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The dog likes Bakersfield. The owner? Not so sure.
Check it out here.
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SDSU OR BUST!
It's the...
Newsletter...Feel My Art 2 Edition!
Hey Bakotopians! How are you doing? Good? That’s nice to hear! Not so good? I’m sorry about that.
Maybe a nice refreshing glass of iced tea and some music could cheer you up a bit? You could even throw a lemon...
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Bakersfield.com blogger meandpete has posted a very personal story about her 14-year-old daughter who is due to give birth in October. Read how she's coping and comments from fellow bloggers.
Perhaps she can find solace in Mas magazine's latest cover story, about a local woman who got pregnant...
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July is the dog days of summer — life seems to be crawling by right now. News is slow. Co-workers and fellow bloggers are gone on vacation. The county supervisors seem to be the only ones with purpose, hammering out a new budget over three days.
Meanwhile, a Tuscon blogger deems...
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Each week we will map out some of the crime in Bakersfield. Check out the map.
The map only includes certain types of crimes, called "Part 1" crimes. What kinds of crimes does that include? Burglary, theft, rape, murder, car theft and more. The maps don't include a lot of other crimes,...
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A new bako sound, future AmeriKERNa classic? You'll decide. I'll abide.
What this Country Means to Me
Dr BLT
hardly a day goes by
when I don't play a song
by old Merle Haggard and his boys
hardly a night goes by
when a
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Reading Lily Berger's story of battling an eating disorder, I was surprised to see that the disorder began so early in her life.
The Bakersfield native detailed her struggle on the Northwest Voice's Web site. It's a shocking read that delves deep into why she felt compelled to purge.
Here's an...
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Bakersfield Life magazine has compiled a bracket of the 64 best things about Bakersfield and it needs your help whittling the number down to 1!
Check out the bracket here.
And here's a reader blog on the topic.
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Be careful if you have saggy pants in the south Chicago suburb of Lynwood. Village leaders have passed an ordinance that would levy $25 fines against anyone showing three inches or more of their underwear in public.
Is a similar ordinance needed in Bakersfield? Could Valley Plaze store owners...
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Starbucks recently announced the imminent closure of around 600 U.S. stores. Under pressure from customers and employees for not being more forthcoming about the exact locations, the coffee giant has released the locations of affected stores.
And guess what?
There are no local Starbucks on the...
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An 'incident' goes down in Bakersfield and the assassin works on his new novel
Welcome to the adventure fiction of BernardL.
Read the latest chapter here.
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A 25-year-old Bakersfield man was arrested early Friday on suspicion of robbery and attempted murder.
Dominick Pena was taken into custody without incident in the 100 block of South H Street, Bakersfield police said. He was wanted in connection with the shooting of Donato Rendon in the 400 block...
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I think they're being sarcastic, but you never can tell:
"As the debut for our new column, In The Lineup / Washed Up, we traveled to Bakersfield, CA, the epicenter of fashion and fabulousness ... "
Check out what to wear (and what not to wear) for the upcoming high school year.
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Bakersfield gets some love (sort of) in the new Terminator movie.
Would love to know exactly where these shots were taken.
Check them out here.
And here.
More interested in "The Dark Knight"? Go here.
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Great on-location pictures and words from the Laguna Interagency Hotshot Crew are here.
A family leaves the beach for a weekend in Bakersfield.
And another trip to Bakersfield for the 4th of July.
Snapshot images from in and around Bakersfield.
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I'm just waiting for the day that Michael Rubio suggests we outlaw death. The deaths in the Kern River are devastating and tragic...and they are overwhelmingly adults. What is Rubio thinking? Does he think we are idiots? Why would he suggest this law for kids, when it is...
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Mosquito abatement employees go onto private property without permission from time to time.
This has been done locally to treat abandon pools teeming with mosquitoes (see the photo).
A Pennsylvania businessman, though, considers this trespassing.
From the York Daily Record:
James Yelton,...
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It seems like every summer people freak out about the heat like they've never felt it before, like it's not an eventuality.
Guess what, people. Bakersfield is hot. It's kind of our thing.
This seasonal amnesia happens back East during the first snow of winter. Motorists forget that snow is...
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Are you externally, internally, or eternally motivated? It all depends on where you place your locus of control. If you believe that your surroundings and your circumstances control your destiny, then you will both blame your surroundings and circumstances when things go wrong, and...
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Doing our part...
It's the...
Newsletter....SUPPORT THE TROOPS EDITION
Allow me to “get my patriot on” for a second...
About a month ago, I visited a local store and asked for a small U.S. flag - the kind you can place on your office desk. One of the clerks pointed to a...
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It's so hot in Bakersfield that ...
you know someone's going to post an "It's so hot in Bakersfield" list!
Thanks to b.com blogger, Tiffanilynn, for getting us started this summer.
We particularly like No. 4:
"You find out in August that it only takes two fingers to steer a...
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Larsen Jensen has already earned a spot on the U.S. Olympic team. Gabe Woodward will begin his quest Wednesday. Because I moved here in December 2006, I never witnessed any of their individual athletic feats.
It's part of the business. Sportswriters can go several years, if not a lifetime,...
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SAYS....
"LET'S HELP THESE BAKO BANDS WIN BIG!"
FROM RITUAL TO ROMANCE - VANS WARPED 2008!
SOULAJAR - THE NEXT GRETSCH GREATS!
BOTH OF THESE GREAT BAKERSFIELD BANDS ARE CONTESTANTS IN TWO BIG NATIONAL CONTESTS!
CLICK ON EACH BANNER BELOW TO READ THEIR STORY ON...
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Thanks to b.com blogger soxford for getting this discussion going.
In light of Bakersfield's awful air quailty (made worse by the smoke and haze from surrounding wildfires), is it time to put a stop to July 4 fireworks?
Join the discussion at soxford's blog here.
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An NPR reporter takes her $300 government rebate check and takes a trip to Bakersfield.
Once there she experiences the Bakersfield Speedway, eating Basque food and being called a hooker.
Listen to her account here.
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Nevermind the Bollocks, here's the...
Newsletter...Summertime Blues, NOT! Issue!
Bakotopians have done it again!
Standing by our motto of “letting the reader drive,” this issue is packed with enough coolness to help ease the summertime blues - we mean it when we say,...
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Does he?
Here's is an excerpt from his post:
"I love this place, except for all the people that came here and tried to make the Bakos change."
Read the whole post here.
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"Obscene in the Extreme: The Burning and Banning of John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath" is a book by Rick Wartzman about Bakersfield's successful efforts in keeping Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize-winning book out of our libraries.
You can read the mini review here.
The book has not been...
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If you all haven't read the story, here it is...
http://www.bakersfield.com....
All I can say is thank GOD for the RN that drove by and recognized this Dr. whom she had just worked with. I didn't notice another blog on this and if there is, I'll be happy to take...
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Pismo is currently 98º.
Bakersfield is currently 96º.
Wasssuuuuuuuuuuuuuup!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(temps taken at 2:05 p.m.)
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PureAmerican wants a local street named after race car driver Kevin Harvick, a la Merle Haggard and Buck Owens.
Do you agree? Go here to join the discussion.
And if you want to find out how the NASCAR star did at Bakersfield Speedway last night, click here.
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As long as you could get back at that speed.
Thanks to Bake Town for posting this video.
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Hello out there,
I'm working on a story about nightlife locations in Bakersfield. Some of our city's most popular spots are in shopping centers or industrial areas, which I find a bit quirky, being a relative newbie.
Think Lengthwise and RJ's and newer options such as Randolph's Lounge and...
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We had two, small, bantam chickens in our back yard. We are not raising a chicken farm. They were PETS, our 4 year old adored them. We had them for natural pest control in our backyard because we believe in Green Friendly alternatives where gardening and many other things are concerned.
Monday...
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Caught on camera, this giant ant is about to destroy the Bakersfield sign.
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PLEASE IGNORE THESE IF YOU'VE HAD ENOUGH OF GAY MARRIAGE, but Bakersfield and Kern County have come in for some stick over this issue.
Nowhere is this more pronounced than in the murky waters of the blocean (just made that word up).
Anyway, here are a couple of blogs using the gay marriage...
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This story flew a little under the radar (O.K., waaaaaaay under the radar, since I can't even find it on the web site), but it looks like the City of Bakersfield may be close to taking a new approach towards dog licensing.
A City Council committee approved a pilot program proposal where a team...
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So, Ms. Barnett has suspended all marriages. This is a bold move. I have wondered whether or not to support her decision. So?
The fact of the matter is that Ms. Barnett reports to the people. She is an elected official. Just like Ken Weir must report to the...
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Thursday afternoon I checked the mailbox, and to my surprise I found a letter from the Recall Ken Weir group. I was so excited. As some of you know, I have been very anxious to sign the petition for his recall.
During the time I've waited for the petition, I have had a chance to...
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Kern is a nasty county!
Kernville is a mean place!
Bakersfield is ugly!
Who dares level such accusations? This blogger. That's who.
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How many of you are tired of all the litter that lines our streets? I know I am. I don't like seeing all the trash just piled up everywhere, where it is not supposed to be. I'm talking about littering and dumping. Both of these practices are illegal, but still happen way...
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What happened at today’s BOS meeting was nothing short of a travesty.
Two years of public workshops, Animal Control Commission meetings and hours upon hours of time the citizens of Kern County gave in the name of expressing their feelings about the pet overpopulation problem plaguing Kern...
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On Saturday, we ran a piece about V Heritage Plaza, an under-construction shopping center on South Union Avenue that slid into foreclosure.
Newly recorded docs filed with the Kern County Recorder's office show V Heritage developer William Lee also lost his completed shopping center, Little...
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Easy ridin' in 2008...
It's the one and only:
Newsletter...Bakersfield Thunder Run edition!
There’s no disputing the fact that Bakersfield loves bikes.
At Chuy’s or Amigo’s, you’re bound to run into a group of locals who need that escape from the daily grind -...
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Dr. Jennifer McDougle, the veterinarian for the Kern County Animal Control Shelter, has left her position on staff, effective last week. While KCAC is busy trying to fill the position on a permanent basis, this has to be a serious blow to an already embattled department.
Seriously, can anything...
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The Spring North of the River Recreation and Park District session of eBay classes were a huge success. NOR will be offering more classes in the Fall. Watch this blog for dates, times and locations later this summer.
In the meantime, summer classes...
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Welcome to Bakersfield Sound Trivia Quest. I'm Dr. BLT and I'll be your host. Yesterday, a blog known as Turtle Box opening dissed our town, and you don't diss the town of Bakersfield and not expect to here from any of us.
They called us all a bunch of "bigots" and...
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Five out-of-town developers are now in trouble on housing projects in Wasco.
The latest, Kemp Land Co. (through subsidiary Wasco 37 LP), defaulted Wednesday on a pair of loans for the Climbing Rose Estates tract off Palm on the north side of 46.
I drove around Wasco in December (that's when I...
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Some of you may be familar with this story, which was reported by one of our local news stations. If not you can read the owner's account here.
The Humane Society of the United States is offering a $15,000 reward for information leading to identification, arrest and conviction of...
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