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What's a relay without a theme song? Well, the Relay for Life events would probably do quite well without me, but to set the tone for my contribution to the events, I would like to introduce this new theme song.
Hear it by hitting the play bar at the play station above the icon in...
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A 25-year-old Bakersfield man was killed shortly after midnight Sunday when the motorcycle he was riding was hit by a van, officials reported.
Jared Brown died at the scene of the Ming Avenue and southbound Highway 99 accident, the Kern County Coroner’s office reported. Brown was wearing a...
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It's that time of year when people across the country reveal a very important number — just how much they make annually.
And that information is shared in a Parade cover story. You can check out Parade's online coverage here.
See our local version here.
Are you surprised by the...
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TONITE! NO COVER! SOUTHWEST BAKERSFIELD!
GET YOUR FRIENDS TOGETHER!
YOU WILL DANCE YOUR ASSES OFF!
B-RYDER'S IN SW BAKERSFIELD, YO!
(click on flier to listen to some FREE music!)
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I grew up in the South West area of Bakersfield. Near Ming & H St And had many all over the area. I moved out of state over 20 years ago and lost touch with many of my old friends.
I would just like to be able to re connect with them.
I attended South High '76-'79, Golden State Jr. High and...
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Checkers Drive-In Restaurants Inc. opened its first Bakersfield location on Thursday at 3009 Calloway Drive.
It is the first restaurant for new franchisee Chris Dominguez, according to the company.
Checkers is known for its two drive-through lanes. The menu includes burgers and sandwiches,...
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Here's what Courtenay Edelhart reports today:
The Hide Out diner has opened at 1419 19th St., downtown, serving up traditional comfort food including steak, ribs and pork chops.
The diner occupies 3,000 square feet and seats about 100, said owner Lamberto Luna, 49. Dinner entrees range from...
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It's that time of the week to introduce another set of people who've achieved in some way or another in their chosen professions.
Don't know who the person in the mug shot to the left is, and what she did?
Click here for this week's column.
Want to be in next week's?
It's best to submit...
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The big R word — recession.
It's looming large, many economists say, and it's hitting college students hard. Many lenders are tightening standards, raising rates and making it otherwise difficult for students (or their parents) to get their hands on money to pay for school.
Some lenders...
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Yeah Obama called some people bitter, Clinton jumped on him yada yada yada...
When are the Dems going to pick someone, so McCain can hurry up and lock up the Presidency?
Its interesting to see Obama not getting the pass as much anymore.
Its seems since they actually started to ask qeustions of...
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On March 11, 2008, Leonard Marella was arrested in the 100 block of Wilson Ave. in the Oildale area.
Upon coming into contact with police Mr. Marella ran. The reason he ran is because he knew he had a warrant issued for his arrest for a probation violation and Mr. Marella assumed the...
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What better way to celebrate the glorious spring sunshine than a downtown pub crawl on Saturday? The rickshaws are available for the truly legless or the so-chronically-unfit that a one-block walk is simply out of the question. Check out our preview of the event here.
Don't go overboard, unless...
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The Trekkies just can't get enough of movie scenes being shot in Kern County. Check out a Google Earth view of the location and theories on who was behind the wheel of the red Corvette.
Meanwhile, another day at the Kern County Fairgrounds nets meager profits, but good stories for a rock and gem...
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Evan Jones, a copy editor here at The Californian, offers these tips for low-cost and no-cost filing of tax returns:
If you’re the type who has done your own taxes and you like to keep things simple, instead of using TurboTax or an overpriced tax preparer, go to the IRS Web site and use...
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The Mayor Villaraigosa accused federal officials of targeting "established, responsible employers" in industries that rely on "workforces that include undocumented immigrants."
"In these industries, including most areas of manufacturing, even the most scrupulous and...
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I've had occasion to dine out a lot lately.
Imagine my shock at what some local eateries are charging for soda.
$2.39? Yes, you read that correctly. $2.39 for soda. And yes, refills were included ... but nobody came by to offer one to me, so does that really count?
The day before I paid $1.99...
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This from the Punk Turns 30 blog: "Bakersfield, if you will, was the punk version of country music."
Trekkies are keeping up with the latest "Star Trek" scenes being shot around these parts at the TrekToday bog.
Here's what our entertainment reporter found out Wednesday.
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MAS MAGAZINE
EXCLUSIVE!
CNN'S SOLEDAD O'BRIEN SPEAKS TO
BAKERSFIELD'S MAS MAGAZINE
BEFORE HER 4/17 VISIT TO BAKERSFIELD!
(CLICK ON COVER BELOW TO READ NOW!)
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I am really enjoying your "Lost Treasures of Bakersfield" postings and blogs. I was raised in Oildale & Bakersfield, late ' 50s & early ' 60s.
Watching the elegant red & silver Santa Fe "San Francisco Chief " passenger train arrive & depart...
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I posted the McCain footage of the misqouted 100 years war qoute, and Obama lieing about it on the news...anyways this is what he sent me...I changed the parts highlighted
"thanks for postin this BakersfieldSup, you know im behind mccain all the way. I cant stand obama and that...
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Alright I was just wondering.
Near the beginning of the campaign, McCain and Obama said if they were the nominees they would both take public Financing.
Well now fast forward, it looks like Obamas words are biting him in butt.
You see he made the remarks because he was losing to Clinton at the...
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McCain team hits Obama again on finance pledge
Posted: 10:15 AM ET
The McCain campaign takes aim at Obama.
(CNN) — John McCain's campaign is seizing on Barack Obama’s comments Tuesday night deriding the public financing...
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We all know John McCain has a temper. He's called his fellow Senators "F***ing Jerk" and "A**hole" and has said charming things like "I hate gooks". Now another story has come to light about John and Cindy McCain:
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I presented you the actual video that is used to misrepresent McCain by saying he wants war for a hundred years. WHen he clearly said that America can have a prensence theirer like we have one now in Japan, korea etc...(To libs We had wars in those areas)
Tom W I liked the song but...
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The Mauricio's commercial has just about forced me from watching my favorite evening shows. It's bad enough that the commercial consists of random people yelling out the familiar phrase "MAURICIOS!" seven-ten times in one commercial, but for pities sake, change it up already....
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Ok so this morning on the morning show Obama is confronted about making up what John McCAin said. The infamous 100 years qoute that Obama and other democrats are trying to use to misrepresent what mCain said. check it on you tube..nothing tells teh truth like video.
McCain's 100 year qoute...
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Isn't this the second time someone cam, out and attacked McCAin and Obama's staff has come out against it?
Is there any thing to the fact that Obama himself won't say that it was wrong? That he won't confront a Democrat that play waht he calls "old stlye politics",
You know what I...
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Check it out CLinton again just makes up, I mean misrepresents what is said, its toward the bottom.....
The GOP’s presidential nominee John McCain (R.-Ariz.) and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton (D.-N.Y.) squared off on Iraq policy against the backdrop of a...
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The 19th Annual Bakersfield Women's Business Conference is fast-approaching — April 17 to be exact.
Reporter Courtenay Edelhart spoke with opening speaker Jeanne Robertson this morning.
Read the full Q&A here.
You can sign up to attend on the conference Web site.
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New to town? Looking for something to do tonight? A b.com blogger wants to meet for happy hour.
Que Pasa not doing it for you? Want to go on a midweek bender? Check out our interactive nightlife map of Bakersfield.
Want to stay in and watch other people imbibe? Watch our entertainment reporter...
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The Energy Department said today that the price of gas could cross the $4 threshold this summer. The Energy Department also said that Americans will be cutting down on long, summer road trips. Talk about stating the obvious.
Or is it? Driving around Bakersfield recently we still see cars...
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We just received a notice from Self Help Enterprises, which offers free foreclosure counseling services to people in Kern, Kings and Tulare counties.
You don't have to be low-income to get help, they say.
The seminars are held Tuesdays at the Self Help offices, 8445 W. Elowin Court...
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The Bakersfield Rescue Mission is operating in the red to the tune of $40,000 to $50,000 a month. Its executive director, Dan Gorman, told The Californian last week that staff has been slashed by about a quarter and beds for crisis shelter clients will need to be halved from an average 211 a...
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A retired U.S. Navy Chief Warrant Officer begins with the parable of the camel's nose and ends with a damning condemnation of Jacquie Sullivan's "In God We Trust" posters. Read his blog post here.
Read the Californian's news stories on the posters here.
And read what contributing...
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SPECIAL SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT!!
MIKE NESS OF SOCIAL DISTORTION
!LIVE!
Buck Owens Crystal Palace
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008!
(CLICK ON PICTURE FOR TICKET INFO!)
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Reporter Jenny Shearer found out that private soccer fields may be on the way to southwest Bakersfield, near the Auto Mall, if they get the OK from the Board of Zoning Adjustment.
Check out her full report here.
Those who want to build them don't want to wait for city or county officials...
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Our latest home sales map is ready for a peek.
No need to grab a map and figure out where to find Monterey Beach or Schooner Beach drives. (Homes on those streets recently sold.) We’ve done the work for you.
See the map here.
This map is updated with homes that sold in...
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Bakersfield appraiser Gary Crabtree released his preliminary housing market report last Thursday. Sorry it's late, folks; I was off Friday.
The quick summary:
-Bakersfield home sales were up 9.6 percent in March compared with the same month in 2007, Crabtree writes.
-The median sales price was...
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For anyone that missed this, I wanted to post it again, this what someone put as a reason to not vote McCain...check it out
He doesn't understand any portion of the economy. good one what else?
He will increase Govt. debt. he will? that's bad
He will increase Govt. spending. wait a minute...
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What's up with Bakersfield as the destination lately for "America's Most Wanted" fugitives?
Last night, Malcolm Kysor was arrested at Saunders Park. The escaped convict from Pennyslvania was reportedly hanging out at the park. According to AMW's Web site, he had been serving a life...
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Here you go, you guys go ahead and continue the lies and mistruths you Lis liek to say
Ill start it for you:
1. McCain wants to be at war for 100 years or 10000
2. McCain hates ______(add some group to encourage outrage)
3 Whatever other Liberal lie
4. Etc
5. lol
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I'm curious,
I wonder what anyone can some up with as a reason not to be a McCain supporter. Please don't make submissions if it is just based on lies, misrepresentation of positions or any other just made up crap. Please try to only put down actual reasons.
Don't put down made up stuff...
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People in Business is the place for a shout-out to people who've earned promotions, earned a professional designation or otherwise achieved.
Check out this week's list.
Want to be in next week's list? It's best to submit to bakersfield.com/yourwords.
You can also mail...
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It's kinda remarkable how much money is evaporating from failed mortgages.
We counted about $2.1 million gone -- poof -- one day last week from Kern County foreclosures alone.
Imagine that expanded to include all the troubled markets around the country. Imagine that happening every business...
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What a lovely afternoon. My husband had the day off and we went for lunch at a downtown cafe. He had the French Dip, and me, I had the curry chicken sandwich on a croissant. We both enjoyed sitting outside, with a nice breeze, shooting the breeze.
After lunch, we went to...
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Our rollergirls are in action this weekend at The Big One in Davis, while the Necessary Roughness blog has an in-depth review of the Residence Inn Bakersfield, including the number of power outlets by the desk and by the lamp.
And finally, the Imagine points out an interesting fact about the...
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I was just wondering, being relatively new here in B'field and all, if there is anyone or any organization that takes the time to acknowledge MOTHER'S who might not have family to be with them or send them anything for Mother's day? Among the most obvious reasons I ask is that last year,...
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Air America is a Liberal radio Org and the a host, Rhodes, said:
"Geraldine Ferraro turned out to be the David Duke in drag. Who knew?” Rhodes said to laughter. “What a whore Geraldine Ferraro is, she’s such a f*****g whore.”
A few minutes later, Rhodes...
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Here's a "raw report" press release from the Greater Bakersfield Chamber of Commerce:
You are invited to attend an informational Meeting about the GBCC Trip to Ireland
Thursday, April 10, 2008
5:30-6:30 P.M.
At the Chamber, 1725 Eye Street
The nine-day trip in...
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