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One of the joys of working with the Breaking News Team is listening to the police scanner. The scanner broadcasts incident updates from all kinds of local law enforcement agencies, includes alien chatter and a never ending chorus of reports from the BHS campus police.
It was the latter agency...
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This photo was texted in from a cell phone user. It was accompanied by the following message:
Rainbow leading to bakersfield as seen from Arvin
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Someone texted in this beautiful cloudy sky photo.
What have you seen lately? Text in your cell phone pics to mobile@bakersfield.com!
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I tagged along with Felix Doligosa recently to Kern Valley State Prison where he reported officials there are battling to keep cell phones out of inmate's hands.
Investigators there shared one story that was not mentioned in Felix's report. As officers were making rounds throughout the grounds...
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Ready for this season's school fog delays? Be the first to know when you sign up to receive an alert as soon as your school district declares a delay.
Find your area in the list below and text its keyword to 21321:
* Arvin Elementary: Text ArvinE
* Arvin...
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Here's a sunset spotted on 3rd Street.
Capture it from another vantage point? Text it in to mobile@bakersfield.com!
Be sure to include your name so we can credit you :)
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Someone texted in this photo of tonight's beautiful sunset. Thanks for sharing!
See something cool? Point your phone to mobile@bakersfield.com. Be sure to include your name and a description so we can credit you.
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Congrats to Jen Baldwin and James Burger on their Election Day baby, Derek!
Got a picture perfect moment to share? Text it in to mobile@bakersfield.com.
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Someone texted in this photo of a kid in a monkey costume. Wonder if they like bananas?
Share your sightings by pointing your cell phone to mobile@bakersfield.com!
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Celeste Barrientos sent in this shot of her first pumpkin carving!
Got firsts of your own to share? Text your cell phone pics to mobile@bakersfield.com.
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Somone texted in this creepy, ghoulish cell phone photo. Yikes!
What are you this Halloween? Text in your camera phone pics to mobile@bakersfield.com!
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Someone texted in this photo of Donny "Joe Dirt" at KMC Engineering.
Did one of your crazy co-workers dress up today?
Text you cell phone pics to mobile@bakersfield.com!
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Carved a pumpkin yet? How trying on your costume?
This pumpkin shot was sent in by matylda.
Text in your pumpkin and costume (yours or your kids') cell phone photos to mobile@bakersfield.com and we'll feature them here and possibly in the Bakersfield Californian!
Be sure to include...
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Ready to improve your mobile photo quality? Check out the 12 Tips for Improving Camera Phone Photos from the digital Photography School. Here are the basics, but you should click through above for full details - they've got some good tips!
1. Light Your Subject Well
2. Get Close to Your...
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About 1,200 people have been cited on Bakersfield streets for violating a cell phone law that went into effect in July, according to statistics from area agencies.
Bakersfield California Highway Patrol officers have busted 515 people for chatting away at the wheel without a hands-free device...
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20,000?
We saw half that many on our commute to work this morning!
CHP officials say they have issued more than 20,000 tickets over three months to drivers breaking the law by using a hand-held cell phone while driving.
1,500 of those were issued in the stretch of highways from Modesto to...
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Usually when the BPD asks for the public's help in solving a crime, they include a composite photo of a hooded killer or the grainy surveillance video of a bank robbery suspect.
The latest plea for community assistance attempts to locate the owner of a stolen cell phone.
Intriguing BPD press...
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Someone texted in this picture of a cute purple princess. Thanks!
What have you seen lately? Text all your camera phone pics to mobile@bakersfield.com!
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jbaldwin texted in this mobile photo of where the sidewalk ends in Oleander. Great lighting on this shot!
Text us the most unusual thing you've seen lately! Send mobile photos to mobile@bakersfield.com and we'll feature them here and possibly in the Bakersfield Californian.
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TomW texted in this photo titled Steampunk Village taken around Berkeley. It's got great atmosphre!
What have you shot on your camera phone lately? Text it in to mobile@bakersfield.com. Be sure to include your name so we can credit you :)
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So does God have a plan for all of us or not? This is a photo sent to us by blogger TomW from his iPhone. Thanks for the big QUESTION.
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It's bad enough we're not allowed to talk while driving, now cell phones might be giving us cancer.
(read story here)
The good news: Texting is advised (to keep the phone away from your ear), so we can merrily text with the phone by our knees while bombing along at 80 mph.
The bad news: Anyone...
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A blog has no patience for a woman interviewed by local TV after she was spotted talking on the cell phone while driving.
See the quick interview here.
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At our morning news meeting we talked about the ban on driving while using a cell phone which goes into effect tomorrow.
A few interesting points were brought up:
The fine is pretty nominal, so will it really deter people?
Will local law enforcement really crack down on the miscreants who...
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Sheriff's Office Adopts New Wireless Device Use Policy
This is a news release of the Kern County Sheriff's Office.
Please do not contact the Sheriff's Communications Center.
Date: Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Time: 9:04:14 AM
Details:
The sheriff’s office shares the...
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Mobile received a second mysterious MoPho from an undisclosed location. Only this time, the mystery is deliberate!
Stake your guesses: Where was this taken and what's going on?
Where have you been lately? Text your cell phone photos to mobile@bakersfield.com!
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Mobile received this cell phone photo from an anonymous texter and we find it kind of mysterious! In fact, we have a few questions:
•What's going on in this scene?
•Why does that woman near the center have her hands up?
•Is the man with his back to us dancing?...
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Steven Mayer took these photos in the Eye Street parking garage. He had this to say:
Why do drivers of monster trucks park in compact only spaces in parking garages? Do they want their fenders bent?
And with the second photo:
Long-bed pickups don't fit here.
See something around town that...
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Stanley Grady displays the WinCo document dump at Wednesday's Bakersfield City Council meeting.
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Go Mobile took our message on the road Sunday to share our innovations with a group of journalists from around the world at UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism. To get their feet wet as mobile photographers — or as we like to call you, MoPhos — we challenged the journalists to...
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Apparently green light doesn't mean go at this intersection on Telegraph Avenue in Oakland. Thanks TomW for sending us this photo!
Text your cell phone photos to mobile@bakersfield.com. Be sure to include a little info about the photo.
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TomW texted in these photos of a wreck off the Bay Shore Freeway at Cedar in Berkeley.
What crazy stuff have you seen lately? Snap a photo with your cell phone and text it to mobile@bakersfield.com.
Become a mobile photographer - become a MoPho!
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Here are some intriguing sunset photos texted in by cell phone photographers. The first one is by Trudi. The second is a rather surreal image of Pismo Beach from anglo1.
Text your cell phone pics to mobile@bakersfield.com. Become a mobile photographer. Become a MoPho!
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Tom Webster is a Bakersfield-Oakland hybrid. Here are a couple of oddities he's spotted up in the Bay Area.
What weird things have you seen around town here? Text your cell phone photos to mobile@bakersfield.com
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Trudi texted in this photo of her dog. She says:
"My dog Shadow took this carrot off my hope chest & ate the whole thing!"
What mischeviously cute things has your family done lately? Text your cell phone photos to mobile@bakersfield.com!
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This sunrise was shot south of Gorman by David Clarke. Enjoy!
And text in your own cell phone pictures to mobile@bakersfield.com!
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Rebecca texted in this photo of her free berry yogurt with granola from Jamba Juice this morning. Apparently to kick off their new breakfast line, they are giving away free items this morning until 10 a.m. Rebecca got this one at the Stockdale Highway location, next to Sports Chalet.
Thanks for...
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Trudi Williams just upgraded her cell phone and texted in these beautiful photos of the suns rays. Thanks Trudi!
To share your cell phone pics, text them to mobile@bakersfield.com. We'll post them to this blog, at Bakersfield.com/yourwords, and consider them for print in The Californian!
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Looks like the tape wasn't even off the painted leaf when someone snapped this newly unveiled Bakersfield city sign. What do you think of the new logo?
See something newsworthy? Take a photo with your cell phone and text it to mobile@bakersfield.com. Save the e-mail as a contact in your phone...
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Someone has texted in this photo of a T-bone at Oleander and California Avenue. Wonder if the drivers had to take the bus ....
If you see breaking news, shoot a picture with your cell phone or other mobile device and text it to mobile@bakersfield.com with a little bit of information of what is...
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Thank you everyone who is texting in their Easter photos to mobile@bakersfield.com. If you shot some photos of your weekend celebration with your cell phone, send them to us! We'll add them to this blog and possibly feature them in The Bakersfield Californian.
Happy Easter, everyone!
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Check it out — I captured this shot just as a chick in the audience handed a pair of panties to Vanilla Ice at the concert at The Nile last night!
Go white boy, go white boy, go!
— Jen Baldwin
Read my review on my blog.
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Become a MoPho! We're talking "mobile photographer" here — snap a picture with your cell phone or other mobile device and text it to mobile@bakersfield.com.
We'll feature your photos in our gallery here and at Bakersfield.com/yourwords, and perhaps even in The Bakersfield...
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I’m looking into a story examining theft in high schools. I spoke with a woman whose granddaughter’s gym locker was broken into twice in as many weeks. Needless to say she's mad as heck. She filed a report with the school police but isn't hopeful that will accomplish much. The items...
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Now that the iphone is public I am dying to know more about it... and not the marketable news... I want real hands on experience.
Spill the beans on how awesome (or bad) it is.
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Is anybody in Bakersfield rushing out to buy the new iphone? Where can we even pick one up?
The hype is over-the-top, but nobody has had the hands on experience to talk about it's cons. I love everything I've seen and heard about it, but am extremely reluctant until I've seen one...
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