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Bakersfield has lost another one of it's musical sons and supporters.
Kurtis Willingham was a Bakersfield concert promoter, and a good friend to many, as well as a proud father and son - he passed away yesterday August 24th, at the age of 35.
Above: Kurtis and his daughter...
I've...
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You know, I was just thinking about something. I sit here, in my cozy little house with my son sleeping in his bedroom, and my spouse sleeping in ours. I sit here, and I think the saddest thoughts.
I was raised by my grandmother, Linda and my great-grandmother, Eunice. Not too long ago , they...
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In Custody Death
This is a news release of the Kern County Sheriff's Office.
Please do not contact the Sheriff's Communications Center.
Date: Saturday, August 16, 2008
Time: 8:09:48 AM
Details: At approximately 0400 hrs this morning, inmates at the Sheriff's Lerdo Male...
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Elizabeth Conley finally uttered three words she had been waiting to say for the past 26 months -- “He’s coming home.”
Conley stood outside a courtroom Tuesday wiping tears from her face and talking to family members on her cell phone. Her son, John Henry Bryant,...
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A local soldier and three others were charged in connection with the deaths of “several” detainees captured in Iraq in 2007.
Staff Sgt. Jess Cunningham, who attended Arvin High School and whose family lives in Bakersfield, and three other members of the “Dagger Brigade”...
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Cause of death established for Julius Askew, age 27, who expired 05/16/2008, Coroner Case C-1112-08
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...
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I had heard his schtick a number of times but never really understood all George Carlin's musings. I had watched countless HBO specials but never read any of his books.
That was until Christmas of 2005. My brother gave me "America: The Book" by Jon...
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Above: Chris Page
By Matt Munoz, Bakotopia Editor
Former Bakersfield Californian entertainment reporter, and one of the original 'Under 21' reporters at the paper from 2000 - 2003 was found dead on Monday, May 26, 2008, at his Mesa, Arizona apartment by friends who had been wondering of...
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GAAS:197:08
For Immediate Release:...
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We love...We forgive...and never give up...
www.godtube.com/view_video.php
For all who've lost someone they loved my heart goes out to you.
"Today we remember to live and to love."
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Heath Ledger just reported dead on TMZ.
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When will religious people get it in their head that what others believe has nothing to do with them? NOBODY knows for sure what is on the other side of death, but most if religions want to continue to force their beliefs on others that believe different. History has shown us that if...
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Tehachapi lost one of its young shining stars on this past Christmas night. Cierra Redenius was killed in a traffic accident on Highway 14, on her way home from a holiday trip. According to the newspaper report, she was almost home, just north of Lancaster, when the car she was in rolled over,...
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Who knew people loved the theme park so much that they would request loved ones to spread their ashes there? According to this LA Times article, the rumor is someone sprinkled ashes over the side of the boat in the Pirates of the Caribbean ride.
That happens to be my favorite ride there, but...
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I can't say that I know a ton about wrestling but I have a ex-boyfriend that loved wrestling and even wrestled himself. The WWE is very much like a soap opera with some wrestling in between so I would watch it with him. Even before I met him, I would watch if The Rock was on because he is so...
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Vicki Moore awoke on her birthday, May 3, to find banners up, loved ones singing "Happy Birthday" and a Krispy Kreme doughnut brought in from Fresno especially for her.
She enjoyed two strawberry-filled cakes with butter cream icing — her favorite cake — and a private...
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I visited my wife on friday at Hillcrest Memorial. All I could do is cry and tell her how much I love her. Knowing that we will always be "married for all time and eternity" helps me get through the day and night.
I have not been sleeping very well. When that...
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I still wake up sometimes thinking its all a dream, but it isn't. There are still about 15 boxes I don't want to open because they make me remember about Nonnie.
Nonnie and I have been married since June 29, 1979 and we were living in Cedar City, Utah when we found out she had...
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Opponents of California's physician-assisted suicide bill say more than 500 residents a year would commit legal suicide if the bill passes.
And if it is passed, other states would likely follow suit, according to a story today in USA Today.
"Absolutely, other states would...
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The judge determining the case of where Anna will be buried ended up giving the choice to the guardian appointed to Dannielynn by the judge. The guardian said he will bury Anna in the Bahamas. Now, her mother, who Anna clearly hated from her ET interviews, has filed for an emergency order to...
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I wrote this for myself,pretty personal stuff,and I do not want to alarm anyone..I am not,was not suicidal but I am not able to find a word to describe my state at the time.We do not know what happened to Anna,but I feel BLT's song has caught one key aspect. Perhaps this will offer another...
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Looking further into people leaving hospice alive, I talked to several hospice employees and stumbled onto Kathryn White, a 90-year-old woman who has gone in and out of hospice care three times. Optimal Hospice calls her a "graduate."
Woman, 90, who survived several strokes a...
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Entering hospice might not be an end for some after all.
I came across this story today in the Washington Post: 'Kissing Hospice Goodbye: Art Buchwald's Case is Unusual, but Leaving 'End-of-Life' Care Without Dying Is Not."
Humorist Art Buchwald was told by his doctor he had only a...
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