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Our Air District totally miscalled the air quality for today as Moderate
The federal standard for the PM 2.5, 24-hour average, is 35 ppm but the average today in Bakersfield is going to be well above 50 ppm. It is clearly an unhealthy air day.
We will also experience a violation...
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The week of 9-7-09 thru 9-13-09
Another great week at Trouts Nightclub & The Bakersfield Stages.
We started Monday off with a bang. We had a tour bus with some folks from France. We had a blast! There were around 50 people. There were awesome steak dinners catered by the Highland...
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I call almost every week or weekend about this house or this neighborhood and the noise pollution from their cars or their loud parties. 5zax767 I may have some of those letters. mixed up but it's pretty close. I know someone there was on probation or parole or something at least last year....
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From a Kern Leaders Academy news release:
The Kern Leaders Academy, a countywide, community leadership program directed by the Kern County Taxpayers Education Fund, seeks qualified applicants for its program. The deadline is 5 p.m. Friday.
The academy consists of 18 four-hour sessions...
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Oxy Announcement Not So Good For Planet
If you don't believe fossil fuel use is causing global warming then you may be rejoicing a little at the announcement by Occidental that they have found the equivalent of 250 million barrels of oil in western Kern County.
I understand the excitement about...
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Hey everyone, I am seeking some information, My grandfather just passed away, he has no will that I know of, his property (house, furniture, etc) is going through probate, I was informed that an administrator will come in and take notes on all property and its estimated value for...
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Hart Park has become the scene of a worrisome spike in hate crimes in recent weeks.
But two Oildale men have already been sentenced to state prison as a result.
In as many as three incidents in as many weeks, skinhead gang members from Oildale have reportedly visited Hart Park and shouted...
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First up was the county assessor's office .. in line for nine layoffs in addition to continued vacancies in several unfunded positions.
Believe it or not, supes were leaning toward giving the appraiser's office more money, not less. Why? Because tax appraisals generate revenue.
Interesting! But...
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I had the privilege this week of interviewing an 18-yr-old who, at age 6, was abandoned on a street corner in Bakersfield.
Now he works at the Dream Center coffee house and will enter the Navy in November. He says he literally joined the Navy "to see the world." I hope...
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This is worth repeating
In light of a vicious onslaught by a writer at this newspaper on the validity of claims that poor air quality damages health, I thought I would repeat a reference to a study that indicates living in Kern County will shorten your lifespan. Notice, I am not...
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Study Correlates Allergy Problems with Ozone Levels
This national study has reached the conclusion that high ozone levels increase and worsen the symptoms of respiratory allergies in children. In other words, a child with allergies, living in Kern County, will, in most...
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What a Deal!!!
The chart shows Kern County is clearly the winner in the worst air category. It is said that the San Joaquin Valley has the worst air in the nation but without Kern it may not even make the top ten.
Forty-five percent of the time last year our air was making at...
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The Earth was in perfect balance yesterday so if you felt dizzy it must have been allergies.
The equinox is cool. The photo is looking west on Seventh Standard yesterday evening. Roads like Seventh Standard point directly at the setting sun on the equinox. Most of our...
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Fireplace Ban is not really over
Fireplace lovers may now rejoice since the season of burning bans has come to a close. But, if people are dumb enough to light their fireplaces, now that it is warm, then the air district will simply extend the no burn season into summer.
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I went into my new dietitian with fear and doubt in my heart.
I came out with hope.
She was totally young and friendly, and was definitely healthy (at least by all outward appearances). Although she has never had an...
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Reader: I am outraged that you would
picture an animal being euthanized on
the front page of your Sunday paper. I
realize there is a serious problem with too
many animals being abandoned, but children
will see these articles, and how do
you expect them to handle this?
This problem is...
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This photo was taken by Californian photographer Casey Christie of a silhouetted man walking under the bridge on 24th Street near Beach Park.
Here's bakosphere's to get you started:
A riverbed runs through it.
Oh, has someone used that before?
Man: "It's drier than Gandhi's sandals down...
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Barack Obama has disappointed me again. His decision to not debate McCain, aside from the traditional three debates, is truly a let down. If, as Obama said previously, it is such a great idea to have all those town meeting debates, why has he changed his mind now? Is it because...
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Kathi & Karen (SEE BLOG " I am MARRIED!!")- Congrats and how thrilled we are to share this historic day with you. I have known you both since you were pups in love 12 years ago. You have known Vanessa and I since we were pups in love...we still are and forever will be. To share this...
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So, Ms. Barnett has suspended all marriages. This is a bold move. I have wondered whether or not to support her decision. So?
The fact of the matter is that Ms. Barnett reports to the people. She is an elected official. Just like Ken Weir must report to the...
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Thursday afternoon I checked the mailbox, and to my surprise I found a letter from the Recall Ken Weir group. I was so excited. As some of you know, I have been very anxious to sign the petition for his recall.
During the time I've waited for the petition, I have had a chance to...
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It's always fun to ogle houses you can't afford.
A Miramonte resident bought a 300-acre estate near Woody last week for $2.3 million, according to a press release from J.P. King, an upscale property auction company based in Alabama.
Aside from acreage, the buyer got a five-bedroom ranch house,...
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I commute 45 minutes to Delano every morning. The nice thing about it was the ability to collect my thoughts for the coming day and be brought up to date on all the latest news and traffic info by Bill Curtis and Dawnelle Sullivan. Their witty banter and straightforward news delivery made for a...
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Check out the attached pdf to see the air quality forecast for this weekend. Just dont be surprised that its terrible.
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Some of you might have seen the protester on Truxtun Extension Monday afternoon. And I'm not talking about the "Shame On" demonstrators.
For a few hours, Jean Hughes stood across from Truxtun Lake in the chilly temperatures with a sign saying “Dr. Michael Thorpe Poor...
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Why? Why once a year do we as humans feel the desire to attend a county fair? I mean how many times in your life do you need to sit around for an hour and wait to see a calf born? How often do you need to ride the Farris Wheel in order to be an adequate human being? I understand the adolescent...
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So the third and latest issue of our sister site Bakotopia's print magazine came out late last week, and apparently, it's caused quite a stir in some quarters of our dear burg. I'll let you take a gander at the cover (photo to the left) to take a wild guess why. Heh.
Bakotopia...
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You have multiple files that you decide you want to get rid of. So, you right-click and select 'Delete' and then it's gone, right? Wrong. This is because files on your computer are accessed through a file allocation table, which tells the operating system where in your disk a file can be found....
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An afterschool project, dedicated to the formation of engineering chapters at our local schools, dedicated to Renewable Energy Development in Kern County. We want trade schools in every field related to local industry, and Renewable Energy promises a prosperous future in the High Desert...
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