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The National Alliance for Worker and Employer Righ
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Posted by NAWER
- Wed Sep 19, 2007 10:13:08 PDT
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The summer that shook the American workplace
The new threat and hidden agenda of Labors new Government
By Will Fine, Executive Director National Alliance for Worker and Employer Rights
This summer has been the...
Posted by NAWER
- Mon Sep 17, 2007 10:53:00 PDT
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Kern County Animal Control Announces Spay & Neuter Assistance for Kern County Residents
Kern County Animal Control Services Division is pleased to announce that the H.O.P.E. (Halt Overpopulation with Prevention and...
Posted by KCAC
- Fri Sep 14, 2007 13:47:12 PDT
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Although I am a retired senior citizen, I have been working closely with the Housing Authority of Kern County. I am also working with the state for more and better housing for the poor and homeless.
I have recently been selected to...
Posted by jdharris1945
- Fri Sep 14, 2007 13:38:31 PDT
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The Better Business Bureau of Central California, in conjunction with Valley Plaza Mall, would like to help you protect yourself against the possibility of identity theft. Get rid of all those old bank statements, credit card bills...
Posted by vmsanders
- Fri Sep 7, 2007 09:14:14 PDT
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Iris Lopez has been recognized by the Community Action Partnership and was honored during the Partnership’s Annual Convention today, August 30, 2007 in San Diego, California for her personal achievement. The week long...
Posted by CommunityAction
- Tue Sep 4, 2007 14:27:00 PDT
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Mark Richardson, Taft High’s new principal, is no stranger to the Westside. Richardson’s mother is a graduate of Taft High, and his grandfather taught at Taft High until 1973. Richardson, a graduate of Shafter High School,...
Posted by TaftIndependent
- Tue Sep 4, 2007 12:19:21 PDT
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This little girl was waiting in front of my home.... I'm not sure if she was lost or abandoned. She's very sweet and playful and appears to be about 4-5 months old (still has baby teeth). I'd love to keep her but she and...
Posted by keeper371
- Tue Sep 4, 2007 11:30:45 PDT
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Does anyone check their mail and not notice the GRAFFITI on their mailboxes!
of are you just to busy to do something about it?
Well here's my problem with it. I have a listing in a nice neighborhood in the Southwest, now I know that...
Posted by janay11
- Tue Sep 4, 2007 11:27:57 PDT
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Taft may soon use Jessica’s Law to help keep sex offenders from migrating from urban areas to more rural settings.
Proposition 83 or Jessica’s Law, passed by California voters last year, is a law that puts stiffer...
Posted by TaftIndependent
- Tue Sep 4, 2007 09:14:17 PDT
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Congressman Kevin McCarthy (R – 22nd District) toured Taft and Kern County’s Westside Wednesday, August 29, making stops at the Taft Chamber of Commerce monthly breakfast meeting, Taft Union High School, and the Occidental...
Posted by TaftIndependent
- Thu Aug 30, 2007 15:22:58 PDT
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Monday, Sept. 17, begins the national celebration of Constitution Week. The week-long commemoration of America's most important document is one of our country's least known official observances. Our Constitution stands as a...
Posted by sjeffus
- Thu Aug 30, 2007 15:18:48 PDT
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Have you ever thought about how you can make a difference in our community? There are so many children in Kern County who need support from the community to live happy, healthy and successful lives. All Children in foster...
Posted by adine6
- Thu Aug 30, 2007 13:05:57 PDT
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Featured in "The Last Hurrah", Bakersfield August art show in the 18th street gallery, local artist Lisa Small is at it again! She is going to be a showing artist in the "Betrayel" art show...
Posted by LisaSmall
- Thu Aug 30, 2007 09:33:21 PDT
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We here at Hectic Films have started a little underground news program making fun of local news. We come out with a new video every Friday talking about local news, new movies and local events.
If you want to find out more...
Posted by hecticfilms
- Tue Aug 28, 2007 12:11:51 PDT
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It has arrived! The day that you as a parent thought would never arrive is here. It is time for you to hand your daughter her first set of car keys. She has been anxiously waiting for this day with a sense of excitement and visions of...
Posted by Pat99
- Mon Aug 27, 2007 17:14:20 PDT
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Local students will be heading back to school next week, and Kern County Animal Control is urging parents, students and animal owners to take some simple steps to keep classrooms from “going to the dogs”.
As children...
Posted by KCAC
- Wed Aug 15, 2007 15:19:41 PDT
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This week is the tenth anniversary of the creation of the Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina. I led the IMF technical assistance team that helped create it. The experience and the issues encountered and dealt with are described in my...
Posted by WCoats
- Wed Aug 15, 2007 15:19:04 PDT
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What happens when 43 girls from all over California get together for 12 days to compete for $35,000 in scholarships? Probably not what you would expect! Bakersfield’s Junior Miss, Bethany Feil, was amazed to see...
Posted by carolfeil
- Mon Aug 13, 2007 14:23:03 PDT
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Approximately 300 young men and women graduated from the Devil Pups program on Saturday, August 11, 2007 at Camp Pendleton, California. Nine of those were from Kern County: Richard Sanchez and David Serrano, both were...
Posted by Dixie
- Mon Aug 13, 2007 11:15:01 PDT
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Taft City leaders were excited to learn of a near 16% increase in sales tax revenue from last year’s reporting period after meeting with the city’s revenue management company this week. The 15.9% increase came mostly from the...
Posted by TaftIndependent
- Thu Aug 9, 2007 15:34:05 PDT
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The League of California Cities South San Joaquin Division appointed Taft City Councilman Cliff Thompson to be the League’s Kern County representative Wednesday.
Thompson was unanimously voted to a two-year term as Kern...
Posted by TaftIndependent
- Thu Aug 9, 2007 15:29:08 PDT
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“The mission of America's Junior Miss is to emphasize education by providing scholarship opportunities to outstanding, college-bound high school girls, and to encourage personal development in all young...
Posted by cefeil
- Thu Aug 9, 2007 15:14:40 PDT
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The City of McFarland’s quaint history still rings true today. The community was founded as a result of one family’s journey, and as families still journey here, they celebrate small-town quaintness but with extended...
Posted by kathyrowland
- Thu Aug 9, 2007 11:58:59 PDT
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A journey of patriotism, diversification, and globalization presents a matter which demands informed and tolerant future generations, and in this vein, several educators have met that requirement with...
Posted by kathyrowland
- Wed Aug 8, 2007 23:02:06 PDT
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Research is clear that breast milk is optimal nutrition and the perfect, life-sustaining food for babies. Breast milk provides nutritional and health advantages that last far beyond infancy, and offers health benefits for mothers,...
Posted by citizenjournalist
- Mon Aug 6, 2007 14:17:45 PDT
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The city of Maricopa hosted the Kern County Association of Cities bimonthly dinner and meeting Tuesday, July 31. Assembly Member Jean Fuller was the keynote speaker for the evening.
Representatives from Bakersfield, Delano,...
Posted by TaftIndependent
- Thu Aug 2, 2007 14:14:24 PDT
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I don't understand why we are at war. I guess it is my lack of formal education. We are being told that we are trying to establish a government of democracy in Iraq. We want the Iraqi people to have a say by vote in there government and...
Posted by ed4unow
- Thu Aug 2, 2007 09:25:47 PDT
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Editor's Note: Through some journalistic sleuthing, Marnie Hicks has been located and the church is in the process of returning her family's items. — Jennifer Baldwin, Contributions Editor
Do you know Marnie or Greg Hicks or...
Posted by citizenjournalist
- Fri Jul 27, 2007 12:54:07 PDT
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As parents of a son who is currently serving his second tour in Iraq, this issue is so personal to us. We need to throw out the political agendas that everyone gets wrapped up in and understand that these men and women are fighting for...
Posted by jkgalyan
- Fri Jul 27, 2007 12:08:01 PDT
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Community Action Partnership of Kern is known for helping those in need and yesterday, July 19, "I witnessed Community Action Partnership of Kern at its’ finest," said Shafter Youth Center Manager Lois...
Posted by CommunityAction
- Mon Jul 23, 2007 11:16:11 PDT
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I've had some interesting comments on my articles so far, of course not all good, but positive for the most part. Some of my old clients have sought me out to apprise me of the reality of the real estate market from the Investor...
Posted by michael14
- Fri Jul 20, 2007 10:41:16 PDT
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Covenant Community Services Inc. (CCSI) is a non-profit, social services organization that provides therapeutic foster care, mentoring, family preservation and mental health services to foster children and their families—helping...
Posted by adine6
- Thu Jul 19, 2007 15:44:37 PDT
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Once again The Californian has demonstrated callous disregard by printing the purported apology letter from the man who bludgeoned to death Michael Hoy, my son, in October 1987.
The editor’s note above this abomination refers to...
Posted by citizenjournalist
- Mon Jul 16, 2007 17:20:57 PDT
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Helen Wells of Maricopa and Mary Baca of Bakersfield are two mothers among many in Kern County urging the state not to shut down the Fresno Medi-Cal office.
Mary Baca says she started using the Fresno office to process her...
Posted by TaftIndependent
- Mon Jul 16, 2007 16:40:05 PDT
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Culex tarsalis is her proper name. Transmitting encephalitis is her game.
Mosquitoes have spread West Nile encephalitis (WNE) — an inflammation of the brain — across America. With the wet spring we have had as well as the...
Posted by citizenjournalist
- Mon Jul 16, 2007 11:19:31 PDT
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Three local teddy bears are joining their brothers in traveling the globe. These bears are inspiring because their mission has more to do with providing hope than geography lessons. Inspiring, like the child at the...
Posted by staffwriterNFINC
- Thu Jul 12, 2007 11:50:58 PDT
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Global warming is here. It's for real. Leading scientists have confirmed it. The temperature is rising all over our planet. In mid-century it is expected to rise by 2 degrees Fahrenheit. The effect will be felt all over the world.
The...
Posted by citizenjournalist
- Wed Jul 11, 2007 12:23:56 PDT
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Greetings from Green Gardens.
As I've told readers before, Green Gardens apartment complex is a partnership between Golden Empire Affordable Housing, Kern County Housing Authority, and Kern Linkage, a division of Kern Mental Health....
Posted by citizenjournalist
- Wed Jul 11, 2007 12:08:51 PDT
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Who: Friendship House Community Center
A program of Community Action Partnership of Kern
What: Community Meeting
Where: Administration Building – John Nilon Room, 300 19th Street, Bakersfield...
Posted by CommunityAction
- Tue Jul 10, 2007 11:40:33 PDT
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Helen Wells is urging the Department of Health Services not to shut down the Fresno Regional Medi-Cal office, which she relies on for the care of her son, Harold Wells Jr. Harold was paralyzed from the neck down during an accident at a...
Posted by TaftIndependent
- Mon Jul 9, 2007 14:16:32 PDT
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McMillin Homes, KUZZ Radio, Tuff Shed, and Jamba Juice joined forces with the ‘Because We Care’ project recently to gather supplies and show appreciation for troops serving overseas.
With the Kern County Fire...
Anonymous user
- Mon Jul 9, 2007 14:13:30 PDT
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In this article I will be quoting Dr. Joseph Romm, Ph.D. of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Romm is the founder and executive director of the Center for Energy and Climate Solutions and a fellow at the Center for American...
Posted by jdharris1945
- Mon Jul 2, 2007 16:34:59 PDT
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John and Dave bumped into each other one morning waiting for their first bus to kindergarten nearly 47 years ago on a sunny September morning in 1960. This was to start a long and fast paced life of laughs and triumphs for these...
Anonymous user
- Mon Jul 2, 2007 15:57:51 PDT
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The Woman’s Club of Bakersfield held its 111th Installation Ceremony and Luncheon on May 21, 2007. Incoming President Claire J. Smeed was honored by California Federation of Women’s Clubs President Tammy Guensler, guest...
Posted by sgdeckerbak
- Mon Jul 2, 2007 15:03:16 PDT
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Walking across the graduation stage for a high school student can bring about thoughts of present status in robe, future endeavors of life and past movements of people.
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Posted by ezln
- Mon Jul 2, 2007 14:59:43 PDT
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Commuters along Taft Highway 119 can finally see stoplights above the deadly crossing at Enos Lane.
They just can't see them lighting up yet.
The lights, which were erected last week, won't start signaling until late July,...
Posted by TaftIndependent
- Fri Jun 29, 2007 12:03:34 PDT
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The devastating freeze this past winter brought economic chaos to our agricultural region, not only for farmers, but especially the working-class.
Thousands of agricultural workers, from farm...
Posted by citizenjournalist
- Fri Jun 29, 2007 10:28:50 PDT
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Horizons Du Monde is desperately seeking Host Families for French Exchange Students. They will be arriving in and around the Bakersfield area on July 31- August 20. For the 3 weeks that they will be here students will be attending 3 full...
Posted by keala50
- Thu Jun 28, 2007 09:08:35 PDT
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One of the most asked questions these days, especially to me as a Real Estate Broker, is what is happening in the Real estate market, and what is going to happen in the future. I think many people are unsure of what to do and are fearful...
Posted by michael14
- Wed Jun 27, 2007 14:06:12 PDT
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