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What Zach's doing: Sleeping in, taking photos with my new bride
TAFT WILDCATS
Coach: Steve Sprague (sixth year)
2008 record: 7-4 (3-2 South Sequoia League, 3-2 home)
Average points: 25.9
Average points allowed: 18.7
*Average rush yards: 230.4
*Average rush yards allowed: 187.5...
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This is a news release of the Kern County Sheriff's Office.
Please do not contact the Sheriff's Communications Center.
Date: Sunday, April 19, 2009
Time: 11:06:30 PM
Department Contact: Sgt. M. Downs
Details:On 4-19-09 at 1735 hours deputies from the Taft Substation responded...
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A woman suffered major injuries after a crash between her Ford Taurus and a Taft school bus, according to the California Highway Patrol.
They crashed at about 1:40 p.m. at State Route 33 and Petroleum Club Road, just south of the airport. It caused the green Taurus to go down a 15-foot...
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Yesterday we Twittered about a man in Taft eying up a bank:
Scanner traffic: A man is across the street from a Taft bank, sitting in a car, looking at the bank through binoculars.
I searched the upside-down Taft Police Department shift bulletin for more information and this is what I found:...
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TAFT, CA - On Wednesday, February 18th 2009 at approximately 04:26 A.M., a call was received by the Kern County Fire Department for a structure fire in the 100 block of Buchanan Street in Ford City, Taft. Approximately 16 Kern County Firefighters responded to the scene.
Upon arrival, fire...
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TAFT, CA - Wednesday, February 4th 2009 at approximately 12:50 P.M., a call was received by the Kern County Fire Department for a house fire in the 200 block of Monroe Street in Ford City, Taft. Approximately 13 Kern County Firefighters responded to the incident.
Upon arrival, crews were...
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This is a news release of the Kern County Sheriff's Office.
Please do not contact the Sheriff's Communications Center.
Date: Monday, February 02, 2009
Time: 11:39:21 AM
Details: On 1-27-09, at 1600 hrs., Taft Sub Deputies investigated suspicious activity in the north alley...
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Deputies arrest man and woman involved in home invasion robbery.
This is a news release of the Kern County Sheriff's Office.
Please do not contact the Sheriff's Communications Center.
Date: Friday, January 23, 2009
Time: 8:02:32 AM
Department Contact: Sgt. Martin Downs...
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We've all been secretly hoping for that massive earthquake which would wipe Taft and everything west off the map, thus giving Bakersfield the beach front location it so richly deserves.
But the imminent extinction of hundreds of thousands of people is now not necessary, for it has been...
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From the Taft Police Department's arrest log for Saturday night:
Individual arrested at 9:29 p.m. on public intoxication charges at Chilled and Grilled, 621 Center Street in Taft.
Then at 1:38 a.m. Sunday, another individual was arrested on the same charges at the same location.
If you...
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This is a news release of the Kern County Sheriff's Office.
Please do not contact the Sheriff's Communications Center.
Date: Saturday, December 27, 2008
Time: 4:56:33 PM
Details: On December 27th, at approximately 10:30 am, a Taft man went to 100 Shattuck Av to check the...
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Kern County Sheriff's detectives are wrapping up their investigation of a possible homicide on the 100 block of Shattuck Avenue in Taft.
An elderly female was found dead by her family in her house. She lived alone, officials said.
There was some indication that the death was not natural, but...
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Kern County Fire Department Press Release
TAFT, CA – A family of 6 narrowly escaped their burning home early this morning. At approximately 1:41 am, an alert neighbor noticed heavy smoke coming from the home in the 400 block of 4th Avenue in Taft, and awakened the residents...
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Kern County Fire Department Press Release
TAFT, CA – December 26th 2008 at approximately 8:05 A.M., a call was received by the Kern County Fire Department for a house fire in the 100 block of Q Street in Taft. Approximately 12 Kern County Firefighters responded to the incident....
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Kern County Fire Department Press Release
TAFT, CA – On Friday, December 26th, 2008 at approximately 9:22 A.M., the Kern County Fire Department responded to a vehicle accident in the 500 block of Kern Street in Taft.
As fire crews were cleaning up from an earlier structure fire,...
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UPDATED, 10:30 p.m.: Sorry for the update drought, but there was really not much to say. More Tyler Bray, more London Lacy (that's Bray's backup), continuing to torch the Taft secondary. Kingsburg wins it 39-0 and will go on to the semifinals to play either Arvin at home or Visalia-Central...
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I'm sitting here wondering about Bakersfield. I'm thinking about the politics here. I have to admit they aren't nearly as bad as some places I've heard of. But I still wonder. When you think about politics in the United States, I think corruption, uselessness, money, and...
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Three people were injured in an alleged alcohol-related crash in Taft on Sunday afternoon.
Anselmo Morales, 20, was driving on Ash Street west of Polk Street at 3:15 p.m., according to the California Highway Patrol. Jehu Marroquin, 22, was traveling east on Ash Street east of Taylor Street....
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Traffic Stop Leads to Discovery of 13 Grams of Methamphetamine and $5K in US Currency.
This is a news release of the Kern County Sheriff's Office.
Please do not contact the Sheriff's Communications Center.
Date: Monday, September 08, 2008
Time: 9:20:27 AM
Department Contact:...
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Third suspect arrested in residential burglary.
This is a news release of the Kern County Sheriff's Office.
Please do not contact the Sheriff's Communications Center.
Date: Thursday, August 21, 2008
Time: 10:51:17 AM
Department Contact: Martin Downs
Phone: 763-8550...
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The baby that was found dead in a dumpster in Taft has been buried. Photographer Henry A. Barrios was at the funeral and got some pictures. Here's the details from our last story.
The baby boy was discovered in a Dumpster in the south alley of the 400 block of Lucard Street, just north of...
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I don't know what to say to introduce the Taft preview, other than that it'd be wise of you to pay attention the next three days. The Wildcats, plus league rivals Bakersfield Christian and Tehachapi, are going to be three terrific teams next year. How in the world you can confidently predict the...
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DERBY ACRES - CA, PG&E is planning a power outage in the Derby Acres area from 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM on August 5th 2008.
In response, the Parks & Recreation Dept will be opening a Cooling Center, which will be at the Veterans Hall, 218 Taylor Street in Taft.
To facilitate...
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Need to get to a credit union on the Westside?
Kern Schools Federal Credit Union's newest location, an Express Branch, opened today in Taft. It's at 1056 W. Kern St., in the Albertsons Shopping Center.
The office is open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. An ATM offers service 24...
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Got eight and a half minutes to spare?
Here's Taft's Billy Nelson qualifying for the Beijing Olympics in the steeplechase.
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These amazing photos of canyons on Mars taken from U.S. and European spacecraft support growing evidence that Mars was once a water-rich planet — capable of supporting life.
Speaking of "Life on Mars," it's a brilliant TV show on BBC that's being made into an American version....
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This is a news release of the Kern County Sheriff's Office.
Please do not contact the Sheriff's Communications Center.
Date: Wednesday, July 02, 2008
Time: 11:56:25 AM
Details: On 6-29-08, at 0545 hrs., Deputy Joseph Malley arrested 39 yr. old Bruce, Dale, Pinkard of...
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The race between Thompson and Watson has been very interesting. It is almost hard to believe that the “challenger” (Thompson) even has a chance. I was reading an article posted earlier this month entitled “Supervisor candidate now fighting with ideas, not...
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According to a story on San Luis Obispo.com, Kern County and Taft in particular will reap the biggest windfall in tourism dollars should the Carrizo Plain National Monument be developed into a bigger tourist attraction.
Taft is the closest city to the monument. Taft itself doesn't have much in...
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This is the police log from Taft for the past 24 hours. Click on the blue link to the left to see the PDF of the log.
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This is the log for the 24 hours ending on April 1 morning. Click on the blue link to the left to view the pdf of the log.
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This is the log for the 24 hours ending on Monday morning.
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The Taft police fax us a log of their calls and arrests for each day.
It's actually got more information that the sheriff's arrest log.
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An unidentified Hispanic man was killed by a pickup truck in Taft late Saturday night.
Here is the coroner's release:
Subject: Sheriff News Release
Date: Saturday, February 16, 2008 11:09 PM
From: KC Sheriff <newsreleasegroup@co.kern.ca.us>
To: <bpdnews@bakersfield.com>...
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