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Bakersfield Police Lt. Hajir Nuriddin is worried.
You can see it on her face and on the faces of Capt. Joe Bianco and Sgt. Joe Aldona as the trio gathers in the basement of police headquarters.
Gang-related shootings in Bakersfield have spiked in the first half of this year, Nuriddin says. And...
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AlJazeera
March 31, 2009
www.youtube.com/watch
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Mexican drug violence spills over into the US
Mexican drug wars worry some Americans
Mexican Drug Traffickers Increasing Operations...
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FBI NEWS RELEASE
U.S. Department of Justice
Federal Bureau of Investigation
4500 Orange Grove Avenue
Sacramento, California 95841
For Immediate Release
December 11, 2008 Media Contact: SA Steve Dupre, (916) 977-2245
More than 40 arrested as part of...
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The idyllic mountain community of Stallion Springs in Tehachapi is known for its golf course with a house-sized boulder in the middle of the 18th fairway, peaceful mountain living, old men walking small dogs, and not much else.
It's not known for gangs.
And residents intend to keep it that way....
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The graffiti-covered wall at Dracena and H streets that I blogged about Monday was painted over Tuesday. But now on my way to work this morning, another tagger has hit the wall again. When will it end? Never. But I'll keep reporting it to the City of Bakersfield's graffiti hotline (32-ERASE) and...
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I know many people complain about the loud motorcycles that race through their neighborhoods and how they would love the police to ticket these people. I'd love that too. We have kids who get on dirt bikes and race up and down the alley and canal area raising up dust and making a lot...
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I read the article in the Bakersfield Californian about the young man who was shot for giving the "wrong" response to the question, "Watts up?" I imagine he thought they asked, "What's up" and was trying to be friendly by returning their...
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Thursday, the Breaking News Team posted a press release from the Delano PD alerting the public to a possible gang initiation that would involve the gang members rear ending someone, then shooting the driver.
The media was all over it, as noted in this previous Bakosphere blog.
Lucky for us,...
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Again how I know all this because I live in my neighborhood. I don’t stick my head in the sand when I step outside. I notice things in my yard and around my yard and they make a lot of noise so I pay attention to what is happening around my home.
here is where neighbor has been...
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Today's LA Times' (2-24-08) features a story on Delano and McFarland's gang problem - but no mention of Bakersfield. What do you think about the story? What do you think about Bakersfield's gang troubles?
(CLICK ON PICTURE BELOW TO READ, AND LEAVE A COMMENT HERE!)
Robert...
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Bakersfield's biggest gang problems come from those enforcing the law.... There were no East side crips in the 70s WHO MADE THESE BOUNDARIES???.THESES GROUPS OF PEOPLE WERE NOT CREATED BY THEIR SELVES, ...this is a small town easily provoked in to rebelling!! they make laws it seems...
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Question....Cracking down on 6 members of a motorcycle gang when there are thousands here involved in street gangs...I know that BPD and KCSD can only do so much but how about a little press about what is being done about street gangs. My family and I were at the Valley Plaza last...
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Forgive me if I seem to be profiling here, but has anyone considered that four, young hispanic males attempting to murder and burn down the home of an apparently random person could be involved in gang activity?
This is the exact sort of thing that could earn gang members some serious leverage,...
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I never gave this person my phone number and have never said it was okay for her to phone me.
Can anyone translate the attached mp3 phone message?
I think this is the woman who keeps sending her relatives to harass me because I keep telling people about their illegal activities which include...
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You know, when they say, "We are not safe", it's only to make you feel, not safe. To keep you going with the plan. I mean he tossed out the constitution, tapped all our phones and computers, no more habeas corpus, Hired millions of...
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(With apologies to The Police [the rock group of yore])
I was sickened driving through McFarland's east-of-the-freeway streets yesterday for a follow-up on the latest gang violence.
Blatant gang graffiti dominated certain areas, especially along San Lucas, where three have been killed so...
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