of an oncoming truck and was killed by the head-on impact, the California Highway Patrol reported.
The victim, whose name has not been released, was driving a 2000 Chrysler Town and Country Van north on Highway 65 near Merced Avenue at 11:05...
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A bad reputation is hard to shake.
The Department of Fish and Game is finding that out, particularly in the Kern River Valley, as it shops around its environmental review documents on stocking the river with fish.
The department was sued in 2006 by the Pacific Rivers Council and Center for...
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I just got back from the Central Section girls golf championships, where Frontier won the Division II section title with a 419, good enough for second overall behind Clovis West's 404. That moves the Titans to the Southern Cal regionals in a couple of weeks. So congrats to the Titans. Stockdale...
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He’s got nearly 600 National Hockey League games to his credit over nine seasons and, at 30 years of age, Kyle Calder isn’t ready to call it quits.
But, after playing the last seven seasons exclusively in the NHL (plus a lockout year in Europe) Calder’s path back to the highest...
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Oh brother.
Check out County Govt. Reporter James Burger's blog on how the Board of Supervisors ducked making a hard decision on whether to allow a concrete crushing plant to be plopped right next to houses.
Hey, I wish the guy could just go ahead with his business too. We need the jobs and his...
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We're on at the board of Supervisors.
Kern County Planning Department chief Jim Ellis is delivering the staff report on the M&B Land Development concrete-crushing project.
Both the businessman who proposed the project - Mark Polhamus - and neighbors have appealed the decision of the Kern...
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The Delano Police Dept, Detective Div., is asking the public's help in this case. On 9-26-09 at approximately 1900 hrs a shooting occuried at the Pioneer Gas Station, located in the 1000 block of Garzoli Ave. in the city of Delano.
After recovering the surveillance footage of the incident two...
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Got this from McCarthy's office, if you're so inclined to watch:
Tune in: Congressman Kevin McCarthy (CA-22) along with Congressman Chris Van Hollen (MD-08) will appear on CNN’s Situation Room <http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Prog... today, November 3rd, at 3:45pm PST (6:45...
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What if I told you that right now in Bakersfield, thousands and thousands of people are walking around with a life threatening disease that trumps Swine flu and West Nile combined.. Would you believe me?
What if I told you that out of all these people with this disease, only 3% know they...
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I'm skipping the board of supervisors meeting this morning to work on a piece for tomorrow's paper.
But don't worry. I'll be at the afternoon session to watch the final debate over the proposed concrete crushing plant out on Rosedale Lane.
Supervisors are in a classic development pinch between...
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We're beginning to hand out the first batch of Central Section titles of the fall, beginning tomorrow with the girls golf team championships in Tulare and then a couple of team tennis finals later in the afternoon. One of those is Division V, where Bakersfield Christian will host Fowler in what...
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Houchin Community Blood Bank invites the community to come out and support a local family desperately in need of a Bone Marrow Transplant. The event will be held on:
Saturday, November 7, 2009
9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Houchin Blood Bank – 5901 Truxtun Avenue – 323-4222...
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