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Each week our photo bosses choose their favorite local photos of the week for our audio slideshow.
Check out the latest Week in Pictures and get a brief explanation of our picks.
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There's hardly any events around town to commemorate the Sept. 11 bombings, 7 years ago today, but that doesn't mean the memories of that fateful day are fading.
I was asleep (worked nights, designing news pages) when my roommate woke me up and said "you've got to see this." I watched...
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I was really depressed when I read the news that The Bakersfield Californian (TBC) has fired Leonel Martinez, because the newspapers executive editor Mike Jenner, TBC decider; decided he needed a columnist who "will focus more on local issues and local people." So I did what I...
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I've posted it where it's likely to be eaten alive by sharks, under Marylee's brave and bold blog thread, so, at the risk of being redundant, I'll say it again, this time in bold print:
For those about to bloodly the bakersfield.com blog waters, for those chopping at the blog bit, unspeakably...
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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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Well, the cat's finally out of the bag. For the next two years, I'll be working on a Knight News Challenge grant-funded project for The Bakersfield Californian called Printcasting. And I can't wait to get started!
The idea, proposed by myself, Justinian Hatfield and Mary Lou Fulton (my...
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In Shellie Banco's interview with Mike Ness of Social Distortion, in today's Bkaersfield Californian, he says the following, "Merle Haggard is probably more of a rebel than Sid Vicious ever was."
http://www.bakersfield.com/...
Punks, post-punks,...
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Everyone has done something good that’s deserving of a photo and headline, so we’re making it possible to remember those occasions that deserve a bit of special recognition.
We’re now offering personalized gifts in which you can commemorate special occasions such as...
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So I have no idea how often this kind of thing happens with stuff from our paper, but every so often, I'll see something that originated here reprinted elsewhere when I do my customary Google News searches for "Bakersfield." (I've even seen Bakersfield.com postings of national AP...
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The recent barrage of stories printed in the Bakersfield Californian concerning the business practices of former health officer Jinadu leaves me confused if not bemused.
For twenty years the Californian gave the impression though countless articles that Jinadu could do no wrong. We...
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TBC columnist Leonel Martinez explains why he no longer comments on blogs in today's column: basically, it's because of us.
Bloggers, that is.
The column's title, by the way, is "Owning up to views not the blogger way."
He goes to great lengths to assure us that he's not...
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does anyone understand why george w. bush was voted worst president of the last 50 years in the californian's reader poll, yet they pictured (hugely) jimmy carter???? maybe a californian editor can explain that one... i must've missed the "standing president exclusion clause" in...
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A recent thread about the ever-popular "War on Christmas" included some remarks that served as a reminder, however tongue-in-cheek, that one might better celebrate the spirit of the season through philanthropy and charity than by continuing to beat the dead horses of...
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