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Today I went out for lunch. Nothing special, except that I usually eat in my office, preferring to save the five-to-ten bucks it costs for lunch for other pressing things, such as gas money. However, I just itched to leave the office today. Everyone, it seemed, from my boss to my coworkers, and...
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Former Bakersfield High grad and current Washington Redskins cheerleader, Tiffany Bacon, has been selected to cheer at the Pro Bowl.
This isn't an excuse to link to lots of pictures of her.
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Let's ignore for a moment facebakersfield's detective work and subsequent claim that there is more than one bike path beaver.
There are far more pressing concerns.
Let's name that beaver!
This idea came in a phone call to us a few minutes ago from northwest Bakersfield resident, Dallas Walton....
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The grocery store with the porn name opens its first Bakersfield location today and you can follow along with Fresh and Easy's very own live tweets!
Go here for instant satisfaction.
The locations can be found on our Money Talks blog.
One of our Growth and Economy reporters is on location at...
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At what age do you stop referring to your best friends as BFFs?
That's one of many questions we had when reading this melancholy tale of a birthday weekend that wasn't.
The sad details are here.
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Two weeks ago we bemoaned the lack of a decent English cucumber. One that would last a week in the fridge without going soft and pathetic at the end.
Trips to Young's and Vons and Trader Joe's were all to no avail.
But then we were saved by the Saturday morning farmer's market on F street.
It...
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Granted, lots of travelers passing through Bako are on to more exotic locales like Solana Beach down south or Monterey up north.
So when a tweet comes through which says ...
"Some things never change. Like how crappy Bakersfield is. Though I suppose it might be getting crappier."
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Who are you?
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I am posting this hoping that someone in our blog community has heard from our blog friend Sam Heath. His eloquently written blogs have not graced us for several weeks, and we not only miss his voice, but we are concerned for his well being. While I am hoping that he is off visiting...
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Yep, it's that time again. Time for your weekly crime map and your friendly neighborhood analysis courtesy the BNT.
Check out the latest crime maps.
Once again the focus is on burglaries. We're up slightly this week to 126 from Nov. 17 to 23. That's only three more than the week before, but...
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"I grew up in Bakersfield, California: an unsexy part of a sexy state."
This was written by Caroline Lawrence during an preamble to a book review on Mary Renault's "The Last of the Wine."
We love it.
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Is it just a coincidence that UFOs are only seen by people with UFO blogs?
Check out this Bakersfield UFO sighting, complete with the following description:
"It moved slowly downward, toward earth….at that point, the red “star” winked on and off, as if it was getting no...
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It's one thing for us to take L.A.'s crap, but Forestville?
How utterly humiliating.
However, luckily for Bako, the truck carrying toxic dirt crashed and spilled its evil load miles away from our back yard.
No one was injured, so we can say this without recriminations.
Good.
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Was today the beginning of our charming fog season? It was difficult to tell. The air's been so bad these past couple of weeks, we couldn't tell if this morning sported particularly grotesque haze or the onset of winter's romantic fog.
When our fog really rolls in and cars actually drive slowly...
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From the Visalia Times-Delta:
A Bakersfield man who was found shot in the head Sunday evening at a gas station in Goshen told deputies he was shot after being flagged down on southbound 99 south of Traver, according to the Tulare County Sheriff’s Department.
Whole story here.
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Homicide that Occurred on 11/22/2008
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...
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If we were compiling a list of the coolest people in Bakersfield we'd include Smokey (the guy who panhandles cigarettes downtown because he's just so darn nice and polite) and local radio talk show host ,Jaz McKay, because he tools around in private jets and that's very impressive.
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I'm sitting here wondering about Bakersfield. I'm thinking about the politics here. I have to admit they aren't nearly as bad as some places I've heard of. But I still wonder. When you think about politics in the United States, I think corruption, uselessness, money, and...
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There's always been this feeling among our northern neighbors that because their city is larger it is automatically better.
Seems like a valid point at first glance, but when you're arguing about two cities plagued by car thefts, awful air quality, gang wars and nondescript architecture, surely...
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From the Anchorage Daily News comes the story of Bakersfield's Brandon Seybert, 19, who was shot in the leg during a drunken brawl in Alaska back in July.
His drinking companion was convicted Wednesday on two counts of first-degree assault and one count of second-degree assault.
Here's...
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Way back in April, Trekkies were abuzz with the news that scenes from the new "Star Trek" film were being shot just south of Bakersfield.
The location on Taft Highway near Enos Lane is used as a stand-in for Iowa, Captain Kirk's home state.
We couldn't be prouder.
Check out the newly...
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Based on how many times a Web site is mentioned in the blogosphere, ://urlfan ranks almost 3 million Web sites to see which one is most popular.
Bakersfield.com comes in at 3,141 out of 2,815,144 sites.
Here are a few other rankings:
No. 1: en.wikipedia.org
No. 2: flickr.com
No. 3:...
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Rush hour is a good thing?
The Motor City Madman gets tough when responding to a caller on a Bakersfield radio talk show.
Check out classic Nugent here.
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Last week you might recall our crime map showed a big jump in the number of burglaries in the city. There were 152 during the week that ended Nov. 9. This week that number dropped to just 123. That's almost exactly the same as the week ending Nov. 2.
Check out the latest crime maps.
What about...
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San Luis Obispo is nice and all that, but it ain't $7.50 Guinness-nice.
After moaning at the price of a glass of the black stuff at Tilted Kilt a few months ago, we were in Mother's Tavern in SLO yesterday. To be fair the bartender only charged us $6 for a Snakebite, but the listed price for...
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Change Is A Comin'!
It's the
Newsletter - Post Election Chill-Out Edition
My fellow Americans - it’s finally over!
What an ending to an election that brought even the most hardened non-political folk off the armchair and into the voting booth.
The nation as well as Kern...
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It was so fun to hear identical Lil Wayne songs playing on two Bakersfield radio stations at the same time, but sadly that's coming to an end.
Play 103.9's last day is today.
"Sadly, the economy has impacted us as sales have suffered to the point of us closing down,” says APD/morning...
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Yesterday in The Californian we learned that Chihuahuas are a delicate breed, many of whom end up at animal shelters when their owners can't care for them properly.
But the story of Bubba the Bakersfield Chihuahua is truly uplifting.
After chewing through the cord of an electric blanket, Bubba...
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Mention Bakersfield to most out-of-towners and they'll turn their noses up and remark on the smell.
They pick up the olfactory delights of our scented city while bombing through on the 99 or the 5, noses twitching inquisitively like a squirrel on our bike path staring down a peloton of shiny,...
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I voted for Obama but I love this guy, I also like Enga Barks and count her as a friend but I don't like Shawn Hanety, he's way too far to the right !
Check out his video on gay marriage, also check out the pictures from Sorella's !
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We got 17 out of 19 (should have been 18, but we accidentally left one answer blank.)
A couple of the questions are sadly a little out of date, but any Bakersfieldian worth his biscuits and gravy will score well.
The quiz is here.
Here's the tie breaker: Which two NFL teams did former Foothill...
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The Bakersfield Street Team offers its support for former Korn guitarist Brian "Head" Welch in this video.
Does "Head" have a messy apartment too?
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Since we make less then $ 250,000 a year it sure looks like Obama's tax plan will greatly help us, I keep hearing the guys on the radio saying it could be $ 150,000 or $ 100,000 but Obama has never changed the amount once, he has consistantly said if you make over $ 250,000 you will pay...
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I just wanted to let everyone know I'll be playing at The Gleaners Fundraiser tomorrow night, it's a benefit for the poor and needy and also a tribute to our vets, I'll be singing on 1 end and they'll be a ton of acts on the other end.
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Hispanic Male, 48 years old, DOB: 3/26/60
Height: 5’11”
Weight: 225 lbs.
Residence: 3505 1/2 “L” Street, Bakersfield, CA 93301
Louie Garcia Jr. is a Registered Sex Offender, classified as a Sexual Violet Predator, by the...
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Go there to see our site and please take a minute and give us a review !
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A few weeks back, managing general partner and minority owner Dave Higdon admitted the Jam made a number of mistakes in the first two years in Bakersfield. A wrong hire at head coach, the belief that fans would fill Rabobank Arena only for the basketball and the wrong approach to marketing the...
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There's a few of us poor souls who post to bakosphere and one of them is my boss who just gave birth to a baby boy.
She promised to Twitter the birth and she lived up to her promise.
Congratulations chief and here's her Twitter posts.
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I told my husband to go get some booze last night because it is illegal to sell alcohol on election day. He told me that is horse hockey. I can't remember where I heard that, but does anyone know if this is true or is it just a myth? Or is it, maybe, that it was illegal to sell booze on election...
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Bakosphere intends to stay out of politics today, except of course when we get our free Starbucks coffee for, ahem, voting today.
But there's still much to discuss, including three blog posts this week (and it's only Tuesday) that have expressed a deep affection for our dusty, old town.
Today's...
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How great has technology become that nowadays you can stay in touch with the world even while you're sitting on the toilet in a local fast food joint.
Gross.
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C'mon people! It is so rare to have this caliber of talent pass through town!!
Get Out Of The House For a Change - You Wont Be Sorry - What A Great Show!
You do not want to miss this incredible band from Colorado!
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Q: I have often heard the post office state that we should mail early in the day.
However, when I use the drop-off boxes outside the Larson station or the Stockdale Highway station, the boxes list the pickup time as 5 p.m. weekdays and 1 p.m. Saturdays.
Why should I mail early when my letters...
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This is hands down one of our favorite local blog posts ever written.
The appeal of Bakersfield is difficult to describe to someone who has never lived here, but blogger, Siri Ved Kaur, offers a novel explanation.
"Anyway, so I was at the shoe store on the Promenade and when the sales...
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Check this out and tell me what you think !
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The Little Red School House had it's annual Halloween parade an hour ago and look who showed up!
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This place is a dirty ol' town at the best of times, but at the moment it's plain disgusting.
Perched on top of the downtown parking structure a few minutes ago I was squinting just to look through the camera lens, the particles of grime were swirling so maniacally.
There was a dead pigeon on...
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Are you sure that was a ghost?
From an article on Bakersfield hauntings:
"Club Paradise: An unknown presence has been reported locking people into the storeroom. Also people have been mysteriously pushed, grabbed, and even groped. And lastly, objects are known to be moved around."
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