Bakersfield, CA News

• Bakersfield, CA News
• Caribbean med school tempts KMC with $35 million offer
• Little critter interrupts big construction project
• Bakersfield Life on Californian radio
• Candidates release new fundraising totals
• Gloomy outlook for courts in light of governor's proposed cuts
• Man arrested in 1979 disappearance of NYC boy Patz
• Election notebook: Fresno Bee endorses Xiong, Valadao for Congress
• Several officers penalized in connection with prison fight
• Winter makes last encore Friday
• Taylor Advances To Second Round At NCAA Regionals
• State expands solar metering program
• CSUB Concludes 2012 Against UCSB And Utah
• HERB BENHAM: I loved Young's - but not enough, apparently
• Star Setter Goncalves Joining 'Runner Volleyball
• PAUL ANDERSON: Looking at a 401(k) rollover? Know your options
• Sprinter Taylor Headed To NCAA West Regionals
• Workplace fatalities rise in confined spaces
• Police, Fire, Public Works present budget wishlists
• Teen extinguishes house fire
• Corps, city at odds over levee
• Report details impacts of 24th Street widening
• Funeral services for May 24
• Proposal would let more customers sell solar power to utilities
• Boots to books: CSUB recognizes graduating veterans
• Education roundup: High schoolers earn scholarships
• Worth noting in business: Heat illness seminar set, more
• VALERIE SCHULTZ: Time to celebrate foster care's successes
• Air district warns of blowing dust
• Bakersfield Observed: A blog about life, media, politics and people
• If they won't sell the water south, why not say it?
• CSUB Takes Advantage Of 7 HBP To Defeat CSUN 10-1
• Funeral services for May 23
• Barks settles sex harassment claims with former employer
• Council committee votes to retain emails longer
• Heading out for Memorial Day weekend? Expect traffic, busy campsites
• 33 jobs up in air during Meadows Field transition
• Growers concerned about proposed water regulations
• Election notebook: State, local candidates rack up endorsements
• President: CSUB's future hinges on tax measure vote
• Worth noting in the community: Auto insurance cost decrease, more
• Amtrak suing Kern County truck driver over 2010 crash
• ROBIN PAGGI: Are you having fun -- appropriately -- at work?
• CSUB Men’s Swimmers Bid For Olympic Trials
• HERB BENHAM: Always a sad day when last Pioneer leaves
• JAMIE BUTOW: Facebook users face new reality as site bumps revenue
• CVS acquiring troubled Faast Pharmacy
• City staff to present safety, public works budget plans
• Education roundup: University event promotes equality for gay community
• Board stands with city in redevelopment dispute
• Cities prepare on hopes of getting inmates in their correctional facilities
• State regulators plan new rules after sinkhole death
• County tourism and Amgen on tap for 'Californian Radio'
• Obama to hit the California ATM once again
• Worth noting: Business earns recognition for exports, more
• Funeral services for May 22, 2012
• Young's Marketplace on Brundage to close this week
• CSUB Hosts Northridge Tuesday Night
• Bakersfield Jazz: the week ahead, May 21 - 27
• Former CSUB AD Rudy Carvajal Named To NACDA HOF
• OLIVIA GARCIA: Local teens step up to Devil Pups Challenge
• Kern Economic Journal: Businesses, consumers optimistic
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• Bullet train foes warn rail authority about email purge
• Inmates drive up Kern's dire STD rates
• Eclipse enthusiasts come out for celestial event
• UFW pioneers get to share their stories
• Younger Gets 4 Hits But UCI Defeats CSUB 15-6
• Ask The Californian: Who paid for the Amgen-area roadwork?
• Faculty groups demand to be heard on cuts
• Sound Off -- Reader: "If I had a hammer, I'd smack someone"
• D.A. investigating supervisors' secret meetings
• Last standing anti-Romney still plugs away
• Parents: Dental Board investigators headed to Bakersfield
• Funeral services for May 20
• From scrubs to streetscapes, supervisors' pet projects vary
• Speeding stop nets suspected heroin cache
• Letourneau's 3 RBI's Leads CSUB Past UC Irvine 5-4
• Action Line: Who regulates the tanning industry?
• HERB BENHAM: Where angels, headless or not, fear to tread
• RIC LLEWELLYN: We should expect government to perform within its charters
• Arvin police chief keeps job after meeting
• Funeral services for May 19
• Thurman Limits CSUB To 1 Hit; UCI defeats CSUB 7-0
• Horse packing permits to resume in high country
• State questions millions in local redevelopment loans
• Rubio spearheads deeper look at high expulsion rates
• Houchin honors student blood donors
• Amgen race pays off for hotels, restaurants
• Thieves tap into air conditioners for copper
• Facebook stock debut fails to sizzle
• PAUL ANDERSON: It's too easy to let money destroy a friendship
• VALERIE SCHULTZ: If hair is one's top worry, how bad can life be?
• Kern's April jobless rate lowest so far this year
• McCall Named First Team Academic All-District
• CSUB Travels To UC Irvine This Weekend
• Homelessness activists meet with members of Congress
• Hundreds gather to celebrate UFW's 50th anniversary
• Race day goes off without a hitch
• New controversy strikes Goh campaign
• Baddest BBQ Championship
• Amgen excitement draws diverse crowd of onlookers
• Amgen website lists top Bakersfield winners
• Memorial service honors fallen peace officers
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• Firm gifts $200,000 to burn center
• Race day has arrived
• Zabriskie takes top spot in Amgen time trial in Bakersfield
• Education roundup: Assemblywoman taking internship applications
• CSUB's Taylor Returning To NCAA Track Regionals
• Fracking meeting ends early for lack of comments
• No on G: Don't stymie access to medical pot
• New Mexico State Holds Off CSUB 5-3
• Simulator shows students risks of texting while driving
• Sheriff's department re-evaluating jail early release process
• County to pay $1 million to family whose child was taken
• City aims to make Amgen a 'zero-waste' event
• Education roundup: High schoolers raising money for debate tournament
• Carpenter will witness birth and death of Kern Power Plant
• Ready, set .... go to Amgen events
• Small businesses invited to high-speed rail networking event at CSUB
• CSUB Hosts Future WAC Opponent NM State Wed. Night
• Bakersfield Observed: A blog about life, media, politics and people
• Funeral services for May 16, 2012
• Just what the doctor ordered, but why so slow?
• YMCA to close unless new funding is found
• Cal Poly Defeats CSUB 6-2
• Crash sends one to hospital, spills milk, kills cow
• Blood bank supporters look forward to project completion
• Bakersfield cyclist died of 'multiple traumatic injuries'
• Worth noting in the community: Freedom Week at blood bank, pet adoptions and more
• High school execs get a look at 'all the craziness'
• Education roundup: High school district to name wing, appoint assistant principals
• Amgen about to descend on Bakersfield
• Worth noting in business: Bakersfield design firm ranks among nation's biggest, more
• Oil companies agree to post fracking data
• Election notebook: GOP committee rejects donating to Valadao
• GOP rebukes Black Republicans over endorsement of Democrat
• JAMIE BUTOW: I'm playing Six Degrees of social media connections
• 17th time a charm for local student
• County ballot measures aimed at streamlining government
• Armed man shot and killed by police in northwest Bakersfield apartment
• Commercial cherry orchards decimated by bad weather
• Education roundup: Teacher earns Future Farmers of America honor
• Bakersfield athlete killed in bicycle race
• HERB BENHAM: They're reading it; they just don't know why
• CSUB Named 'Marketing Team of the Year' Finalist
• UFW at 50 years: Movement persists without founders
• UFW at 50: A history of Cesar Chavez and the UFW
• HOLLY CULHANE: Summer interns must not be just 'free help'
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• JOSE GASPAR: Do we have too many school districts?
• 'Runners Avoid Sweep With Win Over Cal Poly
• Breast cancer survivor to start Amgen Stage 5
• Sibling rivalry? Kern outgrowing Fresno County
• Ask The Californian: Aren't these motorized scooters illegal?
• Budget cuts could take their toll on national parks
• UFW legacy
• SOUND OFF: Our Sunday mission is to answer your questions
• LOIS HENRY: UC President's visit didn't exactly clear the air
• Roadrunners Drop Second Straight to Cal Poly 10-4
• Funeral services for May 13, 2012
• Thank you, bubble: We're moving on to next stage of life
• Victories for farmworkers were victories for all
• WWII veterans record stories in preparation for Honor Flight
• Local race organizers put cycling expertise to work
• World's eyes turn to Bakersfield for Amgen
• UFW at 50 years: Convention, awards gala
• Measure G lets voters weigh in on messy marijuana fight
• Taylor Sweeps Sprints In Record-breaking GWC Wins
• Camps, Water Polo Season Recap on This Week's Show
• Cardoza Wins PCSC Freshman Of The Year
• Action Line: Spell out the details in wedding vendor contracts
• SHERRY DAVIS: Get ready to partner with your dog for therapy visits
• Funeral services for May 12
• Taylor Seeded First Heading Into GWC 100 Final
• Cal Poly Takes Series Opener From CSUB 6-1
• Black Republicans group could face sanctions over endorsement
• Education roundup: Kevin McCarthy award winners named
• High-tech plan to block prison cell phones 'unwise,' report says
• Once a suspect, now a free man
• INGA BARKS: Do we really need this whopping school bond?
• Garces announces Hall of Honor inductees
• Like to shop? Outlet at base of Grapevine under discussion
• Kern Health Systems to tap reserves for local health care improvements
• They toiled in the shadows for the UFW. Where are they now?
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• Robbery suspects flee, point gun at store worker
• Water to flow down river during Amgen
• Education roundup: Statewide business group lauds local schools
• Soon-to-be BC grad left gang life behind
• STEVEN VAN METRE: Take a deep breath before handling parents' finances
• Judge Wins Hammer On GWC Championship Opening Day
• Solar powered accumulator could help oil companies meet new emissions rules
• City budget reflects growing optimism
• Here are your latest volunteer opportunities
• Obama administration tells California it's time to vote on high-speed rail
• Fresno County supervisors tone down criticism of high-speed rail
• Oil regulators heading to Bakersfield to gather input on fracking
• Election notebook: Valadao named a Republican 'Young Gun'
• Life sentence for 80-year-old who made death threats over cigarette
• CSUB Opens Four-Game Set With Cal Poly Friday
• City offers mixed views on gay marriage
• Funeral services for May 10
• Bakersfield leads nation in manufacturing job growth
• Bakersfield puppy rescue an Internet hit
• Chamber of commerce leader announces retirement
• Accused shooter told detectives he killed bondsmen, court reports say
• Revised hydrogen plant would emit less pollution
• Education roundup: Magazine ranks local high schools as among nation's best
• VALERIE SCHULTZ: My one-on-one with the 'Dead Man Walking' nun
• LOIS HENRY: In this boy's case, transparency is on life support
• Story emerges behind arson attempt on a family home
• Mother arrested, charged in daughter's death
• Funeral services for May 9, 2012
• Conservatives dump Lugar, slam door on gay marriage in N.C.
• Education roundup: Greenfield to discuss cutting trustee benefits
• Suspects in officers' shooting remain at large
• Schools building named for former Superintendent Larry Reider
• UC president encourages college-goers to dream big despite cost 'hysteria'
• Supervisors punt solar development decision, increase top lawyer's vacation time
• City asking public: Want to help throw a July 4 party?
• New city budget to be unveiled Wednesday
• Funeral services held for slain brothers
• Worth Noting: GET solicits input on bus service changes, more
• Election notebook: Salas, Couch tout endorsements
• Bakersfield's Little Commits To CSUB Volleyball
• CSUB Tennis Team's Golf Fundraiser A Success
• Ex-councilman represented eastside
• Suicidal man arrested after house set on fire
• Supervisors to review possible new animal shelter sites
• Tejon Ranch stock slips on lower revenues
• Bakersfield Jazz: May 7 - 13
• Education roundup: County schools office receives anti-tobacco funds
• GOP hopes to take back valley seat with David Valadao
• Worth noting in business: Homeowner assistance event, more
• Animal Control: Don't dump pets at shelter after hours
• Funeral services for May 8, 2012
• MICHAEL RUBIO: Let's address county's expulsion, suspension crisis
• Incoming CSUB Women's Golfer Honored By HCBB
• Election notebook: Officials seeking new signatures from permanent absentee voters
• The Kern County Klan Local KKK members, including Bakersfield's police chief, were outed 90 years ago
• Fiesty Flemion Joining CSUB Volleyball
• CHP officer shot Sunday evening
• Bakersfield Observed: A blog about life, media, politics and people
• Funeral services for May 7, 2012
• GREG WILLIAMSON: Police take graffiti seriously, arrest offenders
• STEVE FLORES: Memories of walking a mile to school
• Search for the lost Phantom crew continues
• Bakersfield Relay for Life raises more than $2.1 million
• Sicilian saxman, Gianni Gebbia, to appear at Dagny's Tuesday
• Ask The Californian: Why can fire fighters wade through traffic seeking donations?
• 21st Congressional District candidates weigh in on health care, economy, more
• Action Line: Seek reliable advice before filing for bankruptcy
• No. 17 NC State Takes Two From CSUB
• Judge Leads CSUB In Regular-Season Finale
• Bogus agenda: someting secret is going on here
• Amgen Tour promises economic benefits in long, short term
• Paper honored for pair of photos
• 5th District's diversity presents a challenge to three running for supervisor
• Relay for Life Spurs Hope, Honors Memories
• Funeral services for May 6
• Roadrunners Rained Out at NC State
• Spring BBQ and Baseball on This Week's Show
• SHERRY DAVIS: So you think Fido is ready to be a therapy dog?
• HEATHER IJAMES: The great purge in my Bakersfield backyard
• McQuiston, Salas seen as frontrunners in race for 32nd Assembly District
• Funeral services for May 4
• Funeral services for May 3
• Funeral services for May 5
• Bakersfield Marine to be recognized at Dodgers game
• Ex-Californian editor recalled as 'a newsman's newsman'
• Kern students headed to military academies
• No. 17 NC State Defeats CSUB 8-4
• 23rd Congressional District candidates talk health care, economy, foreign policy
• 34th district Assembly candidates disagree on tax increases, key issues
• Newly naturalized citizens hope to 'make America even greater'
• Fund cancer research with Yes vote on 29
• Alon almost ready to reopen Rosedale Highway refinery
• Family's lottery win leads to lawsuit
• McCarthy seeks change of course
• Bakersfield Jazz this weekend: May 4 - 6
• Get involved: Here's your chance to volunteer
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• Local Marine awarded Bronze Star for bravery
• Woman files claim against city in connection with K-9 mauling
• City holds off filling two pools -- for now
• High-speed rail board approves Merced-Fresno environmental impact report
• High-speed rail meetings coming to Kern County
• PG&E to host meeting on abandoned power plant
• CSUB Set For Regular-Season Finale At Oxy Invite
• Candidates in 32nd Assembly race share views on key issues
• Limited supply elevates home prices
• HERB BENHAM: Being invited doesn't mean you have to come
• Businessman commits $1 billion for high-speed rail
• Candidates for 1st district supervisor tout their experience, know-how
• CSUB Heads To No. 17 NC State This Weekend
• Congressional candidates spar over rail, other issues
• Growing ... and surviving
• Valley public service journalism honored
• Education roundup: Speech contest, bell donation and more
• Kern County Teachers of the Year announced
• CSUB Women’s Swimming Signs 8
• Candidates in 34th Assembly race talk jobs, taxes, high-speed rail, health
• Election notebook: Candidates pick up endorsements
• Region leads nation in construction job growth
• Worth noting: Human trafficking awareness tour ends in Bakersfield, communities get grants
• CSUB Student-Athletes Continue Running For Ronald
• Ricciardi Honored As PCSC Player Of Week
• VALERIE SCHULTZ: Sad your Facebook life isn't as fabulous as theirs? Go play outside!
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• Funeral services for May 2
• Hiker group wants to dictate camping style
• Community outraged after toddler gunned down in front of her twin
• Worth noting: 'Supernanny' seeks Bakersfield families, Goodwill opens donation center, more
• Arraignment postponed for accused shooter in bondsmen deaths
• Fund gives $20,000 to groups helping Kern women, girls
• Car wash chain closes three Bakersfield locations, lays off about 50 workers
• Centennial High students take national honor
• Former serviceman sentenced to six years for manslaughter
• Local environmental reporting system launches
• CSUB roundup: Grants, new engineering programs
• Supervisors delay management pay increase
• Supervisors OK Relay's use of mobile kitchen
• Obama flies to Afghanistan, signs pact with Karzai, speaks on TV at 4:30
• SBDC director steps down
• Water supplies adequate despite thin snowpack
• Rain Dampens CSUB Finale At America Sky Tournament
• JAMIE BUTOW: Contests, giveaways, discount codes and more
• 2-year-old girl killed in crossfire
• Bakersfield Jazz: April 30 - May 6
• After 30 years, the gumption to make call
• Fifth District challenger Perez guests on Californian Radio
• Two arrested following brothers' killing appear briefly in court
• Sheriff's son pleads no contest to one charge, others dismissed
• Education roundup: Graduations scheduled, history day results and more
• Looking for a job in the commercial space industry?
• City blocks controversial health insurance plan
• Worth noting in business: NuSil lays out expansion plans
• Berry loses oil production at Midway-Sunset field
• For Valley GOP candidates, high-speed rail is top enemy
• Funeral services for May 1, 2012
• CSUB Lowers Team Score At America Sky Tournament
• Hakimi moves down the road (but not far)
• PAUL ANDERSON: Tricks to avoid banking fees
• Book opens up history of valley's farm labor struggles
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• Bullet train's low operating costs are 'elephant in room,' experts say
• Centennial falls short in contest
• Funeral services for April 30, 2012
• Utility watchdog seeks funds to enforce safety regulations
• Bakersfield Observed: A blog about life, media, politics and people
• Lamont shooting puts man in hospital
• CSUB Takes Fifth At WWPA In Sudden Death OT
• Goodvin Leads CSUB at America Sky Tournament
• CSUB Softball Ends 2012 Season On Winning Note
• Ask The Californian: When will this northwest interchange be finished?
• 'Runners Set 13 Seasonal-Best Marks At UC Irvine
• Baseball Sunday Game at Nebraska Cancelled
• SOUND OFF: Long story: we go to bed and babies keep coming
• Alleged bondsmen killer caught
• Funeral services for April 29
• Lois Henry: FAIL: the Lung Association's air quality ratings
• City gearing up for Amgen tour
• Bayer's Saves Lead CSUB Past Sonoma State 13-11
• Car dealers make the pitch for buying local
• 'Runners Bounce Back For Split at Nebraska
• 'Runners Split DH With Santa Clara
• Bakersfield woman beaten to death by baseball bat
• Spring BBQ & Softball Headline This Week's Show
• DAVID VALADAO: We need to protect local control of local projects
• Bakersfield veterans spread the word as they tour America
• Alleged bounty hunter killer caught
• SHERRY DAVIS: Train dogs to respond to all your commands
• RIC LLEWELLYN: Do I get credit for driving the price of gas down a dime?
• Action Line: Licensed contractors right choice for home projects
• Funeral services for April 28
• A look inside: What do bail agents do?
• Bounty hunter 'Dog' may be on way to Bakersfield
• Judge finds review of Tehachapi Walmart plans inadequate
• Online clues feed Apple store buzz
• Casino robbers sentenced to decades in prison
• Suspect sought in killings of two bail bondsmen in southwest Bakersfield
• Monterey Bay Upses CSUB 10-9 in WWPA Quarters
• Local family gives Memorial $2 million in honor of daughter
• Friday Night's Game at Nebraska Postponed
• Taylor Earns Second GWC Athlete of Week Honor
• What's next in the Fox's restoration?
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• Something's cookin' but we don't know what yet
• From Sports Illustrated's swimsuit issue to Harvard: Tyra Banks headlines conference
• Dolores Huerta will be given Medal of Freedom, White House announces
• Two shot dead at Southwest Bakersfield home
• Funeral services for April 27, 2012
• Exposed woman sues county
• March Meet e-book discussed on Californian Radio
• Assembly candidates agree: Sacramento is gridlocked
• Downtown preschool to close
• Another large oil company arrives in Bakersfield
• Warmer days to follow mid-week rain
• CSUB Volleyball Adds Italian JC Transfer Aloisio
• Here are your latest volunteer opportunities
• CSUB Travels To Nebraska For 3 Game Set
• CSUB Heads To WWPA Tournament This Weekend
• Election notebook: Supervisor candidate divulges old reckless driving plea
• Memorial opens county's first pediatric intensive care unit
• Court upholds study of Tejon development
• Central Cali video ordered released to attorney
• Business closure forces sale of Kern oil assets
• Kern's making more money, but still behind
• Education roundup: BCSD moves forward with transitional kindergarten, talks suspensions
• Six arrested in connection with kidnapping for ransom
• Motorist killed when car hit by train
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• Fines totaling $32,000 proposed in pesticide drift incident
• Investigation concludes roommate shot Bakersfield siblings on New Year's Day
• Volleyball Adds Star Power With NLI Signing
• RUSS ALLRED: Potential for business growth great on Internet
• VALERIE SCHUTLZ: The best effect in this film isn't 3-D but the profound message
• BCSD settles with embattled director
• Kern County Fire rolls back the chow wagon
• Challengers criticize McCarthy's district leadership
• County to pursue new, better animal shelter
• Election notebook: Democrats tout competitiveness of local congressional race
• Northridge Defeats CSUB 5-2
• Bakersfield area near top for bad air rankings -- again.
• Sisters sentenced in connection with robbery attempt
• Company, pilot at fault in pesticide drift
• Taft opposes high-speed rail despite distance to proposed tracks
• Goodvin, Hammons Tie For 23rd At Anteater Invite
• Browning Named First Team All-Conference
• New case of mad cow disease in California
• Tehachapi man who died on Highway 46 a tireless volunteer
• Worth noting in business: Bakersfield sees drop in homes for sale, more
• Mannix Earns All-Great West Second Team Honors
• Errecart Leads 'Runners At Anteater Invite
• Clinica Sierra Vista lands $555,000 sex-ed grant
• Online community mourns loss of contributor
• Dozens of roosters found dead after Delano cockfight
• Appetite for knowledge rivals hunger for shrimp
• Nun to speak against death penalty at local churches
• Candidate floats idea of part-time Board of Supervisors
• Funeral services for April 24, 2012
• Softball's Smith Honored at Jockey Club
• SOUND OFF: She asks the tough questions you may be asking
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• CSUB Baseball At Northridge Tuesday
• ROBIN PAGGI: What's in a name? Possibly employment success
• Men's Golf Teeing Off At Anteater Invite
• Bakersfield jazz: April 23 - 29, Jazz About Town
• Tule elk reserve may face extinction under cuts
• JOSE GASPAR: Parents become experts in helping their exceptional children
• DOUG GREENER: Protect your family -- install carbon monoxide monitoring devices
• CSUB Takes Fifth At Great West Championships
• 'Runners Battle But Fall To Sacramento State in DH
• Ask The Californian: Why is there no love for the Giants?
• Varner earns berth into Olympics
• Who's more patriotic? We must know
• The fresh air got in. The world hasn't ended
• Ideas abound at charrette about arts downtown
• United Farm Workers to celebrate golden anniversary
• McKenzie's CG Leads CSUB Past Fresno State 8-1
• Meadows Field holding its own through tough times
• CSUB Tennis Falls In Its First GWC Tournament
• Rodgers Clutch in CSUB Split at Sacramento State
• Communities differ on Isabella Dam concerns
• Councilman, lawyer battle for supervisor seat
• Two killed in crash on Fairfax
• Soccer, Wrestling on This Week's Show
• JIM COSTA: A long-term transportation bill is way past due
• Action Line: Follow these tips to find your vacation lodging
• RUSS ALLRED: Take the right approach to business scaling
• Funeral services for April 21
• 'Runners Set 14 PRs at Bryan Clay Invitational
• Movie's anti-bullying message resonates with students
• Worth noting: Help for homeless Saturday, more
• Police: Guns, drugs found in vehicle of sheriff's son
• City, police union still deeply divided over pay issues
• No. 3 USC Defeats CSUB 23-5
• Plan would balance fun, environmental protection near Taft
• Elder abuse case raises questions of familial responsibility
• Congress poised to reject Calif. high-speed rail funding
• INGA BARKS: Unenamored with the primary line-up? Then I'm your gal
• Kern unemployment rose to 15.9 percent last month, but fell year-over-year
• STEVEN VAN METRE: Encore career gives boomer retiring hope
• CSUB Tennis Seeded Sixth In First GWC Championship
• Recession expert: Who's going to jail?
• CSUB Starts 11-Game Road Trip In Fresno Saturday
• Kern County earns poor marks for infrastructure
• East Hills Health Complex: Could it happen?
• County proposes split with city animal control, setting up new shelter
• VALERIE SCHULTZ: Draw of the water makes us only human
• 'Runners Head North To Take On Sac State
• Woman tries to enter KMC unit to 'get some babies'
• Regulators move forward with SmartMeters
• Police report: Suspect confessed to fatal hit-and-run
• Men's Basketball: Tevin Harris Commits To 'Runners
• Still no answers in Oildale crash that killed 2
• Groups sue to protect birds from wind projects
• Police report spike in auto thefts
• Holbrook Takes Second In Season Finale Vs. CSUN
• Bakersfield jazz this weekend: April 20 - 22
• CSUB Wrestler Box Wins CSUB Writing Contest
• CSUB Water Polo Travels To No. 3 USC Friday
• Two miles of Hwy. 99 in Fresno will be rerouted for bullet-train
• Natural gas leak causes evacuation of nearby homes
• Worth noting: Heat illness prevention seminars scheduled
• Thieves steal Lawrence's gear, but show will go on
• Public invited to brainstorm ideas for downtown arts district
• Cafe ready to serve up sandwiches Thursday
• Assemblywoman Grove accused of unfairly maligning colleague
• Lawmakers scrutinize $68B high-speed rail plan
• Ventura forward Corey Hall to join Roadrunners
• 'American Bandstand' host Dick Clark dead at 82
• Oildale shooting victim slain execution style, sheriff's reports say
• CSUB Track And Field Set For Bryan Clay Invite
• 'Runners Taking On CSUN In Season Finale
• CSUB Earns No. 3 Seed At WWPA Championships
• LOIS HENRY: The great outdoors should be great for everyone
• Kernville residents sound off on plans for Isabella Lake dams
• Family of cycle crash victim raising money for services
• USC Scores 6 With 2 Outs; Trojans Defeat CSUB 11-2
• Kit foxes are cute, but no touching, please
• Air officials try to counter bad report card
• Supervisors OK study of universal recycling options
• City adds surveillance cameras to downtown parking garage
• Election notebook: McCarthy adds $728,000-plus to his re-election warchest
• Worth noting: Bulky waste drop-off event coming up, local reporters honored
• Worth noting in business: Free home energy surveys available
• CSUB Track And Field Teaming Up With Color Me Rad
• County animal shelter advances to next round of 'challenge'
• Temecula OH Sawyer Signs On With CSUB Volleyball
• Fatal Saturday crash still under investigation
• Wasco city manager leaves for private sector
• Wasco city manager leaves for private sector
• Bird-watching catches attention of a president
• Moms have plenty to say about their jobs
• Driver pleads not guilty in fatal hit-and-run
• Worth noting in the community: Butterfly release, hunger challenge and more
• Union organizer challenges Grove for Assembly
• Election notebook: Valadao ahead in first-quarter, overall fundraising
• Funeral services for April 17, 2012
• Bakersfield jazz: April 16 - 23, Jazz About Town
• Bakersfield jazz: April 16 - 23, Jazz About Town
• Journalist to speak on causes, lessons of Great Recession
• City Council to consider position merger, city code tweaks
• Fracking data flows from Kern oil fields
• CSUB Hosts USC Tuesday Night
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• Global warming top concern of Sierra Club head
• Funeral services for April 16
• STEVE FLORES: Legendary hamburger stand serves up 'Jumbo' memories
• SOUND OFF: When it rains, it pours -- many weather questions
• CSUB's 1st Triple Play Highlights 6-3 Win over UCR
• Ask The Californian: How much do congressmen spend on "franking?"
• CSUB Splits On Day 2 of The Bronco
• CSUB Softball Drops Second DH To Saint Mary's
• The ex-radical who heads air board's key panel
• Five 'Runners Place Fifth At Pomona-Pitzer Invite
• Market squeezing homebuyers
• Undoing my phantom shopping spree
• 'Runners Split Saturday Doubleheader at Riverside
• CSUB Water Polo Splits On Day One of The Bronco
• County may consider universal recycling program for unincorporated Bakersfield
• Saint Mary's Takes Two From CSUB Softball
• Harmful? Online service pinpoints checkpoint locations
• Catching Up With The SAAC President This Week
• CSUB debating change to semester calendar
• Action Line: Want a garden? Carefully pick sprinkler system installer
• HEATHER IJAMES: Bunking up the kids to settle them down
• CSUB Softball DH Saturday Pushed Back An Hour
• Answers sought in mauling of woman asleep in her home
• K-9 experts emphasize teamwork, obedience
• Funeral services for April 14
• Foothill High band teacher arrested on child sex abuse charges
• Cat tests positive for rabies; officials urge vaccination
• Election notebook: McCarthy endorses David Valadao for Congress
• Extreme weather continues
• Chilly storm moves through California
• Snow falling in Tehachapi, CHP escorting traffic
• Friday's Game At UC Riverside Rained Out
• For the record
• Northbound Highway 99 at Lerdo Highway now open
• Two Locals Sign On To Join CSUB Women's Golf
• Despite safety concerns, analyst finds many vacancies at utilities commission
• This weekend: today is Jazz Appreciation Day, here's where to go to hear some
• CSUB Faces 2 Nationally Ranked Foes At The Bronco
• 40th Annual CSUB Spring BBQ Tickets On Sale Now
• Supervisor candidate owes thousands in unpaid taxes
• She's pedaling to make our country better
• Newly cleared, bullet train plan chugs to capitol
• Woman takes traffic ticket to TV, law enforcement asks for it to be dismissed
• Report shows challenges Kern's kids face
• New wellness magazine revealed on Californian radio
• Attorney: Sheriff's estranged wife mauled by BPD K-9
• Cal-OSHA opens Bakersfield office
• Worth noting in business: Job fair, new hotel and more
• Reports: North Korea rocket launched but may have failed
• Two defendants sentenced to six years in bodybuilder beating death
• Public comment requested for dam safety project
• CSUB Travels To UC Riverside This Weekend
• Two vying to unseat Kevin McCarthy from Congress
• Concerns raised over delay in releasing attempted kidnapping information
• Apple Blossom Drive shooting leaves one dead
• Education roundup: College district may take out multi-million dollar loan to pay bills
• Hospital executive to receive John Brock award
• More wet days on the way
• Two schools lauded for succeeding despite obstacles
• Funeral services for April 12, 2012
• Kern ranks near bottom in county health rankings
• Jazz trombonist Francisco Torres to appear in Visalia Thursday night
• VALERIE SCHULTZ: Parkinson's visits misery upon sufferers, their families
• Five CSUB Student-Athletes Selected for NCAA Forum
• ROBIN PAGGI: Thoroughly document investigations of employee misconduct
• 'Runners Shoot Low, But Fall To Cal St. Northridge
• LOIS HENRY: Concern over fatal fire misses the big target
• Funeral services for April 11, 2012
• Oil service company reaches into Bakersfield
• Northridge Defeats CSUB 4-3
• Padre Hotel scores new financing
• CSUB Softball Battles, But Falls To UCSB
• Election notebook: Pinson opens westside campaign headquarters
• Education roundup: Standard discusses allowing businesses to advertise
• Norris voters to consider huge, long-term school bond measure
• Growers not overly worried as storms approach
• Sheriff's son pleads not guilty to drug, gun charges
• Worth noting: Ridgecrest woman wins lottery, free home energy surveys available
• Santorum suspends campaign, vows to continue 'fight'
• Redevelopment oversight board begins its work
• Reports: Terminally ill man shot wife 'because she was evil'
• Kern County GOP group endorses David Valadao
• KHSD officials discuss building naming, unification
• Young heart patient grateful for charity care
• Recreational miner rescued from pit
• Westside Parkway paving a first since mid-1970s
• Bakersfield's tourist potential gets an airing on Californian Radio Tuesday
• Survivors and volunteers needed for Relay
• The week ahead: Jazz About Town, Apr. 9, 2012
• School district board to discuss unification of Shafter High-Richland
• OLIVIA GARCIA: Community responds in donations for Fremont track runners
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• Funeral services for April 9
• The B-word gives our TV listings a black eye
• Watson wins Masters playoff over Oosthuizen
• Pesticide drifts, violations, down past few years
• Ask The Californian: What can candidates do with leftover campaign money?
• Kevin McCarthy helps state GOP make a comeback
• Agencies vie for school sex-ed grant
• N. Dakota oil, brought here, could help gas prices
• Bakersfield apartments filling up fast
• The census of 1940: it was a different Kern County
• Funeral services for April 8
• New local health plan offers Mexico care options
• Free military surplus gear a boon to local law enforcement
• Kern agencies score oodles of free military gear
• Aikenhead's 5th CG Highlights CSUB DH Sweep of SCU
• CSUB Softball Settles For Split With LMU
• Plenty of Diamond Chat on This Roadrunner Rundown
• SHANNON GROVE: California legislature should keep an open mind on climate change policy
• Congressmen want war equipment sent to Southwest border
• Severe child abuse linked to couple who fled to Mexico
• Teen steals car, crashes and is caught, sheriff says
• McKenzie Strikes Out 12; CSUB Defeats SC 4-0
• Funeral services for April 7
• Cal State L.A. blanks CSUB Tennis
• CSUB's Jordan Taylor Named As GWC Athlete of Week
• Inmate accuses deputy of sexual abuse
• Here are your latest volunteer opportunities
• Rabble-rousing former Taft Mayor Cliff Thompson dies
• High-speed rail gets new bashing from local group
• 'Runners Bust Out Bats, Sweep LMU In Friday DH
• RIC LLEWELLYN: Congressman's gas price fix won't help short-term
• RUSS ALLRED: Basketball fast breaks offer lessons for business
• PAUL ANDERSON: Your New Job Has a 401(k). Now what?
• "Wish You Were Here" - new art exhibit at Metro Galleries tonight, new music too
• CSUB Hosts Santa Clara This Weekend
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• Seismic Safety Commission could lose funding
• Denver flight to be added at Meadows Field
• Rubio, water district tussle over access to documents
• Program helps residents report toxic concerns
• Animal Control needs your help winning $100,000 prize
• Election notebook: Democrats hosting candidate forum
• Funeral services for April 6, 2012
• Woman convicted of involuntary manslaughter in death of son to be released
• CSUB Tennis Travels to Cal State Los Angeles
• CSUB Hosting LMU, Holding Alumni Appreciation Day
• 'Runners To Compete In Tommy Lister Invite
• HERB BENHAM: Bowling finished, so can I stop grimacing?
• Bakersfield jazz this weekend: April 5 - 8
• In Pismo, life's still a beach for folks from Kern
• Fast recovery underway in Bakersfield-Delano region
• Two city departments to merge from redevelopment fallout
• Driver sentenced to 15 years to life in fatal DUI crash
• Worth noting in community: Rabbit run, museum fundraiser coming up
• VALERIE SCHULTZ: Whose feet will you wash?
• ROBIN PAGGI: Honesty is the best policy when it comes to HR issues
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• LOIS HENRY: At last, plug pulled on court computer system
• Father and son accomplish 'Quest to Sac'
• Funeral services for April 4, 2012
• Rubio wants grand jury to investigate water district
• Messmore Tosses 2nd CG In A Row; CSUB Defeats UCSB
• California chief justice visits Bakersfield, talks money
• Hammons Ties For 13th To Lead CSUB At UCSB Invite
• Child hit by car in parking lot
• Bakersfield woman claims $17 million SuperLotto Plus jackpot
• THE AFTERMATH: Living with the unknown, family hopes driver will be found
• THE AFTERMATH: Driver copes with accidentally hitting 11-year-old boy
• Education roundup: Geology professor to talk earthquakes
• PAUL ANDERSON: Don't blow your tax refund
• THE AFTERMATH: A 'great mind' but teen's recovery is a day-by-day process
• JAMIE BUTOW: Timeline is here, and we're showcasing more with it
• Man recounts rushing Delano toddler to emergency room after SUV hit him
• Hammonds Tied For 12th After Day 1 At UCSB Invite
• City mulls compromise, 'purple' high-speed rail route through downtown
• High speed rail's new math: $30 billion less for a train to L.A.
• Worth noting in the community: Law presentation, Battle of the Badges and more
• Blood bank seeks O- and O+ donors
• Nationwide ICE enforcement nets arrests in Kern
• Election notebook: Supervisor hopefuls open headquarters, launch videos
• Education roundup: County files claim over deputy's trip and fall at school
• University faculty object to VP salary, website redo
• Funeral services for April 3, 2012
• Local state parks remain slated for closure
• HERB BENHAM: Bakersfield makes fine impression on La Jolla
• Bakersfield jazz: the week ahead - Jazz About Town, Apr. 2, 2012
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• New Cry Wolf system to track false alarms
• JOSE GASPAR: Should school board members get health benefits?
• Funeral services for April 2, 2012
• Ask The Californian: What were the taxpayer costs of this officer's funeral?
• Aikenhead Goes The Distance; CSUB Wins 5-2
• Identities of three local lottery winners still unknown
• Obama still favored in states with high gas prices
• 'Runner Softball Splits With San Diego On Sunday
• CSUB's Taylor Wins 100 At Cal/Nev Championships
• CSUB WP Loses Two To Nationally Ranked Opponents
• Runners Use Timely Hitting To Defeat Sac St. 11-4
• Funeral services for April 1
• We can learn a lot from Nashville
• Union deals produce modest short-term savings for county
• Winning $17 million Super Lotto ticket sold in Bakersfield
• Men key in stopping sexual assault, experts say
• GET weighs scaling back to improve service for core riders
• CSUB Softball Falls In Opening PCSC DH to USD
• Siegfried, Shryock Highlight This Week's Show
• DAVID VALADAO: California's most significant renewable resource should count
• CSUB Sweeps On Day 1 On Roadrunner Invite III
• SHERRY DAVIS: Owners set the tone for dogs' behavior
• Action Line: Check out online dating services like other businesses
• All woman sax quartet, The Quadraphonnes, at Dagny's on Sunday, April 1
• Haggard in fine form at Palace
• Sac State Hands CSUB 2-0 Loss
• Delano tops NYC in Census Bureau list
• Tehachapi nuns break ground on new future
• Feds raid Bakersfield marijuana cooperative
• School district to employees: beware of 'reply to all'
• CSUB Softball Kicks Off PCSC Play By Hosting USD
• Business people invited to high-speed rail workshop
• Tagger hits downtown with Dove soap
• 'Runners Ready To Rock Cal/Nevada Championships
• HOLLY CULHANE: Facebook demand triggers privacy war
• INGA BARKS: Schools could learn discipline lessons from back in 'the day'
• Company in pesticide spray drift could be fined
• Heatwave hitting Bakersfield on April 2, the Heatwave Jazz and Show Band that is
• CSUB WP Hosts 3 WWPA Matches As Part Of RR III
• Funeral services for March 30, 2012
• PG&E to conduct testing on northwest line
• CSUB Hosts Future WAC Foe Sac State This Weekend
• Lottery players flood stores in quest for record jackpot
• Students sickened after pesticide drifts over bus
• April's Bakersfield Life on the radio
• Downtown planning for 'Arts Alive' district
• Sentencing postponed in elder abuse case
• Five Kern schools named to distinguished list
• RUSS ALLRED: How to account for business growth
• March for Trayvon draws crowd
• Shryock's 3 RBI's Lead CSUB Past Air Force 6-2
• White House honors local nurse
• Father and son to embark on ride of their lives
• Election notebook: State GOP said it notified county parties on endorsements
• CSUB Softball Drops Two Heartbreakers to UCR
• Education roundup: City schools lauded for student-attendance efforts
• Health roundup: Local donors contribute more than $1 million to cancer center
• VALERIE SCHULTZ: Knowledge a novel approach to preventing teen pregnancy
• Donations Continue For Operation Interdependence
• Funeral services for March 28, 2012
• Messmore's CG Leads CSUB Past Air Force 4-1
• Community, family honor officer
• Buck stops with the supervisors? Apparently not
• Mosquito district chief on leave as spending investigated
• Attorney for accused Oildale shooter says client fired in self-defense
• Olympic gold medalist gives pep talk at junior high
• State, local candidates report fundraising totals
• Greenfield may study closing one campus
• Arsonist receives 15 years to life for deadly Oildale fire
• Supervisors approve long-sought contract with largest union
• Supervisors appoint Brian Marshall as fire chief
• Pacific sweeps CSUB Softball
• Highway 178 reopens
• Highway 178 closed in both directions at mouth of canyon
• JAMIE BUTOW: Parenting your own kids is tough enough, thanks
• Bakersfield teen plans march for Trayvon Martin
• Respected veterans advocate dies at 63
• CSUB Softball Ready For Eight-Game Week
• Smoke, flames damage east Bakersfield Sizzler
• Health reform a mixed bag in Kern County
• Planned weekday power outage rescheduled
• Sisters accused of attempted bank robbery take plea deal
• Drilling begins on new well for dry community
• Downtown group distributes new kind of handout
• Election notebook: Romney gets McCarthy's support
• Funeral services for March 27, 2012
• Jeff McKenzie, Sam Shead Honored at Jockey Club
• Worth noting in business: New outdoor store, more
• CSUB Hosts AF For Military Appreciation Series
• Bakersfield jazz: the week ahead - Jazz About Town, Mar. 26, 2012
• Neighbors recall violent end to partygoer's life
• HERB BENHAM: The doctor is in, but not much longer
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• STEVE FLORES: When Jimi came to town
• Sound Off: Let them be prisoners, he writes
• Firefighters battle blaze in Bakersfield, Ridgecrest
• Hiller, DeSilva combine for no-hitter in CSUB win
• Washington Sweeps CSUB 13-1
• Shelby’s Five Goals Help CSUB Split At RR II
• Police: Man killed his 65-year-old wife in northwest Bakersfield
• Snow sticking on Grapevine; Rain drenches Bakersfield
• Cell phones making campus emergency systems obsolete
• Ask The Californian: Why doesn't this storm drain system extend to where the problem is?
• Need a job? This one is pretty tough
• County supervisors knew beforehand KMC residency program could be cut
• Who oversees when CPS takes the kids?
• Funeral services for March 25
• County housing authority poised to enact smoking ban in public housing
• Lineup for 2012 Bakersfield Jazz Festival announced
• Watts, Taylor win events to lead CSUB at Cal Poly
• Arvin farm offers a way out of crime
• Union narrowly approves county contract
• CSUB Softball Headed To Davis For Sunday Game
• Washington Clinches Series Vs. CSUB 7-3
• CSUB Splits On At Roadrunner Invitational II
• Late-night fight leaves one man dead, one wounded, one behind bars
• Ridgecrest, trash hauler trade blame after raid
• Simon Tobin, Jeff Konya Talk MSOC Move to Pac-12
• Some districts begin preppy kindergarten enrollment
• JIM COSTA: Lowering gas prices takes 'all the tools" we have
• SHERRY DAVIS: The debate over dogs' intelligence continues
• Action Line: Check out scholarship search services carefully
• Motorist killed after hitting tractor-trailer early Saturday
• Washington Defeats CSUB 4-2
• Metal thefts up in city, county
• Workshops will help shape Kern's transportation, energy future
• The stars -- all of them -- are recognized at opening of Bakersfield Sound exhibit in Nashville
• Snow in the forecast Sunday
• Education roundup: School districts to discuss budgets, bullying, programs and more
• Sisters accused of trying to rob bank scheduled for preliminary hearing
• High schoolers compete in 'skills Olympics'
• Barnes A Finalist for Coach of the Year Honors
• RUSS ALLRED: Opportunity knocks for Bakersfield's small businesses
• HOLLY CULHANE: What would your workers say if you went 'undercover?'
• Four Thoughts: How are the stock market and the economy related?
• HEATHER IJAMES: What's brewing inside us will come out
• Market Intelligence: Stock ownership up 17 percent in Kern
• Report encourages charity giving for the long term
• Kern's unemployment down year-over-year
• CSUB Hosts Roadrunner Invitational II This Weekend
• Local pharmacy faces a barrage of charges
• Supervisors close to inking more union deals
• Kern's non-endorsement of Valadao 'stands out like a sore thumb'
• Teach someone about the hummingbirds, bees
• ROBERT PRICE: Like a country song, Nashville and Bakersfield kiss, make up
• Man accused of murder found competent to stand trial in 2009 stabbings
• CSUB Track And Field Headed To ShareSLO.com Invite
• CSUB Heads To Washington This Weekend
• CSUB Tennis Hosting Golf Fundraiser April 16
• Exhibit brings Bako Sound to Nashville
• Summit points to progress on economic recovery
• BPD officer, 23, dies of heart attack Tuesday evening
• Bakersfield College launches its first study abroad program
• Education roundup: Construction of two new Bakersfield schools to start
• Community Recycling hit with 16 citations, thousands in fines
• VALERIE SCHULTZ: I'll take that senior discount - I just hope they card me
• Open session reflects trouble in Arvin gov't
• Teens require surgery after swallowing magnets
• Cash-strapped district must pay back at least $130,000
• Lawsuit pits gliders vs. turbines in effort to stop mountain wind farm
• Funeral services for March 21
• Miller Posts Lowest CSUB Score At Monterey Invite
• CSUB Partners with Operation Interdependence
• Power outage snarls traffic from Stockdale and Coffee to Ming and Gosford
• Election notebook: Ashburn would resign from state board if elected supervisor
• Sisters charged in bank robbery wanted to return to Compton, reports say
• County department heads begin outlining budget needs
• Strong, long 7.6 quake shakes Mexico City
• Education roundup: District vows change in expulsion numbers
• Bakersfield jazz this week - Jazz About Town, Mar. 20, 2012
• JAMIE BUTOW: Blogger takes a shot at wired teenagers
• City may require employees to take public records training
• 'Runners Lower Scores At Monterey Bay Invite
• CSU outlines drastic cuts if state tax measure fails
• Carther And Herman Named WBB All-Independent
• Father charged with murder in connection with infant's death
• New Allen Road detour is easier to navigate, drivers say
• PG&E hires contractor for plant demolition
• Largest Kern school districts plan to reject 'pink slime' meat
• Education roundup: Bakersfield schools place at state Academic Decathlon, more
• Next on 'Californian Radio': PG&E power plant and the Great American Cleanup
• Funeral services for March 20, 2012
• No. 3 Washington Sweeps CSUB
• Nonprofit hospitals' charity levels often below average
• HERB BENHAM: Don't get stuck with the same stick
• Men's Soccer to Join Pac-12 in 2013
• Bakersfield City Council to discuss contracts to expand curbside recycling
• Environmental groups push EPA to ban lead ammo
• Kern tops state in expulsions
• All highways open, no more snow expected
• OLIVIA GARCIA: Elementary track coach starts drive for student running shoes
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• Holbrook Leads 'Runners At Monterey Invite
• CHP closes Highway 58 at Tower Line Road
• CSUB Tennis Match Vs. Cal St. Northridge Postponed
• Snow, hail give Kern a last taste of winter
• County's budget development process begins
• Fresno State Defeats CSUB 5-0
• DUI crackdown nets 6 arrests
• Train hits pedestrian in Delano
• Suspicious fire destroys cabin near Randsburg
• Ask The Californian: Are local lakes tested for contaminants?
• Rain Dampens Turnout At Northridge Invite
• CSUB Softball Game Vs. SDSU Washed Out By Rain
• 'Runners Travel To Nortridge To Face Matadors
• SOUND OFF: We announce subscriptions to our news site
• Finally, sex-ed may embrace state standards
• High-speed rail planners focus on running trains to L.A. before Bay Area
• Michael Rubio: SB 250 a bipartisan solution to the valley's water crisis
• Homeowners unhappy with new builder's models
• Funeral services for March 18
• A BPD pioneer looks back
• CSUB Baseball V Fresno PPD Due To Weather
• No. 20 CSUB Goes 4-0 At LMU Invitational
• Rain pounds Kern; snow flurries reported on summit
• RIC LLEWELLYN: Condom program should shock you out of apathy
• HERB BENHAM: The wedding comes to our front porch
• SHERRY DAVIS: How old is your dog in people years?
• CSUB San Diego Classic Saturday Games Cancelled
• A living history icon
• Fresno State Defeats CSUB 2-1
• Kern in path of a big winter storm
• County fire department mulls fines for false alarms
• Worth noting in the community: Read for Life Gala, Dream Home Giveaway raffle tickets available
• Education roundup: College forum, history day and more
• No. 20 CSUB Wins 2 On Day 1 Of LMU Invitational
• MICHAEL RUBIO: Busing kids to school a critical need, not luxury
• Ceremony held for peace officer's academy graduates
• Life sentence for gang member who fired into crowd at 2009 family reunion
• CSUB Softball Drops Two At San Diego Classic II
• Carter Repeats On D-1 All-Independent Team
• Strictly Business: Q&A with Robert J. Beehler, president/CEO of San Joaquin Community Hospital
• Market Intelligence: Demand for medical services in Kern rises
• RUSS ALLRED: Debunking three entrepreneurial myths
• HERB BENHAM: Oh, to be youthful and optimistic again
• McCarthy, rail chairman spar over project
• Iwamura & Lomas Eliminated On Day 1 Of D-1 Champ's
• Worth noting in business: Kern County Economic Summit, more
• Height of Isabella dams could rise 16 feet
• Successful business owners share what it takes to make it
• CSUB Softball Playing Five At San Diego Classic
• 'Runners Headed To Cal State Northridge Invite
• Viral videos and other interactivity on Californian Radio
• Students meet to build leadership skills
• Grant gives high school students chance to take free college courses
• Election notebook: Endorsement made in supervisor race, more
• New PG&E smart grid tech installed in Kern
• Growth of composting strains oversight of industry
• Browning Named Kap7/WWPA Player of the Week
• CSUB Men's Swimming 11th In Final Mid Major Poll
• CSUB Heads To Fresno State This Weekend
• Lamb Scores 31;CSUB Falls In CIT To Utah St. 75-69
• Funeral services for March 15, 2012
• Reservation system keeping United fliers in holding pattern
• No surprises emerge as election deadlines pass
• Longtime Fruitvale superintendent retiring
• Education roundup: Hundreds vie for science fair titles
• County agency reviewing practices on taking children
• Northern storm to hit Kern over the weekend
• Worth Noting in business: Learning center entering market, more
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed: A blog about life, media, politics and people
• CSUB Sends 2 To D-1 Wrestling Nationals This Week
• VALERIE SCHULTZ: Let's reduce our atomic footprint before there's another Fukushima
• Jazz drummer Donald Dean at the BJW tonight for free clinic/concert
• Funeral services for March 14, 2012
• Setting the record straight on top schools
• Grandma, mother grateful for couple's arrest in child death
• 'Runners Place Eighth At Triumph At Pauma Valley
• Caltrans doing a bit more highway cleanup, pursuing options
• UConn Sweeps 'Runners In Softball Doubleheader
• Kern homeless programs receive new federal funding
• Public input sought on rocket flights over Mojave
• Sisters charged in connection with attempted bank robbery
• School damaged in fire ready to rebuild
• County strike averted at least temporarily
• Education roundup: Taft school bond headed to voters
• JAMIE BUTOW: As Kony campaign goes viral, questions remain
• Bullet train economic impact won't occur without some help--study
• Election notebook: Reagan to chair part-time legislature effort
• Kern County's heroes receive fitting recognition
• Parents offer county settlement in CPS case
• Report concludes pilots crashed for unknown reasons
• Officer injured in alleged DUI crash is well-known advocate for safe driving
• 'Runners Ready To Host UConn In DH Tuesday
• Goodvin Tied For 12th At Triump Golf Tournament
• More school districts to mull sending layoff notices
• Removed hitching ring wasn't the city's last one
• Hospital ordered to keep residency program alive
• Big loss for Fox Theater a topic on Californian Radio
• HERB BENHAM: Leaky pipes, stained ceiling -- my gripes are home-grown
• Haggard to play two shows at Palace
• Funeral services for March 13, 2012
• SOUND OFF: Some lost faith--in us--over RiverLakes article
• Delano home to some academic success stories
• Bakersfield jazz: the week ahead, Jazz About Town, Mar. 12, 2012
• As rate of home ownership falls, some worry
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• USC Shutouts CSUB 6-0
• 'Runners Playing In USF Triump Golf Tournament
• History buff, city act to save downtown relic
• 'Runners Accept Bid Into CIT
• Ask The Californian: Is Walmart going in on Brundage?
• JOSE GASPAR: Mira Monte duo helping students live their dreams
• CSUB finishes 3-1 At Roadrunner Invitational I
• A path not far enough: Tehachapi Mountain trail ends abruptly, and controversially
• We're all news producers these days
• Funeral services for March 11
• Carter’s Late Basket Gives CSUB A 89-87 Victory
• Taylor, Page Lead CSUB In Outdoor Season Opener
• USC manages 9-8 walk-off win over the 'Runners
• CSUB WP Defeats No. 19 Long Beach State And Wagner
• Q&A: New city schools chief 'always focusing on learning'
• KEVIN MCCARTHY: Small business conference coming up
• Costa ranked as rare California centrist
• Newest Edition of 'Roadrunner Rundown' Available
• SHERRY DAVIS: Spring's here -- keep pets away from toxic plants
• 'Runners Crush Maine Again, Fall To Harvard
• White-dominated boards face legal threats over racial makeup
• USC Takes Advantage Of CSUB Errors To Win 6-5
• Funeral services for March 10
• Bear Valley Springs board votes to keep police department
• Election line-ups solidify after Friday deadline
• Kern County still in line for jail funding
• Refinery set to restart in April
• Kern unemployment rises to 15 percent
• Jazz this weekend: Mar. 9 - 11
• INGA BARKS: Kiddie condoms program lacks oversight, undermines parents
• Detentions deputy arrested on suspicion of assault
• CSUB Softball Shuts 0ut Maine 14-0
• ROBIN PAGGI: Still a long way to go for women in business
• Five Thoughts: What are the benefits of hiring a veteran?
• HOLLY CULHANE: Finding a summer job tough, but not impossible
• Community advocate killed in crash Thursday night
• Action Line: Let tax preparers do their work
• CSUB Travels To USC This Weekend For 3 Game Series
• CSUB WBB Ends Season Saturday Night With Seattle
• CSUB Hosts First Of 3 WP Tourneys This Weekend
• It's lights out for beds in the gyms of local prisons
• Just a little breeze of brightness but we'll take it
• Man recounts rushing Delano toddler to emergency room after SUV hit him
• Veterans advocate lauded at luncheon
• Pair suspected of killing child arrested in Mexico
• CSUB Softball To Face Maine, Harvard In Northridge
• CSUB Track and Field Beginning Outdoor Season
• Decision day approaching for county, unions
• Teen girls arrested in bank robbery attempt
• Teacher college finally gets approval -- but with warning
• State tentatively approves grant for new well
• Second top Bear Valley police official retiring
• Education roundup: CSUB completes worker safety program endowment
• Greenfield finds way to save 34 of 59 teaching jobs
• Family pleads for driver in fatal hit-and-run to come forward
• Cosmetic surgery discussed on Californian Radio Friday
• Tapped out: Community hopes water woes will end soon
• Bear Valley police chief retires amid chatter of cutting police department
• Arraignment of murder suspect postponed a week
• National, local exports gaining steam
• Iwamura To join Lomas At D-1 Wrestling Nationals
• 'Runners Fall To Fullerton In Closest 4-3 Match
• Election notebook: State, local candidates announce supporters
• Curtain falls for time being at Spotlight
• Funeral services for March 8, 2012
• Shelby Named WWPA Player of the Week
• Two arrested following officer-involved shooting
• Driver sentenced to 10 months in DUI crash that killed popular bicyclist
• Richard Noel - Bakersfield's jazz accordionist
• VALERIE SCHULTZ: Birthdays - even half ones - are reminders of grace in our lives
• State air board's solution: more air pollution
• District OKs teacher contracts
• Funeral services for March 7, 2012
• Neighbors, family remember friend hit by car while on scooter
• Education roundup: High school board adds flexibility to graduation requirements
• Worth Noting in the community: Dinner raises cash to help children, more
• Election notebook: Two more candidates join Ward 2 race
• Worth noting in business: Town hall meeting on high-speed rail, more
• Suspect arrested in teen's shooting death
• 'Runners Hosting Final Home Match of 2012
• CSUB Rallies From Behind To Defeat UCSB 7-6
• Blowing dust prompts health advisory
• Bustamante out of congressional race, Florez remains mum
• Third defendant sentenced in 2009 shooting
• Political notebook: Valadao to host community meeting Friday
• Herman And Carter Earn All-Independent Honors
• CSUB Hires Siegfried As Sr. Assoc. AD For Develop.
• Divorce lawyers: Pet custody cases increasing in number
• It's Super Tuesday! Social Media is sure to light up
• County hospital says confidential patient information stolen
• Education roundup: Panama to vote on teacher contract
• Kern COG reconsiders support for high-speed rail
• Worth noting in the community: Donations, festivals and more
• Council set to decide on parking laws, supporting local businesses
• Funeral services for March 6, 2012
• Worth noting in business: Hiring at Eureka!, awards and more
• Tejon tribe fought for recognition throughout history
• CSUB Travels To UC Santa Barbara Tuesday
• Barnes, Carter earn National Independent Honors
• SOUND OFF: Striving for excitement is a dangerous business
• Thai cuisine restaurant shuts down suddenly
• HERB BENHAM: 'Bargain' leaves bad case of razor burn
• Bakersfield jazz: the week ahead: Jazz About Town, Mar. 5, 2012
• Condoleezza Rice to headline McCarthy fundraiser
• LOIS HENRY: Ranch takes double hit: from CARB, terrorists
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• Obesity rate's rise slowing among state's schoolchildren
• Funeral services for March 5, 2012
• STEVE FLORES: Wanna go for a ride? This couple did
• Travel trailer destroyed, occupants hurt in fire
• Aikenhead's 3rd CG Leads CSUB Past Portland 5-1
• 'Runners Top North Dakota In UNM Invite Finale
• Ask The Californian: What's going on at these North of the River parks?
• Miller Ties For 42nd To Lead CSUB At Red Rocks
• Bakersfield College stands to gain from federal education proposal
• CSUB Sweeps Final Day of Posada Royale Invite
• Funeral services for March 4
• Robert Price: Pornography and the pastor it ensnared
• Pastor resigns, citing stress, porn use
• Seattle Defeats CSUB 86-65
• Portland Strikes Out CSUB 3-0
• It's a trap! County tracks little bugs, big problems
• Local lending activity still slow
• Community support could help save doctor residency program
• CSUB In 13th Place At Red Rocks Invite
• CSUB Softball Bid To Upset No. 25 UNM Comes Up Shy
• CSUB Falls To Matadors To Wrap Up Busy Stretch
• SHANNON GROVE: Californians deserve real pension reform
• New VPSA Talks Athletics on Roadrunner Rundown
• Action Line: You have a right to have your W-2s by now
• HEATHER IJAMES: My youngest turned 4, with a different child-rearing philosophy
• Funeral services March 2
• RoadRunners Defeat Portland 14-2
• High school district to discuss graduation, anti-bullying policies
• Elder abuse hearing continued to late March
• Education roundup: Private college said to be 'going strong'
• U.S. attorney issues warning to marijuana growers, landowners
• LA County may contract with four facilties for inmate housing
• Advocates seek to curb parking at bus stops
• CSUB Falls To UC Riverside, Prepare For Northridge
• CSUB Softball Loses First Two Games At UNM Invite
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• Strictly Business: Q&A with Seyed Sadredin of the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District
• STEVEN VAN METRE: Tax time is prime time to fine tune financial plans
• RUSS ALLRED: Capital acquisition a step from entrepreneur to executive
• GREG WILLIAMSON: Violence against law enforcement officers on the rise
• Market Intelligence: More Kern adults working from home
• 1 dead after car veers off highway, sails over road
• VALERIE SCHULTZ: Time to get our plates and bodies in shape
• Jazz this weekend: Mar. 2 - 4
• CSUB Hosts Portland This Weekend
• Funeral services for March 2
• County, largest union readying plans for possible strike
• Grandson of Mexican revolutionary to visit local exhibit
• Body found in Bakersfield canal
• Grandparent phone scan alive and well ... just ask Faye
• High-speed rail authority OKs terms for project's bidders
• Police reports: Boyfriend admitted injuring 4-year-old
• Baker Hughes lays off new recruits
• Claim filed on behalf of teen shot to death by deputies
• 'Runners Head To Lone Out-of-State Tournament
• Attempted break-in at house of Oildale man who intended to eat a cat
• Greenfield postpones issuing layoff notices
• Vandals punished after defacing own campus
• New owners: Bakersfield Blaze bought by two local oilmen
• Lawmakers call for audit of developmental center police
• Plea deal accepted in beating death of Bakersfield bodybuilder
• McKenzie Named WWPA Player of the Week
• Adventist Health chooses Bakersfield for October conference
• County both close and far from striking deals with its unions
• Alternative vehicles get a test drive in Bakersfield
• Funeral services for March 1, 2012
• LA County looks to Kern facilities for help housing inmates
• Bakersfield home prices dip inexplicably
• Marine to be honored with Purple Heart
• Want to work with Cuties? Citrus grower now hiring
• City looking for new Planning Commission member
• St. John's Tops CSUB; Buiuklianova Wins Again
• UNLV Hands CSUB A 15-6 Loss
• Refiner inks buy-sell agreement with Goldman Sachs
• HERB BENHAM: When oldest turns 30, Dad turns nostalgic
• Felony animal cruelty charges filed against caretaker
• Education roundup: North High reaches finals in shirt design contest
• Valley air district blames dry winter for spike in air pollution
• LOIS HENRY: Sometimes the foul odor is government-induced
• Man sentenced to 11 years in killing of ex-fiancee
• Community rallies around teen hurt in skateboard accident
• Valley Grape Grower Tailgate Meetings
• East Bakersfield neighborhood goes on the watch
• Funeral services for Feb. 29, 2012
• Man pleads not guilty to charges stemming from gunfight
• UNLV Defeats CSUB 4-3
• High-speed rail construction likely to be delayed
• PG&E explains proposal to pay for pipeline safety tests, upgrades
• Greenfield school district poised to approve layoff notices
• State loosens 'fracking' ban near Taft
• ElderLife program given a month's reprieve
• Supervisors express concern over possible hospital program cut
• CSUB Tennis Hosting Three Matches In Four Days
• Dow closes above 13,000 for first time since 2008
• Bakersfield jazz: the week ahead - Jazz About Town, Feb. 28, 2012
• JAMIE BUTOW: People just love to talk about the talkers
• Son tells story of parents' extraordinary lives in Nazi Germany
• Funeral services for February 28
• Dignity Health leading contender for Heart Hospital stake
• Newborn dies in shared bed
• Proposal seeks to give city businesses an edge
• CHP now escorting traffic over Grapevine
• Miramonte coach arrested on suspicion of sex with student
• Economic summit to feature in-depth local forecast
• BUYER BEWARE: State law fails to protect patients, critics say
• CSUB At UNLV For 2 Game Set Tuesday And Wednesday
• SOUND OFF: Attn. Sports Monday dept.: bicycling is a SPORT
• Snow forces closure of Grapevine in both directions
• Animal shelter fundraiser coming up
• Man charged with threatening Superior Court judge
• Police force's sloppy investigations leave abuse of disabled unsolved
• BUYER BEWARE: A peek behind the surgical curtain
• BUYER BEWARE: How to select the right doctor
• CHP escorting traffic on Grapevine as snow sticks
• BUYER BEWARE: Why doctors are drifting into cosmetic surgery
• Winter weather advisory issued for mountain areas
• Black History Month highlights need to have more conversations about race
• Funeral services for Feb. 27
• Mortgage fraud risk high in Bakersfield
• Lomas Finishes Second At Pac 12 Championships
• No. 20 CSUB Defeats Cal State Monterey Bay 15-13
• Goh apologizes for confusion over signatures
• CSU Bakersfield Defeats UC Davis 7-4
• Ask The Californian: Who is constructing this big building in south Bakersfield?
• 'Runners Earn First Division I Winning Season
• They're taking their civic pride on the road
• Funeral services for Feb. 26
• No. 20 CSUB Splits A Pair Of WWPA Matches Saturday
• Davis Rallies With 5 In The 9th To Defeat CSUB 6-5
• Local school districts embrace, reject election changes
• Q&A: Retiring redevelopment chief reflects on projects done, work left to do
• Family adjusts to new reality as lawsuit continues
• 'Runners Drop Final Two Games at San Jose State
• Jazz in Bakersfield tonight, Feb. 25
• Listen to Roadrunner Rundown
• RIC LLEWELLYN: If high-speed rail were so great, everyone would throw money at it
• SHERRY DAVIS: No excuse for animal abuse
• Petition signers say they were misled by Supervisor Goh campaigners
• UCD Defeats CSUB 8-6 In 16 Innings
• BUYER BEWARE: Women regret choice of cosmetic surgeons
• Education roundup: Kids to compete in Oral Language Festival
• Bakersfield closes Black History Month with parade
• CSUB Softball Splits First DH With San Jose State
• New bill clarifies status of public CCF employees
• Cattlemen and Cattlewomen honor their own
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• ROBIN PAGGI: Rules emerge for creating social media policies
• Market Intelligence: More working adults relying on Medicare, MediCal
• Three Thoughts: How much would Obama's revised small business health care tax credit help?
• Mentally ill immigrants trapped in US detention without attorneys
• Arts Council of Kern awards $1,250 grant to the Bakersfield Jazz Workshop
• VALERIE SCHULTZ: Why is contraception suddenly a big Catholic concern?
• Doctors decry KMC cut of family medicine program
• Funeral services for Feb. 24, 2012
• Maps show difficulties pot dispensaries may face
• Hey J.C.: Are you missing a college ring?
• Local consumers react to $4-a-gallon gas
• Education roundup: BHS teacher earns national forensics award
• CSUB Hosts UC Davis This Weekend
• Six local school districts in financial jeopardy
• Construction worker rescued after fall into trench
• Group rescues remaining animals saved from Rosamond-area site
• Greenlief/Stinson/Liebig at Metro Galleries tonight
• CSUB Softball Travels To Take On San Jose State
• These groups need your volunteer help
• HERB BENHAM: Ash on his forehead -- and egg on my face
• Postal Service closing local distribution center
• HERB BENHAM: Buddhism takes us from Type A to Type Be
• Free! Math Tutoring at the Beale
• Free Small Business Workshops at the Beale
• Economy drives horse neglect cases
• CSUB Shuts Out Fresno State 4-0
• Rod Barnes Records Win #200 as CSUB holds off NJIT
• Power plant converts from coal to biomass
• Trust protects more Wasco farmland from development
• Worth noting: Local franchise funds flight for veterans
• Education roundup: Fruitvale chooses two furlough days
• Burned puppies receiving first-class care
• Citrus pest discovered near Lindsay: Ag officials hope bug is one of a kind
• Bakersfield Observed: A blog about life, media, politics and people
• CSUB Hosts Fresno State Wednesday Night
• Journal: Kern consumer sentiment soars to level not seen since '07
• Free Grant Proposal Writing Workshop at the Beale
• Funeral services for Feb. 22, 2012
• On Californian Radio: Bakersfield Mom
• Voters to consider limiting locations of medical marijuana storefronts
• Councilmembers mull city's email policy
• Educators laud $1.55 million from Chevron
• Government roundup: City director who oversaw redevelopment to retire, more
• 'Runners Led By Boileau As Folino Invite Concludes
• Bell Cards Lowest CSUB Score At Folino Invite
• Donation brings new windows to burglarized museum
• Huxhold Named MPSF Freshman of the Year
• Political notebook: Supervisorial candidate plans run to elections office
• Blues/R&B great Thelma Jones to appear at Bakersfield Jazz Workshop tomorrow
• Topics this week: covers, condoms and compliments
• A feast in February
• JAMIE BUTOW: Classes aim to demystify social media
• Funeral services for Feb. 21, 2012
• Silent treatment at the movie theater
• Legg Hits 2 Home Runs To Lead CSUB Past K-State
• Q&A: Roy Ashburn on his supervisor run, life since the legislature
• Faces of food stamp recipients changing
• Bakersfield jazz: the week ahead - Jazz About Town, Feb. 20, 2012
• The Oscars are previewed on Californian Radio
• CSUB Golf Teams Improve In Second Round At Folino
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• Funeral services for Feb. 20
• JOSE GASPAR: Debate over Spanish-speaking candidates reverberates in Kern
• Wall-to-Wall riders get an enthusiastic welcome in Tehachapi
• Boileau Paces CSUB At Day One Of Folino Invite
• 6-Run Fourth Leads CSUB To 7-3 Win Over K-State
• Ask The Californian: Can I be kicked off the baseball fields?
• Five In Double Figures Lead CSUB Past NAU 86-77
• Goodvin Tied For 18th After Day 1 At Folino Invite
• Huxhold Wins 1650; CSUB 5th At MPSF
• CSUB Women's Swim Finishes 7th At MPSF's
• It's time for outside review of the logger rescue attempt
• Lamb's 23 Pace CSUB to 14th Win over San Diego
• Rain and faith in a noisy camp
• Government email policies run the gamut in California
• Recovery programs riding out realignment
• County tracking impact of prison realignment
• Freshman Buiuklianova Wins Third Straight In Loss
• CSUB Falls 7-5 To K-State In 11 Innings
• Gas prices soar earlier in year
• SHERRY DAVIS: Don't leave dogs' safety to chance at dog parks
• Action Line: Fine-print cell phone charges catch some by surprise
• Funeral services for Feb. 18
• CSUB Men's Swimming 4th After Day 3 Of MPSF Meet
• Reed's 7th Highlights CSUB On Day 3 Of MPSF
• Highway segment named for Purple Heart recipients
• Panama teachers approve contract with controversial insurance plan
• Bliss Drives In Winning Run, CSUB Splits with CSUF
• State fines Chevron for missing safety procedures
• Election notebook: Former Bakersfield fire chief announces council bid
• Education roundup: CSUB faculty approve new engineering degree programs
• Market Intelligence: Amgen tour draws upscale, active audience
• INGA BARKS: The Arthur E. Wallace Federal Courthouse has the best ring to it
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• RUSS ALLRED: Avoid these five family business failings
• HOLLY CULHANE: Perpetual workforce prompts pay, burnout consequences
• Strictly Business: Q&A with Jay Rosenlieb, Bakersfield Sports Foundation
• Oildale man pleads no contest to cat-eating charge
• Jazz this weekend: Feb. 17 - 19
• Business hopes rise as snow falls
• New Relay for Life event site found
• Teen shot by deputies denied being armed before pulling knife, records reveal
• Funeral services for February 17
• CSUB Defeats Fullerton 71-63
• State launches mail-order condom program for teens
• Priest Finishes Second In 200 IM On Day 2 Of MPSF
• Donohue Breaks 2 School Records On Day 2 Of MPSF's
• Chevron donating another $1.5 million to education causes
• Highway trash piling up following loss of inmate crews
• Men's and Women's Golf Teeing Off In Folino Invite
• Men's and Women's Golf Teeing Off In Folino Invite
• Buiuklianova Wins Again; CSUB Falls To Fullerton
• County lawyer recommends new medical marijuana ballot initiative
• Logger's death discussed on Californian Radio
• Education roundup: Partnership aims to provide free e-textbooks at colleges
• HERB BENHAM: Sports streaks special not because they last, but because they don't
• Local community colleges name new leaders
• Bakersfield recognized as 'Purple Heart City'
• Election notebook: Roy Ashburn makes run for supervisor official
• County strikes tentative contract deal with safety unions
• Baseball Broadcast Schedule Announced
• Foreclosure mediation could save billions
• Mortgage crisis, ethics central in panel event
• CSUB Baseball Opens 2012 Season This Weekend
• CSUB Men's Swimming Third After MPSF Day One
• CSUB Women's Swimming 7th After Day 1 Of MPSF
• Student newspapers hitting the web -- and raising concerns
• CSUB Tennis Ready For Two Matches In Three Days
• Supermarket chain buys East Hills Mall
• Worth noting in the community: Car wash to raise money for injured teen, more
• Big-rig crash, major oil spill close Highway 14 in Mojave
• Education roundup: Teacher placed on administrative leave
• Election notebook: Wasco council endorses Salas
• Winter weather strikes Kern; Tehachapi schools close
• CSUB Water Polo Breaks Into Top 20 Poll
• CSUB Announces Free Admission To Softball Games
• VALERIE SCHULTZ: Just curious -- is curiosity dead?
• Our columnists
• Second Half Turnovers Cost CSUB in Loss at Nevada
• Sheriff's Department, union talk about random drug testing
• Veterans' 'Wall to Wall' Bicycle Ride to start between walls in Bakersfield
• Education roundup: Centennial qualifies for We the People nationals
• Young burn survivor reclaims life
• Judge rules against Lebec housing proposal
• Funeral services for February 15
• Want your voice to be heard? Listen up
• Worth noting in business: Groundbreaking for shopping center, more
• Downtown business group installs new chairman, board
• Green Frog unable to save Columbus Street store
• 'Runners End First Spring Tourney In 13th Place
• Sheriff defends decision not to use community correctional facilities
• Tehachapi cement plant has one of nation's highest mercury emission levels
• JAMIE BUTOW: Social media can bring out worst in some
• CSUB Looks To Defend MPSF Title This Week
• Some schools lose more money with bus funds restored
• Bakersfield oil executive, car racer found dead
• Optimism about economy, sales prospects reigns at Ag Expo
• Kern County shelter puppy gets star treatment on 'Glee'
• High-speed rail authority leaders talk about rebuilding credibility
• Goodvin Tied For 15th As CSUB Men's Golf Tees Off
• CSUB's security/intelligence program discussed on 'Californian Radio'
• Worth noting: Dinner for singles, new website for homeless collaborative, more
• Funeral services for Feb. 14, 2012
• Mother, daughter's broken hearts mended
• Flood-control sump project headed to City Council
• Stockdale High wins science bowl, advances to nationals
• HERB BENHAM: If this is winter, what will spring look like?
• Rain, possible thunder to hit Bakersfield
• When things go wrong -- and right -- on Page 1
• Centennial takes second at We the People finals
• Caltrain plan would fast-track electric rail
• Mentors help create a path toward change
• Logger death has supervisors circling wagons
• Jazz About Town, Feb. 13, 2012
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• HERB BENHAM: Delta dawned with birds like I'd never seen
• STEVE FLORES: Teen shatters stereotypes, and I shouldn't be surprised
• CSUB Finishes 10th At UCSD Triton Invitational
• Minnesota, UNLV Top CSUB Softball To End Tourney
• Celebrities among state's big Super PAC donors
• George W. Bush to headline World Ag Expo event
• Lamb's Career High Earns CSUB a 75-65 Win in Omaha
• Ask The Californian: Whose helicopter is circling overhead?
• Pot raid could lead to big fine
• Funeral services for Feb. 12
• ROBERT PRICE: No cloaks or daggers in new CSUB major
• Kern County struggling with nation's prescription drug shortages
• Ellis Leads 'Runners In Track Indoor Season Finale
• Cats killed in Arvin apartment fire
• UCSB Comes Back To Defeat CSUB Women's Basketball
• JIM COSTA: Tweaks aren't enough to stabilize housing market
• CSUB Defeats No. 18 UCSD On Day 1 Of Triton Invite
• No one injured or displaced by East Bakersfield residential fire
• King Hits Game-Winning Homer To Lift CSUB Softball
• No injuries reported at Rosamond apartment fire
• HEATHER IJAMES: Sometimes you have to squeeze into your marriage
• SHERRY DAVIS: Appreciate responsible dog owners -- I sure do!
• 911 call offers glimpse into Buttonwillow shooting
• Attn. students: there's an e-book in your future
• Funeral services for Feb. 11
• County 'hopeful' status-quo budget year coming
• Local Korean War Veteran surprised with medals
• CSUB Softball Drops First Two At UNLV Tournament
• Tejon Ranch settles charges that its employees unlawfully killed at least 11 mountain lions
• CSUB Returns To NAU For Final Indoor Meet Of 2012
• Market Intelligence: Adults with home mortgages drop 11 percent
• STEVEN VAN METRE: Creepy scheme has financial, personal risks
• ROBIN PAGGI: When employees may be fired for social media postings
• Three Thoughts: Will Obama's new mortgage proposal help?
• Bear Valley Springs may eliminate its police department
• Jazz this weekend, Feb. 10 - 12
• CSUB Water Polo At UCSD Triton Classic This Weekend
• Election notebook: Former Hanford councilman joins Assembly race
• Election notebook: Former Hanford councilman joins Assembly race
• Grand jury highlights medicine errors at children's shelter
• Grand jury highlights medicine errors at children's shelter
• Settlement could help Kern's beleaguered housing market
• Settlement could help Kern's beleaguered housing market
• The prescription drug shortage examined on Californian Radio
• The prescription drug shortage examined on Californian Radio
• Taft-developed stats app selling worldwide
• Taft-developed stats app selling worldwide
• Kern probation concerned by plan for juvenile prisons
• Kern probation concerned by plan for juvenile prisons
• Education roundup: Bakersfield hosts state "We the People" finals
• Buck Era Begins As CSUB Opens 2012 At UNLV Tourney
• Worth noting in business: Dollar General looks to hire service members, veterans; more
• These groups need your volunteer help
• Bakersfield College president stepping down
• CSUB Men’s Swimming Ranked 8th In Mid Major Poll
• Governor's office signals support for transitional kindergarten
• Hot Shooting Cal Poly Defeats CSUB 95-78
• Animal shelter kill rates continue to rise
• Transportation Secretary LaHood talks high-speed rail in Fresno visit
• Former investigator sues county, top public defenders
• Turnovers Cost 'Runners in Loss at Pan-American
• Q&A: Biggest Losers share their weight-loss secrets
• County pension bill to grow by $11 million
• Hondas targeted in Bakersfield College car thefts
• Education roundup: High schoolers to compete in videography contest
• VALERIE SCHULTZ: Blisters on my lip -- call it a cold sore-spot
• Federal officials seek comment on Tejon Ranch environmental impacts
• Agency reopens access to composter's storm drains
• LOIS HENRY: Out of town water baron is not what he seems
• Amgen route through Bakersfield announced
• MBB: CSUB at Texas Pan-American Tonight
• Increasing use of facial recognition software spurs privacy concerns
• Supervisors vote 3-2 to oppose high-speed rail
• Kern businesses to receive free wellness program
• School district proposes teacher pay cuts
• Education roundup: Open house for budding scientists, mathematicians coming up
• Holbrook Ties For 11th At San Diego Tournament
• CSUB WBB Hosts Cal Poly Wednesday
• Election notebook: Valadao advances toward party support
• Travelers beware: Wind, rain worse in the Grapevine
• Locals cheer, dismiss same-sex marriage ruling
• CSUB Women’s Soccer Sets Spring Schedule
• Supervisor McQuiston running for Assembly
• Following game on social media half the fun
• Freshman Holbrook Leads CSUB In San Diego Tourney
• Program helps nursing home residents be in charge, live independently
• Education roundup: Tehachapi continuation school chosen as state 'model'
• Judge allows composting facility to continue operating
• Jazz About Town, Feb. 6, 2012
• Bakersfield High wins county academic decathlon
• Video: Carter Honored by Bakersfield Jockey Club
• A little rain, cooler temperatures expected Tuesday
• Sheriff's review board: Fatal Buttonwillow shooting within policy
• Crabtree report: Housing market weakens slightly
• OLIVIA GARCIA: Nonprofit offers free tax help for eligible residents
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• Super Bowl party gives homeless a chance to gather, celebrate
• GREG WILLIAMSON: I'm in favor of random drug testing of BPD officers
• California's clout at stake this election year
• Ask The Californian: Why are antennas atop these traffic lights?
• Death on the mountain -- did it have to happen?
• Land owners howl about proposed bullet train tracks
• Defense Earns CSUB Season Sweep of Cal Poly 69-66
• ROBERT PRICE: Why voters are choosing independence
• Iwamura Wins California Collegiate Open
• SETH'S LEGACY: Tehachapi teen's suicide launches national, local anti-bullying fights
• Feds have dinged Tehachapi before
• Tehachapi launches bullying monitoring program
• County: Lamont utility has sewer water options in composter case
• Porterville gaming gives Kern glimpse of what may come here
• HERB BENHAM: He's staying on the links for life
• Over A Dozen 'Runners Set PRs At NAU Open
• CSUB Wins Two Singles Bouts In Cal State LA Loss
• Groups prepare to care for aging baby boomers
• KEVIN MCCARTHY: We must support business and job creation
• Audio: First Ever MBB Coach on Roadrunner Rundown
• CSUB Water Polo Splits At Cal Baptist
• RIC LLEWELLYN: Runner chases vision to make good life even better
• Kern bases vulnerable to defense cuts
• Action Line: Make sure sending online flowers is a sweet experience
• SHERRY DAVIS: Follow the evidence in solving dog's potty problem
• ROBERT PRICE: Our civil rights narrative must be preserved
• Need Super munchies? Get some Kern carrots
• Some suggestions for Sunday having nothing to do with the game
• Ruling could prolong animals' suffering
• Former Bakersfield councilman named to fair board
• New-Look Women's Golf Team Excited For 2012 Season
• County to stick with 96-hour animal hold law
• U.S. ends probe of Lance Armstrong with no charges
• San Francisco State Defeats CSUB 20-16
• House panel moves to block high-speed rail for California
• Assemblywoman Grove: Send full-time legislators 'packing'
• Westlands Water District suing feds for $1 billion
• PAUL ANDERSON: Kids' allowances teach big money lessons
• Market Intelligence: Shafter's adult population drops 32 percent
• HOLLY CULHANE: Common sense, rather than hiring law is needed
• Strictly Business: Q&A with Brent Green, Shafter business development director
• CSUB Track And Field Back In Action At NAU Again
• Change Has CSUB Hosting Cal State L.A. Saturday
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• Jazz this weekend: Feb. 3 - 5
• CSUB Water Polo Heads To Cal Baptist Saturday
• Supervisors set to vote on whether to oppose rail project
• Worth noting: Youth give free lunch; first responders face off for blood donations
• These are your latest volunteer opportunities
• Commission lifts warning issued to Taft College
• Education roundup: Kern High to discuss career tech rules
• Congress acts to protect space industry from regulation
• Defendant changes plea at last second in elder abuse case
• HERB BENHAM: Would-be buyers (and thieves) accord Honda a lot of respect
• Tejon tribe is the focus on Californian Radio
• Firms on short list to build part of rail system revealed
• School leaders hear 'all bad' budget forecast
• Mannix Wins, But CSUB Tennis Falls To UC Riverside
• Couch loans supes campaign $100,000; Pinson reports $17,000
• Worth noting in business: Explore Bakersfield campaign, more
• CSUB Cross Country Inks Two Local Runners to NLIs
• State, federal candidates report fundraising totals
• CSUB Softball Picked 5th In Division In PSCS Poll
• Jazz, harmonicas, and the Kevin Bacon game
• Reports detail abuse, death of 3-year-old girl
• Famed boxing trainer Angelo Dundee dies at 90
• Roadrunners Fall at New Mexico State 78-57
• Kern County Raceway Park back on track
• No new leads one year after fatal hit-and-run
• School compost effort saves money, teaches green living
• Colleges celebrating Black History Month
• VALERIE SCHULTZ: All the news that's fit -- for our narrow minds
• Court orders preservation of evidence in Oildale crash investigation
• Signing day goes according to script in Kern County
• PG&E customers get first chance to opt out of SmartMeters
• Status update: Facebook to go public, raise $5B
• 1 million birth control packs recalled after mixup
• New survey confirms meager Sierra snow; water allocations at 60 percent
• CSUB Tennis Hits Road To Play UC Riverside
• CSUB Women’s Soccer Signs 11 For 2012
• Budget cuts could stall opening of veterans homes
• MBB: 'Runners Travel to New Mexico St. for Rematch
• Wind foes blast approval process
• When there's a body in your trunk, the car needs to run
• Tent camp moves to new church, faces new zoning issues
• Election Notebook: Another person mulls run for 1st District supervisor
• Californian Radio previews Bakersfield Life magazine
• LOIS HENRY: Some small steps on road to helping mentally ill
• Field Office brings citizenship to Bakersfield residents
• Romney wins Florida primary
• Report: Refinery owner looks to shed storage
• Arraignment postponed for woman charged in son's death
• Education roundup: Principal resigns; students advance in competition
• New bill seeks to make some property fees deductible
• Unions threaten challenge to possible civil service rule change
• Safely Surrender law completes a family
• Oil-ag fight back on after court rejects local ruling
• Mother arrested, charged with murder in son's death; boyfriend also sought
• Explaining the growing interest in Pinterest site
• Grower to lay off more than 2,100 seasonal workers
• Police: Murder suspect found key to victim's home in back yard
• Council committee advances curbside recycling proposal
• Worth noting in business: New pet spa location, more
• Mother of dead compost worker files suit alleging dangerous conditions
• Education roundup: PG&E to help students apply for its scholarships
• Man pleads guilty to manslaughter in death of former fiancee
• County seeks help with remaining dogs at fairgrounds
• City Council to finish dissolving redevelopment agency
• Crisp & Cole agent sentenced to 27 months
• Job safety program works when enforced, study finds
• Jazz About Town, Jan. 30, 2012
• Why we don't trust you
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• Activist draws attention to AIDS in black community
• Arizona State Uses Bonus Points To Defeat CSUB
• CSUB Water Polo Falls To No. 6 ASU And No. 17 UCSB
• Ask The Californian: How many Secret Witness rewards are paid out?
• ROBERT PRICE: Kevin McCarthy has more than the requisite hair
• Fledgling birder takes flight with expert
• McCall, Nystrom Lead 'Runners on Senior Day
• CSUB Men's Swimming Tops Cal Baptist on Senior Day
• Northridge Defeats CSUB 54-52 In Women's B-Ball
• Audio: Listen to Roadrunner Rundown
• Mojave, New Mexico spaceports find complimentary roles
• Mojave becoming aerospace epicenter
• Turnovers Plague 'Runners in Loss to Northridge
• Mobile clinic both teaches, heals
• CSU Bakersfield Water Polo Splits A Pair At UCSB
• Future of 'preppy kindergarten' uncertain
• SHANNON GROVE: Bills that would hurt, help the economy
• SHERRY DAVIS: When should you spay or neuter dogs?
• Action Line: Some Super Bowl 'tickets' too good to be true
• California Freedom Riders
• World-class music program a hit at Delano school
• Man pleads not guilty in 3-year-old girl's death
• More local governments say 'no' to high-speed rail
• Education roundup: Fundraiser to help kids apply to Ivy League schools coming up
• Man pleads not guilty to crimes connected to Sunday killing
• City still seeking planning commissioner
• Councilmen float new development-fee cut ideas
• State OKs sweeping auto emission standards that mandate 1.4 million electric and hybrid vehicles by 2025
• CSUB WBB Travels To Cal State Northridge
• INGA BARKS: Long-gun ban only threatens our free speech rights
• Investigators seek help recovering collectible dolls, bears
• Market Intelligence: Restaurant diners, food service jobs increase 11 percent
• CSU Bakersfield Swimming Hosts Senior Day Saturday
• CSUB Water Polo Opens 2011-12 Season With 3 Ranked Opponents At UCSB
• RUSS ALLRED: Consider this before deciding to build, buy a business
• Three Thoughts: What will it take to bring more jobs to Kern?
• Preview: 'Runners Host Northridge Saturday Night
• Jazz This Weekend: Jan. 27 - 29
• Commission OKs airplane burial
• Shooting raises questions about law enforcement's work with mentally ill
• Tireless rescue efforts bring fairgrounds animal count down to 85
• Worth noting in the community: AYSO early registration Sunday, more
• Pot collectives file claim over county ordinances
• State oil regulators pay welcome visit to Bakersfield
• Bakersfield family makes the most of their remaining time together
• Prayer breakfast emphasizes unity
• Here are your latest volunteer opportunities
• Albert Martins Named Assistant Women’s Soccer Coach
• Agencies conduct shelter census
• Mother's boyfriend arrested in connection with child's death
• Former state Sen. Roy Ashburn mulling run for supervisor
• Pets perish in house fire
• Artist seeks to bury jetliner in Mojave Desert location
• Wall Street journalist, economist to speak at Kern County Economic Summit
• Stolen taxidermic dingo, leopard returned to museum
• Local Sikh sues Jay Leno over Romney joke
• Kern County whooping cough cases plunge
• More than 20 cited in truancy sweep
• CSU Bakersfield Water Polo To Move To MPSF In 2013
• 'Runners Game At NMSU To Televised in Bakersfield
• Fed unlikely to raise rates until at least 2014
• Details emerge of dramatic SEAL raid in Somalia to free hostages
• School district changes rules in response to audit
• Family questions deputies' shooting of teen
• Family struggles with filing claim for SWAT-damaged home
• Obama: American dream in peril, fast action needed
• Last sheriff's shooting outside policy more than decade ago
• LOIS HENRY: If a fee is charged in the forest, is it fair?
• Education roundup: Gift-giving down at Cal State Bakersfield
• Supervisors see no 'silver bullet' for hospital's money woes
• Mannix Posts Lone Win For CSUB In Loss To SJSU
• Election notebook: Signature gathering under way for potential McCarthy challenger
• Former BC president laid to rest
• Winter Basketball League Free Enrollment
• 'Runners Streak Snapped in San Jose
• Kern High to launch online student tracking system
• Tree-hungry bike path beaver up to old tricks
• Catholic Healthcare West name change expected to have little patient impact
• EPA's valley visit signals hope, officials say
• Review board: Deputy's use of force not within policy
• Parents often struggle with the big 'N-O'
• HERB BENHAM: Bad calls leave chowderhead with soup d'oh! jour
• Democrat jumps into congressional race
• Rainfall breaks dry spell, but don't expect more
• Sempra Energy Foundation chooses Lamont Boys and Girls Club for grant
• Worth noting in business: Chase expanding, KEDC meeting, more
• SOUND OFF: Catching up on concerns -- and a couple of kudos
• Jazz About Town, Jan. 23, 2012
• CSUB Tennis Hosting San Jose State In Home Opener
• LOIS HENRY: Water agencies brawl over 'use it or lose it' rule
• Stockdale takes mock trial title
• Power rerouted to thousands after man climbs transmission tower
• Two men die in separate shootings
• $500 grants spur healthy actions
• Bright idea: Schools unite to investigate solar
• Paterno's death met with grief in State College
• Rep. Giffords to resign from Congress this week
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• STEVE FLORES: Hidden music treasure bonds family
• Ask The Californian: Is this mess on Rosedale allowed to persist?
• Californian Radio focuses on downtown revitalization
• Accident blocks traffic at White Lane and Akers
• Minimal impact on cities, farms helped Spain avoid high-speed rail opposition
• ROBERT PRICE: So, what did we ever decide on a name?
• Q&A: New fair CEO sees promise in year-round activities
• School thievery a constant battle
• Housing market improving...slowly
• Dogs die after saving man
• GOP race reshuffled as Gingrich secures SC victory
• McCall Leds 'Runners In Strong Showing Vs. Davis
• HEATHER IJAMES: Please don't pop my personal space bubble
• Action Line: How to send packages to troops
• SHERRY DAVIS: Don't place your dog in an environment where it can be harmed, or cause harm
• Audio: Montoya, Kernen Talk CSUB Baseball
• Tejon Ranch admits mountain lions were killed
• Three arrested, charged in July church arson
• Meadows passenger counts soar in 2011
• Prayers and pancakes at annual breakfast
• Tejon Ranch says mountain lions were killed on its property
• Bakersfield police report big drop in killings; many other crimes also decline
• Taco Bell going upscale and healthier in Bakersfield test
• Education roundup: BCSD to mull trustee benefit, election changes
• Davis Sets Record to Lead CSUB Track and Field
• Kern's unemployment was up in December, but 12-month average improved
• Worth noting: Local bar association installs new board
• 3 arrested in Valley View church fire case
• Nystrom Leads CSUB Women's Swimming In Loss To SJS
• Market Intelligence: More consumers using plastic for purchases
• Strictly Business: Q&A with Tim Terrio, new chairman, Greater Bakersfield Chamber of Commerce
• RUSS ALLRED: Core values help in making business decisions
• ROBIN PAGGI: Breaking up the work relationship is not so hard to do
• Jazz this weekend: Jan. 20 - 22
• Election notebook: Tehachapi woman planning run for Assembly
• Huge fire near Reno burns several homes; 10,000 flee
• Detour's curve confuses, agitates drivers
• Four found guilty of 2007 Golden West Casino robbery
• City likely to raze Cornet building
• Ex-wife says Gingrich wanted 'open marriage'
• Education roundup: Taft College president search down to three
• Solar-power project debuts at local middle school
• Fiat 'studio' finds a spot in Bakersfield
• 'Runners In Action At Run For The Dream On Friday
• Rainy weekend on the way
• Canadian freestyle skier Sarah Burke dies from injuries sustained in superpipe accident
• GOP debate begins at 5 p.m.
• CSUB Hosts San Jose St. Friday; UC Davis Saturday
• Man sentenced to 29 years for killing sheriff's academy graduate
• Perry says he’s dropping out of presidential race
• Sheriff's deputy injured in car crash
• CSUB Breaks Losing Streak With 72-66 Win Over UCR
• Three blood drives scheduled to honor Reis siblings
• Community reflects on suspicious fire at King's Dream building
• East meets 'West' to explore U.S. high school life
• Upside down mortgage borrowers face tax deadline
• Arraignment continued for man accused of killing elderly woman
• CSUB Tennis Drops Season Opener To UC Irvine
• Education roundup: Elk Hills told not to fund spouse meals
• Library donations funding local e-book effort
• Federal courthouse nearing completion
• Huxhold Named MPSF Men’s Swimmer of the Week
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• LOIS HENRY: They've been violent; now they need help
• CSUB Baseball To Lose Montoya For 2012
• Panama OKs contracts to address malpractice, foxes
• JAMIE BUTOW: Bakosphere.com keeps you up to date
• 'Runners Fight Off Pacific Comeback, Win 76-73
• Wasco council members vote to oppose high-speed rail
• Suspicious fire scorches MLK youth facility
• BPD review board: Officer's actions followed policy, law
• Refinery may face uphill climb to resuming operations
• Lois Henry on Californian Radio
• Neighborhood reacts to killing of woman in her home
• Worth noting in business: Conference on high-speed rail work, more
• BC enrollment down as cuts take their toll
• CSUB Tennis Begins Season Wednesday at UC Irvine
• Embattled county library director resigns
• Woman who stabbed her baby receives probation
• Jazz About Town, Jan. 17, 2012
• Man shot, killed by Shafter police officer
• Refinery managers: Alon plant has halted processing fuel indefinitely
• Blue bins also on their way to more businesses, apartments
• Freeze expected, so take steps to protect plants
• Police: Woman killed in apparent break-in
• Next on 'Californian Radio': Pedestrian safety
• Beautiful Bakersfield nomination deadline Friday
• HERB BENHAM: Though the wishes are big, the winning is small to non-existent
• Wasco council set to vote on whether to oppose rail project
• Spirit of service shines on MLK Day
• 'Project 3,000'--'Runners Help Cleanup on MLK Day
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• Legendary Bakersfield concert promoter Danny Lipco dies
• Rio Bravo Rumble offers lots of fun
• CSUB Edges Northern Colorado 19-17
• New Hampshire, Iowa voters don't look much like us
• News organizations pool resources to fund bullet train project
• Spain's high-speed rail system offers lessons for California
• Plans for high-speed rail in California
• Politics, not funding, drove growth of Spain's high-speed rail
• Carter's 25, Grayson's Heroics Get Win over Titans
• LOIS HENRY: A hard wind blows in favor of turbine approvals
• ROBERT PRICE: Providence occasionally shows a flair for drama
• Look carefully before deducting property tax
• Road to casino could be long
• New health plans cover those struggling with preexisting conditions
• CSUB Wins 1-of-3 Women’s Swim Duals At Fresno St.
• No. 1 UC San Diego Defeats CSU Bakersfield 165-97
• Davis Leads 'Runners at 2012 Indoor Season Opener
• Fullerton Goes To The Glass To Defeat CSUB 67-58
• Stockdale alum shares lessons learned at Harvard
• MICHAEL RUBIO: Bill would help get us through these droughts
• RIC LLEWELLYN: Veterans deserve turn to prosper in peace
• Action Line: This wasn't a real job offer
• SHERRY DAVIS: When a dog's outburst has been brewing
• What's different about the county's new promise of change?
• Don't like your SmartMeter? Commission proposes opt-out policy with fees
• Coming Sunday: Spanish lessons -- what one country's high-speed rail system can teach California
• 'Hawg' hearse gives motorcycle enthusisasts fitting tribute
• Museum to offer series of paleo digs
• The Reis family: Grace amid the pain
• Lawmakers propose extending redevelopment agencies
• Education roundup: CSUB student medical group headed to Honduras
• MBB: 'Runners Host Cal State Fullerton Saturday
• CSUB hosting high-speed rail discussions
• Market Intelligence: Employment drops among older adults
• HOLLY CULHANE: Knowledge gives employers new law 'safety net'
• STEVEN VAN METRE: It's not easy to sober up from holiday binge spending
• Four Thoughts: How about those employment numbers?
• CSUB Track and Field Team Begins Indoor Season
• Two injured in canyon crash
• VALERIE SCHULTZ: First Amendment protects speech, not taste
• CSUB Swimming Hits The Road For Duals
• Californian Radio looks at high speed rail
• Mother remembers autistic child killed after running into traffic
• Commission puts off decision on PG&E SmartMeter opt out
• Supplies provided for animals at fairgrounds
• Bucket brigade evaluates toxic tour results
• College district promises better outreach to Arvin
• HERB BENHAM: Dewar's 'scoop' sends chill through newsroom
• Wednesday prison riot started by "simple disrespect issue"
• Government roundup: City wants to build train station parking garage
• High-speed rail board takes Grapevine option off table
• PG&E settles Bakersfield environmental violation charges
• High-speed rail lawyer: Board can't require jobs come from high unemployment areas
• California high-speed rail head Roelof van Ark resigns
• RICHARD BEENE: McCarthy praised, readers share history lessons
• These groups need your volunteer help
• CSUB Completes Water Polo Schedule
• Cal-OSHA cites two labor contractors
• Rubio seeks to give students more say in spending
• Study: Kern 11th in state for youth homicide rate
• Bakersfield has cheapest gas in California -- by one standard
• DIANNE HARDISTY: Jacque Harvey was a class act
• Proposal seeks high-speed rail jobs for people from high unemployment areas
• Dry January raises concern over drought
• Worth noting in business: Cambridge Village sells for $28.5 million, more
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed
• Savings from '3 strikes' reform may be smaller than claimed
• Guitar Virtuosos Frank Vignola & Vinnie Raniolo to appear in Bakersfield Jan. 19
• Give & Go Blood Drive January 12-28th
• Attorney: Surveillance tape shows deputy drove without emergency lights, siren
• Johnson, Hughley Come Up Big as CSUB Edges NJIT
• UPDATE: Romney cruises, rivals target South Carolina
• Site near Highway 99 recommended for campus
• Romney broadens coalition in NH GOP primary win
• Carter Scores Career High 24 In Loss To Nevada
• Vandals suspected of leaving park swing 'a melted mess'
• Animal Control program 'making a difference'
• Case against rescue center caretaker sent back for further investigation
• County promises more watchful eye over tax dollars
• Fresh & Easy to close South H store
• Public input requested at bike plan workshop
• Dollar General to hire 250 at Tejon Ranch, open California stores
• Romney wins New Hampshire; early returns show Paul 2nd, Huntsman 3rd
• Education roundup: CSUB offers course in teaching the Holocaust
• Cyclist struck by driver at Chester and Truxtun
• Pilc Moutin Hoenig Trio to appear at CSUB this Saturday
• CSUB Hosts Nevada Tuesday Night
• Two plead no contest to elder abuse
• Will savings, revenue save Maricopa?
• Father says driver of skip loader that killed his son may have been distracted
• Education roundup: Policy to allow for mini horses on campus, more
• Attorney for Oildale crash victim files 'petition to preserve evidence'
• Michael Olcott to become fair CEO
• Next on 'Californian Radio': Plans for the defunct power plant
• Redevelopment agency to hand over the reins
• Study supports Palmdale bullet train option over Grapevine
• Rural schools struggle to keep buses running
• Scrivner new chairman of Board of Supervisors
• Teen still in coma following accident
• Survey: More Kern stores sold tobacco to minors in 2011
• Jazz About Town, Jan. 9, 2012
• SOUND OFF: Your comment logic is illogical
• MBB: CSUB Looks to Continue Momentum vs. NJIT
• LOIS HENRY: Email plague spreads to Orange County
• In Kern County, an effort to tighten up on controls and oversight
• BAKERSFIELD OBSERVED A BLOG ABOUT LIFE, MEDIA, POLITICS AND PEOPLE
• Reis siblings laid to rest
• New year brings challenges for local government, shopping center
• View from the Hill: Congress should be working for the American people, not against them
• HSR's downtown Fresno station plans not causing much of a stir
• Roadrunners Surge in Second Half, beat UTPA 72-57
• A suicide ill-fit for one profile but not another
• Overdue ticket? Amnesty program could help
• New CSUB course keeps Basque culture alive
• San Diego State Hands CSUB A 74-60 Defeat
• Jeff Konya Recaps First Year And Addresses 2012
• Action Line: Customers pushed to go paperless with monthly statements
• SHERRY DAVIS: Dog owner has a Tiger to tame
• 11 killed in New Zealand as hot air balloon bursts into flames
• INGA BARKS: Rubio earns my respect and prayers in new role
• Boy hit, killed by vehicle Friday night
• Boise Defeats CSUB 27-12 In Pac 12 Wrestling Dual
• Worth Noting: CALM docent program sign-ups, Ronald McDonald House donation
• Education roundup: KHSD looks at graduation requirements, more
• Slain Garces grads remembered at school ceremony
• 'Missing man' formation expected in Bakersfield flyover Saturday
• Thomas, McCall Post Best Times In Loss To Spartans
• Obama proposes new rules for immigrants; California bid to ban Dream Act element falls short
• ROBIN PAGGI: Resolve to be a better employer and employee
• RUSS ALLRED: 365 business days a year not enough
• Market Intelligence: Don't overlook the post-50 pocketbook
• Strictly Business: Q&A with Dan Klingenberger on new employment laws
• CSUB Announces 2012 Baseball Schedule
• Family of man killed in Oildale crash files claim against county
• Leticia Perez to run against Goh for supervisor
• Big Second Half Lifts #17 UNLV over CSUB 89-57
• Interim schools chief 'surpassed everyone's expectations'
• Dewar's prepares for Saturday opening of expanded store
• CSUB Battles in 26-16 Loss to No. 10 American
• Did you resolve to volunteer? Opportunities abound
• Crabtree housing report: Numbers point to strengthening market
• Government roundup: Fund raiser under way to give shelter dogs a makeover
• Ask The Californian: Is any road work planned for the Oleander area?
• CSUB Hosts San Jose St. In Women’s Swimming Dual Friday
• Counties split on abolished redevelopment agencies
• HERB BENHAM: Homeowners may be clueless, but she smells a rat
• Colorado State Edges CSUB 65-63
• Bakersfield centenarian saw the world
• Former high school drum line coach pleads not guilty to felony, misdemeanor charges
• Arraignment postponed for suspect in deadly shooting
• Education roundup: Groups taking applications for award, scholarship
• BTW at the Jazz Workshop tonight
• Grand jury seeking applicants
• Oil chief rolls out 'flexible approach' to injection reviews
• Urner's to open mattress store
• Deaths of two siblings in Coronado shooting ruled homicide
• VALERIE SCHULTZ: Life is what happens when we're busy making plans
• Former Tehachapi councilman sentenced to two years for sex acts with teens
• New handgun regulation faces federal lawsuit
• 'Runners host No. 17 UNLV Thursday
• Live Video Stream for CSUB vs. #17 UNLV Available
• CSUB Hosts No. 10 American & Boise State This Week
• Labor contractor involved in fatal accident has had prior violations
• CSUB Opens 5-Game Homestand Versus Colorado State
• From gift to shrine: Oklahoma's infant Jesus statue a beacon of hope
• LOIS HENRY: As the faucet turns, Kern County style
• Bachmann ending presidential run
• Tejon tribe gains recognition, raising possibility of local casino
• Community Help Needed
• Oildale church cited over homeless camp
• Redevelopment agency prepares for dissolution
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• Peer report urges withholding rail money
• Election Notebook: Perez set to announce political plans
• Dry start to winter leaves Sierra without snow
• Garces mourns death of two graduates in Coronado shooting
• Arraignment postponed for BPD officer charged with drug offenses
• ALLYN MEDEIROS: Hoping a refinance program works this time
• Jazz About Town, Jan. 3, 2012
• A trip for the troops
• Late Foul Lifts New Mexico St. Over CSUB 73-72
• DOUG GREENER: Help firefighters help you stay safe this winter
• Ask TBC: Is that construction the long-awaited waterpark?
• New state oil chief cites progress on permit backlog
• MBB: 'Runners Hosts New Mexico State Tonight
• STEVEN VAN METRE: Don't let kids' 'dreams' become parents' financial 'nightmares'
• STEVE FLORES: A year in review
• Animal control discussed on Californian Radio
• What are we wishing for in the New Year?
• Thrill-seekers ring in new year with plunge in 50-degree water
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• Ask TBC: Will Kern County libraries get e-books?
• City considers curbside recycling without extra fee
• People to Watch 2012: Olympic hopeful, new schools chief, fraud prosecutor just a few
• Investors snatching up single-family homes
• People to Watch 2012: Former foster care child, youth advocate sets out to better system
• Action Line: New Year's resolution to find a cleaning service?
• SHERRY DAVIS: No magic cure for dogs' aggressive behavior, but strategies help
• HEATHER IJAMES: Let's get past the sour grapes online
• Carter's 16 Leads CSUB Over Pomona-Pitzer 75-41
• Firefighters find body of man at house fire
• Kids, parents take the high road on new car seat law
• PG&E residential rates to rise in January
• Business as usual -- for some -- during last work week of year
• Bakersfield Jazz: Dec.30 - Jan. 1
• HOLLY CULHANE: Start 2012 with sincere appreciation
• Three Thoughts: Special hopes for the local business community in 2012
• Get involved: January business calendar
• Market Intelligence: Millennials make up 41 percent Kern County's workforce
• Controversial shootings, celebrity stories created headlines in 2011
• No. 13 Texas Tech Defeats CSUB 81-63
• Iwamura Lone CSUB Wrestler Standing At Midlands
• Driving services, law enforcement urging people to be safe on New Year's
• Air district says climate causing bad air quality
• On Californian Radio: covering cops and courts
• 'Disappointed' by court decision on redevelopment funding
• MBB Preview: CSUB Hosts Pomona-Pitzer Friday Night
• Homeless woman found dead believed to be same person who started massive 2002 wildfire
• Man shot in Oildale disturbance dies
• Workers, customers speak out about possible postal service cuts
• Hot Shooting Leads San Diego Past CSUB 99-70
• Arvin police: justified mutiny or management spat?
• Brown names Democrat to state conservation post
• Citrus growers escape harm from freezing temperatures
• Political Notebook: Another candidate to join 5th District supervisor race; Florez silent on Congress candidacy
• The biggest entertainment stories of 2011
• The entertainers of the year are ...
• VALERIE SCHULTZ: Believers, nonbelievers - death is the great equalizer
• New poll: Gingrich Collapse Fuels Santorum Surge in Iowa
• CSUB To Send 9 To Midlands This Week
• 'Runners Fall 74-58 at Texas Tech
• Audit finds Maricopa in the red
• Slow but steady economic growth predicted for 2012
• Business community sees 2011 unfold in dramatic fashion
• Californian Radio previews Bakersfield Life magazine
• East Hills Mall taken back by lender
• Bakersfield Observed: A blog about life, media, politics and people
• CSUB faces USD and No. 13 Texas Tech This Week
• Seismic regulators destroyed electronic records
• Rubio won't run for U.S. Congress in 2012
• Jazz About Town, Dec. 27, 2011
• MBB Preview: 'Runners at Texas Tech Tonight
• Suspect in murder surrenders to police
• Political reform 'godfather' ignites career in Bakersfield
• Hundreds show support as soldier's casket arrives at Meadows Field
• We've got some big things planned for 2012
• Schools encourage healthier eating with 'nudges'
• But what do you really think, comics readers?
• Californian Radio: What to do about those resolutions
• OLIVIA GARCIA: Honoring thy parents
• County finances, city project milestones to make headlines in 2012
• High-speed rail, marijuana battles dominated year in government
• Ask The Californian: Did anyone inspect this detour for safety?
• Bakersfield Observed: A blog about life, media, politics and people
• Go green and recycle your Christmas tree -- here's how
• District doles out millions to help clean the air
• Politics 2012: A wild year ahead forecast for several hot local races
• Trio living out their dreams with service academy nominations
• District doles out millions to help clean the air
• Audacity prize has many fine candidates
• Hit a pedestrian?Drivers rarely charged
• SHANNON GROVE: God has a rightful role in our government
• Former Green Frog employees denied help with pay claim
• City, family find special 'Way' to honor soldier killed
• RIC LLEWELLYN: We ought to embrace self-restraint
• Local tributes planned for soldier killed in Afghanistan
• Kindergarten math skills key to later success, researchers say
• RUSS ALLRED: Saying farewell to an exiting entrepreneur
• HOLLY CULHANE: Ah choo, the sound of a cold ripping through a workplace
• Get in the spirit by blasting away at Santa
• Grayson Shoots CSUB To 83-53 Victory Over Pacific
• Californian Radio: PG&E's plans for its durable hunk
• Poco, Callie have dropped out of the rat race
• Missing men found dead in ravine
• Kern County man suffers state's first flu death
• Felony drug, weapons charges filed against officer
• No. 4 Stanford Defeats CSUB 90-48
• Bakersfield Observed: A blog about life, media, politics and people
• House leaders accept Senate tax terms
• CSUB Water Polo Adds Stepp To Coaching Staff
• Family mourns as police arrest suspect in fatal stabbing
• Animal Control: Shelter gift card better than puppy in a box
• Decades later, a modest vet gets his Purple Heart
• Hundreds scour Randsburg area for missing men
• Deadly sinkhole still gushing but flow is easing
• RICHARD BEENE'S Bakersfield Observed: A blog about life, media, politics and people
• VALERIE SCHULTZ: Sent with love - via the U.S. Postal Service - from the Schultz family
• LOIS HENRY: Saving the delta, moving the water -- some good news
• Williams Goes Over 1000; CSUB Falls 87-84 To Sac State
• High schoolers deliver Christmas surprise
• Grants carry homeless programs through another year
• Vandalism hampers no-burn enforcement
• Race for woman hurt at Volkslauf raises more than $10,000
• Education roundup: High school district grappling with career tech law
• Family of killed pedestrian hires attorney
• Man arrested after buying grenades
• City questions county's sheltering cost estimates
• Comment on your comments on Californian Radio
• McCarthy requests federal high-speed rail audit
• Rescue group holding dog food drive
• Jazz for Christmas and New Years
• A Christmas carol for ALL of my friends
• County registrars, watchdogs criticize secretary of state
• BCSD board wants policy changes
• Kim's death brings back memories of N. Korea
• Businesswoman gives $100,000 for Stockdale scholarships
• PG&E wants to offer another opt-out option
• Web commenting adds new dimension
• Parental involvement in education on 'Californian Radio'
• Fred Basset, we hardly knew ye
• Deputy in fatal crash was responding to stolen vehicle call
• Jazz About Town, Dec. 19, 2011
• Environmental groups sue to prevent fracking in CA
• Lomas Finishes Fifth At RTOC
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• JOSE GASPAR: New Bishop looks forward to new role
• Ask The Californian: How did this high-speed rail consultant earn his pay?
• CSUB president on Californian Radio
• Road-Weary 'Runners Drop Third Straight in Idaho
• A test of science in a sand dune playground
• ROBERT PRICE: Let's debate the rules of the debates
• Apartment market is heating up
• Artist's action in combat still reverberates decades later
• CHP releases name of deputy in Oildale crash
• On patrol with the smoke police
• Names of pedestrians struck and killed by patrol vehicle released
• DAVID VALADAO: Bill holds state funding hostage from local government
• SHERRY DAVIS: Golden Retriever's tale builds trust with this customer
• Action Line: Ask questions to prepare for a successful move
• CSUB Continues Road Trip at Idaho Tonight
• Speeding sheriff's vehicle hits and kills two pedestrians in Oildale
• Sheriff's car hits, kills two pedestrians in Oildale--report
• Maricopa council votes to engage Sheriff's Department
• Mayor Hall to seek fourth term
• Worth noting in the community: CASA grant, blood drive and more
• Education roundup: Bakersfield city schools to discuss fraud allegations
• 'Spirit of Santa' more important than gifts, local Santas say
• Mayor Hall to run for re-election
• INGA BARKS: Our statement of loyalty should only be made in English
• Kern's unemployment rate at lowest in two years
• Judge gives Barry Bonds house arrest, then delays it
• Three Thoughts: How did 2011 measure up?
• ROBIN PAGGI: Appreciating employees at the holidays, and year-round
• RUSS ALLRED: Spreading peace, goodwill toward business
• CSUB Wrestling Heads To ROTC Sunday
• Worth noting in business: Aerial survey company expands into Bakersfield, more
• Bakersfield Jazz: Dec. 16-18
• Oildale kitchen fire reported
• 'Runners Comeback Cut Short at Portland St. 91-87
• Smog, wood burning and the snub to the Drillers on Californian Radio
• Bakersfield's economy picking up
• Cement plant operator to pay $1.425 million
• Sheriff's Department releases details of shooting, SWAT stand-off
• Fresno State Defeats CSUB 88-59
• Police: Meth worth $5 million seized
• Helo withdraws Sand Canyon wind project application
• Wheelchair patients in crash appeared securely fastened, police say
• Norris to require parents sign residency form
• Region braces for freezing temperatures
• Rail authority blasts Bakersfield's opposition vote
• Giving Opportunities: Stuff the trunk, Project Linus collecting gifts
• County OKs plan to be more business friendly
• Sheriff's Department takes over for Maricopa police
• Group wants local charter school shuttered
• Grand jury dings school trustees for not living in district
• Jose Gaspar: Film about storied track team up, running
• Republican lawmakers critical of California bullet train plan
• HERB BENHAM: My gift to you -- an only slightly smug holiday letter
• Council votes to oppose high-speed rail plans
• CSUB Men’s Swimming Ranked 8th In Mid-Major Poll
• Robbery suspects detained following officer-involved shooting
• Former civil attorney sentenced to four years for embezzlement
• Postal Service hosting public meeting on possible closure
• Education roundup: Plan seeks to get parents more involved
• 'Runners Start Season-Long Road Trip in Portland
• Some sweet deals for National Cupcake Day
• Roadrunners deliver toys to Ronald McDonald House
• Fatal accident forces closure of portion of Truxtun Avenue
• Oregon State Defeats CSU Bakersfield 85-62
• Report alleges longtime fraud in BCSD departments
• Largest aircraft ever built to be built in Mojave
• County rethinking future of animal control system
• New Cuyama soldier killed in Afghanistan
• Attorney claims investigation is retaliatory
• Bakersfield Observed: A blog about life, media, politics and people
• Supervisors vote to apply for jail money -- but express concerns
• CSUB Hosts Oregon St. Tues.; At Fresno St. Thurs.
• Jazz Workshop recruiting students for Beginning Jazz Big Band class
• JAMIE BUTOW: Is social media causing us to be unhappy?
• Jazz About Town, Dec. 12, 2011
• Suspect in Tehachapi shooting death to face extradition hearing
• Cold temps to follow winter storm
• Election notebook: Supervisor candidate touts support of former sheriff, unions
• Council to consider high-speed rail rebuke
• Californian Radio: CALM could quadruple in size
• Education roundup: Standard to discuss proposed '21st Century' campus
• Supervisors to discuss jail funding, animal control issues Tuesday
• Will donor give up Houchin plate? Oh, negative
• BYU To Join PCSC in 2013
• Old power plant on Rosedale Highway to be demolished
• SOUND OFF: Some thought our Postal cover was a turkey
• Main post office to be open Sunday
• Haratyk Remains One Of Country's Top Attackers
• MICHAEL RUBIO: My legislative agenda for 2012
• Top 100 delinquent taxpayers owe $419 million to state
• LOIS HENRY: Warning: more air board regulation ahead
• CSUB Represented At Division I College Cups
• Weather forecast prompts winter storm warning
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• Bakersfield Toy Run 'all about the kids'
• Bakersfield shut out of state bowls
• STEVE FLORES: Community 'angels' surround us this season
• A call for good government on Californian Radio
• Ask The Californian: Why did Judge Osborn merit a marker outside the courthouse?
• Palmdale pilot dies in east Kern plane crash
• Vets honored with wreaths
• Just words in a daily recitation
• Food prices rise, portion sizes shrink
• City of wind quickly developing in Kern
• Policing the police: Drug testing policies for officers vary throughout state
• Alternative energy spotlight shifting to solar
• 'Runners Fall at Northern Arizona
• No. 13 Oregon State Defeats CSU Bakersfield 45-4
• CSUB Women’s Basketball Falls 85-72 To Weber State
• Debateable: Would development fee change work in the real world?
• SHERRY DAVIS: Keep dogs safe from winter weather
• Action Line: That 'lottery' postcard isn't a gift from Santa
• HEATHER IJAMES: I like Christmas lights, without the drama
• Men's Basketball Takes on N. Arizona Tonight
• Environmental report out on Rosedale widening
• Former Tehachapi councilman accused of sex crimes ordered held on $1 million bail
• Public Defender's employee investigated for alleged misuse of CJIS system
• Commission gives teacher training college chance to right wrongs
• Incoming CEO at Kern Health ready to start fresh
• Federal investigators find no child labor violations by Lamont composting operation
• Education roundup: City school board to review budget, compliance issues
• CSUB Wrestling Hosts No. 13 Oregon State Saturday
• STEVEN VAN METRE: Fast-talking sales pitches can make you 'insurance poor'
• Strictly Business: Q&A with Kyle Goehring of MT-Energie USA
• ROBIN PAGGI: Do you hear the HR issue I hear?
• Market Intelligence: More Kern adults head to the gym
• Higher Ground preschool to close in January
• Vehicle sales jump as shoppers ditch old cars
• CSUB WBB Breaks 6-Game Losing Streak At Montana
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• Arvin residents lead "toxic tour"
• Park change would speed up development of football fields
• Dream Act debate gets ugly at CSUB
• Sound Off on the radio
• Worth noting in the community: Disney casting call, Chevron grants and more
• Education roundup: Chevron to donate $50,000 to Taft College program
• Want to give back? Here are volunteer opportunities
• Suspect in police shooting at Virgina Tech believed dead; campus alert lifted
• HERB BENHAM: Ah, the life of a life-insurance broker
• 'Runners Hold off Hornets, Win 63-60
• CASEY CHRISTIE: Finding Santa proved to be quite a night
• Locals react to decision to keep morning-after pills behind counter
• Political notebook: Rubio to introduce bill targeting Kern Health Systems reserves
• VALERIE SCHULTZ: Defense of Marriage Act indefensible, Mr. McCarthy
• Giving Opportunities: BPD project helps seniors in need
• SCOTT COX: Fishlips forever
• Wanger cuts legal ties to Westlands Water District
• Former Taft mayor again arrested on suspicion of DUI
• Former Tehachapi City councilman arrested again on suspicion of felony offenses
• Sandusky jailed after he is unable to pay bail in new charges
• Young girls denied over-the-counter access to "Plan B" pill
• 'M-A-S-H' star Harry Morgan dies at age 96
• Blagojevich gets 14 years in prison for corruption
• Jazz Meets Africa, poetry/dance/improvisational jazz event at the BJW tonight
• RICHARD SHIELL: Gifts for a garden devotee
• RICHARD SHIELL: Take control of your watering
• LOIS HENRY: Some health care ideas make me queasy
• Data: Fewer deportation cases involve criminal charges
• Bakersfield man takes plea deal in officer shooting case
• Pearl Harbor attack survivor remembers it well
• Worth noting in business: New St. Jude Dream Home, more
• Education roundup: Kern High recognizes retirees -- including lawsuit filers
• Government roundup: Report on Rosedale Highway widening due out soon
• Supervisors approve energy projects in east Kern
• Roadrunners Ink Two Central Valley Players To NLIs
• Heat back on for most PG&E southwest customers left without gas Monday
• Crabtree Report: Housing data show 'trend toward some kind of a mend'
• Panama-Buena Vista Union teachers reject contract
• CSUB Hosts Sacramento State, Wednesday Night at 7
• Rubio calls meeting to discuss sewer water options
• Fruitvale investigation extended
• JAMIE BUTOW: Technology will always leave behind some
• Giving opportunities: Basketball game raises money for families, clinic gives shoes to children
• Rapist sentenced to 30 years in case that led to change in notifying public
• You want to talk about it? Lois Henry has it
• Doctor investigated for alleged prescription drug fraud
• Report encourages oversight at Kern Health Systems
• Young duo rolls out third annual toy drive
• Bakersfield Jockey Club Honors Iwamura
• SOUND OFF: 'Capture Kern' photo book wins national honor
• Seen any great holiday displays?
• Worth noting in business: PG&E hosts workshop on business energy pricing, more
• Bakersfield Police officer arrested on drug charges
• Computer woes tangle DMV operations
• PG&E shuts gas service to 863 in southwest
• Haratyk Moves Up To No. 7 In Points Per Set
• CSUB Softball Team Announces 2012 Schedule
• City recruiting for Planning Commission
• Refinery improvement good, but could be better
• Zardes Selected Semifinalist For Hermann Trophy
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• Cotton research in Shafter victim of federal budget cuts
• When will this house on Panorama be finished?
• Nonprofit group reaches at-risk youth
• Law enforcement keeps eye on impact of new state laws
• Jazz About Town, Dec. 4, 2011
• Mind your manners: listen to this show
• Prairie View Hands CSUB A 69-64 Defeat
• Fundraiser for Bakersfield AIDS Project and Ricky's Retreat, Tues., Dec. 6.
• Jazz trumpeter Roger Ingram to give clinic at California Keyboards
• Millions more spent on high-speed rail PR
• ROBERT PRICE: Thomas was there for most of Gingrich's rise, fall and rise
• 'Runners Win Streak Snapped at Montana State 71-67
• High-profile attorney enters fray over controversial dentist
• Panama insurance proposal raises angst among teachers, more employers
• Major gas storage project could generate jobs
• Centennial, Arvin take We The People titles
• Film on Asian child sex trade has local roots
• Local supporters bemoan -- but understand -- Cain's exit
• Cal Defeats CSUB 86-56
• JIM COSTA: Congress hears the cry for bipartisan solutions
• SHERRY DAVIS: Get the real info about dog food safety
• RIC LLEWELLYN: Occupy stands in opposition to great American principles
• Action Line: Get carpet-cleaning contracts in writing
• Cain announces he's suspending his campaign
• Investigation of Fruitvale incident goes to sex assault unit
• Honoring longtime rabbi a 'chai' light for synagogue
• Fire rips through Bakersfield home, nobody hurt
• Algerian delegation visits local ag leaders
• Bakersfield woman safe after she's found lying near highway
• Police officer accused of prescription drug DUI agrees to plea deal
• Library director reportedly placed on paid leave
• US Airways: Changes will, indeed, cut seat availability
• Iwamura Advances To Day 2 Of Cliff Keen Invitational
• Worth noting: Hospital employees raise $500,000 for cancer center
• Three Thoughts: How could the eurozone crisis affect Kern?
• HOLLY CULHANE: Company holiday parties can pay 'dividends'
• PAUL ANDERSON: That free lunch can cost you a fortune
• Oxnard native Ochoa to take over Roman Catholic Diocese of Fresno
• Downtown parade ignites holiday spirit
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• State recommends hybrid route for Merced-Fresno high-speed rail
• Man takes plea deal in lottery ticket case
• Kern Health hires new CEO in 8-1 vote
• Worth noting in business: New thrift store, property taxes and more
• Second school in 'supernatural' Delano wins fitness award
• What makes Bakersfield beautiful? Say it in a nomination
• Christmas tree sellers feeling good heading into key selling weekend
• US Airways says no service level change coming
• Strong winds, dusty conditions reported
• Want to give back? Check out these volunteer options
• BHS students strut their stuff at civics competition
• CSUB Women's Golf To Join West Coast Conference
• CSUB Water Polo Signs Niki De Leon To NLI
• Airplane changes threaten to boost ticket prices
• CSUB Win Fourth Straight, 74-67 Over Cal State Northridge
• Counseling, community service ordered for man who threatened judge
• Top investigator remembered as dapper, effective, powerful
• About 85 parolees released in Kern under realignment
• Ninth-graders boost fitness scores; younger kids backslide
• Mayor honored by Keep America Beautiful
• Sheriff investigating alleged sexual battery at a junior high school
• LOIS HENRY: School blunders when girls face sexual battery
• Neighborhood in need to get smoke detectors
• Tank explodes, catches fire at refinery
• 'Runners Ink Dynamic Outside Hitter Fowler
• CSUB Track And Field Team Announces 2012 Schedule
• BC Jazz Ensemble at the BJW tonight
• BC Jazz Ensemble at the BJW tonight
• Markets soar after world's central banks act together to restore confidence
• JAMIE BUTOW: Shop around, clip coupons to stretch dollars
• CSU Bakersfield Women’s Basketball Signs 4 For 12-13 Season
• CSU Bakersfield Baseball Signs 2 To NLI’s
• LOIS HENRY: Air Board study in error? They don't seem to care
• A fond farewell to Bakersfield 'dance icon' Lenore Smith
• KHS lawsuit moving to Los Angeles courts
• Planned lawsuit could force release of market surveillance video
• Committee explores complexities of lowering development fees
• Training teaches business pros signs of employee drug use
• GIVING OPPORTUNITIES: Starbucks toy drive brightens holidays for foster children
• Education roundup: University hires new student affairs VP
• Bakersfield real estate agents reach settlement over pay
• Judge lifts order to close Lamont composting facility
• Study disputes need to conserve farm water
• State's tax amnesty program raises $350 million
• Murray will serve two years; judge calls him a "disgrace"
• Cain said to be weighing future of his campaign
• Haratyk Moves To No. 6 In D-I In Kills Per Set
• 'Runners Back on Road at Northridge/Montana St.
• JAMIE BUTOW: Social media grows into own awards show
• Fraternity dream turned into a nightmare, one pledge says
• First fog delays of the year roll in at local schools
• Two men sentenced in debt collection scheme
• Education roundup: Virtual Enterprise, 'We The People' coming up
• Worth noting in the community: Re-gift for charity, recycle e-waste, more
• HERB BENHAM: Thief should be making license plates, not stealing them
• Cold temps expected to clear up fog later this week
• Jazz About Town, Nov. 28, 2011
• HealthCorps in Shafter aims to show students 'they deserve to be healthy'
• If you can read this you can help someone read
• The line for the Lois fan club starts right here
• New Kern museum director's previous tenure was controversial
• Kids hop to it while studying amphibians
• JOSE GASPAR: Plenty of ideas to save East Hills Mall
• CSUB Women’s Basketball Drops 82-59 Decision To FIU
• Ask The Californian: When must you drive 25 in a school zone?
• Cyber Monday may be losing its luster
• Bakersfield Life's holiday issue featured Monday on Californian Radio
• Roadrunners Beat Fullerton 73-66, Improve to 3-1
• Records reveal library director's questionable work habits
• ROBERT PRICE: When telling the truth only blurs things
• Task force to mull helping homebuilders
• No ER closure could improve patient choice
• Farmers, outside investors bid up local ag land
• No. 8 Maryland Defeats CSUB 114-83 At FIU Classic
• KEVIN MCCARTHY: What I'm thankful for
• Calorie counts: 'Most people don't give it a second glance'
• County overlooks, then finds, taxable property worth $1.26 billion
• INGA BARKS: State pay raises reek of hypocrisy
• New era beginning at Kern Health Systems
• Online push greeted with mixed reviews at CSUB
• MAUREEN BUSCHER-DANG: Keep 'swag' in your company's marketing budget
• PAUL ANDERSON: One couple + two accounts = more benefits
• Black Friday crowds flock to late-night sales
• Electronics, family gifts lead shopping choices
• Action Line: Have I been the victim of a payment scam?
• CSUB WBB Takes On No. 8 Maryland And FIU This Weekend
• Chance Thanksgiving meeting reunites separated brothers
• Study says video gaming could change teens' minds -- literally
• Local retailers encourage buyers to 'shop small, buy local'
• You bought it, now ship it
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• Police spend Thanksgiving in pursuit
• Passengers in Fatal I-5 Collision from Oxnard
• Kern Health Systems to hire new CEO
• Insurance Fund's Bakersfield office to downsize
• Home for the holidays: Families thankful for Habitat houses
• Notorious Kern County killer dies of natural causes on death row
• Election Notebook: Newsman explores challenge to McCarthy
• Education roundup: High school teachers reject furloughs
• Roommate of man found dead in closet says prescription drugs to blame
• PG&E completes most pipe testing for the year
• Lawsuit accuses county of pulling compost plant's permit without due process
• Trio named to CSUB Alumni Hall of Fame
• What's your favorite jazz tune for Thanksgiving?
• CSU Bakersfield Swimming Turning In Fast Times
• BCSD board selects names for new schools
• Health care: a right or a privilege
• School district seeks to shift insurance burden
• Pacific Defeats CSU Bakersfield 96-73
• Vote slated for PG&E SmartMeter opt out
• Sewer district sues to reopen Lamont composting operation
• Nonprofit urges parents to be mindful of toy safety
• Details revealed in case of body found in closet
• New owners: Don't hate us for Fishlips closure
• Worth noting in business: AM talk radio station hits FM waves, more
• McCarthy at issue on Californian Radio
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• Arraignment continued for man charged in killing woman at motel
• Foggy conditions hit Central Valley
• CSU Bakersfield Baseball Signs Kyle Nixon To National Letter Of Intent
• Kern report shows gloomy business outlook, fragile consumer confidence
• Kern County Library Is California Library Association Prexcellence Award Recipient
• ROBERT PRICE: UC Davis' stunning Occupy recruitment video
• Walmart ramps up ballot threats to speed new stores
• Missing something on Facebook? We are: you
• Jury finds former Shafter officer not guilty of one charge, hangs on two others
• Charitable giving and more on 'Californian Radio'
• Police: Former detentions deputy accused of selling gun to gang member
• Worth noting in community: Family night, holiday cottage
• Worth Noting in business: New deli spot, children's store to close and more
• Stephen Neal to be Inducted into Hall of Fame
• STEVE FLORES: Black Friday tradition a reason to be thankful
• BAKERSFIELD OBSERVED A BLOG ABOUT LIFE, MEDIA, POLITICS AND PEOPLE
• HERB BENHAM: Finding the next cat while the current tabby is on life 8
• Jazz About Town, Nov. 21, 2011
• Shifting prisoners to counties could strain local services
• CSUB Women’s Swimming Signs Three To National Letters Of Intent
• SHANNON GROVE: Taxpayers should get another say on rail plan
• Stormy weather expected to stop by on Thanksgiving
• Woman dies when vehicle overturns off I-5
• Man accused of attempted murder in Lamont shooting
• McCarthy, small House group, fight same-sex marriage in court
• Few locals considering cutting school year
• Ask The Californian: Where can I find a Turducken?
• Vein procedure less painful, invasive
• Californian radio: investigative journalism
• CSUB Posts B Cut Time In 400 Relay At Arena Invite
• ROBERT PRICE: Vongs aren't coming back; who would?
• CSU Bakesfield Defeats Pepperdine 79-70
• Records reveal original offenses of parolees released early
• State, workers grapple with prison layoff process
• Local shoppers, workers, feeling blue about Black Friday hours
• Entertainment venue Fishlips takes final bow
• UC Riverside Defeats CSU Bakersfield 76-62
• Action Line: Check out refinancing offers before signing on the dotted line
• HEATHER IJAMES: Influence your kids to do what's right, every time
• SHERRY DAVIS: LA's ordinance may be barking up the wrong tree
• Priest's B Cut Highlights CSUB's Day At Arena Invitational
• No. 20 Cal Poly Defeats CSU Bakersfield 28-10
• 'In our family forever' -- children, parents unite at Adoption Day
• Darren Gholston at Stars Dinner Theatre, Nov. 19, 2011
• Education roundup: City schools poised to name new campuses
• Police: Arrests deal blow to 'single most violent gang in Bakersfield'
• Circus emphatically denies mistreating kangaroos
• Chevron robot-building teaches tots science
• Tyra Banks to headline conference
• Kern's 13.5 percent October unemployment unchanged for the month
• Barber Hires Assistant to Help With Women's Golf
• Amtrak exhibit rolls into Bakersfield this weekend
• JOSE GASPAR: McFarland's hiring of four police officers raises questions
• McFarland cops accused again -- this time in a lawsuit
• ROBIN PAGGI: Don't pull stupid tricks at work
• Strictly Business: Q&A with Lynda Resnick of Roll Global
• Market Intelligence: Small business owners big on charitable giving
• STEVEN VAN METRE: Father's 'Christmas present' brings tears of gratitude to daughter
• CSUB Swimming Earns No. 15 Mid Major Ranking; ‘Runners Make “B” Cut At Arena Invitational
• One and out: CSUB loses in NCAA soccer
• Saint Mary’s Defeats CSUB 1-0 In NCAA First Round
• Protesters occupy Bakersfield street corner
• Bullet train takes a blow to the wallet
• Composting facility's closure leaves grocers without waste pickups
• PETA on the case of the missing kangaroo
• Californian Radio: Sound Off, soccer and football
• VALERIE SCHULTZ: Mr. Wyman, please give our mountain back
• Health care centers for seniors to stay open
• These volunteer groups need your help
• Worth noting in business: NASA projects, new photo studio and more
• 'Runners the Sixth Most Improved Team in 2011
• Cities consider legal intervention for blighted homes
• Idaho man charged with trying to assassinate Obama
• Court says backers can defend gay marriage measure
• CSUB Wins First of Season at Cal Poly 60-58
• CSU Bakersfield Defeats UC Irvine 104-92
• Composting plant's closure sets off actions by county, private sector
• New playground offers more fun for handicapped kids
• Health leaders stir up flavored milk debate
• Occupy protest set for Thursday downtown
• Win Paisley's new book on 'Californian Radio'
• Effort aims to train thousands of high schoolers in CPR
• Details set for fundraising race for woman injured at Volkslauf
• Global warming speaker gets cool reception at energy summit
• New general manager named for Rabobank, other city venues
• CSU trustees approve tuition hike amid protest
• State budget crisis may grow; schools threatened
• JAMIE BUTOW: It’s the month to be thankful, and we’re thanking you
• County supervisors revoke Community Recycling's operating permit
• LOIS HENRY: The great Central Valley solar rush is on
• Turn ag land into solar plots? Discuss
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• Struggling during holidays: 'This is about our neighbors'
• Roadrunners Face Second Road Test of New Season
• Supervisors levy $2.33 million fine against Community Recycling
• Kern Community Foundation reaches $8 million 'milestone'
• Education roundup: Chevron funds effort to spark tots' interest in science
• Gunman shot by police at UC Berkeley
• Kings County sues High Speed Rail Authority
• Supervisors vote to cut adult day care program -- after the holidays
• Litter stems from attitudes stuck in the '60s, experts say
• Deal would raise pay of city firefighters, managers
• Child abuse: when to report it
• Mother says faith guided her during her son's kidnapping
• Jastro Park shooting the second since last year
• Rubio tells county to close Community Recycling, find new composter
• Police: Video of market shooting will not be released
• Workshop for struggling homeowners
• Haratyk Ends Season Ranked No. 7 in Kills Per Set
• CSUB To Host Saint Mary's In First Round Of NCAA Men's Soccer Tournament
• Moore was less, in this reader's eyes
• Herman’s Double-Double Leads CSUB Past Southern Oregon 111-66
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• CSU Bakersfield Splits A Pair of Duals At Stanford
• Valadao, Dignan on Californian Radio
• No. 1 New Mexico Earns MPSF Tourney Title Over CSUB In PK’s
• MICHAEL RUBIO: Oil regulators mustn't hold up projects
• Ask The Californian: Where does Bakersfield's wastewater go?
• Program aims to propel students from Bakersfield to the Ivy League
• Our resident rabble rouser takes a few more shots
• Library director investigated for personal use of county car
• Satire or fact? It isn't really that hard to tell
• Full house: Extended families blend as economy takes its toll
• CSUB Volleyball Drops Season Finale To Bobcats
• Spy parents: AAA rolls out free program to monitor teen drivers
• Roadrunners Drop Season Opener at Oregon State
• CSUB Defeats UC Santa Cruz 191-98 In Men’s Swim Dual
• Jazmin Lopez Paces 'Runners at D-I West Regionals
• CSUB Defeats UC Santa Cruz 183-101 In Women’s Swim Dual
• Action Line: What you need to know about layaway
• RIC LLEWELLYN: Veterans preserve our peace at home
• CSU Bakersfield Drops Season Opener To Santa Clara 93-87
• Deputies: Lamont boy kidnapped, returned to mother safely
• CSUB Volleyball Tops Montana State 3-1
• Kindle’s Overtime Goal Sends CSUB To MPSF Finals
• Expulsion rates up -- at preschool
• Venezuela says ballplayer Wilson Ramos rescued
• Charges won't be filed in market shooting
• Streets lined with people as community thanks its veterans
• SHERRY DAVIS: Be smart when looking at ads for dogs for sale
• Food court awaiting water test results
• Top Mexican Cabinet secretary, who oversaw drug battle, killed in helicopter crash
• Market intelligence: Transportation, distribution employment grow
• Three Thoughts: What is the state of speculation in local industrial real estate?
• RUSS ALLRED: True leaders make happy campers
• HOLLY CULHANE: Honor a vet today by providing an 'honorable' job
• District attorney to announce whether charges will be filed in market shooting
• CSUB Takes On Air Force In Semifinals of MPSF Tournament
• Energy efficiency program offers homeowner incentives
• No better breakfast than one with bacon
• Cityplace affordable housing project opens
• A review of the news on Californian Radio
• County recommends $500,000 fine against Lamont composting facility
• Water woes close Valley Plaza food court
• Thousands of extra inmates could land in Kern County
• Green Frog pursues plan to reopen Columbus store
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• PG&E prepares for more pressure tests on Bakersfield pipelines
• Education roundup: CSU warns of possible new tuition increases
• Roadrunners Hosting Montana State in Season Finale
• CSUB Ready To Run In NCAA Division I West Regional
• 50 parolees get out of overcrowded jail
• Teacher college in Delano has been operating without approvals
• County alleges new safety, land-use violations at composting company
• White Scores 18 To Lead CSUB Past Whittier 85-67
• Rains, winds expected for the weekend
• Meeting to explore boundary change impact on black community
• Three sentenced to prison in mortgage fraud scheme
• Girls Basketball Clinic
• PICCADILLY CIRCUS
• Report: High-speed rail to cost $98.5 billion, start with Fresno to Bakersfield 'spine'
• Two arrested in marijuana bust sentenced for illegally entering US
• Worth Noting in business: Buffet eatery opens Thursday, more
• Kern County's own "7 billionth baby" born
• Berry shifts oil resources away from Taft area as result of state scrutiny
• Domestic violence on 'Californian Radio'
• Kern County pulls campaign finance reports from website
• Education roundup: Southern Kern district ponders drastic budget measures
• Fleet Card agrees to sell to competitor
• Jazz About Town, Oct. 31, 2011
• SOUND OFF: Small type, big issues and disturbing descriptions
• LOIS HENRY: If it stinks, it might be PG&E
• High-speed rail business plan comes at critical juncture
• Cal State Northridge Defeats CSU Bakersfield 3-0
• Air Force Defeats CSUB 2-1
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• Deputies searching for stabbing suspect
• Ask The Californian: What happens to companies that violate Do Not Call rules?
• STEVE FLORES: Halloween stirs up ghoulish family fun
• Chamber's business advocacy earns it state, national distinction
• Halloween alternatives booming
• On Californian Radio: food, and more food
• TRIP projects on the road to completion
• Pipes Wins Four Events To Lead CSUB Past Pacific
• McCall Wins Three Events; CSUB Falls To Pacific
• Residents worry about high-speed rail bisecting heart of Bakersfield
• The umbrellas: They were great, but were they art?
• The Umbrellas: A masterpiece on the mountain
• The umbrellas: From artist's head to their hands
• SHERRY DAVIS: Dogs' greatness captured in good stories
• First reaction: 'He's going to put up what?'
• HEATHER IJAMES: We've gone from candy holiday to gore fest
• CSUB Volleyball Drops Close Match To Idaho State
• Zardes Scores Late To Lead CSUB Past Denver 1-0
• Wild card Cardinals win the World Series
• BCSD selects finalist for superintendent job
• Education roundup: District's second school salad bar to open
• Horseman travels length of America, discovers its goodness
• Economy not scaring Halloween costume buyers
• BRENDA ISAACS: Each church has it own unique characteristics
• Market owner booked on suspicion of murder
• FAA: Skydive Taft pilot didn't violate regulations
• Three Thoughts: How would the new mortgage refi plan impact Bakersfield?
• CSUB Softball Team Hosting Two Winter Camps
• ROBIN PAGGI: Do employees a favor -- hold them accountable
• RUSS ALLRED: Passion for life, business the apex of leadership
• Get involved: November business calendar
• Market Intelligence: Donations to religious, political groups down
• Taft resident, 101, shows no sign of slowing down
• PG&E repairs and retests pipeline that burst during tests
• Seven possible names for new schools emerge
• Special deliveries: Sisters give birth on same day
• High school throws beloved custodian surprise send-off
• Levan honored for college philanthropy
• 'Project 3,000' Comes to Life in Video
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• Markets dance to a Greek tune
• Students have a "blast" at Halloween event
• Jazzy tunes for halloween - creepy, scary, just plain weird
• CSUB Volleyball Hits Road To Face Idaho State
• CHP report: Suspect identified in Alvidrez crash
• Sheriff's Department backs off from some pot prosecutions
• Members of Congress want answers for veterans
• City in the Hills Park opens with everything -- except water
• Rick Perry dominates fund-raising in Kern
• Worth Noting in the community: Supervisor holding "trunk or treat" in Oildale, more
• Retired Navy captain launches supervisor's bid
• Study: Science instruction woeful in elementary schools
• Students cited in truancy sweep
• Bakersfield Fire Department turns up the heat with fire simulator
• As feds crack down, California courts more lenient on deportations
• Education roundup: BCSD to review trustee pay and perks
• Daneke Named MPSF Men's Swimming of the Week
• CSUB Wrestling To Host Meet At The Mat Nov. 1
• BCSD schools will offer PE classes every day
• Here's what's also broken: our faith in PG&E
• PG&E fields questions about pipeline rupture
• PG&E says pipeline pressure testing will continue after rupture
• Two large wind energy projects win approval despite opposition
• Californian Radio focuses on incoming prisoners
• DA cracks down on alleged illegal sales of cosmetic contacts
• Bakersfield police looking for three people in theft
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• Supervisors reluctantly OK realignment funding plan
• County supervisors hear about investigation into Community Recycling
• Track & Field Helps Out at Ronald McDonald House
• Basketball Tip-Off Dinner Set for November 6th.
• JAMIE BUTOW: Dignity is key in civil approach to debate
• Major PG&E pipeline ruptures during testing here
• Farm labor leaders gather in bid to preserve Cesar Chavez's legacy
• New Delano medical facility to serve women, children
• Police seek witnesses to market shooting
• Local homebuilders apprehensive about proposed new energy mandates
• Worth noting in the community: Park opening and more
• Education roundup: BCSD to discuss PE time, more
• Keep Your Home California helps many, but critics say program slow to grow
• HERB BENHAM: Dad not a laughing matter to his kids
• Haleigh Haratyk Honored by Jockey Club
• Jazz About Town, Oct. 24, 2011
• The disease of addiction on 'Californian Radio'
• Ins and outs of labor laws vary by age
• Minors need work permits for most jobs
• RISKY DECISION: Young immigrants sometimes must choose between work, school
• New library wows Frazier Park crowd
• Not necessarily the way we want it
• Kernville brewer sets gold standard
• GITA DOSHI: Festival celebrates victory of good over evil
• No. 5 New Mexico Defeats No. 22 CSUB 2-0
• OLIVIA GARCIA: FBI agent to discuss crime affecting borders
• Dozens of once-pricey electronics missing from CSUB
• Ask The Californian: How much do the Army, National Guard spend on race car sponsorship?
• LOIS HENRY: Meet prisoners with united front, not petty squabbles
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• Group taking medicine on the road to heal uninsured
• ROBERT PRICE: Summer of LSD inspired doctor's 40-year mission
• Haratyk Posts 22 Kills But UNLV Edges 'Runners 3-2
• USC Defeats CSUB 150-101 In Men's Swimming Dual
• Action Line: Options for dealing with a problem car
• RIC LLEWELLYN: Government for all of us, not each of us
• Zardes Leads CSUB Comeback To Defeat UNLV 2-1
• Computer Classes and Programs at Beale Memorial Library - November 2011
• SHERRY DAVIS: Protect your dogs from hazards of Halloween
• Anger follows market shooting
• 'Runners Clock Quicker Times At Titan Invite
• Local activists propose registry of foreclosed homes
• Kern unemployment rate dips to 13.7 percent
• LOIS HENRY: Another lawsuit to pry away Kern River water
• Californian covers in national spotlight
• Roadrunners Return To Home Court To Host UNLV
• Officials question cause of rise in jail brawls
• Obama announces total Iraq troop withdrawal
• Victor Victoria's owner gets 27 months for fraud
• PAUL ANDERSON: Understand dangers of transferring debt from card to card
• RUSS ALLRED: Annual business planning goes beyond the seasons
• Market Intelligence: Healthcare workers making more company purchase decisions
• Strictly Business: Q&A with Debra Moreno of the Greater Bakersfield Chamber of Commerce
• Retired oil regulator calls for open dialogue
• UC Davis Holds Off CSUB 4-3
• The recyling center deaths examined on Californian Radio
• No arrests a year after fatal CSUB shooting
• Worth Noting in the community: WIC funding and more
• Worth Noting in business: Winery opens new guest center, more
• Language barriers slow shooting investigation
• More from the council meeting: Sumps, funds and emails
• Goh asks Cal-OSHA for update on safety at Lamont composting facility
• Want to give back? Check out these volunteer opportunities
• HERB BENHAM: 'Funny walk' gibe turns friend into gait crasher
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• Flight diverted to Meadows Field because of hydraulic problems
• Update: Gadhafi killed in hometown battle
• Congressman Cardoza announces retirement, opens seat up for Costa
• 'Runners Ready For Final Regular-Season Meet
• Tin/Bag at CSUB, Friday, Oct. 21, 2011
• Bakersfield rental market growing
• Council not ready to accept '11th hour' health proposal
• Outgoing superintendent to be paid more than $100,000
• CSUB Volleyball Falls To Fresno St. in Home Opener
• Rubio calls on county supervisors to close composting operation where brothers were killed
• Two killed in market shooting
• A guide to the haunted and free tickets on Californian radio
• Correctional facilities lay off workers as inmates are released
• Education roundup: Local colleges to participate in "ShakeOut"
• Men's Golf Joins American Sky Conference
• LOIS HENRY: Recycling site flouted rules time and again
• No. 22 CSU Bakersfield Hosts UNLV Friday; No. 5 New Mexico Sunday
• VALERIE SCHULTZ: You can never go home, but reunions come close
• Tehachapi school superintendent quits
• Palestinian speaker stirs emotions among audience
• Lamont resident raises free-speech concerns about gravestone policy
• Luck of the wind keeps Wofford Heights fire in check
• Cycling and health advocates have high hopes for bicycle master plan
• Valley study links ER visits with bad air days
• Worth Noting in the community: Recycling, health fair and more
• VANCE FURTADO: 'City of God' teaches larger picture
• Education roundup: CSUB community invited to exec job interviews
• Goodvin Leads CSUB Golfers In Fall Season Finale
• Major accident snarls traffic on Highway 99 near Merle Haggard Drive
• Calif. denies parole for ill 'Onion Field' killer
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• Sentencing of man guilty of threatening judge continued
• CSUB Volleyball Pumped Up For Home Opener
• Pupils udderly fascinated
• Jobs forum focuses on regulations, fees
• Goodvin Leading CSUB At Bill Cullum Invite
• Steaming ban fails to halt leaks near deadly sinkhole
• Driver plunges to death over Kern Canyon cliff
• Men's Basketball-New Player Profile-Zach Lamb
• Ambulance companies set to merge
• JAMIE BUTOW: Win with your recipe, or win a chance to cook with the pros
• Jazz About Town, Oct. 17, 2011
• FFA attracts more students, greater diversity
• Readers take the paddle to us, again and again
• CSUB Drops 1-0 Decision To Cal State Fullerton
• San Jose State Upsets No. 19 CSUB 2-1
• Showcase library set to open in Frazier Park
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• Farmers' markets thriving, floundering in Kern
• Ask The Californian: When will this stretch of I-5 be repaved?
• The Convict Lake tragedy explored on Californian Radio
• 'Runners Teeing Off In Final Invite Of Fall Season
• JOSE GASPAR: Can the East Hills Mall be saved?
• What will it take for the city to follow the law?
• Tea for two: Many of us agree, sort of
• Putting heroes in spotlight
• Second worker in industrial accident dies
• Jazmin Lopez Leads 'Runners At Northridge Invite
• MICHAEL RUBIO: Bill averts disaster while quenching California's thirst
• SHERRY DAVIS: Don't take dog's marking personally
• Action Line: Be wary of faxed vacation offers
• Seattle Defeats CSUB 3-1 In Women's Soccer Action
• No. 19 CSUB Records Fifth Straight Shutout To Defeat Sac State 4-0
• Bishop to be enthroned to lead Anglican Diocese of San Joaquin
• Family members weigh removing life support for surviving brother
• Runners take on race's risks
• Palestinian to discuss people's quest at CSUB
• FAA investigating skydiving stunt
• Education roundup: Test drive fundraiser revs up Saturday
• Jazz this weekend in Bakersfield, Oct. 14, 2011
• INGA BARKS: Police can't impound these cars but my kids have to stay pasty?
• Nike exec from Bakersfield shares how to fulfill dreams
• Kansas City bishop, diocese charged in priest abuse case
• Three Thoughts: Which legislation will have the most impact on your business?
• PAUL ANDERSON: Talking about retirement is part of the planning
• ROBIN PAGGI: Review reasons before saying 'you're fired'
• Market Intelligence: Prepare to attract more holiday shoppers
• State pays lower unemployment benefits, but for longer
• Loyal fans wait in line for new iPhone 4S
• 'Runners Gear Up For Cal State Northridge Invite
• Family says Arvin brothers killed, injured at composting site protected only by painters' masks
• Stand Down gives veterans chance to get help, give back
• River to resume flowing Friday
• Competitors seek to hire former Lortz workers; would-be buyer emerges
• Community roundup: Agency to offer update on taxpayer-supported stem cell research
• Teachers protest using test scores in evaluations
• SCOTT COX: Best character Charlie Napier ever played was himself
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• HERB BENHAM: When go-to guy up and goes, it's time to find another
• LOIS HENRY: Think about the ethical people in your life
• 17 suffer minor injuries in CA train crash
• One killed, two injured at recycling plant
• Symphony, media celebs on Californian Radio
• Tough choices face us when we get older
• Education roundup: Hort presented national honor for health program
• Orange County salon shooting toll rises to 8
• Feds to target newspapers, radio for marijuana ads
• DA files hazing charges against three former CSUB students
• Celebratory water conference on tap
• CSUB Playing Bakersfield College In Lone Fall Game
• California is becoming 'post-industrial hell,' economist says
• Teachers slam district's reserves
• Thunderbirds Clip Roadrunners 3-2 In Close Match
• Lois Henry hosts Californian Radio
• Miles for Mandy fundraiser up and running
• Law enforcement conducts massive domestic violence sweep
• Men's Basketball Returns to KERN 1180
• Kern judges elect new leader
• Gun enthusiasts up in arms
• Worth Noting in business: Bakersfield ranks 7th in list of lowest credit scores, more
• Local manufacturer closes, dozens jobless
• Education roundup: Workshop on college transfers coming up
• Hammons Finishes In Top 20 At Wildcat Invite
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• CSUB Men’s Soccer Earns Top 20 Ranking
• US links Iran to plot to assassinate Saudi diplomat
• Jazz About Town, Oct. 11, 2011
• CSUB Men’s Swimming Among National Leaders In First National Ranking
• Texas woman seriously injured in weekend Volkslauf
• Is the valley's air quality getting better or worse?
• Roadrunners Hit The Road To Face Southern Utah
• Hammons Leads CSUB In First Day Of Wildcat Invite
• NBA wipes out first two weeks of its season
• Repeal of death penalty could save millions of dollars, analysis finds
• Governor signs compromise farm labor law
• Budget cuts jeopardize elder care program
• Governor vetoes industrial hemp bill
• Worth noting in business: New restaurant and more
• Governor signs Seth's Law
• High-speed rail promises green -- but how green?
• RICHARD SHIELL: Get stuck on succulents and cactus
• No end to debit card fee spread?
• Dream Act elicits varied responses in Bakersfield
• No. 25 CSUB Remains 1-of-3 Unbeaten D-1 Teams; ‘Runners Defeat SJSU 2-0
• Peña Scores Twice To Lead CSUB Past Drake 2-1
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a life about life, media, politics and people
• Ask The Californian: What happened to the Lerdo inmate-worked farm?
• STEVE FLORES: East Bakersfield field of dreams
• Listen to Californian Radio on your bike
• Community, authorities working to make troubled property safe
• ROBERT PRICE: Nothing's more American than a good protest
• Edible schoolyard 'an idea whose time has come'
• UNLV Defeats CSUB In Men's Swimming Opener
• The forgettable hulk: old PG&E plant rubs neighbors the wrong way
• CSUB Cross Country Places 7th At Triton Classic
• SHERRY DAVIS: No one-size-fits-all approach when it comes to dogs
• Action Line: Old lottery scam is new again
• HEATHER IJAMES: You see all types while camping
• JIM COSTA: Trade agreements would aid economic recovery
• HERB BENHAM: Aimee Blaine a poster child for last chances
• Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis dies at 82
• Judge's ruling clears deputy of all charges
• Kern County launches feral cat sterilization program
• UNI Defeats CSUB 3-1 In Women's Soccer
• For struggling Vets, a helping hand
• No. 25 CSUB Defeats Sacramento State 3-0 To Remain Unbeaten
• Deadlines for Bakersfield Christmas Parade announced
• Feds announce Calif. pot dispensary crackdown
• Muro, King Named As All-American Scholar Athletes
• CSUB Golfers To Tee Off In Wildcat Invitational
• PAUL ANDERSON: Think twice before co-signing a loan
• STEVEN VAN METRE: Man's best friend becomes 'heir to the bone'
• Strictly Business: Q&A with Phillip Ball of Higgins Auto Parts
• Market Intelligence: Slow economy drives demand for auto repairs, services
• Bakersfield Observed: A blog about life, media, politics and people
• Education roundup: Bike-friendly paths open at CSUB
• Arvin air monitor move could jeopardize fine's removal
• Observe The Moon Festival at The Beale Memorial Library
• Kern County Library Announces Unlimited Access to Online EBook Program for Young Children!
• Boxing program a knockout at area school
• Assignment: discuss Steve Jobs on Californian Radio
• Kern City at 50: Residents celebrate their senior community
• Kama Ruby and Company with special guest, Jamael Dana Dean, at Metro Galleries
• Napier's children release statement
• CSUB XC Team Back In Action At Triton Classic
• These groups need your volunteer help
• Oct. 5 high school roundup
• High-speed rail officials plan to reissue environmental review
• On 'Californian Radio,' the talk is about Via Arte and a Faire
• Storm causes minor flooding on local highways
• School earns national honor for healthy offerings
• Apple says company co-founder Steve Jobs has died
• Charles Napier, Bakersfield's leading man, dies at 75
• Palin announces she will not run for president
• Report: Bakersfield median home prices hold steady year-over-year
• New state law will require booster seats for children under 8 years old
• Gunman at large after deadly quarry shooting
• Early fall storm hits California
• CSU police official calls for colleges to monitor students online
• With drought long passed, will voters back pricey water bond?
• Californian Radio examines city email policy
• A raging fire, a unique recovery
• Federal poverty level doesn't meet basic needs, data shows
• NBA cancels preseason, including game in Bakersfield
• Holiday retail hiring expected to be flat
• Ridgecrest councilman joins supervisor race
• County's 12-plant pot limit stands -- for now
• Education roundup: Kern gets lottery money, more
• Key business plan for bullet train project running behind schedule
• 2011-2012 Men's Basketball Roster Unveiled
• CSUB Men’s Soccer Breaks Into NSCAA Top 25
• Ray Zepeda Quartet at The Padre tonight
• N.J. Gov. Christie won't seek presidency
• JAMIE BUTOW: Kids' fundraisers can become a bit of a drag
• Bakersfield gets new rock radio station
• Goodvin Leads CSUB Golfers At Firestone Invite
• Scripps picks up Bakersfield's KERO-TV, KZKC-LP
• KEVIN MCCARTHY: My bill would freeze high-speed rail funding
• School names debate reflects certain moods
• Mild weather boosts fair attendance 4 percent
• Worth Noting in business: City ranks third in solar market, more
• Two local men suffer state's first West Nile deaths
• Amanda Knox to be freed
• Council talk as 'Californian Radio' begins new era
• Jazz About Town, Oct. 3, 2011
• News analysis: Oil industry frets over sinkhole controversy
• Sound Off: Coast to coast, our E-Edition impresses
• LOIS HENRY: Trouble bubbling beneath the Kern River
• BAKERSFIELD OBSERVED: A blog about life, media, politics and people
• Back on track
• Goodvin Off To Good Start At Firestone Invite
• Fresno State Defeats CSUB 3-1 For Valley Cup
• From the chief's desk: Traffic safety a BPD priority
• OLIVIA GARCIA: Media music jam raises money for youth
• Rain forecast prompts 'hazardous weather outlook'
• CSUB Defeats Seattle 3-0 To Open MPSF Play
• Ask The Californian: How did the Mohawk speed limit become 55 mph?
• Kern Health Systems in transition
• ROBERT PRICE: The lights are on; now the Nelson family can finally go home
• CSUB Volleyball Takes Second Place At UMES Invite
• SHERRY DAVIS: Crate training best way to housebreak puppy
• RIC LLEWELLYN: Marijuana advocates always pushing for more
• Action Line: Check business before shopping online
• New Fundraising Features Sports-Specific Giving
• Saint Mary’s Defeats CSUB 2-0
• Worth noting: Spray parks, road closures
• CSUB captures another STEM grant
• Bill seeks to allow industrial hemp grows in Kern, three other counties
• CSUB Volleyball Wins Two At UMES Hawk Invite
• NM Space Museum director to head Kern County Museum
• Top hat and tails — literally — at fair costume contest
• GospelFest brings together area's Christian music talent for free show
• Prison officials: Hunger strike not in Kern facilities
• Jerry Brown makes it official: The cat can leave the freezer
• Education roundup: Reports on test results and more
• CSUB Men's Golf Team Teeing Off In Fall Season
• Beep- Beep Bargain Blowout Sunday-Photo Gallery
• Three Thoughts: How important is a business continuity plan?
• RUSS ALLRED: Make your business known at the fair
• Obama hails U.S. attack that killed two key Al-Qaida terror suspects
• Bank of America reports computer problems
• Market Intelligence: Halloween shoppers not spooked by economy
• Database: Tuition trends at California's 200 largest colleges
• A look ahead on Californian Radio
• HOLLY CULHANE: Beware, Internet background checks have risks
• Feds stir the pot as Kern tries to regulate marijuana
• Cool-down ahead for the valley
• Hiring progress, hurdles are focus of KEDC meeting
• Poll: High-speed rail project rates low in voters' priorities
• Court reports: Propane torch, darts used to torture man for hours
• Roadrunners Aiming For More Success on East Coast
• CSU Bakersfield Remains Unbeaten As Roadrunners Tie Fullerton 0-0
• Wild baseball drama eliminates Red Sox, Braves
• Bakersfield family remembers man killed in oil field accident near Ventura
• Grapevine train route could save $4 billion
• Education roundup: Two Bakersfield students receive premiere CSU award
• Lawsuit seeks to stop service cuts to developmentally disabled
• Hydrogen power plant project in western Kern changes hands
• Maricopa beginning road to reform
• Center Andre Jackson Joins CSUB Basketball
• VALERIE SCHULTZ: Thank you, firefighters, for keeping us safe
• Officials celebrate completion of 7th Standard overhaul
• Worth Noting in business: Energy efficiency awarded, more
• The Jim Scully 4-Tet at the BJW tonight, Sep. 28, 2011
• Foster kids need help -- and you can provide it
• BCSD board denies request to seek state PE waiver
• Small fire causes Interstate 5 traffic backup
• Postal workers rally outside Kevin McCarthy's office
• City Council to review ward boundaries
• Oil industry discusses suing state regulators
• Supervisors put off decision on pot ban
• Worth Noting in the Community: Art contest, more
• Shadow inventory falling nationally
• CSU Bakersfield Announces 2011-12 Wrestling Schedule
• Basketball 'Select-A-Seat' Coming October 11th
• Councilman Couch announces bid for supervisor
• Foster kids on Californian Radio
• Defense: Michael Jackson gave himself fatal dose of drug, died instantly
• Bail increased for vice principal accused of molestation
• Jazz About Town, Sep. 27, 2011
• JAMIE BUTOW: Facebook institutes a number of changes
• Living people on stamps: Who would you choose?
• Judge sides with Canyons developer in environmental lawsuit
• Grand jury: Coroner's staff needs new building, pay raises
• Girl hailed as hero for 911 call
• State files $17 million suit against ZipRealty
• Millions awarded to grow more local scientists
• Arraignment continued for accused murderer in smoke shop killing
• Californian radio looks at the fair
• JOSE GASPAR: Decades later, ex-braceros receive earnings
• Logger killed on Tehachapi Mountain remembered as outdoorsman
• Zardes Earns Honors
• Education roundup: Colleges awarded millions for health-related job training
• Government roundup: City sales tax revenue up again
• Stocks jump on hopes for a Europe fix; Dow up 272
• Highway 166 reopened following fatal crash
• Resource fair geared toward at-risk men
• High-speed rail would test state's power grid
• Crash involving big rigs, van closes Highway 166 in both directions
• State agency investigating ex-candidate
• LOIS HENRY: Valley air quality rules remain awfully murky
• CSUB And UC Santa Barbara Play To 1-1 Tie
• Honorees will lead Girl Scouts by example
• City schools seeking relief from PE mandates
• Californian Radio focuses on Bakersfield Life
• CSUB Rallies From Behind To Defeat Oregon State 2-1
• How do I avoid this text message scam?
• Power plant looks past coal to sorghum
• Who are these "non-non-non" offenders coming Kern County's way?
• Surgeon launches pro-bono clinic to laser away troublesome tattoos
• CSUB XC Members Place High At Roadrunner Invite
• Fire crews contain 20-plus lightning fires, storms cause outages
• Action Line: Scammers keep up with technology trends
• SHERRY DAVIS: Early intervention key to puppies' socialization
• INGA BARKS: The state Republican Party needs us conservative nuts
• Pelican Bay inmates vow to resume hunger strike
• Stockdale to forfeit 2 wins after Martin ruled ineligible
• ‘Dry lightning’ storm delays football games; power outages hit Bakersfield
• Reaching out to teens on their own terms
• Fund helps transform wayward teen into decorated college freshman
• Worth Noting in the community: Red Cross help and more
• Education roundup: Bakersfield College opening new center for veterans
• Zardes Records Third Hat Trick Of Season As CSUB Defeats Gonzaga 4-1
• They're pumped for pumpkins at the fair
• Stockdale's Martin declared ineligible
• Funds sought to care for injured dog
• Electronic/Dance group Burkina Electric to appear at CSUB
• Woman carrying baby survives dog attack
• Strictly Business: Q&A with Rob Negrini, CSUB geological sciences professor
• Market Intelligence: More Kern adults adopt eco-friendly driving habits
• RUSS ALLRED: More ways to strategically grow a business
• Barnes Inducted into Ole Miss Hall of Fame
• Fee extended as city violates federal ozone standard
• No bidders at auction for East Hills Mall
• CSUB Volleyball Edged by Fresno State 3-1
• Students ask high-speed rail officials to avoid BHS
• STEVEN VAN METRE: Gold's 'safe harbor' may not be that 'safe' for investors
• Burglars steal local Olympic hopeful's bikes
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• Dow falls almost 400 points on fears about economy
• Pot, prisons and preps on Californian Radio
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• Police arrest suspect connected to iPad, string of burglaries
• Big rig collision closes several lanes on I-5
• Georgia executes Davis; supporters claim injustice
• Santana and a Buckaroo on Californian Radio
• Committee OK's controversial prison realignment budget
• Hundreds of students excluded from class get last-minute vaccine
• Police: Purse snatchings appear related
• Gay-straight alliance allowed to form after initial mix-up
• Bertram takes plea deal in hacking case
• Locals to weigh in on high-speed rail project
• Suspect in abuse case left town in earlier case
• Pilot seriously hurt in crash of plane registered out of Bakersfield
• CSUB Looking Forward to Annual Roadrunner Invite
• Roadrunners Gearing Up For Fresno State
• Marijuana petition drive blocks Kern County ban
• Slow sales of bank-owned houses helps stabilize prices
• CSUB Baseball Announces Promotion And Addition To Coaching Staff
• The state giveth, and it's not good
• Family fun time: The fair kicks off today
• Arvin council says no to layoffs
• Fall Caregivers & National Alzheimer's Month Seminar
• Hells Angels, auto dealer team up for girl's fundraiser
• Painstaking probe covers nation, leads to molestation arrest here
• Worth Noting in the Community: Drive benefits foster youth
• Education roundup: Private high school replaces leader
• Chamber executive calls for diverse energy mix
• Jazz About Town, Sep. 20, 2011
• District launches portable air monitors in Arvin
• Company shows off new digs for building spaceships
• Worth Noting: BLM draft plan goes up for public review
• Bakersfield tests new taco
• Financial analysis keeps pressure on rail effort
• McQuiston to give up supervisor's seat after four terms
• Mr. Crush should get a grip on handshake
• Are thank-you notes 'so 20th century'?
• Californian radio: the looming adult care crisis
• Baseball joins WAC in 2013, Track, Tennis to Great West
• Grocery workers report a deal to avert strike
• Man killed in trailer fire
• On an 'historic' fire day, response was key
• Big fires mean big bills
• Lawsuits could stall or stop high-speed rail plans
• Pay for 'First 5' directors varies widely by county
• CSUB Volleyball Defeated By Cal Poly
• CSUB And Saint Mary’s Play To 0-0 Tie
• Firefighters save South Lake home
• Family could have been in path of plane heading for grandstand
• Colorado Defeats CSUB 2-1 At Denver Tournament
• Thousands of students still owe proof of vaccination
• Local law enforcement 'worried' as prison realignment nears
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• STEVE FLORES: Roller Derby, Freddie Blassie and memories of my grandma
• Politics and decorum on Californian radio
• CSUB Volleyball Defeated By Pacific
• ROBERT PRICE: My lifelong investment in higher ed pays off
• If they're gonna watch us, let's talk about it
• MICHAEL RUBIO: Governor considering my bill to fast-track energy projects
• Checkpoint bills reach Brown's desk with little resistance
• ACTION LINE: Know your rights when debt collectors call
• HEATHER IJAMES: Nothing good can come out of explaining 'the finger'
• CSUB Drops Two Matches At Pacific Invite
• Deaths reported at air show crash in Reno
• CSUB Drops 1-0 Decision To Denver
• Finding suspects in Mexico 'all based on relationships'
• Education 'pioneer'and mentor helped break barriers for women
• Writing on deadline focus of Writers of Kern meeting
• Spirituality, health care focus of event at CSUB
• Community roundup: Chevron accepting grant applications
• Students slime principal to celebrate test scores
• Man who set apartment fire given six years
• Ask The Californian: Why can grocers sell expired food?
• Online Chat with AD Jeff Konya, Wednesday at Noon
• Kern unemployment dips to 14.4 percent
• Judge hears both sides in pot-limit lawsuit
• Here are your latest volunteer opportunities
• Bakersfield Commons gets a break
• City's reaction to rail report is harshly critical
• Boswell Co. calls deadline for rail comments "absurd"
• Charities hit by widening campaign finance fraud scandal
• CSUB And Northridge Tie 2-2 In Men’s Soccer Play
• Postal service, fire costs and prep sports on Californian radio
• Bakersfield mail distribution center, 290 jobs in danger
• Arvin secures funding to monitor own air
• Education roundup: Chavez fails to make Blue Ribbon cut
• Grant could make CSUB top-tier science research center
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• La Paz added to National Register of Historic Places
• CSUB Volleyball To Take On Four California Teams
• The case of the thief who took one item too many
• County fair preview on Californian radio
• Local border collie honored for finding trapped victims
• More supervisorial candidates come out of the woodwork
• CSUB nabs one of its largest-ever grants
• New home construction in Bakersfield jumped in August
• PG&E hopes "Smart Pig" will discover faulty gas pipes
• Continued progress made on fires
• VALERIE SCHULTZ: For addicts, the light of hope exists
• Lack of credibility fouls the air in ozone debate
• Fire news travels like lightning on Internet
• Man gains pain-free mobility thanks to Kern's first 'bionic foot'
• Former police officer acquitted of misdemeanor charge
• New Floor Installed, Major Sponsor Announced
• Worth noting in the community: Grants to local nonprofits will help train kids, women
• Choosing breed takes research
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• Deal allows Good Sam to resume treating involuntary patients
• Details emerge in hunt for suspect in killing, his children
• Family donating to cancer center revealed
• Progress reported in local fire fights
• Air quality update on Californian radio
• Supervisor Watson won't run for re-election
• Future cancer center to receive $1 million gift
• Man guilty of threatening judge
• Politics and the Latino vote on Californian radio
• Ramirez family pleads no &softReturn;contest in mortgage fraud case
• Jazz About Town, Sep. 12, 2011
• National grant awarded to grow local geoscientists
• Precautionary evacuation ordered for Breckenridge subdivision
• SJCH hopes to heal, soothe through hospitalwide prayer
• Ask The Californian: Is T.G.I. Friday's still coming to town?
• Monterey Jazz Festival performer to give free clinic / concert at BJW this week
• Locals honor 9/11 victims, lost military heroes
• Deputy who killed Turner involved in second shooting
• Shannon Records 15th Shutout As CSUB Remains Unbeaten
• Evacuation recommended for Stallion Springs
• BC-Saddleback game rescheduled for Monday night
• Pacific Defeats CSUB 4-0 In Women's Soccer Action
• City ward reapportionment gets rolling
• OLIVIA GARCIA: Professor, author discuss book on Chicano movement
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• CSUB expands offerings despite cutbacks
• High-speed rail panel cites improvements in ridership model
• JIM COSTA: Let's regain the 'can do' spirit displayed after 9/11
• Shooting victim on Californian radio
• Ten years since the day of change
• Police investigate two shootings in Bakersfield, one officer-involved
• REMEMBERING NOT TO FORGET: Locals reflect on life changes since 9/11
• ROBERT PRICE: They take the heroism of Flight 93's passengers very personally
• Roadrunners Overcome Tough Conditions At UC Irvine
• Volleyball Splits On Final Day of Liberty Invite
• Lightning sparks more than 50 fires
• ACTION LINE: How to scrutinize care facilities
• RIC LLEWELLYN: Noisy special interests drive ICE policy
• Are your pets prepared for an emergency?
• Roadrunners Rally From Behind To Defeat San Jose State 4-2
• Churches strive to turn 9/11 into teaching moment
• CSUB Volleyball Rallies Back To Down St. Francis
• Venue company loses local manager
• BevMo looking around Bakersfield
• Perry stands by 'Ponzi scheme' line during visit
• Worth Noting in business: New store and more
• It's time for Lace'n It Up to fund cancer programs
• Jazzy events in Bako this weekend
• STEVEN VAN METRE: Boomers, reinvent yourselves before it's too late
• ROBIN PAGGI: Engage in the interactive process
• Market Intelligence: Manufacturing employment up 24 percent in Kern
• Strictly Business: Q&A with Jonathan Lee of manufacturing consultant CMTC
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• Huge power outage affects 5 million in San Diego O.C., Arizona, Mexico
• College night, concerts and football on California radio
• Officials chase unconfirmed al-Qaida bomb plot
• Medical marijuana supporters stave off county ban, for now
• Worth Noting in the community: Public radio, spray parks and more
• GET bus system looks at new routes
• College district gives up share of Shark Tooth Hill
• CSUB police investigating anti-immigrant message
• 'Runners Headed to East Coast for Liberty Invite
• Construction to start on new blood bank complex
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• Number of homes destroyed in Canyon Fire more than doubles
• NTSB confirms witnesses reported plane "buzzed" home
• Candidates mix it up in presidential debate
• Critics, supporters keenly interested in Obama's jobs proposal
• Sex-ed on Californian radio
• With Canyon Fire mostly contained, residents pick up the pieces
• Netbooks aim to give middle schoolers 'best education'
• Crabtree report: Median home sales price dips slightly
• Schools to highlight patriotism, heroism for 9/11 anniversary
• VALERIE SCHULTZ: Sept. 11 coda: 'In the end, it's about love'
• 'Runners Back In Action At Asics/UC Irvine Invite
• Men's Basketball Unveils 2011-12 Schedule
• Canyon Fire 60 percent contained
• High school band teacher fired
• Volunteering: Treat your charitable giving like an investment
• Community surveys damage in wake of Canyon Fire
• Day 3: Crews make headway on Canyon Fire
• Men in plane crash that sparked wildfire officially identified
• 'Looping' classes rare but popular in Bakersfield schools
• Willows Fire north of Kernville 40 percent contained
• Canyon Fire: 'We're hoping to keep it inside the box that it's in now'
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• Residents return to see Canyon Fire devastation, hope
• CSU Bakersfield Announces 2011-12 WBB Schedule
• Tragedy, loss left in wake of Canyon Fire
• Zardes Earns Second Straight MPSF POTW Honor
• Kids' comments -- on BakersfieldMom.com
• CHP: Major delays on Interstate 5 through Kern County
• Another fire burns north of Kernville
• HERB BENHAM: One man's brief history with his tighty whities
• Unraveling the mysteries of the Maricopa city budget
• Ask The Californian: Who's responsible for damage done to my car in the jury lot?
• Day 2: Crews continue battling flames near Tehachapi
• Q and A with new KHSD Police Chief Michael Collier
• CSUB Volleyball Team Beat By Loyola Marymount
• Jazz About Town, Sep. 5, 2011
• Is valley heart treatment too aggressive?
• Local patients more likely to get invasive heart procedures
• Californian radio explores couponing
• Workers losing leverage in weak economy, job market
• Two dead, 3,500 acres burn after plane crash
• Local oil industry wary of EPA's push for tighter rules protecting underground aquifers
• State oil supervisor skips meetings of industry, fellow regulators
• Shepardson Records First Win With CSUB Volleyball
• JOSE GASPAR: Plan to review immigration deportation cases raise questions
• Loyola Marymount Hands CSUB 3-0 Women’s Soccer Loss
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• Couple bonds over ice
• In our house, right movie for the right night
• Hanford teens killed in SR-46 car accident
• Action Line: How your cell phone can help in many emergencies
• KEVIN MCCARTHY: Efforts to ease regulations coming up
• Women's Soccer to host 'Local Heroes Appreciation Night'
• School enrollment changes alter staffing, expansion plans
• Massey Scores Twice To Lead CSUB Past Southern Utah 3-0
• BPD Explorer captain featured in video promoting conference
• Seth's Law anti-bullying bill heads to governor
• Education roundup: CSUB launches Week of Welcome
• INGA BARKS: Air board members don't walk the walk
• Market Intelligence: More shoppers turn to local hardware stores
• ROBIN PAGGI: Thoroughly document job performance
• Three Thoughts: What's your disaster plan?
• CSUB Volleyball Ready For Active Ankle Challenge
• Zardes’ Second Straight Hat Trick Leads CSUB Past USF 3-1
• CSUB Cross Country Falls to Pepperdine in opener
• Medical marijuana advocates claim to be at 85 percent of referendum goal
• Prison, parole staff honored for meritorious efforts
• Californian radio: prep football
• Goodwill to close downtown store in November
• Two arrested on suspicion of severing dog's leg
• Neil Young, Morrissey, ... and jazz?
• Facebook removes anti-dentist site
• 4.2 quake near Newhall rattles L.A.
• Worth noting in business: Seminars on workers' comp, more
• Local volunteer heads east to aid Irene victims
• Valley enjoys ‘historic' August air readings
• CSUB Women's Soccer Hosts Southern Utah Friday
• This time, it's CSUB parking fees going up
• Wanger to retire after two decades on federal bench
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• Groups surprise teachers with grants
• HERB BENHAM: A dicey moment with a $345 Costco blender
• CSUB Men’s Soccer At San Francisco Thursday Night
• 9/11 survivor tells of fateful day and how it led him to God
• Kern schools keeping up with state targets, missing federal ones
• State investigators: Chevron didn't break workplace safety rules in sinkhole death
• World Oil decides not to buy site of old PG&E plant
• Stroke patient surprised by fast food employees' kindness
• Lender asks to delay civil trial against Crisp, Cole, others
• Crashing back to earth - what happened to the space race?
• CSUB Cross Country Opens Season at Malibu Open
• Bakersfield Observed: A blog about life, media, politics and people
• Three-day weekend: Your guide to making the most of it
• Bakersfield United Sports Champions
• Refinancing proposal for underwater borrowers elicits skepticism
• Federal review calls for changes in state oil regulations
• Donation will help families of sick children stress less
• SHANNON GROVE: Why I disclosed my office budget
• County starts allocating money for prisoners' shift
• Woman hurt in Bakersfield home explosion
• Tuesday night jazz at Imbibe and The Padre
• Michel Etcheverry, prominent local rancher, dies at 91
• Padre's spillover effect helps downtown
• Many dental restraints for young patients are being phased out
• Some parolees to be eligible for review in six months
• CHP: Baby dies after mother driving SUV accidentally hits her
• Fastest growing companies on Californian radio
• Locals can help Irene victims through donations
• Comments caught in the spam-battle crossfire
• Supporters to join UFW in march to Sacramento
• Political Notebook: Rick Perry to fundraise in Bakersfield, McCarthy comments go national
• Two arrested on suspicion of killing man found buried in sand
• Year's first human West Nile Virus case detected in Kern
• Local agencies lining up for prison realignment money
• Zardes Named MPSF Men's Soccer Player of the Week
• From the chief's desk: Residents asked to help keep our parks safe
• Storm delays and sticky business
• Man loses half his body weight the old-fashioned way
• Weighing the benefits of super low-calorie diets
• Jazz About Town, Aug. 29, 2011
• Judge remembered for leadership, fairness and wisdom
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• STEVE FLORES: Sister still has plenty of love for 'Bee'
• Ask The Californian: Can you be pulled over for avoiding a checkpoint?
• HIgh-speed rail costs go off the rails
• The girl with the haircut: the system let her down
• Zardes’ Hat Trick Leads CSUB Past UC Riverside 5-1
• CSUB Volleyball Drops Two at Utah Valley Invite
• Nine local businesses make Inc. 5000 list
• Tweaking our too-snug car-bike interface
• Tweaking our too-snug car-bike interface
• Tweaking our too-snug car-bike interface
• Opening day: Soccer comes to new Bakersfield Sports Village
• ROBERT PRICE: Tweaking our too-snug car-bike interface
• Tweaking our too-snug car-bike interface
• Tweaking our too-snug car-bike interface
• CHP: Eastbound Highway 119 closed at Airport Road
• Action Line: Calmly complain about poor customer service
• SHERRY DAVIS: Introducing puppies to other dogs
• HEATHER IJAMES: Time away with spouse -- sans kids -- good for marriage
• Cal Poly Defeats CSUB 2-1 In Double Overtime
• Women find peace at home for veterans, homeless
• Bicyclist killed in collision with police officer
• CSUB Volleyball falls to NAU in season opener
• McCarthy chides Obama on policy, GOP front-runners on strategy
• Sheriff's Department hands Turner files over to the FBI
• Men's Soccer Opens Season Saturday Night at Home
• New app lets residents report graffiti through smartphones
• Airlines cancel flights in East
• Air district extends alert
• Flying back east? Fuhgeddaboudit!
• , New York orders evacuations and plans transit shutdown
• Strictly Business: Q&A with Gladys Garcia of the CSUB Children's Center
• RUSS ALLRED: What each of us can do to improve the economy
• Fire closes road to Yosemite
• Isaiah Morfin at Metro Galleries tonight, Aug. 26
• Market Intelligence: More adults with young children becoming homemakers
• HOLLY CULHANE: Help wanted, but jobless need not apply?
• Judge refuses to block 12-pot plant rule
• High-speed rail review deadline extended
• Growers to hear about Chinese export market
• Facebook squabble over dental care draws a crowd
• Ex-Builders’ Exchange CEO, daughter charged
• New business model brings refinery back to life
• Study will look at expanding Kern commuter rail service
• Education roundup: College Night and more
• I-5, Highway 58 lanes closed because of crashes
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• HERB BENHAM: Me worry about the end of the world? I'm on vacation
• CSUB Hosts Cal Poly In Women’s Soccer Home Opener Friday
• CSUB Volleyball team opens 2011 season Friday
• Bullet train's 'sky tracks' will cost billions, critics say
• Computer Classes and Programs at Beale Memorial Library - September, 2011
• VALERIE SCHULTZ: Forget you're getting old? AARP is here to remind you!
• Century of women's suffrage
• Californian radio: bike safety
• Frontier bests all county schools on exit exam
• BPD receives traffic safety award
• Worth Noting in the community: New sister city, more
• Body of North Hollywood teen found in Kern River
• Education roundup: Rats drink 'the juice' at Liberty High
• BCSD personnel feeling cheery about 'new era'
• Rosedale drivers will keep getting railroaded
• Maricopa rejects disincorporation, responds to grand jury reports
• Back to School for Bakersfield - Bus Schedules, Lunch Menus, School Supplies and more
• State board approves maximum $90 fire fee
• First person: Another day, another pot bust
• City claims bullet train study bypasses east Bakersfield
• Health benefits sticking point in grocery labor negotiations
• Circus train arrives, unloads for midnight parade down Truxtun
• Jazz About Town, Aug. 23, 2011
• Local Alzheimer's feedback to help shape national plan
• Californian radio: trains and car on Rosedales
• Local psychologist gets at human heart of 'animal hoarding' on reality show
• Watch Men's Soccer Home Matches Live Online
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• JAMIE BUTOW: We're all in the same boat on first day of school
• Californian radio today
• 'Bike kitchen' assembles bicycles for volunteers
• Monday marks day of firsts at local schools
• Grocers prepare to hire after union authorizes strike
• Ozone forecast triggers air alert
• Hospitals' certification to improve local stroke care
• ROBERT PRICE: S&P inquiry? Thomas saw it all coming
• Shaving child's head isn't abuse. Seriously?
• Kern Medical Center seeks to close Latino doctor gap
• BAKERSFIELD OBSERVED A BLOG ABOUT LIFE, MEDIA, POLITICS AND PEOPLE
• Youth running for the right reasons
• Californian radio: was cutting her girl's hair child abuse?
• New Mexico Hands CSUB 4-0 Defeat In Women’s Soccer Opener
• Man thrown from truck dies
• Man shot in parking lot
• DUI checkpoints net five
• Considering 4G wireless? Here's the latest
• Ask The Californian: Will Rosedale Highway be widened?
• CSUB Rallies From Behind To Defeat The Master's College 4-3
• Parents get prepared for beginning of school
• Political notebook: Quirks of the new local political boundaries
• MICHAEL RUBIO: Regulatory reform on tap for rest of session
• RIC LLEWELLYN: Schools have gone from mediocre to FAIR
• Action Line: Know your rights when it comes to credit repair
• 2011 Kern County Advance Ticket Sales Now On...
• SHERRY DAVIS: Choosing breed takes research
• Record gold prices bring influx of business
• SHERRY DAVIS: Choosing breed takes research
• Stash of pot discovered in kids' room
• Church blessing for school year
• 'Week Zero' gives students a jumpstart on college
• Worth Noting: Amtrak adds stops to bus from Bakersfield
• Education roundup: BCSD to revise discipline policies, approve bonuses
• Kern's unemployment holds steady in July
• RUSS ALLRED: A portrait of vision and courage
• 'The New Gold Standard' Campaign Unveiled
• Stocks fall as traders worry about the weekend
• STEVEN VAN METRE: Couples, take this test to see if retirement plans agree
• Three Thoughts: How do national events affect local business?
• Market Intelligence: Recession pushes young business owners out
• Education advocates, students heartened by immigration decision
• Deputies: Vandals strike school farm, spray paint animals
• Air District supports alerts, bus retrofits, lawn equipment
• CSUB-Master's College Preview
• Here we go again: Another big down day for Dow
• AP Exclusive: 3 GOP lawmakers, including Grove, show office budgets
• Help out: Here are volunteer opportunities this week
• Rubio will run for Congress
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• City officials discuss fight for redevelopment agency
• Bakersfield oil regulator plans to retire
• News Alert: Markets plunge on economic fears
• Sgt. Gonzales remembered as 'a good man'
• Governor may get last word on car impound controversy
• TIM VIVIAN: What would Jesus do at a time like this?
• Tehachapi comics creator leaves legacy but no fanfare
• New online maps let you check out crimes
• Sherry Williams & BJW giving FREE clinic / concert tonight, Aug. 17
• Officials study impact of rail project on area roads
• Supervisors approve largely status-quo budget
• Reserve deputy pleads not guilty in spousal abuse case
• Salas makes Assembly run official
• Education roundup: School bus drivers honored for safe records
• Worth noting in business: SBA to host lender forum, more
• Friendship House Community Center to hold grand reopening
• Medical marijuana advocates file lawsuit challenging county ordinance
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• CSUB Basketball To Open Friendship House Thursday
• Lawsuit filed on behalf of family of David Lee Turner
• Jazz and Martinis with Kama Ruby and Company, tonight at The Padre, Aug. 16
• Jazz About Town, Aug. 16, 2011
• Parents seek back-to-school shopping bargains
• Zardes Named To MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List
• Californian radio hour
• Reserve deputy arrested for attempted murder, spousal abuse, police say
• 'I do believe God is with me on these long patrols'
• "I do believe God is with me on these long patrols"
• Google works to prevent impersonation
• 3 On 3 Tournament
• 'I do believe God is with me on these long patrols'
• Reserve deputy suspected of attempted murder
• County supervisors look at 'status quo' budget
• New political maps create opportunities, challenges for some -- not all -- candidates
• Fire fees to be assessed in rural areas
• City Council to address redevelopment agency, TRIP contracts
• Education roundup: Public can give input on BCSD superintendent search
• Some school districts lose ground on STAR results
• These pictures rubbed one reader the wrong way
• Why sheriff, county are targeting pot
• VALERIE SCHULTZ: Pedaling outside of the comfort zone
• CSU Bakersfield Tops MPSF Men's Soccer Poll
• Back to School Shootout
• For some, pot soothes the pain
• Fallen Marine returns home to Bakersfield
• JIM COSTA: A common-sense plan to get our nation's economy going and reduce our debt
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• JOSE GASPAR: Maricopa and McFarland face city problems
• No. 16 UCLA defeats CSUB 4-1 in women's soccer exhibition
• LOIS HENRY: So much eye rolling, so little time
• Family remembers kindness of oil worker killed in sinkhole
• SHERRY DAVIS: Don't neglect your dog's dental health
• Action LIne: Wading through legitimate requests vs. scams
• INGA BARKS: High-speed rail 'great idea!' -- for some
• Grimmway charter school opens doors
• Plants undergo the renaming game
• Coroner's office: David Lee Turner had meth, alcohol in his body
• At least two cited under new ordinance limiting marijuana plants
• Symposium of local speakers to be held Saturday
• State expands steaming ban near fatal sinkhole after oil 'eruption' near Taft
• KHSD board picks new police chief
• Market Intelligence: Does your target customer attend the fair?
• Q&A with Michele Bresso, KCCD's associate vice chancellor of governmental and external relations
• RUSS ALLRED: Business strategies offer higher returns than tactics
• ROBIN PAGGI: Managing mental disorders at work
• Kern Health Systems sues auditor for millions
• Data: 18 percent of Kern high-schoolers drop out
• Sheriff's Department offers grace period to bring in excess pot plants
• Education roundup: KHSD to discuss police chief job
• Arraignment postponed for man accused in fatal GET bus stabbing
• Benson Hired As Cross Country Coach; Schedule Released
• New southeast dental clinic offers care, economic vitality
• Volunteer opportunities abound this week
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• Jazz tonight and this weekend
• Parolee drives toward officers and is shot, CHP says
• Voters could be asked to determine marijuana collectives' future
• Mojave aerospace firms among those selected by NASA for suborbital flights
• Health Net adds to list of data breach victims
• Kern sees more students take, pass Advanced Placement tests
• Education roundup: BCSD, KCCD meetings Thursday
• 'Ridge Route Rumble'...CSUB hosts UCLA in Preseason Showdown
• School district alters its elections, rehires teachers
• Vet Center does battle on behalf of troops
• Ban on pot collectives could trigger legal battle
• Kern cracks down on medical marijuana
• Man arrested in fatal stabbing on GET bus
• Supervisors settle on new political boundaries
• Marijuana grow raided in southeast Bakersfield
• Air district: Help take control of pollution to avoid fine
• Environmental reviews detail bullet train impacts
• For local House page, program's value came from the experience
• STEVE FLORES: Retirement stirs memories of Richie Prado
• Junior ROTC instructor pleads not guilty to battery
• Bakersfield's last chance to vote for Sasha on 'Dance'
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• Congressman McCarthy: 'Fiscal house has to be changed'
• County supervisors take some of blame for findings in scathing Animal Control audit
• Candace Freeman and the Nu-Nu Jazz trio tonight at The Padre
• Local finance pros react to market's tumble
• Marine from Bakersfield killed in Afghanistan
• Marijuana grow suspect pleads guilty to conspiracy
• Local couple helps fulfill boy's dream
• Market turmoil and river dangers on Californian Radio
• Credit union restored to acceptable health
• Falling demand slows rise of home prices
• CSUB professor makes geologic connections from millions of years ago
• Education roundup: Chevron to award classroom grants, more
• Sierra Club sues over Kern River Valley plan
• Victor Victoria's co-owner pleads guilty in credit card fraud case
• New Ticketing Plan in Place for 2011-12
• GINGER MOORHOUSE: Tutoring program changes lives - including mine
• Stocks plunge in wake of U.S. credit downgrade
• Ask The Californian: Is another park set for northeast?
• Jazz About Town, Aug. 8, 2011
• Worth noting in business: $32,000 grant to fund small business training
• Red light cameras are doing their job, city officials say
• Pot collectives, redistricting both hot topics for supervisors
• Rail rights a tough sell to farmers
• DYING IN THE KERN RIVER: Drownings up 75 percent this high water year
• DYING IN THE KERN RIVER: 70 percent of victims lived outside county, analysis shows
• DYING IN THE KERN RIVER: Many rescuers are volunteers
• Federal jobs money saving teachers, limiting class sizes
• The gift that keeps on reading
• STACEY SHEPARD: Why Latinas demand a different conversation about teen pregnancy
• Crisis team grapples with suicidal patient's escape
• Obama raises most money in California; Gingrich the most in Bakersfield
• Officers' mental health training saving lives, costs
• KEVIN MCCARTHY: These bills would create jobs, cut regulation
• Action Line: Grandparent Scam just got scarier
• Jazz events in Bakersfield area today, Aug.6, 2011
• Man stabbed at Valley Plaza Mall
• HEATHER IJAMES: No more bye-bye Bakersfield
• Sherry Davis: Vaccinating dogs responsible thing to do
• One year later: Residents reflect on Old West Ranch blaze
• Father accused of raping daughter says he hears voices, has blackouts
• County audit dings Animal Control
• Hospice summer camp puts fun first
• One year later: Forest, community continue recovering from Bull Fire
• Three Thoughts: How are local consumers doing now compared to a year ago?
• STEVEN VAN METRE: Economic roller coaster turns boomers' stomachs
• ROBIN PAGGI: The business case for breastfeeding
• Market Intelligence: Discretionary spending continues despite struggling economy
• Two CSUB Track Athletes Earn Academic Honors
• Turner family attorney still claims video of actual shooting exists
• Who knew? Kern wages higher than national average in some jobs
• More than 600 pot plants near high school
• Making Christmas plans? Check your kids' school calendars closely
• Potentially tainted turkey removed from Bakersfield stores
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• Here are your latest volunteer opportunities
• Kern Economic Journal: Bakersfield consumer sentiment improves
• Kern Economic Journal: Kern businesses more confident
• Kama Ruby and Company at Senor Pepe's
• Jolene Shepardson Named Volleyball Head Coach, 2011 Schedule Released
• East Hills Mall faces auction block if no buyer is found
• 3 arrested in alleged lottery scam
• Lawsuit filed in connection with oil worker who died in sinkhole
• Marijuana grow near high school under investigation
• Education roundup: Local teacher named to state credentialing board
• Candace Freeman at the Jazz Workshop tonight, Aug. 3
• Pipes Qualifies For 2012 Olympic Trials In 100 Freestyle
• EVELYN YOUNG: A tragic lesson about domestic violence
• Supervisors approve late-submitted redistricting plan
• Former jail deputy has conviction vacated
• Training exercise in Taft goes awry
• Supervisors vote to ban marijuana collectives, but not immediately
• Rail authority gives contractors look at work to come
• Jazz About Town. Aug. 2, 2011
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• CSUB Inks Apparel Deal with Adidas
• KHSD OKs resolution to change way trustee elections conducted
• Man accused of crimes against daughter claims he's been abused
• County staff propose last-minute, controversial redistricting plan
• 'Dear Richard' eulogized at Forty Acres
• Education roundup: Cavazos heads to Superintendent of Schools office
• GET Bus raises some rates
• Campaign: Don't leave kids alone in vehicles
• Online: when readers get mean, we shut the comment door
• Marchers remember farm worker union leader Richard Chavez
• Three die, one critical in weekend violence
• Students try predicting valley fever outbreaks
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• OLIVIA GARCIA: Backpack drive sparks business ingenuity
• Ask The Californian: When will Jewetta Avenue reopen?
• ROBERT PRICE: Courthouse project had unlikely ally
• Public should know parolee names
• Maricopa police admit to towing for dollars, promise change
• Short staffing hampers high-speed rail project
• State Farm employees complete move to Bakersfield
• Services scheduled for union organizer Richard Chavez
• Loved ones mourn local family murdered in Oregon
• Disable guillotine, then negotiate fiscal goals
• SHANNON GROVE: The bad bills I opposed
• SHERRY DAVIS: What happened to responsible dog ownership?
• Districts grapple with what to pay 'certified' teachers
• Family reels as sheriff suggests father may have tried to kill daughter
• RIC LLEWELLYN: Is pot really good for whatever ails you?
• Thousands of marijuana plants seized on outskirts of Delano
• OUR VIEW: Who should courthouse honor? Let's all decide
• Education roundup: KHSD to vote on new political map, consultant hiring
• Sheriff: Injuries indicate father tried to kill his daughter
• Nighttime lanes closures coming up on Coffee and Truxtun
• Officials: Human head apparently came from a medical cadaver
• HOLLY CULHANE: Employee resource groups connect workers to their companies
• Dad arrested in alleged crimes against daughter
• Teacher pulled from sub list says she belongs in the classroom
• These groups need your volunteer help
• Costa to pull bill naming courthouse after Crocker
• Teacher pleads no contest to child porn charge
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• Deputies surround Bakersfield home where girl disappeared
• CSUB Swimmers Qualify Pan Pacific/Jr. World Championship Trials
• Teacher convicted of battery on student returns to classroom
• First phase of Sports Village opens to jubilation
• Customers comment on possible post office closures
• Deal would give BCSD teachers 2 percent bonus
• Kern County Fair names new Agriculturist of the Year
• Family, search and rescue volunteers search for missing man who fell in river
• Richard Chavez, leader in farmworker movement, dies
• Missing 7-year-old girl found nine miles from home
• Kevin Harvick Goes Head2Head for CSUB Scholarships
• Megaprojects like bullet train have big cost overruns, critics say
• But what about social media sites for heterosexuals?
• BCSD won't change school's name
• McAllister Ranch deal all wet in city's eyes
• Bills introduced to name Bakersfield courthouse after judge
• Warren Carter remembered for real estate, agricultural contributions
• CarMax coming to Bakersfield
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• The Ray Zepeda Quartet at The Padre tonight
• Human remains found in northeast home
• Jazz About Town, July 26, 2011
• JAMIE BUTOW: Bakersfield moms prepare for kids heading off to college and walking home from school
• Wreckage may reveal fate of missing Bakersfield aviator
• Kern's water rainmaker was a force
• County to mull medical marijuana bans
• Businesses, fans relieved by end of NFL lockout
• HERB BENHAM: AARP's doggedness gets a little old
• Memorial service set for Joe D. Stevenson
• Smart meters still have 'splaining to do
• Church faces fire, burglary with faith
• Ask The Californian: Why is this Highway 178 mile sign wrong?
• Bullet train's woes spark some new suggestions
• Prospects dim for billions in federal high-speed rail funding
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• JOSE GASPAR: Remembering Latin singer, peace activist Facundo Cabral
• Doctors cautiously wade into social media
• ROBERT PRICE: Gerald Haslam's best editor is his wife
• Hundreds mourn David Lee Turner
• Action Line: Make sure contracts spell out the details
• SHERRY DAVIS: Best dog for kids? It's more than just a breed
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• Isabella Dam safe from budget cuts so far
• BPD encouraged by crime rate decline
• MICHAEL RUBIO: Committee seeks to expedite jobs
• INGA BARKS: Why we don't pass river safety laws
• Kern County unemployment rises to 15.3 percent
• ROBIN PAGGI: Is the test you want to give a job applicant legal?
• Market Intelligence: Credit card use rebounds in Kern
• Three Thoughts: What does the debt ceiling debate mean here?
• Sheriff defends department on shooting
• Redevelopment funds cut, city opposition grows
• Church damaged in suspicious fire
• Government roundup: First phase of Sports Village soccer complex about to open
• Lawsuit filed in 2010 officer-involved shooting
• Active 20-30 Club gives $38,450 to nonprofits
• Countywide blood drive coming in August
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• Study: Less short sale fraud here than in state, nation
• Attorneys claim second video exists in Turner shooting, but they don't have a copy
• Effort could bring more healthy retailers to Kern
• VALERIE SCHULTZ: Information Age dating relies more on head than heart
• Worth noting in business: Lassen's anniversary and more
• Cafe Med owner bringing pitas to your local Costco
• Citrus board: Buy trees locally to control spread of insect
• CSUB Women’s Swimming Signs Lily Donohue
• Oil patch, car sales boost city's sales tax revenue
• Police shootings need independent review
• Twin Marines say high school marching band taught them discipline
• Former editor, columnist Joe D. Stevenson dies
• Program marks early step toward valley med school
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• Palmdale files for injunction to stop Grapevine study
• Kern will continue all absentee balloting despite new law
• School opens library to students during summer
• Worth noting: E-waste event coming up
• Bullet train officials commit to sustainability goals
• Roadrunner Athletics Adopts Newer, Efficient Model
• Kama Ruby and Company at Prairie Fire Lounge tonight
• Consumer group criticizes smart meter study
• JAMIE BUTOW: Comments abounded on story commenting column
• Worth noting in business: Donations help farm, more
• BCSD seeks superintendent to 'walk on water'
• HERB BENHAM: The limb reaper - why do men love to prune?
• Sheriff's review board: Fatal shooting of David Turner within policy
• McCarthy among California GOP supporting worker verification
• Jazz About Town, July 18, 2011
• Trying to clear the air
• Steaming near sinkhole halted
• Bullet train: Winning photo speaks volumes
• Kern County smacked by court for harassing employee
• Community calls for answers in Turner shooting
• STEVE FLORES: Tree ladder builds memories
• Missing man found dead in Kern River above Kernville
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• Law closes loophole allowing drivers to repeatedly attend traffic school
• Missing boy found in lake after search
• Enveloped in the 405's dark heart
• Dryden quietly played critical role in shuttle program
• Action Line: Tips for picking a security system
• SHERRY DAVIS: Children and dogs aren't always a match made in heaven
• Doctors seeing more broken hearts
• HEATHER IJAMES: Gold-plated cables and accent rugs every husband's dream
• McFarland's police chief fired
• Two injured after jumping off bridge into shallow water
• RICHARD SHIELL: Gardeners need a few favorite things
• Emmanuel Lutheran Church day camp can help build youth faith
• Jehovah's Witnesses invite all to convention
• First Congregational Church/United Church of Christ draws more power from above
• Kern High School District holds colorful summer graduation
• Man sentenced to 26 years to life for brutal murder
• East Hills Malls pays part of overdue PG&E bill
• RUSS ALLRED: Avoid a haphazard management style
• ROBIN PAGGI: How to do legal background checks on job applicants
• Market Intelligence: Attract southeast Kern shoppers via Internet
• Strictly Business: Q&A with Bob Rice of Mojave Air and Space Port
• Kern Health Systems moves to recover funds from contractor
• Palmdale group presses rail board to halt study
• Family, friends continue search for man last seen in river
• Latina community leaders to be honored
• Kern County Fair CEO retiring
• Locals prepare for Los Angeles gridlock
• Arvin to get study for possible new college campus
• Get involved! Here's your chance to volunteer
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• VALERIE SCHULTZ: Expensive pet care is worth the sacrifices
• HERB BENHAM: Just call me a sucker for the chicks
• Scouts treasurer charged with theft
• Vice principal charged with molesting three
• Council reviews fines for false burglar alarms, keeps redevelopment agency
• Meeting in Bakersfield to consider where bullet train would begin operation
• Study: Bakersfield among top markets for rental home investors
• Reed resigns from Tehachapi City Council
• Roadrunner Baseball Players Enjoy Summer League Success
• Proposed fees for false alarms explained
• Extended jazz jam session at the BJW tonight
• Boy struck and killed by pickup
• East Hills Mall scrambles to pay electric bill
• Son, daughter of David Lee Turner charged in connection with hospital confrontation
• Californian radio
• Sheriff's sergeant won't face criminal charges after accusation of compromising investigation
• Officials optimistic about state of the city
• Remorse reduces defendant's drug sentence
• Education roundup: Resolution thanks doctor for donation, more
• Teacher wins contest for air video
• Turmoil remains in wake of shooting
• Condors name O'Dette new coach
• Supervisors handed $15.4 million budget windfall
• Council to consider new fines for false burglar alarms
• RICHARD BEENE: Bakersfield Observed, a blog about life, media, politics and people
• Jazz About Town, July 12, 2011
• If you're hateful, go somewhere else
• British get guys' road trip movie right
• Mom's death highlights danger for pedestrians
• Councilman pleads not guilty to sexual assault charges
• When vacations go bad
• Used car lot opens at former site of new vehicle dealership
• CalTrans to motorists: Slow down, move over for workers
• School officials talk about state budget challenges
• Several rescued, at least one drowns on Kern River over weekend
• Kern River claims another life, another missing
• Isabella Lake levels exceed safety limit
• Local students to protest as CSU mulls fee hike
• Ask The Californian: Where does money from this memorial run go?
• Man dies after early-morning fight with Sheriff's officers
• People in Business: A who's who for July 10
• Forecast: More almonds next year
• Veterans become hot commodity in local oil fields
• County questions patient care record of Good Samaritan Hospital
• Crews keep fire near Hart Park to five acres
• Nancy Grace isn't coming here for next child-murder trial
• KEVIN McCARTHY: Increase energy production, give small businesses a break and deal with the debt
• RIC LLEWELLYN: 'What if' labor scenario should spur farm innovation
• Action Line: It's OK to question door-to-door salesmen
• SHERRY DAVIS: Keep dogs cool during long, hot summer
• Bill would clear path for oil project approvals
• Fellows sends message: save our post office
• Frontier teacher speaks out as legal questions loom
• Concerned educators push whooping cough vaccine
• George Laven, doctor, humanitarian, dies at 66
• Proposed polystyrene foam ban could cost jobs
• Tehachapi councilman arrested on suspicion of sexual assault
• Education roundup: Error discovery saves El Tejon sports program, staffers
• Andre Bush at The Padre Hotel tonight
• Three thoughts: How is the heat affecting your business?
• STEVEN VAN METRE: Social Security is still retirement 'cornerstone'
• CSUB Receives NCAA Grant for Academic Support Position
• Market intelligence: Residential HVAC market heats up
• Buck Named Head Softball Coach
• Experts warn of risks, 'no plan B' for bullet train
• Taft, Shafter facilities to lose state inmates
• California replacing unemployment checks with debit cards
• Dental supplier set to be acquired
• Group seeks to market Kern's energy sector
• HERB BENHAM: Nothing but love for Roger Federer
• Volunteers needed to foster horses, mentor children and more
• Palmdale sues high-speed rail authority over Grapevine study
• Education roundup: Raccoon attack proves medically pricey
• Michael Reagan to headline In God We Trust fundraiser
• Crabtree report: Market 'performing as close to normal as possible'
• BCSD to pay family of teacher killed in bus crash $7.5 million
• Worth noting in business: Weight loss program earns recognition
• VALERIE SCHULTZ: Working overtime to find a reason to love our jobs
• Worth noting in the community: Realtors donate trees to Friendship House, and more
• Growers grapple with soaring feed prices
• 13 year old Jamael Dana Dean headlines the BJW tonight
• Supervisors, public narrow down redistricting options
• CSUB Baseball Adds Six From Kern County For 2012 Recruiting Class
• Foreign students learning everything from adverbs to culture
• Jazz About Town, July 5, 2011
• City approves $463.3 million budget; sales tax revenue up
• UC Merced pulling out of its downtown Bakersfield office
• Wendy Walsh sues Tehachapi school district over son's suicide
• JAMIE BUTOW: Residents showing love for Kern in their photos
• City teams hunt for illegal fireworks
• Fort Tejon tradition may be history
• At least two drown, another missing
• Venticopa man dies in crash on Highway 33
• FINDING WEI: Medical centers go many extra miles to attract doctors
• Our campaign language gets off to a dubious start
• KMC trauma cases seem to rise, dip with the economy
• Greystone Park causes splash in southwest neighborhood
• JOSE GASPAR: Scholarship nonprofit extending the dream to undocumented students
• Who has the best clean-air video? You decide
• LOIS HENRY: Fireworks still stuck in my craw
• Ask The Californian: When will DIRECTV customers get local channels in HD?
• Search is on for new director of Kern County Museum
• ROBERT PRICE: Forgot your password? Which one? You've probably got quite a few
• Dozens of drivers caught in DUI crackdown
• Longest heat wave this year to make hot jobs hotter
• Education roundup: Taft City prevails in cooking competition
• Community roundup: Groups launch school supplies drive
• RICHARD SHIELL: Redwoods not an ideal choice locally
• State budget spares county law enforcement, hits welfare programs
• Investigation: Tehachapi district's response to bullying inadequate
• LOIS HENRY: Bureaucracy not helping clear the air
• Lots of talk, no deals, between county and unions
• SHERRY DAVIS: Protect your dogs from fireworks, heat
• City schools to hire dozens of teachers
• Mohawk Street extension opens to traffic
• Killing birds could cause homeowners headaches
• Shoppers to get a break as sales tax drops
• AUTHOR'S CORNER: Betty gets answers direct from spirit world
• STAFFORD BETTY: The afterlife is on our minds
• Vaccination requirements among Friday's new laws
• Missing a carbon monoxide detector? Time to get one
• VALERIE SCHULTZ: Bring our troops home from Afghanistan now, not tomorrow
• Kern High School District police chief laid to rest
• CSUB announces reorganization, pay cuts
• CSUB Swimming Announces 2011-12 Schedule
• Chris Nguyen at the Jazz Workshop tonight, June 29, 2011
• Former detention deputy pleads no contest in 2010 crash
• Water for Central Valley farms plentiful, but drought signs remain
• Q & A With Head Baseball Coach Bill Kernen
• Guitar class an instrument for teaching math, science
• County property values up $2 billion
• Jazz About Town, June 28, 2011
• Kern High School District board works through personnel matters
• Love blooms, renews at Memorial Hospital
• Arraignment continued in case of man accused of killing 3-year-old
• Company pulls plans for massive wind project
• Locals say video game ruling won't change much
• City to save email archive following protest
• City attempts to block water banking project
• Local teen advocates for diabetes research in Washington
• The trains in Spain are full. Will riders here get on board?
• Court: Calif. can't ban violent video game sales
• Problems grow for high speed rail
• 'Code of silence' pervades prison system
• Two bodies pulled from river; swimmers rescued
• Laid-off CSUB administrator contemplating her future
• Ask The Californian: Is the Best of Kern County winner list online?
• STEVE FLORES: Balloons at the beach for Andy
• Assessor to review taxes on some farmland
• A prison code of silence? It's on Californian radio
• No-texting policy puts movie-house magnate in a League of his own
• Valley fever pioneer still searching for 'the ultimate answer'
• Health workers reaching more people with rapid, mobile HIV testing
• High school district to choose police chief, Kern Valley principal
• Action Line: Use caution with possible flood-damaged cars
• SHERRY DAVIS: Put blame for dog tragedies where it belongs
• HEATHER IJAMES: My journey at the gym
• MICHAEL RUBIO: Inmates shouldn't receive better care than the rest of us
• Former Oklahoma Assistant Joins Men's Basketball Coaching Staff
• Mohawk extension to open June 30
• Teen Summer Reading Program In July at The Beale Memorial Library
• Racial inequities persist between administrators, students
• Education roundup: CSUB taking nominations for honorary doctorates
• RUSS ALLRED: Profit and loss statement can help you enjoy a long vacation
• HOLLY CULHANE: Risks rise for companies that hire illegal workers
• Market Intelligence: Home buyer target market shifts back to white collar professionals
• Three Thoughts: Will the shadow market hurt the home market?
• Basketball coach Barnes on Californian radio today
• Underground construction work preceded oil field death
• Pet Awareness at Your Library!
• TECOPA CA RESORTS PRESENTS LABOR DAY WEEKEND BBQ& BLUES 2011
• Kern County Library’s New Fine and Fee Schedule
• Student-made rockets take to the sky in NASA program
• Suspects give differing accounts about why they allegedly committed home invasion
• Next Kern County Grand Jury selected
• Arrest made in death of 3-year-old
• Bakersfield Fire Department trains for Kern River rescues
• Want to give back? Here are volunteer opportunities
• BAKERSFIELD OBSERVED: A blog about life, media, politics and people
• Early morning arson fire damages four apartments
• College district credit, gas card policies change in wake of embezzlement
• Rescuers retrieve oil worker's body from sinkhole
• OUR VIEW: Uncertainty in schools impedes business growth
• Residents raise questions about high-speed rail route
• Family speaks about death of Kern High School District police chief
• Hell's Angels member, associate found not guilty in fatal stabbing
• PG&E pole vandalism causes power outages
• New river park area aims to attract visitors, wildlife
• Heat, pollution pose dangers to sensitive groups
• Supervisors weigh changes to their district boundaries
• Victims' relatives frustrated at sentence of man who killed three in DUI crash
• The Californian on the radio
• Education roundup: First in Class recognition, more
• Oildale unveils new streetscape
• Elementary school teacher pleads not guilty to child porn charges
• Stacy Garvin at the Jazz Workshop tonight
• Board hears case for, against name change
• On the radio: the city email debate
• City rethinks stance on emails
• Glenn Adkins releases new book
• New book release by Glenn Adkins
• Triple-digit temperatures risky for workers
• Officials link social media to rising local STD rates
• Kern County third in nation for auto thefts
• Two sentenced in connection with 2009 gang-related homicide
• New vehicle sales dip in May but remain above year-ago totals
• Education roundup: Schools named finalists in fitness competition
• Local school districts make financially troubled list
• Jazz About Town, June 21, 2011
• Oil field worker falls into sinkhole, dies
• Worth noting: High-speed rail project to be focus of open house, more
• Services set for Monsignor Belluomini
• County to appeal sludge-ban injunction
• BAKERSFIELD OBSERVED: A blog about life, media, politics and people
• Supervisors vote to raise library fines
• Crab Fest 2011... This Saturday
• Kern County bloggers create micro-communities
• Library poised to increase, create new fines
• Group's lawsuit challenging approval of Walmart in Tehachapi
• Locals committed to helping St. Jude Dream Home effort
• U.S. Attorney's Office: Tehachapi couple admits hiding money abroad
• PG&E lowers rates for biggest electricity users
• It's 100! Temps soar even before summer officially arrives
• Crews bring Antelope fire under control
• CHP gets tip of possible partial license plate in fatal hit-and-run
• New crude technology may expand access to oil
• Events planned for AIDS compassion week
• VANCE FURTADO: Judgment Day predictions are nothing new
• Fair Housing Law Project out to protect against discrimination
• Ray Dezember to receive first Thomas citizens award
• Busted or broken, we should have fixed it
• Winds stokes fire in Lost Hills area
• JIM COSTA: My meeting with the president, trip to Iraq
• Ask The Californian: Who is supposed to keep these Rosedale Highway islands tidy?
• BAKERSFIELD OBSERVED: A blog about life, media, politics and people
• OLIVIA GARCIA: Local officers honored for service
• She says yes!
• People in Business: A who's who for June 19
• School board to take input on renaming Downtown School
• Accordionist has keys to a romantic evening
• HERB BENHAM: Heard it through the grapevine that they're here to stay
• KHSD police chief dies in hit-and-run accident
• SHERRY DAVIS: Discerning the source of aggression in dogs
• Action Line: Working things out with a landlord
• 'Father Ralph,' influential yet humble, dies at 78
• RIC LLEWELLYN: Mandatory e-verify right for many reasons
• Suspects in marijuana grow plead not guilty
• 24 Hour Fitness, In-Shape...Beale Library?
• Citizen proposes reward for people who turn in drunken drivers
• Motorcycle gang murder case goes to jury
• Education roundup: ACLU kicks off Seth Walsh anti-discrimination initiative
• Maricopa to put tow service out to bid
• Prosecutors drop case against Foothill High employee
• Kern unemployment rate drops to 15 percent
• Strictly Business: Q&A with Brooks Douglass of the North of the River Chamber of Commerce
• RUSS ALLRED: Education vs. training for staff development
• ROBIN PAGGI: Workplace affairs can result in lawsuits
• Market Intelligence: Boost sales with ads that speak to dads
• PG&E green program helps preserve forests already saved by state taxpayers
• Lakers' Artest talks to young fans
• Latinos urge Interior secretary to recognize their history
• HERB BENHAM: All cats act semi-retired, but what's with Callie?
• BAKERSFIELD OBSERVED: A blog about life, media, politics and people
• The Californian on the radio
• These groups need your volunteer help
• Worth noting in business: Banks earn distinctions, more
• Truxtun Avenue to be re-striped for bridge construction
• Disbarred civil attorney faces criminal charges
• Drought study refutes criticism of environmental measures
• Truxtun Radiology loses contract, lays off 50 workers
• Hazing case sent back to police -- again
• Frank Stramler, namesake of Stramler Park, dies at 86
• The Californian on the radio
• Authorities raid new kind of pot operation
• Kern County Volunteer Center in budget crisis
• VALERIE SCHULTZ: A good dad can't be replaced -- not even for $20,400
• Education roundup: High school district poised to appoint administrators
• Officials remove 75 animals from Frazier Park residence
• Gas line rupture causes road closure at 24th and Oak streets
• Panama-Buena Vista board votes to cut more than 300 aides
• CSUB Men’s Soccer Announces 2011 Schedule
• Tax dollars burnin' a hole in their pocket
• County seeks to regulate vacation rentals
• Officials detect first West Nile-infected mosquito in Kern
• Worth noting in business: Two new restaurants open
• McGraw-Hill: KERO Channel 23 up for sale
• Local attorney placed on probation
• Mortgage assistance program is growing, still being tested
• Step up to support Bakersfield dancer on TV contest
• WAC chooses Seattle over CSUB
• Urner's rounds up donations worth $225,000 for Teen Challenge
• A new class of Chevron STARS
• BAKERSFIELD OBSERVED: A blog about life, media, politics and people
• Konya Takes to Internet and Airwaves This Week
• Supervisors approve placeholder budget; more hearings to come
• Candace Freeman and Ray Zepeda at Imbibe tonight, June 14
• Extended Jazz Jam Session at BJW Wednesday, June 15
• CSUB lays off four managers
• Farmworkers urge passage of bill to ease organizing
• CSUB Women’s Soccer Announces Schedule
• New website calls all moms to join up
• Highland High farm vandalized, burglarized
• Arvin hires new city manager
• Panama-Buena Vista proposes layoffs, class-size increase request
• Once again, jumper cables come in handy
• Five parties vie for stake in Bakersfield Heart Hospital
• Latino community volunteers spread healthy message
• Kern grand jury suggests studying fire authority
• Deputies: LVN accused of taking controlled substance from prison
• Worth noting in the community: St. Jude Dream Home, more
• Worth noting in business: Motor City wins 2010 Lexus award
• Education roundup: Fruitvale board to talk budget
• Road work to cause lane closures
• HERB BENHAM: Why let the rat out of the bag?
• Paralyzed teen willing to crawl before he can walk
• Jazz About Town, June 13, 2011
• Man claims retaliation by Maricopa police
• Fracking bill would provide insight into oil field practice
• Poor economy leaves teens struggling to find summer jobs
• In a bouquet of blessings, one thorn
• ROBERT PRICE: In a bouquet of blessings, one thorn
• To kill or not kill a daily struggle for animal control
• JOSE GASPAR: 18-year-old continues fighting for custody of son adopted to another family
• BAKERSFIELD OBSERVED: A blog about life, media, politics and people
• People in Business: A who's who for June 12
• OUR VIEW: Redistricting map offers drama, but it's just a draft
• Weather may delay table grapes
• KEVIN MCCARTHY: Government getting in the way of prosperity
• Action Line: Guard the Social Security numbers of the deceased
• SHERRY DAVIS: How to introduce dogs to a new environment
• Medical Board accuses cancer doctor of sexual misconduct
• Proposed maps draw Jim Costa out of Kern County
• Organic optimization
• Club celebrates family connections
• Pedestrian hit while on cell phone dies from injuries
• KHSD workers allege being fired for whistleblowing
• New Therapy/Training Partnership Announced
• Three Thoughts: What's the outlook for local business travel?
• INGA BARKS: Code enforcement needn't be so heavy-handed with grandpa's truck
• Oil production straining ties with ag
• ROBIN PAGGI: To provide a job reference, or not?
• Market intelligence: Locals still traveling abroad for business
• Taxpayer dollars won't revive home market
• CSUB Women’s Basketball Adds Three Players
• CSUB Wrestling Signs Six To Complete 2011 Recruiting Class
• Grad ticket limits frustrate students, faculty
• Man found guilty in 2008 murder of Boron woman
• Education roundup: College district adopts new budget
• Worth noting in business: Lengthwise adds Calloway Drive spot
• County proposes 5 percent smaller operating budget
• Refinery receives violation notice for sour gas release
• STEVEN VAN METRE: Boomers, do the math before 'strategically defaulting'
• Former detention deputy sentenced to prison for sex-related crimes against inmates
• Victor Victoria's owner denied bail
• Former Supervisor Pete Parra arrested on DUI charge
• BAKERSFIELD OBSERVED: A blog about life, media, politics and people
• Measure E sludge ban on hold again; battle to continue
• Graduation Spotlight: Stefanie Frei
• City council boosts taxi rates
• Mother, two daughters among standout CSUB grads
• Census: Hispanic-owned businesses in Kern grow
• Judge likely to freeze Kern's sludge law
• Wait times to drop as Mercy Southwest expands ER
• Two plead not guilty in connection with Rosedale hostage situation
• Paramount Farms renovates Lost Hills park
• Grand jury recommends Maricopa be dissolved as city
• Teacher arrested on suspicion of possessing child porn
• VALERIE SCHULTZ: Misgivings about sororities? Not for this Greek geek
• Columnist loves the arts community -- which loves her back
• CSUB’s Oscar Sanay Named To Collegiate Baseball’s Freshman All-American Team
• Isaiah Morfin at Le Corusse Rouge tonight, June 8
• 911 tape: Man shot by deputies said he would 'kill a cop'
• Hostage situation shakes up Rosedale residents
• Education roundup: Greenfield summer food program to start
• County to give up jail construction money
• County seeks cost study as it extends city animal contract
• Worth noting in the community: Adoptive children workshop and more
• City subsidy for new home buyers down, but not out
• Supervisors vote to cut parks staff -- but not yet
• Victor Victoria's owner pleads not guilty to fraud charges
• BAKERSFIELD OBSERVED: A blog about life, media, politics and people
• McIntyre, McCarthy, Rodriguez, Medina Taken On Day Two Of Draft
• Summer school options dwindling
• Kama Ruby and Company at The Padre tonight, June 7
• New Players, Returner Round Out CSUB Backcourt
• JAMIE BUTOW: Social media is woven into everything we do
• Intense training prepares peace officers for potentially lethal situations on job
• KHSD making move toward new election system, attendance lines
• Bakersfield United Sports Summer Madness Tourney
• Bakersfield United Sports Association 'Summer Madness Tourney'
• Firefighters gain ground on multiple blazes
• Government roundup: Rosedale Highway lane closures continue
• Crabtree housing report: Bakersfield could avoid a double dip
• Education roundup: Seth's Law advances in legislature
• Teens arrested for allegedly burying puppy alive
• Fugitive restaurant owner charged with fraud in custody
• Graduation Spotlight: Jenna Barnett
• Fire causes major damage to south Bakersfield home
• Worth noting in business: Oil companies win state honors, more
• Graduation Spotlight: Donavan Bragg
• Jazz About Town, June 6, 2011
• "Lifestyle" shopping: more on the way
• HERB BENHAM: So light, so bright, so fizzy -- it's wine candy
• Luxury homebuilder launches development at Lake Ming
• Wildfire outside Lake Isabella draws 300 firefighters
• Ask The Californian: What's going up at Ming and Buena Vista?
• People in Business: A who's who for June 5
• HERB BENHAM: Was that a compliment or a diagnosis?
• SHANNON GROVE: Californians are being given false choices
• ACTION LINE: Is a reverse mortgage right for you?
• SHERRY DAVIS: Create emergency records, survival kits for your pets
• Spending far from equal among state's school districts, analysis finds
• Darren Gholston at The Nile Theater tonight
• Principal's leaked critique causes turmoil at Frontier
• Delano inmate beds to be cut as state plans to shifts prisoners
• One restaurant fraud defendant will get out of jail; hunt goes on for his wife
• Maricopa torn apart by grand jury criticism
• HEATHER IJAMES: Even in summer, kids need to learn
• Church pew isn't only place to find God
• Palmdale threatens legal action over Grapevine high-speed rail study
• CSUB Names Chris Hansen Director Of Swimming
• Education roundup: KHSD to mull school, election boundary options
• Veteran educator named interim BCSD superintendent
• Search canceled for two people possibly missing in canal
• Market Intelligence: Benefits of advertising in a slow economy
• STEVEN VAN METRE: How grandparents can help pay college expenses
• RUSS ALLRED: Business owners, are you in the right job for you?
• Strictly Business: Q&A with Ruth Klein of The Marketing/Time Source
• The Californian on the radio
• Los Angeles man dies in I-5 wreck
• County parks poised for layoffs, center closures
• Former restaurant owners indicted by feds
• Sheriff's deputy arrested on suspicion of falsifying time sheets
• BAKERSFIELD OBSERVED: A blog about life, media, politics and people
• New cases of horse virus slow
• Government roundup: Comments sought for sump landscaping
• Local Red Cross volunteers head to storm-stricken areas
• Education roundup: BCSD to interview interim superintendent candidates
• Here are your latest volunteer opportunities
• Maricopa leaders mum as grand jury rips police department
• VALERIE SCHULTZ: Depressed mothers need our support
• HERB BENHAM: Tomatoes already? It's game on for growers
• Family of man shot while fighting deputies says he was mentally ill
• CSUB WBB Coach Greg McCall Names Two Assistant Coaches
• Senate, Assembly panels diverge on rail funding
• Man fights, grabs deputy's baton and is tasered, shot
• Lamont voices thoughts on supervisorial district lines
• Lethal force: Law enforcement discusses its use
• CSUB president shares latest budget picture
• 2010 crop report: 'Getting back to a normal year'
• New softball diamonds light up northeast
• Worth noting in the community: Boys and Girls Clubs donation and more
• Rail Authority hires SoCal director
• Grand jury blasts Maricopa over impounds
• Like the chill? Cool weather to continue
• Jacques Lesure & the BJW - Free Jazz Clinic / Performance tonight
• Schools awarded $5,000 from foundation
• Californian radio hour
• Centennial wins economics contest
• Victim's brother and neighbor question motel shooting
• Police clear cop in earlier shooting
• Nighttime lane closures on Rosedale planned
• RICHARD BEENE: A blog about media, life and people
• Jazz About Town, May 31, 2011
• Some stories are print-only, some are web-only
• The Grapevine: Back in play as a bullet train route
• NCAA warns CSUB teams for poor academic performance
• Californian radio hour
• CHP inspectors find numerous safety violations at truck checkpoints
• Things like this drive parents crazy
• What's all the fuss about Twitter?
• Man in wheelchair shot dead by deputies at South Union Avenue motel
• Memorial Day in Bakersfield sees dreams come true, heroes remembered
• PG&E gas venting could create odors, noise
• Californian on the radio
• 2011 Kern County Fair Update
• CSUB Ends Regular Season With 3-1 Victory Over Cal Poly
• RICHARD BEENE: A blog about media, life and people
• Ask The Californian: How much are state legislative staffers paid?
• Memorial Day memories: Taft man recalls days as POW
• People in Business: A who's who for May 29
• OLIVIA GARCIA: Club teaches high school girls about leadership, self-confidence
• Sanay Goes 4-for-5 As CSUB Defeats Cal Poly 10-3
• High schoolers beat the odds, cleared big hurdles on the way to graduation
• Pre-Memorial Day ceremony focuses on Wall of Valor
• HERB BENHAM: A proposal this dad has been waiting to hear
• Cove Fire now 65% contained
• Taylor Fails To Advance In 200m At Regionals
• Latinos propose new Kern County political lines
• MICHAEL RUBIO: System of boards and commissions obviously broken
• RIC LLEWELLYN: Honor our war dead for their sacrifice
• SHERRY DAVIS: Foster dogs reach potential through training
• Local radio station lays off anchors, commentator
• Taylor Advances In 200 At NCAA Track Regionals
• Water balloon fight gets out of hand at Frontier
• Memorial Day events coming up at local cemeteries
• Education roundup: Pair earn first Taft court reporting degrees
• County superintendent to temporarily take the BCSD reins
• Embattled CEO resigns from Kern Health Systems
• Wildfire threatening homes in Lake Isabella area
• Kathy Welter, Gloria Friedman Announce Retirements from CSUB
• Woman pleads not guilty to stabbing her infant child
• Kama Ruby and Company at The Padre tonight
• Strictly Business: Four Thoughts: How much are local banks lending?
• PAUL ANDERSON: How to enjoy the investment roller coaster
• Market Intelligence: Fewer Kern County adults use credit cards
• HOLLY CULHANE: Workers need to take vacation time off
• PG&E mistake leads to stink in Bakersfield
• Kern, Southern Cal both win points in sludge case
• Joplin storm chaser from Arvin tells of devastation
• Taylor Advances In NCAA Track Regionals
• State, refinery try to narrow down cause of leak
• Fallen military to be honored Saturday
• HERB BENHAM: If you haven't seen the river like this, you haven't seen it at all
• Education roundup: Tulare prosecutors take over Arvin teacher investigation
• Former Joplin residents rally Bakersfield to donate
• RICHARD BEENE: A blog about media, life and people
• Kern River deaths now 257
• VALERIE SCHULTZ: Powerful men and their lust for conquest
• Worth noting in business: Grant to support mentoring, more
• Alleged hazing injuries detailed in new reports
• It's not much, but schools have a new place to go for quake retrofit funds
• Feds won't budge on bullet train funding stipulations
• Coalition warns of water dangers in advance of holiday weekend
• BP, Rio Tinto back off proposed Kern hydrogen plant
• Senate passes stronger penalties for cockfighting
• Education roundup: BCSD to again consider interim superintendent appointment
• Man charged in connection with fatal hit-and-run takes plea deal
• County hires new budget chief
• Caltrans warns of I-5 delays over holiday weekend
• Panel nominates Chavez center for national recognition
• Final Home Series of 2011 at Hardt Field This Weekend
• Colorblind at the BJW tonight
• Statistics don't kill people -- people do
• BCSD's retiring leader gets tribute
• Local National Merit Scholarship recipients named
• Six-year-old Bakersfield girl gets $4.5 million from CHP
• Police: Man accused of beating girlfriend called 911, told officers to shoot
• Drunken driver who killed three accepts plea deal
• USF Defeats CSUB 3-1
• Supervisor questions Kern Health Systems appointment
• Judge tosses case against medical marijuana co-op
• Ray Zepeda Quartet at The Padre Hotel tonight
• Animal advocates lobby supervisors to rehire Mullins
• RICHARD BEENE: A blog about media, life and people
• The Californian on the radio
• Refinery gas leak irritates some residents
• McCarthy Named National Pitcher of the Week
• Jazz About Town, May 23, 2011
• Agent: Schwarzenegger helped buy house
• McFarland official held on drug charges
• Government roundup: Petition signed to save a sump, wildlife
• Teen arrested in connection with fatal hit-and-run
• Local officials decry court's prison ruling
• Education roundup: Police recommend battery charges against Junior ROTC teacher
• Worth noting in business: Chamber seeks Leadership Bakersfield applicants, more
• High court backs cuts in Calif. prison population
• Student Athletes Honored at Awards Ceremony
• Konya Sets Facts Straight on Swim Coach Situation
• Revisiting of rail route angers cities
• More words on the Arnold coverage. Not the last words
• CSUB Sweeps No. 19 Fresno State 7-4
• RICHARD BEENE: A blog about media, life and people
• Ask The Californian: How will the intersection of 178 and 184 be made safer?
• Taft College warned to make fixes
• Small business centers ready to help local entrepreneurs
• People in Business: A who's who for May 22
• Education roundup: Wendy Walsh drops ACLU reps in wrongful death case
• Housing collapse creates water banking windfall
• JOSE GASPAR: Parents remember son, soldier who died in Iraq
• Hollywood escapes, fact and fantasy, often travel through Bakersfield
• CSUB Clinches Series Against No. 19 Fresno State 5-2
• Animal advocates unsure of future after manager's firing
• Hollywood escapes, fact and fantasy, often travel through Bakersfield
• Bakersfield mounts charge to save horses
• ACTION LINE: Buying a used car can be both smart and tricky
• Californian exclusive: County animal control chief fired after dust-up with city
• District rejects claim in alleged child porn case
• McCarthy Records 12 Strikeouts; CSUB Defeats No. 19 Fresno State 6-0
• Family awarded $2.1 million in park death case
• SHERRY DAVIS: Don't leave dogs fenced in, frustrated
• INGA BARKS: There are enough Cesar Chavez namesakes already
• Bakersfield man receives $5.7 million settlement for oilfield accident
• Judge in Crisp & Cole case chooses October for next court date
• Kern's unemployment rate drops in April
• Teacher keeps word, shaves head and beard after fundraiser
• JIM COSTA: Every day is an opportunity to help
• Document fraud scheme started in Bakersfield
• ROBIN PAGGI: The law is clear -- don't punish those who serve
• Strictly Business: Q&A with Geoff Wilford of Incident Management Training Consortium
• Californian radio hour
• Free Law Program Focusing on Child Custody/Child Support
• Locals examine bullet train plans
• Watershed deemed free of harmful radiation levels
• Education roundup: Greenfield sorry for sending out personal information
• RICHARD BEENE: A blog about media, life and people
• Councilman calls for more aggressive economic development
• HERB BENHAM: Spend some time idling at the DMV
• CSUB Sends Two To Track Regionals
• Kama Ruby and Zeke Victor at Metro Galleries tonight, May 19th
• Communications company keeps pace with technology
• CSUB and Nelligan Sports Marketing Announce Partnership
• SOUND OFF: A tawdry story? Yes. Important to Bakersfield? Yes
• Records of Assembly speaker as Berkeley graduate long went unchallenged
• The Californian on the radio
• Media stakeout meets dead-end street
• Media grapple with ethics of Schwarzenegger coverage
• $9 million? $350,000? How much to get run over and killed?
• Chevron donates $500,000 for summer research program
• Dog abuser sentenced to jail, probation
• Media swarm Bakersfield home said to belong to Schwarzenegger's ex-housekeeper
• Former fire chief denied disability retirement
• CSUB Men’s Swimming Signs Six To National Letter Of Intent
• Taffera Jewelers Diamond Dash, Saturday @ Hardt Field
• James Cotton at the BJW tonight
• Pregnancy and addiction create tragedy
• Army Corps presents potential alternatives for Isabella Dam
• Grand jury: Cut school board member health benefits
• The Californian on the radio
• City to present defense in park death trial
• Two cases of potentially fatal horse virus confirmed in Kern County
• Hospital unveils cancer center plans
• Arraignment of woman accused of stabbing her baby postponed
• Former fire chief seeks disability pension benefit
• Event to help disabled veterans who want to start, grow businesses
• RICHARD BEENE: A blog about media, life and people
• Where Are They Now? 'Runners in the Minors
• Schwarzenegger fathered child with longtime member of household staff
• Jazz About Town, May 17, 2010
• JAMIE BUTOW: BakersfieldMom.com a haven for parents
• Amid tears, daughter describes attempt to revive father
• Woman accused of stabbing infant daughter
• Weatherman's stand against story costs job
• Education roundup: District considers eliminating all sports
• Luncheon showcases local support for bullet train project
• Homeless describe life on island hit twice by fires
• HERB BENHAM: A little face time with an aesthetician was all I needed
• Delano High senior earns prestigious $100,000 scholarship
• No story! It's like dessert without the meal
• Trump says no to presidential run
• Ask The Californian: Can food stamps be used to buy flowers?
• Ex-Bakersfield College leader spent 63 years in education
• SHERRY DAVIS: Let's get our words about dogs right
• No. 13 UCLA Defeats CSUB 3-2; Montoya Strikes Out 10
• Park Service seeking to honor farm worker movement history
• STEVE FLORES: Spirit of Relay for Life touches in many ways
• RICHARD BEENE: A blog about media, life and people
• People in Business: A who's who for May 15
• Upgrade still creating havoc
• Californian radio hour
• CSUB Track Wraps Up Regular Season At CSLA Last Chance
• No. 13 UCLA Defeats CSUB 10-1
• Local synagogue members come together to restore aging Torah scrolls
• KEVIN MCCARTHY: Bills would create jobs, get water flowing
• HEATHER IJAMES: Be courageous in your marriage
• Action Line: Recourse when car repairs aren't done right
• A chapter of our lives closes along with Borders
• Tejon Ranch accused of killing mountain lions
• McCarthy Tosses 2-Hitter; CSUB Defeats No. 13 UCLA 5-1
• Woman organizes help for tornado-stricken family hometown
• Arvin High teacher placed on administrative leave
• CSUB Jazz Coffeehouse this Saturday
• Seed company expands into Delano
• Education roundup: English-learner test scores drop
• Two local state parks to close
• School supervisors, police nab campus tagger together
• Westside Parkway work to cause delays
• STEVEN VAN METRE: Divorce misstep after 50 can be catastrophic
• Three Thoughts: How do high fuel costs impact business?
• RUSS ALLRED: Your business, a poverty prison or money machine?
• Market Intelligence: Restaurants, stadiums attracting more wine drinkers
• Run over by a city worker -- what should damage award be?
• Kern County teachers of the year honored
• Off road accident leaves man dead
• The Californian on the radio
• Worth noting in business: New nursery to open and more
• HERB BENHAM: At 74, it's still in the bag for the Hag
• Work to start soon on northeast Bakersfield medical campus
• Mother-daughter duo to graduate from BC
• RICHARD BEENE: A blog about media, life and people
• Government roundup: Local kids headed to military academies, redistricting workshops coming up
• Sentencing postponed in case of man who abused small dog
• CSUB Basketball to take part in "Hoopfest!" for group home foster youth
• Ex-deputy sentenced for stealing money from drivers
• Latest census details show life here remains much as it was
• Future freeway route through Bakersfield gets update
• Bakersfield man who did business with Iran acknowledges 'mistake'
• Peer report urges quick action by high-speed rail authority
• Californian on the radio
• Priest to make Congress bow heads - not in shame but in prayer
• Education roundup: BCSD allows presentation under new speaker policy
• Vice principal accused of molestation
• Former jail deputy takes plea deal in sexual touching case
• VALERIE SCHUTLZ: From our nose to our toes, colds stop us dead
• Dena Reynolds / Piano Student Concert at the BJW tonight, May 11
• Barnes Signs Fifth and Sixth Men's Basketball Recruits
• Richie Perez at The Padre Hotel tonight, May 10
• School districts prepare to divvy up areas for elections
• County strips mental hospital of rights citing high costs
• Teachers call attention to impact of budget cuts
• Man shot and killed after firing at officers
• Suspect leaves 31-mile trail of stolen diesel to his property
• CSUB selects Small Business Development Center director
• Taft College president headed north
• Former medical marijuana dispensary manager sentenced to 3 1/2 years
• Robin Mangarin to leave KGET, seek career in community service
• Soldier from Edwards Air Force Base killed in Afghanistan
• State report calls for giving bullet train project to CalTrans
• Richie Perez at The Padre Hotel tonight, May 10
• Jazz About Town, May 10, 2011
• JAMIE BUTOW: The question is, what aren't we doing on our phones?
• Government roundup: City police case settled
• Loyola Marymount sweeps CSUB 8-2
• Education roundup: School rankings released
• Bakersfield company fined, executive sentenced to 13 months for doing business with Iran
• Districts to kick off overhaul of election systems
• Biological mother, daughter spend first Mother's Day together
• New $300 million high-speed rail grant won't help Bakersfield specifically
• 39th Annual CSUB Spring BBQ Is This Thursday
• CSUB Announces Broadcast Change To May 9 LMU Game
• A soft touch on animal cruelty cases is itself a crime
• In obituaries, families can matter
• New options emerge for those with troubled mortgages
• McCarthy merit award winners announced
• New type of park shaping up in north Bakersfield
• Loyola Marymount Defeats CSUB 11-1
• Sac State Sweeps CSUB To End 2011
• OLIVIA GARCIA: Local cyclist rides 340 miles for police memorial fundraiser
• RICHARD BEENE: A blog about media, life and people
• Nominees for Teachers of the Year announced
• People in Business: A who's who for May 8
• Celis Lowers Own 1500 Record By 3 Sec
• ROBERT PRICE: He's already got this US thing down
• Experts: Hazing on the decline, but clearly a danger
• Loyola Marymount Defeats CSUB 5-2
• Worth Noting in the community: Scoreboard repairs, 'stamp out hunger' and more
• Man dies in officer-involved shooting
• HERB BENHAM: Kids will reap what they sow - health and happiness
• Dirty, oily hands preserve aviation history
• Decision near on the future of KC Museum
• Even at last minute, buyers thoughtful about Mother's Day gifts
• CSUB Sweeps Sacramento State
• New mortgage help options emerge
• Horse heaven may be one answer
• RIC LLEWELLYN: Shared interests need more vigorous support
• Action Line: Getting back your security deposit
• JIM COSTA: New legislation would iower gas prices
• remote test article2
• City panel fails to embrace builder fee cuts
• Californian radio today
• Congressional hearing targets oil regulations
• Westside communities raise more than $22,000 for Wall of Valor
• Report: Bakersfield home market nears double-dip recession
• Flights between Bakersfield, Las Vegas to end June 26
• Medina Named To Olerud Award Watch List
• Local immigrants join the American experience
• Strictly Business: Q&A with Karen Banks, Bakersfield manager for Robert Half International
• HOLLY CULHANE: Telecommuting may be cure for 'gas pains'
• ROBIN PAGGI: Laws forbid discrimination against moms, moms-to-be
• Market intelligence: Fewer hours and less pay, but farm workers still shopping
• HERB BENHAM: Gotta love these lottery winners -- I sure do
• remote test article2
• PG&E gets a rake hike, but smaller than it wanted
• Public asked to help save horses
• CSUB Men’s Basketball Adds Two More To 2012 Recruiting Class
• Government roundup: County budget chief leaving
• Family talks about experience of winning $51 million lottery
• Education roundup: Eight receive prestigious Gates scholarship
• CSUB Water Polo Signs Three To National Letter Of Intent
• Here are your latest volunteer opportunities
• Board revises bullet train route
• 25th Annual Bakersfield Jazz Festival this weekend
• Oil regulator suspended
• Bakersfield's budget looking pretty darn good
• Medina Pitches And Hits CSUB Past K-State 13-10
• Education roundup: CSUB goes with different book seller, teachers and students honored
• Friends, colleagues memorialize broadcaster Gaylen Young
• Jazz fest: A good idea that's become an institution
• MATT MUNOZ: Foo Fighters rehearsing in Bakersfield
• Government roundup: New home construction way down from last year
• Worth Noting in business: IKEA solar system, Target remodeling
• Ethics panel addresses public vs. private information
• Winning $51 million lottery ticket sold in Bakersfield
• Plant sale, supply contract helps local industry avert crisis
• Columnist Henry a finalist for top valley journalism award
• LOIS HENRY: SmartMeters don't do well under heat and neither does PG&E
• Rickety Ship at the Bakersfield Jazz Workshop tonight
• Two new appointees join Kern Health Systems board
• Prosecutors ask police for more investigation of hazing case
• Kansas State Turns Back CSUB Rally 8-6
• PG&E acknowledges SmartMeter defect
• Counselors, teachers: How to talk to kids about bin Laden
• Officer shot in hand while examining illegal homemade gun
• High school board settles on new campus's name
• Documents list evidence against man accused of killing fiancee in 2004
• Credit union upgrade riles customers
• Government roundup: Spray parks open this weekend
• Bakersfield women launch private guidance counseling service
• Kama Ruby and Company at The Padre tonight
• Why are dead animals not removed on the weekends?
• JAMIE BUTOW: Social media spreads the news fast
• Jazz About Town. May 3, 2011
• OUR VIEW: This evil did not respond well to US diplomacy
• CSUB-Kansas State Baseball Series Update
• Five accused of brutal hazing incidents
• HERB BENHAM: We got him, and it felt good
• Former fiance arrested in connection with death of exotic dancer missing since 2004
• Bin Laden's death greeted in Bakersfield with happiness, wariness
• Some fresh sign of life in the business of parties
• On the hunt: County seeking out, licensing rogue animal facilities
• Locals express relief, offer praise for American troops
• Americans feel both joy and fear over bin Laden
• Bin Laden hid in Pakistan city laden with military
• One unwary phone call led US to bin Laden doorstep
• World: Bin Laden's death sparks relief, outrage
• Man unknowingly liveblogs Bin Laden operation
• AP sources: DNA testing confirms bin Laden death
• Inside the raid that killed bin Laden
• Obama: Bin Laden's death a 'good day' for America
• NY kin praise bin Laden death while nursing pain
• Islamic scholars criticize bin Laden's sea burial
• Bin Laden's death may bring closure for victims of 9/11
• Relay for Life surpasses $2 million in funds raised
• Scrapbooking at the Beale in May
• Report: Osama bin Laden is dead
• No. 17 UC Irvine Takes Series from CSUB 7-0
• Shafter man dies after Highway 99 crash
• DUI crash kills one, injures 10-year-old
• RICHARD BEENE: A blog about media, life and people
• JOSE GASPAR: Drive to name school after Betty Ong
• Local students qualify for National History Day competition
• SHERRY DAVIS: Protect your dog from these little monsters
• DUI crash kills one, injures 10-year-old
• 16-year-old shot, killed outside restaurant
• HERB BENHAM: Bartender still has that magic touch
• The finish line
• Rosamond fire claims two mobile homes
• No. 17 UC Irvine Defeats CSUB 11-6
• JENNIFER SELF: Brewskis or brainskis? CSUB trivia bowl fun either way
• MICHAEL RUBIO: A state budget update
• KHSD to again mull school boundary changes
• New Bakersfield City school board shaking things up
• School trustee developing big fans, key critic
• Remembering the Holocaust so it may never happen again
• Letourneau's RBI Single In The 10th Caps Off CSUB 5-4 Comeback Victory over No. 17 UCI
• Former site of porn shop to receive blessing
• Education roundup: Greenfield cuts eight custodian jobs
• INGA BARKS: Why 'The Donald' got under Obama's skin
• Man sentenced to eight years for sexual assault of teen
• Memorial for Dust Bowl historian set
• Jazz in Bakersfield this weekend
• ACTION LINE: Will this company really find me unclaimed money?
• CSUB Names Greg McCall Head Women’s Basketball Coach
• ROBIN PAGGI: Protect employees from retaliation for reporting wrongdoing
• RUSS ALLRED: Effective marketing is much about product placement
• CSUB Baseball Coach Bill Kernen Signs 2-Year Extension
• Arvin residents make their case for BC site
• Couple's son: fate of truck's driver in hands of God
• KHSD mulling changes to athletic eligibility, career ed programs
• Building badly damaged in fire
• Study: Lack of scanning responsible for many teen crashes
• Women's conference encourages women to seek change
• Animal Control launches efforts to save large animals from neglect
• Fran Florez appointed to state commission
• HERB BENHAM: Well, hello! Son's stealth visit lights up our hearts
• CHP honors local bus driver for heroism
• CSUB Men’s Basketball Signs Two To National Letters of Intent
• Rod Barnes Names Two Assistant Men’s Basketball Coaches
• Here are opportunities to give back
• RICHARD BEENE: A blog about media, life and people
• Gas station misery--but not the usual kind
• Couple struck down by runaway pickup
• State promises easier access to school seismic repair money
• Local officials upset with high alcohol content of new drink
• Education roundup: High school district to discuss athletic eligibility, career tech ed
• WWII buffs restore old vehicles, preserve memories
• Economy roundup: Jersey Mike's opens second shop
• Woman arrested after dozens of animals found in filth
• Horse abandoned to starvation in almond field
• To quell debate, Obama releases longer birth certificate
• Pezzolla Named First Team All-Conference
• Bakersfield native who killed three children jailed for 16 years
• Couple struck down by runaway pickup will 'totally be missed'
• BCSD board eliminates one-day GATE program, year-round school
• Bakersfield again No. 1 for particle pollution
• LOIS HENRY: Skipping through a minefield can cost an arm and a leg
• K-State Defeats CSUB 9-0
• Where did all of Kevin McCarthy's money come from?
• The Padre is fine, though rumors run wild
• What to expect at Saturday's Relay for Life
• RICHARD BEENE: A blog about media, life and people
• Elderly pedestrians struck by car, one killed
• Power outage strikes north of Bakersfield
• Three killed in Highway 58 crash
• Student Athletes Raise over $2,000 for Relay for Life
• Local memorial service planned for Gaylen Young
• Dust Bowl history was her passion
• Dust Bowl history was her passion
• CSUB Drops 5-4 Decision To K-State
• Thousands of refund checks mailed to alleged victims of mortgage discrimination by Bakersfield company
• Education roundup: City, schools cook up food recycling initiative
• Local shoe store strives to guarantee homeless don't go barefoot
• Like it or not, Walmart's in growing mode here
• Funeral services for Gaylen Young set for Thursday
• Jazz About Town, Apr. 25, 2011
• HERB BENHAM: Caught orange-handed with a bag of Cheetos
• Housing bust strengthens rental market
• Enrollment changes proposed for BCSD magnets
• LOIS HENRY: OK kid, put down the eggplant and back away!
• Ask The Californian: Can people park on the wrong side of the street?
• SHERRY DAVIS: Rally around a great training program for dogs
• Private lands are new frontier in California's pot wars
• RICHARD BEENE: A blog about media, life and people
• STEVE FLORES: First job teaches lessons about life
• ROBERT PRICE: Film fodder everywhere you turn
• CSUB Track Turns In 20 Top 10 Performances At Lister Classic
• St. Mary’s Takes Two From CSUB
• UCR Scores 7 In The Eighth As Highlanders Defeat CSUB 8-4
• SHANNON GROVE: Texas knows how to grow jobs
• HEATHER IJAMES: Choose your battles wisely
• UCR's Andriese One-Hits CSUB; Highlanders Defeat 'Runners 2-0
• Man killed in crash at Highway 46 intersection
• DANIEL BARRETT: Easter is annual reminder of hope that can be found through God
• Don't ruin Easter with salmonella
• College, Arvin community to discuss future BC site
• Longtime Bakersfield anchorman Gaylen Young killed in Utah highway crash
• Mission Bank appoints new president
• Kern tourism revenues fell 9.2% in 2009
• Lee Drives In Four As CSUB Splits Softball Doubleheader With St. Mary’s
• Blue Cranes return to Bakersfield, Monday, Apr. 25, 2011
• Education roundup: Anonymous donor gives $10,000 to scholarship fund
• ALLYN S. MEDEIROS: Keeping the ship afloat through responsible lending
• Three Thoughts: How do you juggle vacation requests in the workplace?
• Market Intelligence: Vacation travel drops among local adults
• PAUL ANDERSON: Are you pulling a prank on your investments?
• McAllister Ranch sold in bankruptcy auction
• UC Riverside defeats CSUB 3-0
• Home run call? Local major leaguer chooses family over game
• Education roundup: Chevron donates $15,000 to preserve
• Kern's personal income falling in weak economy
• HERB BENHAM: Out of things we need, flush with things we don't
• Worth noting in business: Hospital wraps up website overhaul, more
• RICHARD BEENE: A blog about media, life and people
• Big trucks keep rolling off lots
• Forum on cuts brings grim scenarios
• Hondo Chemical gets the all clear to keep operating
• MLB takes over operation of Los Angeles Dodgers
• CSUB Gears Up for 8-Games in 11-Days Homestand
• VALERIE SCHULTZ: Earth Day and Good Friday -- really not so different
• Fresno rally calls for more bullet train money
• Want to give back? Here are volunteer opportunities
• Doug Davis at the Jazz Workshop tonight
• Correctional officer sues Delano over alleged sexual harassment
• Government roundup: Bill would repeal $29 million air pollution fine
• After many years, sumps-turned-ponds going dry again
• Three Bakersfield men on list of top 250 tax delinquents
• Free attorney consultations available at Valley Plaza on April 26
• Education roundup: Vineland school district superintendent resigns
• KMC patient develops tuberculosis; others urged to get tested
• Job-seekers wait in line for shot at a McJob
• CSUB Women's Basketball Coach Tim La Kose To Take San Jose State WBB Position
• RICHARD BEENE: A blog about media, life and people
• About $31,000 still needed to complete Wall of Valor
• Worth Noting: Local McDonald's hoping to take on new workers and more
• JAMIE BUTOW: Facebook focuses on journalism; launches Pro Pages
• Coach, teammate help save life of Liberty High swimmer
• Pacific Sales to open inside Best Buy
• Sprinter sales debut in Bakersfield
• Commissioner is denied permit to house hundreds of animals
• Attorney wins prestigious local award
• Government roundup: Caltrans to give update on possible Centennial Corridor routes
• Man takes plea deal in dog abuse case
• Private sector lines up to invest in high-speed rail
• LOIS HENRY: The manure is so far beyond the fan
• Landlords get creative to fill empty stores
• Confederate ties reach all the way to Kern
• Old Vegas still shines along with the new
• Jazz About Town, Apr. 18, 2011
• Attorney Allred to keynote Women's Business Conference
• OLIVIA GARCIA: Officers receive mental health training to aid in responses
• Pezzolla Makes 21 Saves To Lead CSUB Past Cal State East Bay
• RICHARD BEENE: A blog about media, life and people
• CSUB's Sunday Game at UC Davis Postponed
• Seats still being sought
• SHERRY DAVIS: Don't move to off-leash dog training too quickly
• People in Business: A who's who for April 17
• Old Vegas still shines along with the new
• Older drivers sometimes experience diminished skills
• Real books: What a quaint idea
• CSUB Water Polo Splits At RR Invitational II
• Montoya Goes The Distance For 6th Time; CSUB Defeats Davis 6-2
• The Californian's Henry wins in statewide newspapers contest
• Keeping a dream alive: Teen's cancer death inspires scholarship, other fundraisers
• KEVIN MCCARTHY: Path to Prosperity would encourage entrepreneurship
• Action Line: Follow these tips for a smooth overseas trip
• RIC LLEWELLYN: Let's hope redistricting commission thinks outside the box
• CSUB Names Melissa Phillips Head Women’s Soccer Coach
• RHONDA DUGAN: Pop culture influences have come a long way, baby
• Medina Records Home Run And Save As ‘Runners Defeat Davis 6-3
• High school district wants input on proposed new boundaries
• Education roundup: BC hires bookseller that understocked CSUB
• Lingo retires as superintendent of Bakersfield city schools
• Kern unemployment rate rises toward two-year high
• RUSS ALLRED: Select the right advisors for the goals you seek
• HOLLY CULHANE: Words are 'keys' to success in job interview
• Market intelligence: Four in 10 local adults using less water at home
• Strictly Business: Q&A with Alan Forkey, assistant state conservationist
• Bakersfield Jazz Workshop accepting scholarship applications for 2011.
• County union rejects contract offer, cites 'made-up financial crisis'
• Collins still hospitalized but well after canal ordeal
• Local attorney sued in connection with business agreement
• HERB BENHAM: Cast-iron skillet raises the steaks
• GET plan draws mixed reviews
• Government roundup: Hearing to focus on local impacts of 'all cuts' state budget
• Education roundup: 'Seth's Law' clears Assembly committee
• Community roundup: Ice cream event netted 153 units of donated blood
• Worth noting in business: Auto buying workshop and more
• Kern Health Systems inks amended deal with controversial auditing company
• Here are your latest volunteer opportunities
• RICHARD BEENE: A blog about media, life and people
• Seismic series prompts review at community colleges, calls for change
• City council hears high-speed rail update
• UC Santa Barbara Sweeps Softball DH From CSUB
• Truck traffic to be heavy on Oak, Truxtun and Coffee
• GET to unveil proposed bus route changes
• College students, staff protest budget cuts
• Former BC president rescued from canal
• Klaas urges better victim protections in Bakersfield
• Bonds guilty of obstruction of justice
• VALERIE SCHULTZ: Being financially literate makes cents
• State moves to end strict rules for seismic repair funds
• Paul Cierley at the Jazz Workshop tonight
• Fruitvale teachers argue cuts are deep enough
• Robbing Peter to pay PG&E not the real answer
• New county contract offer still gets union cold shoulder
• LOIS HENRY: Robbing Peter to pay PG&E not the real answer
• Premature letters warn of possible TB exposure
• Government roundup: Stalled water park gets one-year extension
• Oil industry celebrates Discovery Well in western Kern
• New medical clinic opens in the northwest
• Hondo gets one more week to fix fire system or face closure
• Bakersfield man sentenced for conspiring to distribute marijuana
• Five Kern schools get state's top award
• Man pleads not guilty to murder charge
• Smartphones new way to report graffiti
• Ask The Californian: What happened to ESPN radio?
• RICHARD BEENE: A blog about media, life and people
• Air district offers electric mowers
• Jazz About Town, April. 12, 2011
• Rivals team up for Relay for Life
• JAMIE BUTOW: Familiar faces on BakersfieldTalks.com
• Pay gap for Kern women exceeds valley's rate
• Some bright spots emerge in otherwise dismal 'report card'
• Redistricting commissioners: Show up Thursday
• Lakeside district community cries foul over superintendent appointment
• Potential sites for Delano courthouse approved
• Retailers cautiously optimistic as consumer spending rises
• Sales of cars, equipment drive up tax revenue for city
• HERB BENHAM: Walking tall, but writing short
• 'Atticus Finch Award' bestowed on attorney Sala
• Ricciardi Goes 7-for-8 As CSUB Splits PCSC DH With Santa Clara
• Northridge Defeats CSUB 2-1
• Under pressure, state redrew quake hazard maps
• Restrictive rules keep schools from state's seismic repair fund
• JOSE GASPAR: Some BCSD teachers worry about safety
• RICHARD BEENE: A blog about media, life and people
• Ask The Californian: What's being built at Gosford Village?
• SHERRY DAVIS: Don't claim it's a service or therpay dog if it isn't
• Center providing training for probationers faces closure without more funding
• ROBERT PRICE: Plenty still on Dryden's plate post-shuttle
• LOIS HENRY: Bad air needs a scalpel, not a sledgehammer
• CSUB Defeats Cal State Northridge 13-3
• Bakersfield a center for clinical drug trials
• HERB BENHAM: I was built for a kilt
• Take a trip to mingle with ghosts of the Civil War
• History teacher's soundtrack for American tragedy
• CSUB And Santa Clara Split To Open PCSC Slate
• Construction lobby's members included state seismic safety regulators
• Troubled school inspectors slip through state's oversight
• Politicians push to revise oil project review process
• SHANNON GROVE: Bill addresses abuses of environmental law
• Action Line: BBB tips for dealing with the Epsilon security breach
• State ranks hundreds of local schools as seismically questionable
• Kernen Picks Up 300th Career Victory As CSUB Defeats Northridge 15-5
• Median sales price of existing homes up for month
• Teens competing with adults for limited jobs
• Latinos hope to strengthen their political power through redistricting
• STEVEN VAN METRE: Boomers, plan your encore career before retiring
• Market Intelligence: Consumers continue frugal habits
• ROBIN PAGGI: Young with a job? Here's how to keep it
• Three Thoughts: What's raising prices?
• Colorblind at Dagny's tonight
• CSUB bookstore scrambles to fill shelves for classes
• Lax state regulation leads to school projects without quake certification
• Officers rescue teen girl from Kern River
• Government roundup: First 5 may sue state over tobacco revenues
• RICHARD BEENE: A blog about media, life and people
• Here are your latest opportunities to volunteer
• Assembly committee OKs 7-year quake safety extension for hospitals
• How a government shutdown would affect you and me
• Lee Ties Two School Records As CSUB Sweeps UC Riverside
• What will we do with all this dam water?
• Temperatures expected to drop the next couple of days
• Women boxers ready to get in the ring at Battle of the Badges
• City fire chief clarifies policy on American flags on uniforms
• Extended jazz jam session at the Bakersfield Jazz Workshop tonight
• Officials: Two dead in fighter jet crash in Lemoore
• LOIS HENRY: Anti river comments still don't hold water
• Suspect in Mojave car theft: 'I made myself look like a bush'
• Supervisors focus critical eye on public safety budgets
• Oil industry looks to replenish its ranks
• Education roundup: District to name new high school in May
• Sheriff: New law will require even more early inmate releases
• RICHARD BEENE: A blog about media, life and people
• Kama Ruby and Company at The Padre tonight, Apr. 5, 2011
• Ricciardi And Rodriguez Earn Player of the Week Honors
• Bakersfield man loses closely watched off-road vehicle suit
• KHSD board replaces principals, maintenance workers
• Changing industry brings conversation online and on-air
• CHP: Woman tries TV tricks to avoid capture
• HERB BENHAM: Travel is about the people you encounter
• Former city building director dies at 81
• More details released in chase that killed teen
• Government roundup: Redistricting commission to hold Bakersfield hearing
• Hats-Off! What a spring for CSUB Athletics
• Jazz About Town, Apr. 4, 2011
• Man who lived under dead man's name sentenced to 9 months in jail
• Law enforcement training involves numerous background checks, exams
• CSUB geology department donation truly rocks
• RICHARD BEENE: A blog about media, life and people
• It's no typo: Kern oil prices take the lead
• McIntyre Leads CSUB Past Santa Clara 7-2
• Roadrunners Sweep Past Coyotes In Sunday Softball Doubleheader
• SHERRY DAVIS: How do dog aggression problems get started?
• LOIS HENRY: New water quality regs are too broad
• ROBERT PRICE: Higher ed cuts hurt farming too
• What glass ceiling?
• Some local law enforcement have fallen on wrong side of the law
• Controversial "Sheriff Joe" comes to town
• Celis Lowers School Record In 1500 For 4th Week In A Row; Taylor Second in 400m At Cal Poly Invitational
• Montoya Improves To 5-1; CSUB Defeats SCU 10-2
• CSUB Softball Splits With South Dakota
• MICHAEL RUBIO: Bill would nudge businesses to hire Californians
• Action Line: Beware of 'sneaky' solicitations
• Cookie case pits family against county, school
• Love it or loathe it, Bakersfield's redevelopment agency follows the rules
• HEATHER IJAMES: The nonsense of the information age
• High school district poised to choose new principals
• How many green jobs can Kern really expect?
• HERB BENHAM: Feeling under the leather in Argentina
• Santa Clara Defeats CSUB 4-3 In 13 Innings
• So long to the aerospace maverick
• Man found guilty of two counts in sexual assault of teen
• United launches flights to Houston
• Clay shoot aims to raise money for charity
• Supervisors to tackle deficit program by program
• Market Intelligence: Metro recycling rate above national average
• Strictly Business: Q&A with Doug Landon of the Kern County Waste Management Department
• GAYLEN YOUNG: On the road to good eating
• Get involved: April business calendar
• RUSS ALLRED: Avoid the foolish mistakes some entrepreneurs make
• E-waste collection event coming up
• Bakersfield College Spring jazz concert tonight, Apr.1, 2011
• Don't cry for my Argentine dinner
• Men accused of stealing money from bodies
• Students find roots in Chavez legacy
• Downtown event gets new name, venue
• Cost to produce almonds rising
• Want to give back? Here are volunteer opportunities
• Education roundup: BC could slash courses, enrollment due to state budget woes
• Hole in one wins man new car at fundraiser
• RICHARD BEENE: A blog about media, life and people
• Government roundup: Hageman to close at railroad crossing
• California wants all Florida's bullet train money
• City set to take 24th Street from state jurisdiction
• Ruth Ann Montgomery, nonprofit pioneer, dies at 89
• Education roundup: Test drive a car, raise money for high school
• Growers express mixed reactions to end-of-drought declaration
• Three local schools earn prestigious state honor
• Results: 600 compete in county science fair
• Relay for Life survivor reception coming up
• CSUB hires new men's basketball coach
• CSUB Hires Rod Barnes As Men's Basketball Coach
• LOIS HENRY: Pension situation warrants attention
• Jay Smith Group at Le Corusse Rouge tonight
• PENSIONS IN PERIL: Bad decisions have piled up
• PENSIONS IN PERIL: Allowances, regular raises also boost payouts
• PENSIONS IN PERIL: Rising costs to endanger workers, services for years
• PENSIONS IN PERIL: Most retirees live modestly
• PENSIONS IN PERIL: Proposed solutions abound, but will they work here?
• Board of Supervisors proclaims April as Jazz Month, honors BJW
• Jazz at Imbibe and The Padre tonight, Mar. 29, 2011
• Reports: Man paralyzed in shooting that killed another outside restaurant
• No decision on Tehachapi Walmart after 4-hour hearing
• Hondo making plant safer, supervisors hear
• County supervisors approve solar project
• Driver arrested in fatal hit-and-run crash
• Education roundup: Rally for higher education coming up
• RICHARD BEENE: A blog about media, life and people
• Supervisor urges Carol Sorrell to resign as Kern Health Systems chief
• JAMIE BUTOW: BakersfieldTalks.com is ready and waiting
• Costa bill aims to increase delta pumping
• Son's lawsuit alleges wrongdoing within Cesar Chavez organization
• Plan to recover Florida rail money would bring bullet train, station downtown
• Cancer clusters in McFarland, Rosamond in report to go before Senate panel
• Outland And Williams Named To All-WBI Tournament Team
• Education roundup: Schools recognized for excellence and more
• Jazz About Town, Mar. 28, 2011
• Government roundup: Bakersfield sales tax receipts up sharply in Q4
• Fitness test results show little gain, drops
• Workers have jobs, but hours, pay not enough
• Pumped up to participate in carpooling
• Local woman helped Filipino guerrillas resist Japanese
• UAB Defeats CSUB 68-60 In WBI Finals
• RICHARD BEENE: A blog about media, life and people
• OLIVIA GARCIA: With no pay, reserves find other means of rewards
• People in Business: A who's who for March 27
• Ask TBC: What pay and perks does Rep. Kevin McCarthy get?
• SHERRY DAVIS: Protect your dogs from outdoor, car hazards
• Friends, adversaries recall lawyer
• LOIS HENRY: Too much water not such a good problem for some
• Listen to WBI Finals LIVE!
• Opening their eyes, hearts to the world
• SCOTT COX: How my generation killed rock 'n' roll
• Husband allegedly shoots estranged wife, commits suicide
• Ohio State Defeats CSUB 10-8 In Series Finale
• Action Line: Points to consider before joining a class action lawsuit
• RIC LLEWELLYN: Race wrong place to focus reform
• JIM COSTA: Fixing our water problems just takes common sense
• Music tonight - Imbibe and Crest - Mar. 26, 2011
• Deep spiritualism in Catholic monk's words
• Jailed doctor seeing patients again
• Co-workers rescue trimmer from palm tree
• Montoya's Third CG Of The Year Leads CSUB Past Ohio State 7-3
• Federal suit accuses landlord of sexually harassing tenants
• Well-known defense attorney Michael Gardina dies at 61
• Education roundup: Teacher to compete on Jeopardy!
• Schools cook up some healthy competition
• Teachers blame budget cuts for rising student misbehavior
• Christensen hired as Wasco city manager
• The Jazz Wind Trio - do you remember them?
• HOLLY CULHANE: Judging worker performance is tricky business
• Strictly Business: Does social networking help business?
• STEVEN VAN METRE: Don't let long life be 'bum luck'
• Market intelligence: Local LinkedIn audience small but influential
• ROBIN PAGGI: Parents, let your kids get their own jobs
• ALLYN S. MEDEIROS: What to know before losing sleep over adjustable rate mortgages
• Kern's unemployment rate holds steady at 17 percent
• Another contract scandal hits Kern Health Systems
• CSUB Defeats Ohio State 13-2 In First Night Game At Hardt Field
• Shelter for battered women plans April 30 fundraiser event
• Here are your latest volunteer opportunities
• CSUB To Travel To UAB For WBI Final
• Donation to BC will 'change Bakersfield and Kern County'
• New HMO looks within for subscribers
• Charities brace for massive cuts in federal aid
• RICHARD BEENE: A blog about media, life and people
• West Rotary Raffling Classic Car for CSUB Athletics!
• VALERIE SCHULTZ: Just call me second-hand Rose with my second-hand clothes
• CSUB Defeats Chicago State 93-92 To Advance To WBI Finals
• 'Scrapbooking Class 101' at The Beale Memorial Library
• Local dermatologist revealed as Bakersfield College's big donor
• Summit examines Kern's blue-collar potential
• Judge hears arguments in Kern River rights battle
• Wet weather expected through Saturday
• Education roundup: Woman asks BCSD to name Downtown School after her sister, a 9/11 hero
• Worth Noting in business: New noodle bar, water allocations and more
• Worth noting in the community: Dream Home tickets on sale
• One class relocated as school where mercury spilled reopens
• We can't afford Harvey's new haul
• Ezekiel Victor at the BJW tonight, Mar. 23
• BCSD vows action on student discipline issues
• Mercury spill causes elementary school closure
• Beat The Buckeyes for a Buck
• 'Who Knew?' campaign highlights city's quirks
• Government roundup: City peeved with high-speed rail agency
• Man accused of threatening judge pleads not guilty
• Mission Bank wins top industry rating for 2010
• Bakersfield College set to receive huge donation
• Florez again overlooked for seat on CPUC
• Free classes to help consumers manage their finances
• Education roundup: Judges needed at forensics competition
• Man who bit out son's eye placed at state hospital
• City sewer fees to creep up
• RICHARD BEENE: A blog about media, life and people
• Baseball Preview: On With the Lights, In Come the Buckeyes
• JOSE GASPAR: Father determined to find missing son
• JAMIE BUTOW: Marketers and money follow the eyeballs
• Local education consultant accused of threatening judge
• Kern honors its heroes
• Education roundup: District reassigns Frontier High's principal
• Assistance League chapter draws presidential praise
• Which districts fat, thin based on census numbers?
• BCSD to vote on changing rule barring criminals from speaking at assemblies
• More wet weather expected Tuesday, Wednesday
• Warren Ash, biking enthusiast, dies at 45 on Harley ride
• Homes with unpermitted upgrades hit with property tax bills
• JOSE GASPAR: Father determined to find missing son
• Postseason Final Four Preview: CSUB v. Chicago State
• Brothers dropped from soccer event -- for their genes
• Listen to Wednesday's Postseason Final Four Live
• Jazz About Town, Mar. 21, 2011
• Grapevine reopened Monday morning
• Monday morning update: Highway 58 open
• Roadrunners Race Past Coyotes 90-64; Host WBI Semis Wednesday
• McCarthy's power reaches limit in dispute over young GOP group
• Wild weather arrives with first day of spring
• RICHARD BEENE: A blog about media, life and people
• Weather postpones March Meet's Sunday events
• Ask The Californian: Will we see ramps connecting Truxtun to Highway 99?
• SHERRY DAVIS: Stories associated with dog names heartwarming
• HERB BENHAM: Life is sweet when you're light on your feet
• ROBERT PRICE: We're No. 1! (in teen births)
• CSUB-UC Riverside Mar. 20 Softball Postponed
• Celis Lowers Own School Mark In 1500; Men's 4x100m Relay Wins At USC Invitational
• Kern County strives for more equitable economy
• High school students gear up for college tours
• CSUB Completes 4-Game Sweep Of Lafayette 11-1
• Students prepare for university life while in limbo
• INGA BARKS: Don't give Sacramento more money to squander
• Ship with Bakersfield man aboard released by Angolan authorities
• Paramount Citrus enters lime market
• Education roundup: McCarthy takes intern applications and more
• McIntyre's RBI's lead CSUB past Lafayette 2-1
• Third suspect in killing outside restaurant pleads not guilty
• Get involved: These efforts need your volunteer help
• RUSS ALLRED: Information, not luck, can increase your bottom line
• Strictly Business: Q&A with James Tomasko of Home Synergistics
• Orozco Eliminated From NCAA Wrestling Championships
• Orozco Still Alive At NCAA Championships; Iwamura Eliminated
• Is it spring yet? Rain could be on way
• Parents wait in 'agony' for school entrance lottery results
• CSUB To Host WBI Semifinals Sunday At 6 p.m.
• Worth Noting in business: More than 1,100 businesses line up for bullet train project
• Bakersfield station monitors radiation
• Third suspect in fatal shooting outside restaurant arrested
• CSUB Posts 8-1 Victory Over Lafayette
• Market Intelligence: Kern adults still making home improvements
• HERB BENHAM: Beard loses by razor-thin margin of one
• Borders to close Bakersfield bookstore
• RICHARD BEENE: A blog about media, life and people
• Former deputy accused of thefts takes plea deal
• CSUB Defeats Northern Colorado 83-74 To Advance In WBI
• Worth noting in the community: Blood drive, nature hotline and more
• CSUB Comes From Behind To Defeat Lafayette 12-6
• Government roundup: More city manager shuffles
• Suspects in fatal shooting outside restaurant plead not guilty
• Trained volunteers offer free tax assistance
• KHSD board appoints two to leadership posts
• Homeless count shows slight decline in Kern
• Education roundup: Top bus drivers, book drive and more
• Man sentenced to life without parole in three gang-related murders
• j2 at the BJW tonight, Mar. 16, 2011
• Two permits in February? Yes, but it's not that bad
• First person: What it was like to be on tsunami watch in Hawaii
• Radiation fears spur run on pharmacies
• EDITORIAL: Keeping access to public records an ongoing task
• LOIS HENRY: Dumper gets another pass -- shocking! (Not)
• Shooting injures 6-year-old girl
• Basic phone service revisions discussed at hearings
• Child health agency braces for state cuts
• CSUB Baseball Announces Time Changes; Internet Broadcast Schedule
• Hondo Chemical gets another chance to clean up
• New committee to teach students about Veterans Memorial, raise funds
• Local growers react to impact of quake, tsunami
• Fees waived on phone calls, texts to Japan
• CSUB senior in Japan on quake: 'It didn't stop shaking'
• CSUB Third In Final Mid-Major Men's Swimming Poll; Receives Votes For Top 25
• County supervisors vote to expand KHS board
• RICHARD BEENE: A blog about media, life and people
• Tuesday jazz in Bakersfield
• JAMIE BUTOW: Benefits of social media shine after disasters in Japan
• Two suspects arrested in shooting outside restaurant; police seek third
• People with ties to Japan reflect on disaster
• CSUB To Host WBI Wednesday Night; ’Runners Take On Northern Colorado
• Education roundup: California Academic Decathlon results and more
• Developer fee question on hold 'til next time
• Excuses don't fly when it comes to staying hands-free
• Kern lawmakers firm on budget, tax stands
• Anti-bullying law introduced in memory of Seth Walsh
• Economic summit set for next week
• HERB BENHAM: Olive Knolls Christian first stop in help-a-teacher drive
• Get involved: Church, organizations help with tsunami relief
• Budget cuts stir debate over ratios
• Jazz About Town, Mar. 14, 2011
• Just who are Bakersfield's 100K newcomers that census reported?
• No. 30 CSUB Posts 8-3 Victory Over No. 4 South Carolina
• STEVE FLORES: Celebrating gift of life through Brenna
• LOIS HENRY: Don't kill We the People for the sake of argument
• RICHARD BEENE: A blog about media, life and people
• Farmers speak up on possible bullet train route through their land
• SHERRY DAVIS: Dogs undergoing treatment for valley fever, too
• Ask The Californian: Why is my new driver's license late?
• EDITORIAL: Time for Bakersfield to reclaim Kern River
• ROBERT PRICE: Time for dad to get out of the way
• HERB BENHAM: Many of our finest moments come at home
• Kern pay is low, but could be improving
• Police find stabbing victim in restaurant parking lot; another man shot dead
• CSUB lecture to open world of Zen Buddhism
• Students tackle debate, diplomacy at History Day
• No. 6 South Carolina Hands No. 30 CSUB A 5-2 Defeat
• Action Line: Tips for carefully selecting your pool contractor
• HEATHER IJAMES: Give mom a hand, not a reason
• SHANNON GROVE: We need to roll back, for now, greenhouse gas law
• No. 6 South Carolina Defeats No. 30 CSUB 5-1
• Police asking for volunteers to watch for illegal park activity
• Local interest in roses heads into full bloom
• Basqueing in honor at Noriega Hotel
• Education roundup: Chevron to donate another $60,000 to schools
• Locals respond in wake of earthquake, tsunami
• Hundreds of Girl Scout cookie boxes stolen in trailer theft
• Board puts local school superintendent on paid leave
• Crisp & Cole defendant wants his belt back
• School rallies around students to raise awareness, money for diabetes
• Calif., Ore. sustained most damage from tsunami
• Tsunami surge causes little damage in S. Calif.
• HOLLY CULHANE: Flip-flops, short-shorts are not 'cool' at work
• Market intelligence: Online coupon use doubles among metro adults
• STEVEN VAN METRE: Investors, there are many ways to fight back
• PAUL ANDERSON: The secret to saving money: ask
• Three Thoughts: What does overqualified mean in this economy?
• ROBIN PAGGI: Videos should not be used as primary tool for training
• Hundreds killed in tsunami after 8.9 Japan quake
• Soulajar announces CD Release party & sneak peek at new album track
• KHS board rejects mass resignation, approves new diabetes clinic
• CPUC says PG&E should allow smart meter opt-out
• Bakersfield turn out for the Kern River
• Conviction of former detentions deputy upheld
• Government roundup: Kern should be OK if state cuts fair funding
• Bakersfield man among 20 American crew members detained by Angolan military
• FedEx plane hits truck; no injuries reported
• Brown out as CSUB basketball coach
• Local fertilizer maker indicted on fraud charges
• HERB BENHAM: Going primitive, one broken gadget at a time
• RICHARD BEENE: A blog about media, life and people
• Drummer Jeff Hamilton at CSUB Friday, Mar. 11
• CSUB Men's Basketball Head Coach Keith Brown's Contract Will Not Be Renewed
• Realtors urge streamlined short sale process
• City approves transfer of redevelopment land
• Gas prices not at tipping point -- yet
• CSUB And Utah State Split Softball Doubleheader For Second Day In A Row
• Classes start back up at school damaged by fire
• Worth noting in the community: New SPCA building, online tax returns, Alzheimer's walk
• Education roundup: Stockdale high schoolers fundraising for mock trial trip
• Dave Bauer at the BJW / Le Corusse Rouge tonight, Mar. 9
• CSUB To Send 2 Wrestlers To Mar. 17-19 NCAA Championships
• Ed Roundup: Greenfield district proposing furlough days, Rio Bravo schools get AEDs, mock trial team fundraises
• RICHARD BEENE: A blog about media, life and people
• CSUB Announces Women’s Basketball Postseason Ticket Plans
• School board OKs job reductions
• 'We the People' program could lose federal funding
• Errors Prove Costly As No. 30 CSUB Drops 9-2 Decision To No. 20 Fresno State
• Hy Seiden, survivor of Pearl Harbor attack, dies at 96
• Back To Back Home Runs In Bottom Of 8th Highlight CSUB Split With Utah State
• Report: Half of Kern homes with mortgages under water in 2010
• Government roundup: Delano city manager to retire
• Space shuttle to pass over Valley tonight
• Teen killed in crash as a result of high-speed chase, CHP says
• Census: Bakersfield grew nearly 41 percent in last decade
• JAMIE BUTOW: Readers' blogs taken off of Bakersfield.com
• Jazz and Martinis at The Padre with the Zanne Zarow Quartet
• CSUB Baseball Named CBI Team of the Week
• Shocking technology saves grateful husband
• Herb Benham: Woman's optimism saved by church's work
• Herb Benham: Woman's optimism saved by church's work
• Kern High district approves cuts to PE, jail teachers
• Teaching jobs on chopping block in Panama, Rosedale school districts
• Second dog benefits from emergency fund
• Parole possibility deepens pain of DUI crash victim's family
• CSUB’s Women's Soccer Coach Nicole Van Dyke To Take Job At Stanford
• Former police officer pleads not guilty to engaging in prostitution
• Redevelopment shuffling continues as axe hangs overhead
• OLIVIA GARCIA: Arts council honors judge, chancellor with prestigious couple award
• Worth noting in the community: MS awareness, truck funding and more
• CSUB Baseball Receives First National Ranking
• Jazz About Town, Mar. 7, 2011
• Bakersfield native pleads guilty to killing her children in Scotland
• Counterfeits tempt many retailers despite the risks
• Hockey, tiger blood and Charlie
• CSUB Baseball Makes It 10 In Row With 6-1 Victory Over Northern Illinois
• McKenzie Ties Own School Mark In 100 Breaststroke at Pac-10 Last Chance Meet
• RICHARD BEENE: A blog about media, life and people
• Local politicians still control electoral boundaries
• SHERRY DAVIS: Readers respond with special canine names
• SOUND OFF: Herb isn’t everyone’s cup of tea — but we love him
• NASCAR team cars, equipment on the auction block
• Napier on his legacy and life today in Bakersfield
• Charles Napier's new role: memoirist - and he's a good one
• HERB BENHAM: Invitation from the Benhams? Don't get a sitter just yet ...
• Speak up for your river
• Charles Napier's new role: memoirist - and he's a good one
• ROBERT PRICE: Hockey, tiger blood and Charlie
• CSUB posts second straight shutout to defeat Air Force 5-0
• North High grad sees 'New Dawn' coming in Iraq
• Wrongly convicted face uphill battle to obtain compensation
• East High grad reflects on surviving New Zealand quake
• MICHAEL RUBIO: It's time to assess Kern Health's fiscal health
• Ask The Californian: Will the Westside Parkway be so extremely tilted?
• Education roundup: Kern High School District to vote on layoff notices
• Runners Defeat Kansas 12-0 To Extend Winning Streak To Eight
• HERB BENHAM: Lend this baritone a tenor
• City may gain control of redevelopment property
• RIC LLEWELLYN: 'Us-versus-them' culture is risky
• Two found dead in apparent murder-suicide
• Man charged with living under dead man's identity accepts plea deal
• Kern's unemployment rates inched upward in January
• People in Business: A who's who for March 4
• Darren Gholston at the Nile, Mar. 5
• Strictly Business: Q&A with Hossein Bidgoli, CSUB management information systems professor
• Action Line: 'Lowest price in town' does not equal best contractor
• Get involved: March business calendar
• GAYLEN YOUNG: Business success by chance and hard work
• Market intelligence: Americans expecting tax refunds ready to splurge
• ROBIN PAGGI: Set guidelines for cell phone use at work
• STEVEN VAN METRE: Bad news for boomers relying on 401(k) plans
• Condors promotion hopes to cash in on Sheen mania
• McCarthy: U.S. budget will tackle entitlements
• Brockmeyer's 10th Inning HR Lifts CSUB Past No. 10 Arizona State 2-1
• Education roundup: Scholarship available, leadership conference coming up
• Weekend tournaments promise big local payoff
• These groups need your volunteer help
• Court documents: Sergeant may have compromised case through alleged relationship with suspect's daughter
• RICHARD BEENE: A blog about media, life and people
• Greenfield district approves 43 job cuts in somber meeting
• Sheriff's sergeant on leave following elder abuse probe
• Boise State Defeats CSUB 95-59 To End MBB Season
• Huerta enters Arvin fray
• Oil field steam project resumes after cash shortfall
• CSUB Baseball Extends Winning Streak To 6 With 7-4 Victory Over Valpo
• The Californian's Oscar contest winners are ...
• Mini-museum's artifacts tell the story of slavery
• Worth noting: Franchise Tax Board reaches out to financially distressed taxpayers
• Man sentenced to nine years for DUI crash that killed three
• PG&E electric rates rise by 1.5%
• LOIS HENRY: Some get a sinking feeling from ground water study idea
• Developer fee fight resurfaces during economic downturn
• CSUB Overcomes 11-Point First Half Deficit To Defeat UC Irvine 85-74
• Local experts debate merits of 'The King's Speech'
• Gang member arrested with sawed-off shotgun near Black History Parade
• Peacocks bothering northwest Bakersfield residents to be moved soon
• Education roundup: CSUB president earns high marks in evaluation
• Greenfield poised to issue teacher layoff notices
• CSUB Baseball Shutouts Valpo 9-0
• Study examines pesticides' long-term health effects
• RICHARD BEENE: A blog about media, life and people
• Hansen Named MPSF Men's Swim Coach of the Year; CSUB Sweeps MPSF Men's Swimming Awards
• Kama Ruby and Company at The Padre tonight, Mar. 1
• School site councils held accountable for spending decisions after scrutiny
• Gonzaga Defeats CSUB 96-49
• JAMIE BUTOW: Finding ourselves adrift in a river of spam
• Kern again posts fewer no-burn days
• BCSD taking name suggestions for two future schools
• HERB BENHAM: Thomas seemed grown from day one, and now he is
• Eight arrested in alleged meth bust
• Free Jazz Clinic at Bakersfield Jazz Workshop this week, Mar. 2, 2011
• Clothing prices may rise and Kern's cotton has something to do with it
• 5-year-old suffers broken femur in accident involving CHP
• Cousins want to raise awareness of historic case
• Questions remain for family in case of inmate who hung herself
• Cousins want to raise awareness of historic case
• Cousins want to raise awareness of historic case
• 'King's Speech' reigns at Academy Awards
• Orozco Earns Fourth NCAA Wrestling Championship Bid
• Daughter of local football coach survives earthquake
• CSUB Baseball Sweeps Washington
• RICHARD BEENE: A blog about media, life and people
• Jazz About Town, Feb. 27, 2011
• Ask The Californian: Will a school be built on this southwest Bakersfield site?
• SHERRY DAVIS: Coming up with the best dog names
• School districts earn A, F for open records compliance
• Film scout burns rubber to Bakersfield car collectors
• Seattle Downs CSUB 73-54 In Saturday Men's Basketball Action
• CSUB Wins MPSF Men’s Swimming Championship; Priest named MPSF Male Swimmer of the Year
• LOIS HENRY: Life jacket edict a waste of time
• ROBERT PRICE: This column is too long to tweet
• Are fireplaces going out of style?
• Fields’ Double-Double Leads CSUB WBB Past SIUE 94-68
• JIM COSTA: It's time to stop passing the buck
• Saturday CSUB Baseball Pushed Back Due To Weather
• As "horrendous" threat looms, redevelopment agency allocates millions
• CSUB School Records Fall As Roadrunners Take Control Of MPSF Men’s Swimming Championships
• Donnelly Scores In Two Events For CSUB At MPSF Women’s Swimming Championships
• Community mourns loss of history in Shafter Press blaze
• Woman accused of embezzling more than $80,000 from KMC
• HERB BENHAM: Nothing like dressing up to bring you down
• INGA BARKS: Protesters and seat-fillers have much in common
• CSUB Baseball Earns 5-4 Decision Over Washington
• Animal Control worker pleads not guilty to dog theft
• ACTION LINE: How do I find a good dentist?
• CSUB Jazz Coffeehouse, Sat. Feb. 26
• Three thoughts: When do high oil prices hurt Kern's economy?
• HOLLY CULHANE: Check employment eligibility or face potentially costly consequences
• Market intelligence: Economy drives Kern adults to bus travel, carpools
• RUSS ALLRED: Corporate employees vs. entrepreneurs, a battle of skills
• Lawmakers talk job creation at dinner
• Threat Of Weather Moves CSUB Baseball Against Washington Up An Hour
• Shafter Press building destroyed
• Online Payment of Fines, Fees and Donations Available at Your Kern County Library!
• CSUB Men's Swimming Holds Lead After Day 2 Of MPSF Championships
• McCall Swims Second Fastest 50 Free In CSUB History At MPSF Championships
• Police: Man charged with living under dead man's identity faced criminal charges before
• Deputy's abuse charges dropped
• Solar oil project debuts in Kern
• City tries to keep more redevelopment money away from state
• Snow possible Saturday in Bakersfield, weather service says
• Defendants in alleged mortgage fraud scheme held for trial
• Crabtree housing report: Unsold home inventory rising
• Court proceedings rekindle hope, frustration in West Fire aftermath
• $7 million settlement to compensate strip-searched inmates
• Here are your latest volunteer opportunities
• Worth noting in the community: Hunger funding, free pancakes and more
• CSUB Baseball Adds 2 Home Games Against K-State Apr. 25-26; Roadrunners Open 3-Game Series Against Washington This Weekend
• RICHARD BEENE: A blog about media, life and people
• JAMIE BUTOW: Community blood drive a chance to give a little, help a lot
• Four CSUB Players Score In Double Figures To Lead Roadrunners Past Northridge 71-46
• CSUB Men’s Swimming Team Wins Both Relays To Take Lead After Day 1 Of MPSF Championships
• CSUB Women's Swimming Team Resets School Record In 200 Medley On Day 1 Of MPSF Championships
• New Westside Parkway phase gets moving
• McCarthy says fixing up Highway 99 would improve Kern's business climate
• VALERIE SCHULTZ: No longer hung up on the landline
• Shafter's heart is where the art is
• Job training, placement programs threatened by federal budget cuts
• Education roundup: Teacher, coach win healthy lifestyles awards
• Death penalty upheld in case of man who killed student filmmakers in Mojave Desert
• Arraignment of murder suspect postponed to March 2
• Large grant, food bank's new efforts tackle Kern hunger
• Battle heating up over pit bull rescue in Old West Ranch
• School on lockdown after alleged shooting
• Kern Health Systems board discusses mass resignation
• Worth Noting in the community: Taxpayer help, program grants
• Local banks, credit unions see gains as economy improves
• Digital book sales grow while stores work to keep their place
• Fires at Hondo make Kern supervisors burn
• District OKs policy on speakers, sends layoff notices to 9 staffers
• LOIS HENRY: Speak up if you want water in the river
• Slain couple's boat named for local church
• Valley fever spikes again in 2010
• Building permits here may be at 70-year lows
• Charges filed in construction accident that killed Bakersfield man
• Education roundup: Chevron donating $25,000 for energy-related job training
• RICHARD BEENE: A blog about media, life and people
• CSUB Men’s Swimming Travels To MPSF Championships This Week
• CSUB Women’s Swimming Team Earns Academic Honor; Heads To MPSF Championships This Week
• Mardi Gras Madness at the BJW / Le Corusse Rouge
• Dignitaries honor Cesar Chavez, Forty Acres
• HERB BENHAM: Make sure pet's final resting place is, indeed, final
• CSUB Defeats USF 6-2
• Jazz About Town, Feb. 21, 2011
• Future in limbo for injured Marine seeking release from base
• Group seeking help erecting "Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway" signs
• Heavy equipment and new car sales up in Q3
• RICHARD BEENE: A blog about media, life and people
• Three former defense sites in Kern searched for explosives
• Washington State Defeats CSUB 4-3
• STEVE FLORES: Childhood experience helps community
• SHERRY DAVIS: It's your job to protect workers at your house from dogs
• Ask The Californian: Can Food Stamps be used at restaurants?
• HERB BENHAM: How do you say goodbye to a friend like this?
• Bring on the neon: Bus tour hits city's brightest spots
• LOIS HENRY: Politics, air rules make for a smelly situation
• Should ex-criminals be speakers? BCSD to decide
• Schools' dilemma: Do accepting life-saving devices create too much legal risk?
• ROBERT PRICE: Support your local university
• Bragg Sets Record With 79th Start But Men Fall At Longwood
• Women Guarantee Winning Season With Matinee Victory
• District battling rash of discrimination claims
• CSUB Takes 11-10 Decision From Washington State
• McCarthy enjoying fancy trappings as whip
• Action Line: What if you don't pick up your layaway item?
• Windy, wet weather for the weekend
• Spartans Spoil Softball Openers
• Hit-and-run incidents decline in Bakersfield over past five years
• State bill seeks to restructure bullet train's governing board
• Washington State Defeats CSUB 4-2 In Baseball Opener
• HEATHER IJAMES: Take note of the 'running lean' mentality
• Government roundup: New interim Arvin city manager appointed
• Imbibe Jazz this weekend
• Education roundup: Financial aid workship coming up
• Expo speakers: Networking key to business survival
• People in Business: A who's who for Feb. 18
• ROBIN PAGGI: It takes just minutes to ruin a reputation
• Strictly Business: Q&A with Steve Cozzetto of Century Rubber Co.
• Market Intelligence: Kern Facebook use growing, surpasses LA and Fresno
• STEVEN VAN METRE: Retirement 'grass' may not be greener in another state
• Forty Acres designated a National Historic Landmark
• A backdoor effort to kill high-speed rail
• McCarthy backs plan to redirect bullet train money to improve Highway 99
• Bright House cable rates set to rise
• HERB BENHAM: The clock is ticking, but the lock's not clicking
• Government roundup: Canyons suit continues
• Veterans memorial fundraiser nets $200,000
• These groups need your volunteer help
• Chevron giving $225,000 to grow more scientists, mathematicians
• Last Crisp & Cole defendant released pending trial
• Speaker: Kern's suffered job loss, but not as bad as other counties
• CSUB Baseball Opens 2011 Campaign By Hosting Washington State And USF
• RICHARD BEENE: A blog about media, life and people
• Sheriff's Department loses contract to house detainees
• Late Fresno Run Spoils Fun For Second-Largest CSUB Home Crowd
• All-day fundraiser benefits veterans' memorial
• Council OKs redevelopment items
• Worth noting in the community: Business conference and more
• Local car dealers unimpressed by Lancaster's efforts to attract shoppers from Kern County
• Arvin police officer shoots suspect during altercation
• Crisp ordered released from custody
• VALERIE SCHULTZ: Tehachapi comes out for tolerance
• Arvin: into the toilet, mayor wonders after city manager is fired
• Whiskey straight up: Old West fest a good time for all
• School on lockdown after robber strikes Chase Bank on California
• State audit of Kern Health Systems approved
• LOIS HENRY: If I had feelings, these letters might hurt
• LOIS HENRY: Cupid? My love hunting guide based on numbers
• Laura May Booker with the Donald Dean & George Gilliam Trio at the BJW
• Man found guilty of three counts of murder
• Media coverage allowed in preliminary hearing of alleged mortgage fraud case
• County declares impasse with more unions
• Government roundup: 'Liberty Tree' to be dedicated Saturday
• Merchant faces federal charges of selling counterfeit goods
• Bakersfield Mitsubishi celebrates new facility
• County supervisors approve "In God We Trust" display
• RICHARD BEENE: A blog about media, life and people
• Roadrunners Finish Fifth At CSUB Invitational; Goodvin Ties For 13th
• CSUB Men’s Swimming Fourth In Mid-Major Poll
• Supervisors order new reforms, financial inquiry for Kern Health Systems
• Candace Freeman at Imbibe; j2 at The Padre - Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011
• JAMIE BUTOW: Have your own online privacy policy
• Some flower vendors play 'shell game' with code enforcement
• Goodvin Tied Four Fourth After Day 1 Of CSUB Invitational
• New website tracks the health of Kern County
• A rush of redevelopment for Bakersfield?
• Education roundup: Stockdale, Centennial place in science bowl
• Paramount Citrus building new mandarin orange packing plant
• Oncoming rain, snow to follow Bakersfield's all-time wettest month
• Bakersfield-bred school consultant creating 'buzz' in state
• Bail hearing for Crisp & Cole defendant delayed
• HERB BENHAM: Me and my kids -- not exactly Peas in a pod
• Jazz About Town, Feb. 14, 2011
• Runners Looking for 6th Man To Make The Difference vs. Fresno State
• Local 'bridge to health reform' project nabs key ally
• Water Polo Splits On Day 2 Of Triton Invitational
• OLIVIA GARCIA: Black history event to highlight unsung heroes
• CSU chancellor visits church to reach out to black students
• RICHARD BEENE: A blog about media, life and people
• Ask The Californian: Do county supervisors pay into insurance, retirement?
• SHERRY DAVIS: Should dogs be allowed to sleep with, lick you?
• TV stations to campaign for veterans memorial
• Hello out there: Anyone want to help a museum?
• Bakersfield High School class seeks veterans' stories
• Leon Gives Gem Of A Performance As Runners Win In Emerald City
• For Griffey, it's 'all about the kids'
• Price remembered for his faith and integrity
• Thorneycroft, Limpias Post Wins vs. UC Riverside
• Kern students perform at oral language festival
• CSUB Improves At NAU Track Open
• Mississippi Flows To 9-1 Win At Kajikawa Classic
• Report: Local job openings rise, but still not enough
• Action Line: Read the fine print on layaway, purchases
• Budgets and Kern Health Systems on supervisors' agenda
• Unions complain supervisors sought broken negotiations
• Schools alerting parents to new whooping cough vaccine requirements
• MICHAEL RUBIO: Reforming the Food Stamp program helps everyone
• Lawyer: County must keep religion out of "In God We Trust" decision
• Open government group gives CSUB an 'A'
• Local professionals worry about proposal to dissolve Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac
• Summit Bible College takes root, blossoms in city
• Education roundup: College-going workshop coming up
• Community roundup: Middle schoolers to get an inside look at medical careers
• Crisp & Cole defendants have court hearing
• Day Two Mirrors Day One At Kajikawa Classic
• 'Up-and-coming' House trio to headline Lincoln Day Dinner
• People in Business: A who's who for Feb. 11
• Crash shuts traffic on Highway 178 through canyon
• Market intelligence: Valentine's Day shoppers spending more this year
• RUSS ALLRED: What your business can learn from Valentine's Day
• Three Thoughts: Which regulations should be scrapped?
• Officer arrested on suspicion of engaging in sex acts with prostitutes
• Jazz this weekend, Feb. 11 & 12, 2011
• Democracy protests bring down Egypt's Mubarak
• Lawsuit may be brewing over $8 million audit
• Softball Opens with Two At Kajikawa Classic
• Egyptian-born locals predict large protests, say regime change is unavoidable
• Two correctional facilities to remain closed because of budget issues
• Man of a century is man of the hour
• Ask The Californian: Which Kern Health board members approved the $42,000 raise?
• HERB BENHAM: Reunited, and it feels so good for karaoke couple
• Man who bit out son's eye found not guilty by reason by insanity
• Want to give back? Here are volunteer opportunities
• RICHARD BEENE: A blog about media, life and people
• PG&E's Union Avenue pipeline under scrutiny
• From civic leaders to third grader, 'Real Heroes' nominated
• Man sues county over molestation ring prosecution
• Popular retired educator, cyclist dies on ride with friends
• Tejon Mountain Village headed back to court
• Man enters not guilty pleas to charges including murder, arson
• Longtime gallery owner Chris Vanderlei leaves Fox
• College district earns "A" in public records sting
• Animal Control employee accused of stealing bulldog valued at $3,000
• CSUB fires up solar project
• Groups talk about foreclosure prevention, recovery strategies
• Bob Price, former Bakersfield mayor, police chief, dies
• Vizcarra Named MPSF Swimmer Of The Week
• Easton Baseball Picks CSUB To Top Independents
• BJW Beginning Jazz Ensemble to give free concert tonight
• Standard district boundary revisions to get more study
• Scrivner's arrest report surfaces, says he admitted selling pot
• No junk food for food stamps, Rubio says
• LOIS HENRY: Rubio bill aims to inject fairness into PG&E rates
• Education roundup: Water-related scholarships available
• Business acquisitions on rise as economy improves
• Man sentenced to four years for beating dog to death
• RICHARD BEENE: A blog about media, life and people
• Worth Noting in the community: Exercise equipment for veterans and more
• 60 lose jobs as bread dough plant closes
• Jazz and Martinis with Richie Perez at The Padre
• JAMIE BUTOW: How does all this e-flirting affect relationships?
• County animal euthanization rates climb despite efforts
• Fresno Fires Opening Salvo In Home-And-Home Series
• HERB BENHAM: First ride post-surgery, and I'm back in a flash
• Judge deems Cole a flight risk
• Government roundup: Reports show cost of local school elections
• SBA awards grants to local SBDC
• Jazz About Town, Feb. 7, 2011
• Woman sentenced to 16 months for stealing from school district
• Proposals targeting immigrants heat up
• Stockdale takes the title
• HEALTH CARE REFORM: Latinos not being sold on the benefits
• Ask The Californian: Can police, fire officials park wherever they want?
• RICHARD BEENE: A blog about media, life and people
• Pooch protects Liberty teen from peanuts
• Student fundraisers bettering third-world schools
• SHERRY DAVIS: Select good breeder, right dog for you
• Anacostia Way residents recall December's severe flooding
• And the winner is ... you: Enter our Oscar contest
• HERB BENHAM: After stroke, 'every day is a good day'
• LOIS HENRY: PG&E stumbles and the watchdog sleeps
• Balch's Second Highlights CSUB Action At San Francisco State California Collegiate Invitational
• ROBERT PRICE: What that teen mom really needed
• Gauchos End CSUB Win Streak
• CSUB Track Opens Indoor Season At Northern Arizona
• CSUB Falls 113-83 To No. 1 Cal
• Action Line: Questions to ask when hiring a limousine
• Local businesses expect limited impact from Egyptian turmoil
• Shuttle eases access
• HEALTH CARE REFORM: Latinos have the biggest stake
• Runners Foil Penguins 6-1 In Home Opener
• Community rallies around dismissed bus driver
• Centennial takes second in "We the People"
• RIC LLEWELLYN: It's time to rescind California's nuclear moratorium
• No. 2 Stanford Defeats CSUB 155-96
• Man gets 100 years for biting officer's scalp, other convictions
• Market Intelligence: Home-based businesses growing in Kern County
• GAYLEN YOUNG: Home-based businesses pick up
• RUSS ALLRED: A local look at the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission report
• ROBIN PAGGI: Provide skills to prevent workplace bullying
• KATHRYN FOX: Ignoring meal breaks can hurt bottom line
• Strictly Business: Q&A with Ghina Itani of Itani Design Concepts
• Newborns can be legally surrendered, authorities say
• L.A., others sue Kern County over sludge -- again
• Olympian ran with Owens, proudly insulted Hitler
• Centennial set for 'We the People' state championships
• High-speed rail authority offers Bakersfield up to $200,000 for station-area planning
• Colorblind - jazz/funk band at Borders Cafe, Sat. Feb. 5, 2011
• McCarthy supports regulatory overhaul for business
• Worth Noting in business: SBA offers storm damage loans and more
• RICHARD BEENE: A blog about media, life and people
• RICHARD BEENE: A blog about media, life and people
• Officials highlight Safely Surrendered Baby law
• RICHARD BEENE: A blog about media, life and people
• February business calendar
• Former deputy admitted to stealing money from motorists, investigative reports say
• Vigil held for girl killed in hit-and-run
• First Friday jazz in Bakersfield
• Man charged with on-campus harassment of students
• Big Comeback Falls Just Short In Loss At Southern Utah
• No. 9 Boise State Defeats CSUB 34-9
• Late Run Lifts Longwood To 77-65 Win
• Murder suspect arrested trying to re-enter the U.S.
• Disadvantaged areas fight to save enterprise zones
• Labor unions back county workers in contract fight
• Animal Control: Don't dump animals during off-hours
• Political notebook: See who spent what per vote
• Education roundup: Scholarships available, FACT has rare bird, grand jury tackles charters
• Man cleared in plot to send weapons to Yemen
• Man cleared in plot to send weapons to Yemen
• CSUB Women’s Soccer Signs Eight For 2011
• Bertram computer-hacking trial set for April
• Kern Valley residents suggest ideas, solutions before KHSD board
• LOIS HENRY: Kern water districts scramble to catch every drop
• CHP closes 178 at mouth of the canyon
• Locals look for peaceful resolution to Egyptian unrest
• Student killed in hit-and-run on walk to school
• Feds accuse tax preparer of filing bogus returns
• Wal-Mart opponents say they're fighting for a way of life
• Arraignment continued for man accused of murder in Oildale
• Gala to honor couple's cancer fight, love story
• Residents forced to evacuate after gas main ruptured
• Intelligence, national security degree on its way to CSUB
• CALIFORNIA WATCH: Second chances underscore flaws in death investigations
• CSUB Men’s Swimmers Are Rowdy About Reading
• CSUB Travels To No. 9 Boise State Wednesday
• Johnny Blue Jazz Trio at The Padre tonight, Feb. 1, 2011
• Mike Smothers at Le Corusse Rouge, Weds., Feb. 2, 2011
• Save the museum meeting draws passionate crowd
• Bakersfield couple try to flee Egypt
• Adema bassist, Bakersfield native Dave DeRoo arrested
• Bakersfield boy succumbs to valley fever-related illness
• New airport casino could help Delano
• HERB BENHAM: When does a smile go from pleasant to crazy-face?
• Community foundation gifts top $1 million; search engine could drive up donations
• Six to be inducted into BCSD Hall of Fame
• Kern Valley residents to have rare 'hearing of citizens' before KHSD board
• Feds helping with some storm costs, but private sector still on its own
• New buildings coming downtown
• JAMIE BUTOW: Click 'Like' to join this international demonstration
• Schools put safety first on foggy days
• Jazz About Town, Jan. 31, 2011
• Kern County's death row inmates
• A case study in 'dysfunctional' death penalty appeals system
• Years of appeals extend inmates' stays on Death Row
• STEVE FLORES: A dance with my daughter
• Ask The Californian: Where did the Edwards movie listings go?
• Twinkies? Doughnuts? Researchers find kit foxes devouring wrong foods
• SHERRY DAVIS: Advice on housebreaking or paper training your dog
• CSUB Wraps Up UC Santa Barbara Invitational With 2-2 Mark
• RICHARD BEENE: A blog about media, life and people
• Hot-Shooting Cal Poly Downs Runners
• LOIS HENRY: This abortion bill needs fixin' -- now
• DBA scales back tax district plan
• ROBERT PRICE: Crime's reliably quiet accomplice
• Most famous face of autism, Dr. Temple Grandin, shares insights with The Californian
• Hope for autism: One family's journey
• HERB BENHAM: Can't see or hear, but this is one up pup
• CSUB Goes 1-1 on first day of UC Santa Barbara Invitational
• 22-year-old woman dies after head-on crash
• INGA BARKS: Don't trick drivers into breaking law
• State may audit Kern Health Systems
• Man acquitted of murder charges in drunken driving crash that killed three
• No. 22 Cal Poly defeats CSUB 23-12
• Tennis Picks Up First Win Of 2011
• Education roundup: East High hall of fame, Academic Decathlon and more
• Sun World lays off field workers
• CSUB Drops 173-105 Decision To San Jose State
• Doctor, wife killed in crash
• BCSD faces budget cuts next year
• Agency hosts inspirational speakers
• People in Business: A who's who for Jan. 28
• Action Line: Don't get scammed on a vacation rental
• Lady 'Runners Spent Time with Kern County Preschoolers
• RUSS ALLRED: How to exterminate the butterflies before speaking
• HOLLY CULHANE: Business risks, benefits in social media
• Three Thoughts: How can we prevent mortgage fraud?
• Market intelligence: Twitter adoption rates higher for small business owners
• Here are your latest volunteer opportunities
• Refinery event elicits talk of jobs, June reopening
• New program opens for probation offenders
• McAllister Ranch: Breaking deadlock? Maybe
• Crisp to stay in custody, be transferred to Fresno
• HERB BENHAM: Not fit to be in same room with LaLanne
• Outbreak of illness limits Glenwood Garden activities
• Worth noting in business: Kaiser opens new building and more
• GRETCHEN WENNER: Flipping, straw buyers and foreclosure
• RICHARD BEENE: A blog about media, life and people
• Kama Ruby at Imbibe this Friday, Jan. 28, 2011
• CSUB Travels To No. 22 Cal Poly Friday Night
• MBB Notebook vs. Cal Poly -- Jan. 29
• Census a 'snapshot of homelessness'
• Roadrunners Top Titans on the Road, 71–66
• It's OK to get loud: Musicians welcome to plug in
• Laura Wolfe: Bringing new ideas (and funds) to arts
• Judge dismisses second suit opposing Tejon Mountain Village
• Apartment rents rising in Bakersfield
• Latin Jazz and Salsa at The Padre Hotel with Ray Zepeda and Kelulu
• VALERIE SCHULTZ: Secret to a dazzling smile? Teeth
• Worth noting in the community: 'Real Heroes' nominations, youth reading room and more
• Let's send a litter message
• Historic desegregation order against BCSD schools lifted
• Runners Earn Record Win, Down Fullerton 77-75
• Community health should be KHS' focus
• Defendant in Crisp & Cole case to remain in custody
• Fossil hunters welcomed at Sharktooth Hill
• Upcoming detours from Highway 99 to eastbound Highway 58
• Florez overlooked in commission appointments
• Government roundup: Fuller and Costa announce committee assignments
• RICHARD BEENE: A blog about media, life and people
• Latin jazz at the BJW, Weds., Jan. 26, 2011
• Home heating deaths continue despite outreach, assistance programs
• County lawyer: Simple inaction will kill Kern Health CEO pay raise
• Oscar race is on as 'King's Speech' rules with 12 nominations
• How three Crisp & Cole foreclosures unfolded
• Police: Man in critical condition after he's intentionally run over
• HERB BENHAM: Drawing a distinction in world of graffiti
• Government roundup: Rubio named to oversight, audit committees
• Law returns state-held juveniles to Kern for post-jail probation
• Local school districts to look at state budget impacts
• Crisp pleads not guilty to mortgage fraud charges
• OLIVIA GARCIA: Business association gearing up for activities
• Court documents provide details on man accused of living under dead man's identity
• Jazz About Town, Jan. 24, 2011
• Neighbors in Grand Island area reflect on Crisp & Cole case
• CSUB Baseball Series With University of Minnesota Canceled
• Kern Health Systems CEO declines pay raise
• Kern COG to recognize contributions of citizens, programs
• Stockdale repeats as mock trial champ
• LOIS HENRY: What? Domestic violence really isn't violence?
• SEIU members vote to allow bargainers to call for strike
• Rosedale school district embezzler faces sentencing
• RICHARD BEENE: A blog about media, life and people
• Bakersfield pastor among the few pardoned by Schwarzenegger
• Ask The Californian: Did Assemblywoman Grove hire Cathy Abernathy as her chief of staff?
• SHERRY DAVIS: Why do my dogs ...
• HERB BENHAM: Schools could use our old office supplies
• A small kindness makes a big impact: Book shares good deeds
• Will couples say 'I do' to matrimonial marathon?
• Driver's red-light camera victory could signal change
• ROBERT PRICE: Will things be different, post-Tucson?
• CSUB Falls at UC Riverside, 82–71
• 'Runners Drop Matches to No. 3 Cal and No. 17 UC Davis
• CSUB Falls To UC Davis In Women's Swimming Dual
• MICHAEL RUBIO: Streamlined renewable energy projects equal jobs
• Cash-strapped CSUB ratcheting up fundraising
• CEO raise amid cuts to providers irks pharmacy owners
• Crisp & Cole: Nine of 10 defendants appear in court, eight released from custody
• Crisp & Cole: Real estate professionals find redemption in indictment
• CSUB Defeats Arizona State 27-17 in Pac-10 Wrestling Dual
• Crisp & Cole: Employee who took plea deal reflects on events
• Education roundup: Two high schoolers named U.S. Presidential Scholar candidates
• The Rock Church hosting outreach in Oildale
• Crisp & Cole: A timeline of events
• Discuss power of the Word at Pub(lic) Theology event
• Hawaii icon set for display at St. George Greek Orthodox Church
• Crisp & Cole: A who's who in the case
• Government roundup: Environmentalists sue over sludge project
• Ten arrested in Crisp & Cole mortgage fraud case
• HEATHER IJAMES: On doing good with the power you have
• Action Line: What to consider when hiring a pest control company
• Worth noting in the community: Monster X Tour meet-and-greet and more
• The Garden Project seeks healthier Bakersfield
• Strictly Business: Q&A with Jerry Sinift of the International Agri-Center
• RUSS ALLRED: Ensuring a smooth transition to next generation
• CSUB Women’s Swimming Heads To UC Davis Saturday
• CSUB Baseball Schedule Receives Honorable Mention From CollegeBaseball 360.com
• Teens arrested on suspicion of killing kittens
• HERB BENHAM: Faded photos of faded relationships - who needs them?
• District names new Kern Valley High principal
• Pension-reform advocates join county retirement board
• Worth noting in business: State contacting those who haven't paid taxes and more
• RICHARD BEENE: A blog about media, life and people
• Community asks for God's assistance at 31st annual Bakersfield Prayer Breakfast
• These groups need your volunteer help
• CSUB Travels To No. 16 Arizona State Friday Night
• CSUB Baseball And CSUB SAAC Participate In Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Of Service
• VALERIE SCHULTZ: Guns don't kill people - overly permissive gun laws kill people
• State investigating financial reports of several local pols
• Government roundup: Ken Mettler running for water board
• This Time, Buzzer-Beater Doesn't Fall As UC Irvine Hangs On
• Deputy sentenced to year in jail on drug charge
• Education roundup: funds sought for Dore Theater seismic work
• Bakersfield gets $500,000 for bullet train station design
• Local growers: Water allocation still not enough
• Controversial Kern Valley principal wants out
• Wholesale car auction coming to Bakersfield
• MARK A. MARTINEZ: Crisis inquiry: Just facts, ma'am
• Man accused of assuming identity of dead man for past 8 years
• Pipes Named MPSF Swimmer Of The Week
• TV stations transition to HD for local news broadcasts
• Rubio faces $3,500 conflict-of-interest fine
• LOIS HENRY: Watson's defense of $42K raise absurd
• CSUB Announces All–Decade Team to Celebrate National Girls and Women in Sports Day
• Relay for Life sets sights on new site
• JOHN COX: To drink coffee or to disparage it? Local sippers weigh in on Starbucks' new size
• Crabtree report: Prices of existing homes rose slightly last year
• Are electric vehicles answer to valley smog?
• Supervisors cast wary eye on Kern Health Systems
• HERB BENHAM: Ma Quarry taught her boys what it means to be tough
• Goodwill lays off workers, closes two centers
• County to enforce sludge ban
• Clear Channel layoffs hit Bakersfield radio
• Former firefighter sentenced to nine years in fatal drunken driving crash
• Animal Control extends shelter hours on trial basis
• RICHARD BEENE: A blog about media, life and people
• Season Preview: Young But Experienced Team Faces Tough Schedule
• JAMIE BUTOW: Toning down the rhetoric starts with each of us
• Road rage victims should call 911, always avoid other driver
• Family says cat returned home with burns, signs of torture
• French company buys local manufacturer of orthopedic braces
• HERB BENHAM: That just don't make boys like him anymore
• Many businesses remain open on Martin Luther King Jr. Day
• MBB Notebook vs. UC Irvine -- Jan. 17
• Bakersfield College's spring semester drawing about 18,000
• JOSE GASPAR: Seeking answers in 23-year-old child abduction case
• County workers tell how the benefit cuts will hurt
• Bakersfield girl, 5, succumbs to rare cancer
• Reconfiguration brings refinery near turning point
• No. 14 Oregon State Defeats CSUB 24-10 In Pac 10 Action
• RICHARD BEENE: A blog about media, life and people
• SHERRY DAVIS: Should we get another dog?
• Ask The Californian: Do county supervisors receive automatic raises?
• Bakersfield 'dove' release companies soar
• Other museums may show ours the way
• Final Buzzer Beater Gives Idaho OT Win
• LOIS HENRY: Trailer parks slip through regulation gap
• ROBERT PRICE: It ought to be 'In Mark they trust'
• CSUB Defeats UC San Diego 169-125 To Go To 6-1
• McCall Leads CSUB At Roadrunner Quad
• Local impact, Wal-Mart image both positive in campaign to fight hunger
• Putting the focus on your photos
• County supervisors criticize Kern Health pay raise
• RALPH BAILEY: 'In God We Trust' has been asked and answered
• Former local teacher charged with sex crimes in Orange County
• CSUB sets launch date for doctorate program
• Education roundup: CSUB to celebrate opening of grad student center
• Blood bank pleads for donors
• People in Business: A who's who for Jan. 14
• Worth Noting: Dora's expands, Cannon employees raise money for Africa
• Roadrunner Holiday Challenge Raises Over $3,500 To Help Needy In Bakersfield
• Action Line: Latest rules on gift cards
• ROBIN PAGGI: Prepare for rainy days in workplace
• CSUB Wrestling Hosts No. 14 Oregon State Sunday In Final Home Wrestling Dual Of 2011 Season
• CSUB Men’s Swimming Receives Votes In Division I Swimming & Diving Team Poll; Hosts UCSD Saturday
• CSUB Women’s Swimming Hosts Fresno State, No. 24 San Diego State And UC San Diego Saturday
• Kern Health Systems CEO awarded $42,000 raise
• EDITORIAL: From tragedy, a moment we must preserve
• Advisory council vows continued fight against domestic violence
• Mobile home park where four died in fire last inspected in 1996
• MBB Notebook vs. Idaho -- Jan. 13
• Three-Way closes lot near 7th Standard
• Flurry of camera installation under way in local schools
• Bakersfield mixed bag when it comes to traffic accident stats
• Credit union wins regulatory approval
• Three Thoughts: Is local business better?
• RICHARD BEENE: A blog about media, life and people
• You can give back with these volunteer opportunities
• Market Intelligence: Social media use doubles among Kern adults
• JACK HARDISTY: Settle business, personal disputes by talking
• CSUB's SAAC Presented 'Most Valuable Professor' Awards to CSUB Faculty
• Pursuit of armed robbery suspect leads to lockdown of two schools
• Troubled credit union seeks merger
• Obama says polarized nation needs healing
• County's lawyer says her office should continue representing Kern Health Systems
• Art for kids: She makes it happen
• Starring Kern County: What Hollywood filmed in 2010
• Family unhappy with response to dog bite on child's face
• Tehachapi school district responds to ACLU
• County education board approves Arvin charter school
• LOIS HENRY: Supes vs. DA pay: can they really do that?
• County to take up 'in God We Trust' proposal
• Couple makes 'game changer' donations to BC, CSUB
• Cold Shooting Costly In Loss At Pacific
• 'Neuroblastoma moms' help family cope with little girl's cancer fight
• Worth noting in the community: River restoration, MLK Day clean-up and more
• PAL sells to Australian company
• City crime rate drops for fifth straight year
• Subsidy or boon, talk of redevelopment's demise sparks frustration at local level
• Locals assessing budget's potential hit to schools
• Kern Economic Journal: Kern business managers less optimistic
• Kern Economic Journal: Bakersfield consumer sentiment unchanged at year's end
• Worth Noting in business: Former Gottschalks building purchased and more
• RICHARD BEENE: A blog about life, media, politics and people
• New year rings in added cell phone law enforcement
• JAMIE BUTOW: Did social media fan the flames in weekend shooting?
• East Hills Mall management, tenants in rent disputes
• No smoke alarms found in mobile home where space heater caused fatal fire
• Costa deplores uncivil rhetoric
• Former deputy enters not guilty pleas to grand theft charges
• Train event focuses on public safety
• SYLVIA MENDEZ: I could have been a foster child but went undetected
• Education roundup: Local appointed to credentialing commission and more
• HERB BENHAM: Milking it? Guilty as charged!
• CSUB Wrestling Defeats Fullerton 35-3 In Pac 10 Action
• Four die in mobile home fire on South Union Avenue
• SHERRY DAVIS: How to manage multi-dog homes
• McGee's Double–Double Helps 'Runners Top Seattle, 81–65
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• Ask The Californian: What are these yellow bumps in front of stores?
• Counties to state: Get out of the way
• HERB BENHAM: Beards are back, this time with gravitas
• ROBERT PRICE: Finding talent in unlikeliest of all places
• Borrowers, advocates decry pace of mortgage modifications
• Congressmen McCarthy, Costa issue statements on Giffords shooting
• Arizona Rep. Giffords shot, at least 5 killed
• SJSU Defeats CSUB In Women's Swimming Dual; Reed Wins A Pair Of Diving Events
• It's been a great water year -- but will it last?
• Kern has state's highest expulsion rate
• Local governments eyeing state plan to shift more responsibility their way
• Kern wants valley -- not southland -- court to resolve sludge fight
• Four 'Runners Score Double–Digits as CSUB Defeats Concordia–Irvine
• Man sentenced to 5 years for acting as a foreign agent
• RIC LLEWELLYN: We want our country to be strong again
• State health department disavows accuracy of its own report on hospital infections
• Officers investigating crash that killed teen
• People in Business: A who's who for Jan. 7
• GAYLEN YOUNG: Business optimism for the new year
• Get involved: January business calendar
• Action Line: How sales tax works with coupons and rewards
• HOLLY CULHANE: 2011 brings many new workplace laws
• RUSS ALLRED: Good things come from Kern County
• Market Intelligence: Surge in local demand for home furnishings and appliances
• Strictly Business: Q&A with Michael Cutbirth of Champlin Windpower
• CSUB Hosts Fullerton In Pac 10 Dual Sunday Night
• CSUB Hosts San Jose State In Women’s Swimming Dual Saturday
• Former deputy accused of stealing from drivers
• Northbound I-5 reopens after crash cleaned up
• Caution recommended when selling property over the Internet
• HERB BENHAM: Of senior athletes and our local heroes
• Education roundup: Garces to make a splash at opening of new pool
• County-union mediation fails
• Mother, daughter struck while crossing Union Avenue laid to rest
• It's again time to nominate 'Real Heroes'
• Appointee vows to be local 'voice' on state ed board
• VALERIE SCHULTZ: Food for health, for life and for peace
• SCOTT COX: Duke or no Duke, new film has more grit -- truly
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• Worth noting in business: New In-Shape club, new cafe and more
• Former sheriff's deputy arrested on suspicion of grand theft
• Crash closes all northbound I-5 lanes
• Here are your latest volunteer opportunities
• Wbb Notebook vs. Concordia–Irvine & Seattle
• Experts say gas prices likely to rise
• MBB Falls At New Mexico
• Worth noting in the community: E-waste recycling, PBS service change and more
• Allegiant grounds Wednesday flights to Vegas starting next month
• More Bakersfield travelers take the train
• Bakersfield wins $100,000 to fight hunger
• Government roundup: Local woman appointed to state education board
• LOIS HENRY: Roy says he won't be bored on board. Really?
• LOIS HENRY: Roy says he won't be bored on state board. Really?
• C.C.S. SEARCH & RESCUE TEAM
• Congregation shows solidarity with pastor suffering from cancer
• Roy says he won't be bored on board. Really?
• Supervisors reject D.A. promotions
• Highway 178 reopens; milder weather in store
• Judge reduces bail for deputy in assault case
• Daughter of late MS patient wins volunteer honor
• Plastic surgeon dinged for patient relationship
• Man ordered to trial in animal abuse case
• Political notebook: House GOP to live stream opening session
• St. Jude to offer cash prize in annual home raffle
• Education roundup: State releases new local truancy figures
• Highway 178 through canyon reopens
• Continuation school planned
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• JOHN HARTE: Media gave Walmart campaign a pass
• Jammin' in the morning, jammin' in the evening, jammin' at suppertime: Bluegrass blowout starts Thursday
• Bakersfield.com revamps online community
• Residents deal with mounds of dirt following Sunday's storm
• EDITORIAL: Brown isn't in a state of denial, and that's good
• New DA Green says she'll continue office's aggressive prosecutions
• Interstate closure delays travelers
• Government roundup: Park death case headed to trial
• Highway 178 through Kern River Canyon may reopen this week, Caltrans says
• Supervisors elect chairman, will take up D.A. pay dispute Tuesday
• Grapevine opens with escorts; Highway 58 open
• CSUB hosts e-waste recycling event
• Snow closes Interstate 5 over Grapevine
• Ask The Californian: Why didn't Congressman Kevin McCarthy vote on these bills?
• Area students to return to rain-damaged schools
• A BLOG ABOUT LIFE, MEDIA, POLITICS AND PEOPLE
• SHERRY DAVIS: A badge shouldn't be a free pass to kill innocent dogs
• OLIVIA GARCIA: Hispanic Chamber readies for 2011
• HERB BENHAM: I'm resolved to keep the status quo in 2011
• People to Watch in 2011
• Action Line: Guide children if they use social networks
• New numbers show huge demographic shift in Kern schools
• Value found in overseas learning
• Prosperity, charitableness and athletic success top community's hopes for 2011
• As long as we're issuing pardons ...
• INGA BARKS: Some of these new laws are just absurd
• People in Business: A who's who for Dec. 31
• New law cracks down on school truancy
• Three Thoughts: Last-minute tax moves
• HERB BENHAM: Cheek resting on the porch steps, I've finally hit bottom
• Hire a Veteran For a Day!
• Business roundup: T.G.I. Fridays opening in Bakersfield
• VALERIE SCHULTZ: Holiday weeks provide a baby-in-the-house flashback
• Top breaking news stories of 2010: Body in chimney, wildfires, teen suicide and more
• Man arrested in November hit-and-run that injured two teens
• Ashburn reportedly lands plum post
• Melting snow, threatening skies keep Lamont vulnerable to flooding
• Sheriff's Mounted Posse nabs Rose Parade bid
• Bakersfield on pace to receive Walmart hunger relief prize
• HOLLY CULHANE: Companies pay the price for distracted drivers
• ROBIN PAGGI: 2010 busy for employment law
• A BLOG ABOUT LIFE, MEDIA, POLITICS AND PEOPLE
• Padre defaults on loan, but owner isn't worried
• Top local sports storylines of 2010
• County grappling with road damage expected to cost millions
• Latest storm did relatively little damage
• A dog's tale: From local shelter to Rose Parade
• 2010 in entertainment: The show must -- and did -- go on
• Tobacco sting shows more city violations
• Local business people offer 2011 economic forecasts
• Still without land lines in Westchester and beyond
• RICHARD BEENE: A BLOG ABOUT LIFE, MEDIA, POLITICS AND PEOPLE
• Company sues college district for at least $1.2 million
• Storm could bring Bakersfield an inch of rain, impact passes
• Jobs to be top priority in 2011
• Man attacked by CALM raccoon sues
• The pressure's on -- as in how to get it down
• They said WHAT? The best quotes of 2010
• Canyon could re-open by weekend -- if weather cooperates
• Rain didn't put much of a damper on shopping
• Education roundup: Schools to get thousands in technology money
• JOSE GASPAR: Teen dad in uphill battle against adoption
• Rail, SmartMeters, jobless top 2010
• December is now Bakersfield's wettest month ever
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• Christmas tree recycling: where to take your tree
• Shoppers out in force the day after Christmas
• Ashburn tops our list of 2010's biggest political headlines
• HERB BENHAM: If you can't sleep, it's best to be a martyr
• Great chefs: Mark Huggs makes 24th Street Cafe a true original
• PETE TITTL: Grandview still making grade
• Fitness clubs sweat to retain customers
• Haggard reflects on his huge year, health and Willie's arrest
• LOIS HENRY: Can someone fire FEMA?
• Top government stories of 2010: Freeways, sludge, pensions and more
• Heather Ijames: Wrap it up, I need something pretty
• Bakersfield Christian leaders offer message of hope
• People in Business: A who's who for Dec. 24
• STEVE VAN METRE: Not too late for boomers to start saving
• ROBIN PAGGI: Learn the times to remain silent
• Market intelligence: Fewer Bakersfield adults shop online in 2010
• Action Line: Be alert for ID theft during holidays
• HERB BENHAM: 'Did I mention I had an operation ...'
• Flooding yields valuable lessons
• Firefighters battle blaze at San Joaquin Refining
• Emergency Operation Center for Kern County deemed a success in first major test
• ROBERT PRICE: My 'most fascinating people of 2010' carry trash bags
• World War II veteran honored 65 years later
• Mother of bullied Tehachapi teen seeks change through claim
• A BLOG ABOUT LIFE, MEDIA, POLITICS AND PEOPLE
• Ready to help? Lots of volunteer opportunities here
• Strictly Business: Q&A with Katy Hudson of Consumer Credit Counseling Service
• Five days of flooding in southwest neighborhood takes a lot of help to overcome
• Officials, residents work to control flooding as rain socks county
• Honors given to three in Bakersfield Police Department
• New Year's Eve: The countdown to the countdown
• Woman's life saved thanks to quick call and response
• Government roundup: City sales tax revenues rise again
• SCOTT COX: See these and yule thank me later
• Kwanzaa a chance to renew cultural ties
• Flood warning in effect until 9:30 p.m.
• A special holiday pageant for nonprofit
• When you're done with your Christmas tree, here's where to take it
• Local parents to share tips on keeping cool with kids at holidays
• Air district: Think twice about fireplace use during holidays
• The storm of the century? Not quite, records show
• Dramatic rescues, evacuations, mud damage in Southern California rainstorm
• Jailed deputy an "innocent victim," attorneys assert
• LOIS HENRY: Oildale woman home for Christmas, with a little help
• Flood tests out new Emergency Operations Center
• Governor declares state of emergency in Kern County
• Lamont canal survives storm
• Garden Pathways has new operations director
• Landline out? Join the club
• Precipitation leads to oil spills in Kern
• Scrivner sworn in as 2nd district supervisor
• Feds eye Tehachapi Unified's handling of bullying claim
• Worth noting in education: Reading project, new buses, new pool and more
• Students nominated to US service academies
• Centennial, Liberty added to lineup at state 'We the People' meet
• Crops, livestock largely safe from flooding
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• Worth noting in business: Crabtree housing report, post office hours and more
• Highway 178 through canyon to be closed at least a week
• Former Korn star Welch to sign copies of latest book
• County assessing damages before next round of rain
• HERB BENHAM: My morphine crutch has let me down
• Lamont OK, but floodwaters looming north of town
• City of Bakersfield issues list of road closures
• Few Kern County residents have flood insurance
• High-speed rail board OK's plan to extend route toward Bakersfield
• Drainage system inundated by record rainfall
• McFarland not evacuated, contrary to reports
• Record-breaking storm pounds county, leads to evacuations
• More sandbags to arrive
• Calls swamp area roofing companies
• Road closures due to flooding
• Evacuations begin in McFarland
• OLIVIA GARCIA: Volunteers turn out to aid foster youth
• FLOOD ALERT: County state of emergency declared
• Rain, floods bring chaos to Kern
• New water board member shaking things up
• A BLOG ABOUT LIFE, MEDIA, POLITICS AND PEOPLE
• Q&A: Former utilities commissioner talks about the job Dean Florez wants
• High-speed rail board set to vote on federal money
• SHERRY DAVIS: All I ever wanted for Christmas was a puppy
• Ask The Californian: Can't the city do something about these olive trees?
• PG&E hopes to avoid another backlash as it resumes SmartMeters upgrades in Bakersfield
• Furniture, home accessory stores strive for a comeback
• Bakersfield sees record rainfall for date
• Vidak's contributions grown largely from scratch
• Holiday shoppers thoughtful about spending, gift selection
• RALPH BAILEY: On charter schools, educators missing the big picture
• ROBERT PRICE: Can your kid learn as well if it's online?
• New faces promise change on the Kern County Board of Supervisors
• Get ready for a rainy weekend
• Goh sworn in as county supervisor
• Local man accused of photographing, distributing child porn
• Political notebook: Kevin McCarthy announces staff appointments
• Bench warrant issued for former restaurant owner
• People in Business: A who's who for Dec. 17
• Bakersfield man pleads not guilty in dog bleaching case
• Man who bit officer faces 100 years to life in prison
• Occidental acquisitions to enhance operations in Kern
• Three thoughts: How are you thanking employees this season?
• HOLLY CULHANE: Companies, watch your lip when it comes to age
• RUSS ALLRED: Signs of rapid and responsible business growth
• Action Line: BBB program helps with auto warranty disputes
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• Goh appointed to Kern County Board of Supervisors
• Worth noting in the community: Scam warning, donation to Homeless Center
• Mom of Tehachapi boy who committed suicide speaks out against bullying
• Hunger relief funding up for grabs in Walmart contest
• Law enforcers reach out with holiday food deliveries
• Agencies team up to prevent drunk driving
• VALERIE SCHULTZ: Still no 'friend' of the Facebook
• Here are your latest volunteer opportunities
• Officials update public on Isabella Dam project
• New councilmembers get to work
• Delano police ready to scare off crow invaders by shooting blanks
• The Californian's gift guide: A bit of home for the holidays
• New police chief serving McFarland
• Man faces 65-plus years in shooting death
• Hot ladies, tepid sales
• Vision, imagination Core values
• MATT MUNOZ: Young guns come out blazin'
• Brief reprieve from rain predicted, then storms return
• LOIS HENRY: Animal abuse a serious crime against humanity
• County Ed Board considers charter schools
• Elaborate funeral honors Bishop Steinbock
• Board keeps status quo in helicopter dispute
• Optimism scarce at "Next Five Years" event
• Worth noting in business: A.J. Wright store to close and more
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• Supervisors laud Maben, Jagels for county service
• JAMIE BUTOW: Analytics display your love of online discussion
• Accused animal abuser charged with a felony; he denies any mistreatment
• Natural history museum looks forward
• Tehachapi football champs make city proud
• Two ordered to trial in bodybuilder's death
• Report: Half of Bakersfield-area homeowners with mortgages owe more than home is worth
• Students suspended after pep rally incident
• LOIS HENRY: Report on helicopter wars short on new answers
• County cracks down on illegal food operations
• Governor appoints two Grimmway workers to state posts
• Worth Noting in business: HomeGoods coming to Bakersfield and more
• Worth Noting in the community: Food bank upgrade, freeway cleanup
• Elk Hills oil field fire injures two
• Historical Mysteries: ‘Read, Love, Share Books’ Series At The Beale Library
• Local museum retrieves some fossils at auction
• Outrage, sympathy pours out for tortured dog
• Thousands rumble in Toy Run charity parade
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• Mission's new director looks to strengthen community ties
• SHERRY DAVIS: Safely confine dogs when you're not home
• Ask The Californian: Who pays for busted city property?
• STEVE FLORES: Mom's long lost letter found at Christmas
• LOIS HENRY: High speed rail is on the right track
• Strong prices bring consolidation to local oil fields
• Solar vs. trees pits neighbor against neighbor
• Companies, employees under pressure to move
• ZACH PARRIS: God dwells even in the darkness
• Former Rockette reminisces about dancing days
• Dog found brutalized, owner arrested
• ROBERT PRICE: We've got just the guy for PUC chief
• Supervisor hopeful shares more about her finances, personal history
• Death penalty upheld in 1984 killings of elderly couple
• Education roundup: Which high schools had the highest graduation rates?
• Lessons to learn? Delano a focal point of Arvin charter school debate
• People in Business: A who's who for Dec. 10
• Feds insist that first leg of bullet train reach Bakersfield
• RIC LLEWELLYN: Immigrant advocates want to change the rules
• STEVEN VAN METRE: Grandparents have choices in financial giving
• RUSS ALLRED: Oh 'little' town of Bakersfield
• ROBIN PAGGI: Scrooge was actually an adequate employer
• Action Line: Second chances for scholarships are possible
• Strictly Business: Q&A with Charles Drew of the Kern Farmers Market Association
• Beautiful Bakersfield committee accepting nominations
• Market Intelligence: 12 percent growth in demand for locally grown food
• At least two candidates for supervisor interviewed
• Federal money could help extend rail to Bakersfield
• Police ID suspect in death of sheriff's academy grad
• Local treasures days away from auction block
• Here are your latest volunteer opportunities
• Checking restaurant inspection reports -- there's an app for that
• A BLOG ABOUT LIFE, MEDIA, POLITICS AND PEOPLE
• VALERIE SCHULTZ: We're still better off wed, study or no study
• Man confronts alleged prowler, alerts police
• Complaint: Rail project excludes minority-owned businesses
• Local school nominated for nation's highest honor
• Local schools struggle to exit 'program improvement'
• Deputies: Man allegedly tied up, tortured ex-wife for three days
• County pension cost to grow by $13.7 million
• Education roundup: Two schools advance to 'virtual enterprise' finals
• Filipino nurses file suit to join federal action against Delano Regional hospital
• Another suspect arrested in mortgage fraud case
• Stuebbe retiring as BC athletic director in July
• Charter school runs into board opposition
• Victim had just graduated sheriff's academy
• LOIS HENRY: Grand jury zaps mosquito man for global trips
• Administrator picked for diocese until new bishop named
• Women say rehabilitative center turned their lives around
• Man sentenced to 6 years in death of bodybuilder
• Pension costs going up? No surprise here
• Breast cancer screening restored
• Wheels of fortune: Bicycle drive benefits foster youth
• JAMIE BUTOW: What's new on Bakersfield.com? A lot.
• EDITORIAL: Appoint Wayne to fill vacant 5th District seat
• Pearl Harbor mystery hinges on scraps of wood
• PETE TITTL: A chile reception at tiny downtown fave
• It started on Kentucky Street: A new day in day care
• Seeking justice from the tragedy of Rosie the Newfoundland dog
• Fresno's Bishop Steinbock dies
• JOSE GASPAR: Could Grimmway charter school work for Arvin students?
• Ask The Californian: What is this mystery building?
• Another district-opposed charter school up for a vote
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• LOIS HENRY: A close look reveals tough terms in county's proposal
• HERB BENHAM: No dirty work for delicate garbage disposal
• Arvin wins 'We the People' title
• Plan B: High-speed track could be used by conventional trains
• School boards to welcome new electeds, tackle boundaries and budgets
• Who is Karen Goh?
• Goh's history tied to local church
• Bakersfield has more Christmas tree lots, fewer trees this year
• Peer report calls for 'thorough reassessment' of high-speed rail project
• EDITORIAL: Ignoring grief won't make it just go away
• Why Florez voted for 'Train to Nowhere'
• EDITORIAL: Litter is beneath us, in two senses
• ROBERT PRICE: Why Florez voted for 'Train to Nowhere'
• City awards 'Truxtun Tie-in' contract
• Police, schools grapple with student interview laws
• New ambulance technology expected to save lives
• Who's best to serve out Rubio's term?
• Worth noting in the community: Donations and more
• People in Business: A who's who for Dec. 3
• INGA BARKS: High-speed rail a 'Simpsons'-like scam
• MICHAEL RUBIO: Wendy Wayne deserves governor's appointment to serve out my 5th District term
• JOHN PRYOR: Karen Goh deserves governor's appointment to serve out Rubio's term
• INGA BARKS: Pete Parra deserves governor's appointment to serve out Rubio's term
• Action Line: Plan holiday road trip with safety in mind
• BHS civics students square off
• Nursing director ties the knot in workplace wedding
• Annual Christmas Parade delights crowd
• Cast your vote for anti-litter slogan
• High-speed rail board votes for Borden-Corcoran first leg
• Groundbreaking ceremony held for new Friendship House
• It's good to give back -- here are opportunities
• EDITORIAL: Why not play these playoff games at BC?
• EDITORIAL: We're our own worst enemies
• Market Intelligence: Teens represent key holiday shopper segment
• Three Thoughts: Stocking up for an uncertain holiday
• Education roundup: Locals in the running for national scholarships
• HERB BENHAM: Unleashing a spirited defense for 'fat' dog
• Get involved: December business calendar
• BAKERSFIELD OBSERVED: A blog about life, media, politics and people
• RUSS ALLRED: Businesses must keep being 'new and improved'
• ROBIN PAGGI: Have a strong anti-alcohol policy at work
• GAYLEN YOUNG: A good niche, recession-proof business part of success formula
• Holiday Lamplight Tours
• Holiday Lights at California Living Museum
• Bakersfield Christmas Parade
• Christmas Around the World 2010
• Expiring benefits put added stress on unemployed
• Teen suicides shake up Kern River Valley
• It's Christmastime in the city: Parade Thursday
• Education roundup: Outgoing state superintendent 'impressed' by local schools
• Off to a 'Holly' jolly start
• CAMILLE GAVIN: 'In the moment' with Gita Lloyd
• Holiday Magic with Chris Lopez
• Dude, Where's My Sleigh?
• LOIS HENRY: Animal Control manager, groups agree killing must stop, but how?
• New unit in District Attorney's office to focus on felony drunken driving cases
• Two plead not guilty to charges in shooting of Bakersfield police officer
• Lobbying for supervisor post heats up, but is Arnold listening?
• Board green lights major interchange in Rosedale
• Worth noting in the community: Volunteer opportunity, greeting card fundraiser
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• Holidays create increased demand for charities
• Supervisors refuse to cut land preservation program
• Local reaction to food safety bill mixed
• Board sends off Rubio with kind words, quips
• JAMIE BUTOW: E-mail access is engagement in its earliest form
• HERB BENHAM: Kids march into adulthood while we head the other way
• School award idea stirs debate
• Responding to emergencies: Just one afternoon at Fire Station 1
• Cyber Monday: Businesses that push online sales see boost
• Goh lobbies governor for supervisor appointment
• Police: Suspects may not have known they were shooting at officers
• Charges refiled against man in connection with 2009 death of 2-year-old
• Worth noting in the community: Holiday luncheon, law workshop and more
• Government roundup: Duck ramp installed, parks nearly finished
• ROADBLOCK: Transmission shortage threatens to halt Kern’s alternative energy boom
• LOIS HENRY: Regulating the truth and other hot air
• Bakersfield police officer shot in leg while on duty
• Schools bear special education growth, costs
• BAKERSFIELD OBSERVED: A blog about life, media, politics and people
• OLIVIA GARCIA: Local groups step into youth projects this season
• Ask TBC: How did Seventh Standard Road get its name?
• SHERRY DAVIS: Learn dog's origin before fixing behavior problem
• Carson broke barriers in Bakersfield
• PETE TITTL: The bucks start here, thanks to mechanical bull
• HERB BENHAM: Bryna's battle - 'I decided I did not need to cry'
• Chez Noel home tours: Come on in!
• ROBERT PRICE: Shopping? No, just doing my patriotic duty
• Local commercial real estate coming back to life
• Huckabee chats about politics, new children's book
• Nicole Parra closes door to possible appointment
• Fires Friday injure woman, cause hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage
• It's their holiday too: CALM animals treated to feast
• Hoteliers happy with gradual improvement
• Shoppers brave cold, crowds for Black Friday bargains
• HEATHER IJAMES: Skip the violent video games this year
• Action Line: How to send holiday packages to soldiers
• In the spirit: Ebenezer church provides free Thanksgiving meals
• HERB BENHAM: We're no Rohnert Park, but we do have one enticement - your job
• Turkey Bowl: 30 years of pre-turkey tackles
• Vehicle sales gaining momentum
• County seeks to reduce Williamson Act tax breaks
• HOLLY CULHANE: Honest reference letters can help open door
• "Grandparent scam" gets Bakersfield woman
• Want to give back? Here are volunteer opportunities
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• Argument leads to fatal shooting
• RUSS ALLRED: Counting our business blessings
• Market Intelligence: In-stock availability most important for mobile shoppers
• Strictly Business: Q&A with Garold Muth, president of Muth Pump
• VALERIE SCHULTZ: The trick is to offer thanksgiving (with a small 't') every day
• Customers remember bakery owner found dead
• CALM gets the LED out: Holiday Lights starts Saturday
• Freeze forecast puts squeeze on citrus growers
• People in Business: A who's who for Nov. 26
• Your guide to shipping on time for the holidays
• Staff recommends beginning high-speed rail construction between Corcoran and Madera
• Bakersfield observed: A blog about life, media, politics and people
• McCarthy backs bill to slash rail project
• Arvin Union's school board denies Grimmway charter school
• Gift drive fosters holiday cheer
• Longtime board members honored at BCSD meeting
• Ridgecrest woman charged with metal pipe beating of man she lived with
• Man sentenced to five years in prison in skateboarder's death
• School bus driver helps save family, home from fire
• Mixed feelings about new airport security procedures
• Two die in Gorman collision
• Man sentenced to 15 years to life in drunken driving case that killed his brother
• EDITORIAL: Honoring our war heroes
• EDITORIAL: Assume TSA has good reason for intrusive frisking
• JAMIE BUTOW: Twitalytics and the Kern County Museum
• HERB BENHAM: Facebook is dying, and I pulled the trigger
• Second suspect arrested in stabbing death
• Group talks about desire to complete Wall of Valor
• Fresno group pledges neutrality on rail link
• Worth noting in the community: Aera food drive, Wal-Mart contest and more
• Deputy arrested on spousal abuse charges
• State promises at least 25 percent water delivery
• Cancer patient receives honorary law certificate
• Education roundup: BCSD to honor outgoing, late trustees
• Real estate watchers wary of post-tax credit market for entry level homes
• Kern County to finish counting ballots today
• Two storms -- and cold air -- headed our way
• Records raise residency questions about former Supervisor Parra
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• Ask TBC: How many chickens can people keep at home?
• Be prepared for crowds while traveling during Thanksgiving holidays
• SHERRY DAVIS: Don't share your turkey feast with canine companions
• Knight at the museum: Officials looking for someone to rescue county treasure
• LOIS HENRY: I pay, you pay, we all pay for power. But some pay less.
• Bakeries take cake -- all the way to TV
• HERB BENHAM: It takes two, baby - especially on a tandem bike
• PETE TITTL: Holy, mole! This is one good dish
• ROBERT PRICE: Embracing this planning ideal nails two goals
• Bakeries take cake -- all the way to TV
• STEVE FLORES: 'Thanksmas' tradition brings new meaning to season
• Storms threaten to close local mountain passes
• Growers question food safety bill
• Energy incentives programs worry valley farmers
• Gay-rights group gives Ashburn high marks
• 50-year teacher still having fun
• Claim filed against BCSD in fatal bus crash
• Cold, wet weather expected this weekend
• Drama surrounds sentencing of clinic operator and her husband
• Man pleads not guilty in stabbing death; others sought
• Two men allegedly rob former employer, lead deputies on chase
• Giving the gift of green
• Looking for the love of Christ in others
• Diocese's donations off the chart
• Record number of Kern children find permanent homes on National Adoption Day
• Education roundup: "We the People" competition coming up
• People in Business: A who's who for Nov. 19
• VALERIE SCHULTZ: Cigarette an alluring, unforgiving companion
• IRS seeks more than 300 Kern taxpayers owed refunds
• Kern unemployment falls a bit in October
• Two local hospitals fined for patient record breaches
• Cross-country equestrians pull up in New Mexico
• Action Line: Check return policies this holiday season
• Air quality causes local arts council director to resign
• HERB BENHAM: Only $499,858 shy of my retirement goal!
• Worth Noting in the economy: Support for rail segment sought and more
• State board approves spending bond money to preserve portion of Tejon Ranch land
• Padre apologetic after turning away newlyweds
• Survey: California drivers cite speeding, aggressive driving as top concerns
• Education roundup: Local anti-bullying workshops coming up
• These groups need your volunteer help
• EDITORIAL: Faint glimmers of cooperation in Washington
• Chance of rain increases through weekend
• Market Intelligence: 22% of local adults conserve water regularly
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• Government roundup: Delano courthouse sites announced
• COMMUNITY VOICES: Security vital, but does it have to be done like this?
• STEVEN VAN METRE: Not much 'bang for your buck' in this investment
• Three Thoughts: Without government help, would green energy pencil out?
• RUSS ALLRED: Outsourcing can help build businesses
• Free Thanksgiving dinner a blessing to those in need
• Fresno official backs Bakersfield high-speed rail link
• Allegiant bets flights to Las Vegas will pay off
• Speakers: Transportation funding, planning need major improvement
• Former insurance agency director wanted in civil, criminal cases
• EDITORIAL: 2 reasons some regulation is a necessary thing
• McCarthy to enjoy bigger offices, staff as whip
• Schools locked down as SWAT team deployed, murder suspect surrenders
• Sibling memorialized through AIDS awareness campaign
• Hundreds of State Farm employees may move to Bakersfield
• Government roundup: Park rental fees drop
• Award for historic effort
• Costa's lead up to 2,422 in congressional race
• Weed warriors: Aiding and abating for 45 years
• LOIS HENRY: So many government foibles, so little time
• Valley stands to gain clout in membership of new Congress
• Garrison to manage community services district
• EDITORIAL: Have trouble sealing your absentee ballot?
• Police uniforms, badge replica found in drug raid in Shafter area
• Pete Parra moves into the 5th -- a sign?
• Government roundup: Tobacco-selling permits on hold
• Man enters not guilty plea to string of robberies targeting elderly
• Chevron hands out $162,500 to 34 local nonprofit organizations
• FBI warns 'Geezer Bandit' is armed, dangerous
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• HERB BENHAM: Free money can't be tied down, at least not by me
• EDITORIAL: 'Narrowcasting' doesn't serve public interest
• Infant's parents plead not guilty in child's death
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• Annual ceremonies honor lives with lights
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• SHERRY DAVIS: Leashes protect public
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• JOSE GASPAR: Dream bill could become reality with Brown
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• Ask The Californian: Will the east side get a Fresh & Easy?
• LOIS HENRY: Air pollution "deaths" all over the map
• HERB BENHAM: Surf merchants ride highs, lows of business
• RIC LLEWELLYN: A regular guy like me just can't get elected
• Construction back on at Baker Street redevelopment site
• Costa's lead drops slightly in 20th District vote count
• VALERIE SCHULTZ: Sometimes God means to put us on a new path
• McCarthy promises more open debate, focus on economy as whip
• Environmental groups to appeal Tejon ruling
• EDITORIAL: Our city: garbage in, or garbage out?
• State identifies future job growth
• Mendoza trail postponed
• MATT CONSTANTINE: Moving from sick care to health care
• KHS can't lose ground on reforms of past year
• Longtime Bakersfield educator, trustee dies at 76
• KHS can't lose ground on reforms of past year
• Planners approve facility to burn sewage sludge
• Intersection improvements set to start at Highways 184 and 58
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• ROBERT PRICE: 5th District sweepstakes has new entry
• Action Line: Check that your 'pink' purchase benefits the cause
• HERB BENHAM: I caught your name - and then I dropped it
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• VALERIE SCHULTZ: What's in it for me - not you - influences many voters
• EDITORIAL: How about more options on our ballots?
• EDITORIAL: Cutting cabinet education position is the right move
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• HERB BENHAM: Grandparenthood -- are you in or are you out?
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• MATT MUNOZ: Schools could use a few more Mr. Heckmanns
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• HERB BENHAM: When Dad was on stage, no star shone brighter
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• LOIS HENRY: Bakersfield veterans making WAVES
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• Kern supervisors deny permit for kennel
• JAMIE BUTOW: Feedback is excellent for reshaping online conversation
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• Worth noting economy: Home prices weather increase in supply, Michigan company buys stake in Mt. Poso
• LINDA QUINONES-VAUGHAN: Holidays challenging for foster youth
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• Some retailers can't wait for Black Friday
• LOIS HENRY: City takes a major step in fight for the river
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• SHERRY DAVIS: Vaccinate dogs against devastating distemper
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• Bakersfield area struggles to woo professionals
• Rubio wants short-term caretaker to replace him on board
• Progressive Open Door Christian group starts
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• Three northeast Bakersfield burglaries targeted elderly
• Can-do spirit gives Kern strong showing on Inc. 5000
• Youth soccer league officially finds new home
• Collections librarian does job by the book
• Judge rules Tejon Mountain Village was adequately studied
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• ROBERT PRICE: Let's start cheering about these new jobs
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• INGA BARKS: Parties should back candidates the people choose
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• EDITORIAL: Additional reform needed to make Prop. 25 effective
• D.A. won't file charges in ballot case
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• Market Intelligence: More Kern adults working outside county
• VALERIE SCHULTZ: Some friendships need little care and feeding
• Unions mull lawsuit after passage of pension reform
• County warns restaurant operators of inspection scam
• HOLLY CULHANE: Workplace bullies may soon get busted
• GAYLEN YOUNG: Back to basics a key to business success
• No alcohol, illegal drugs found in body of doctor who died in chimney
• Races up in air as tens of thousands of ballots still to be counted
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• Father of slain soldier says son 'loved life'
• County supervisors declare impasse with unions
• Challengers appear to win BCSD seats
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• Costa, Vidak running neck-and-neck for Congress
• Valadao well ahead of Florez in 30th
• LOIS HENRY: Some Kern politicians need a time out
• Tehachapi organ donor to be posthumously honored in Rose Parade
• What health concerns? Merle back on tour
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• Supervisors poised to declare impasse with largest union
• EDITORIAL: Your vote affects next 2 years and decade beyond
• Get out and vote! Here's how
• High school district to move ahead with boundary changes
• BAKERSFIELD OBSERVED: A blog about life, media, politics and people
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• Why Catholics pray to saints -- and should
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• JAMIE BUTOW: Californian rethinking its blogging, commenting policies
• Wasco soldier killed in Afghanistan
• Run to benefit families of fallen law enforcers
• LOIS HENRY: Look for water in the river by 2012
• Political notebook: Assembly Speaker visits Bakersfield
• BAKERSFIELD OBSERVED: A blog about life, media, politics and people
• OLIVIA GARCIA: SWAT teams challenge each other in friendly competition
• OLIVIA GARCIA: SWAT teams challenge each other in friendly competition
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• Ask The Californian: Can McFarland officers drive their police cars home?
• Police warn of increasing car thefts at holiday season
• SHERRY DAVIS: I still say dog parks aren't for kids
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• Second vigil held for teen killed on CSUB campus
• HEATHER IJAMES: Her solutions start with the individual, not government
• Action Line: It's OK to be picky about charities you give to
• People in Business: A who's who for Oct. 29
• EDITORIAL: Crucial choices await on Nov. 2
• ROBERT PRICE: Attack of the animated firefighters
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• Feds confirm $715 million for high-speed rail in valley
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• Bakersfield's Lewis to take the mound for Game 3
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• BAKERSFIELD OBSERVED: A blog about life, media, politics and people
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• Chief shares plans for officers to patrol parks
• Public Health sees increase in distemper
• Indictments issued in child porn cases
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• Kern unemployment holds fairly steady at 15.1 percent
• Police: CSUB shooting victim was unintended target
• Your guide to the state propositions
• EDITORIAL: Drive for rail facility needs public's support
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• Growers welcome cotton prices above a buck
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• Bakersfield Museum of Art gets windfall of a grant
• Paso Robles scientist seeks to oust Congressman McCarthy
• Army Corps to raise profile of Isabella Dam
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• Education roundup: CSUB ag program developing
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• VALERIE SCHULTZ: Change must begin within us adults
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• Via Arte: Artists hit the pavement this weekend
• CSUB to start first four-year engineering program
• Supervisor hopeful Steve Perez nabs key endorsements
• Political notebook: National GOP group writes Vidak big check
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• An emotional Bakersfield Business Conference 'on schedule'
• Retailers woo consumers with flu shots
• Mettler continuing to raise residency questions about Grove
• Man, 89, beaten in home robbery
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• Meetings being held to help change gang members' lives
• Fundraiser to keep local fossils here set for Friday
• Supervisors extend limit on pot collectives, ask for more study
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• JOSE GASPAR: Group helps undocumented college students
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• JAMIE BUTOW: Parenting now includes Internet safety
• HERB BENHAM: Luigi's misfired on big anniversary party
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• Dr. Phil to feature Seth Walsh case
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• California Association of Realtors: Housing demand will absorb foreclosures
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• PG&E offers pipeline information to customers
• Ask The Californian: How did East High get the 'Blades' team name?
• SHERRY DAVIS: Pick the right dog breed for you
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• LOIS HENRY: Child's suicide is a community's cry for help
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• Kern educators say age 5 is right for kindergarten
• KHSD board: Batey, Miller and Williams best choices
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• SJCH: What you might not know about Seventh-day Adventists
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• PETE TITTL: City gets frank about hot dogs
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• Literary Kern
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• Vallarta plans to keep all four Pro's Ranch stores open
• HEATHER IJAMES: 'Overqualified' passed up for jobs
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• People in Business: A who's who for Oct. 1
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• Doctor's harassment case against KMC dismissed
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• Army veteran pleads not guilty to murder charge
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• HERB BENHAM: This might be the last hose I'll ever buy
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• Worth noting: Airport solar array changes hands, CSUB hosts carbon sequestration workshop
• LOIS HENRY: Rough road for Kern's infrastructure
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• LOIS HENRY: A "paper flood" in McFarland is costing residents their homes
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• HERB BENHAM: Berchtold's knows the secret to 100 years in business; do you?
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• ROBERT PRICE: $29 million fine for bad air? Please explain
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• Lawyer: Sex harassment suits often settle
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• PETE TITTL: Bobby Jacks a feast for eyes, if not taste buds
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• HERB BENHAM: Bound to our overwhelming book collection
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• Authorities to collect unwanted pharmaceuticals
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• ROBIN PAGGI: Employers, veterans have responsibilities to each other
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• Inga Barks sues station, former co-host alleging sexual harassment
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• JAMIE BUTOW: There's no substitute for a simple phone call
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• SHERRY DAVIS: Training puppies where to do their business
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• HERB BENHAM: The shiner the packet, the more expensive the surgery
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• MATT MUNOZ: Major acts have fair in sights
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• RIC LLEWELLYN: Representatives, please pay attention to Kern
• ROBERT PRICE: Matt needed help, and nobody noticed
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• Action Line: Read the fine print on all contracts
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• Education roundup: Transfer policies OK'd, scholars named, career resources launched
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• HOLLY CULHANE: Economy sheds new light on use of credit reports in hiring
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• EDITORIAL: Ads in schools are sellout to consumerism
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• Education roundup: New BC deans named, East High renovations done -- and more
• Aging gas pipes at risk of explosion nationwide
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• Canyon Fire grows beyond 6,000 acres; structures threatened
• Vivica A. Fox headed to town in romantic-comedy play
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• Ask The Californian: Are these Rite Aids required to stay spruced up?
• LOIS HENRY: Shafter's new growth strategy is good grades
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• VALERIE SCHULTZ: We may not look it but - 30 years in - we're like newlyweds
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• Man faces murder charges in couple's deaths
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• CSUB welcomes 8,000 students to new school year
• Canyon Fire grows; more of Highway 178 open
• Department of Justice looks into possible civil rights violations in Bakersfield police shooting of
• HERB BENHAM: The e-mail bag includes a sad farewell, an inspiring comeback
• Worth noting: BBB chief to retire, Bakersfield companies win Dryden subcontracts
• ROBERT PRICE: An investment the country must recoup
• JOSE GASPAR: How do we battle low college attendance rate?
• Fire forces overnight closure of Kern Canyon highway 178
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• LOIS HENRY: LA is after Kern's wind
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• SHERRY DAVIS: Optimize your time with the veterinarian
• Fight over Cal State campus had huge impact on city
• INGA BARKS: The case against burning Qurans
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• Former treasurer of Republican group charged with misdemeanor embezzlement
• Escort rule growing at high schools addressing safety, vandalism
• Modular construction picks up as economy declines
• For-profit hospitals performing more C-sections
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• Crowds turn out to support Schilhabel
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• CA crews try to reach smoldering homes after blast
• People in Business: A who's who for Sept. 10
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• 'Save Music Now' seeks to foot bill for student concerts
• Action Line: What you can do about poor customer service
• Car wash fundraiser held for injured high school quarterback
• Hall Ambulance requests 25 percent rate increase
• Worth Noting in the community: Sept. 11 blood drive and more
• Man convicted of murder, attempted rape of 14-year-old niece
• New details in shooting at marijuana grow operation
• Worth noting in business: Credit union modifies services on Rosedale, ag revenues fall and more
• HERB BENHAM: Raked over the coals, thanks to obsession with Weber
• Feds give $30 million to 'stimulate' clean power project
• Not busy enough? Here are chances to volunteer
• Vegas group enters Bakersfield market with purchase of Hyundai dealership
• Three Thoughts: Is it time for a new tax district downtown?
• Council postpones vote on firefighters contract
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• EDITORIAL: What 9/11 attack should mean to us, once again
• Longtime photo business set to change hands
• Market Intelligence: Self-employment drops as economic recovery slows
• Construction to impact 7th Standard, bike path
• VALERIE SCHULTZ: Denying religious freedom desecrates our 9/11 dead
• Oil rights latest snag for Canyons
• Target to shutter garden centers
• City, county to receive federal funding to fight foreclosure
• New Shafter High School principal appointed
• Meet Gretchen Wilson ... and grab a bag of Funyuns
• Man arrested in connection with two homicides
• Four officers shoot one of five suspects in marijuana grow operation
• Officer charged with driving under influence of sleeping pill
• Federal commission hears Bakersfield's woes
• Girl Scouts to honor inspiring women
• Evidence debated in murder of 14-year-old California City girl
• LOIS HENRY: Next Animal Control manager must work with community groups
• Ed roundup: Millions coming to save teacher jobs
• Downtown tax district could help revitalize urban sphere
• Are you addicted to the Internet? Find help ... online
• HERB BENHAM: Indian woman crazy about public service
• Defaults surge in Kern on eve of commission hearing
• Man gets life in prison without parole in market owner's death
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• Merle on career-defining honor: 'I'm proud to represent Bakersfield'
• Shots fired in Bakersfield park near South High
• BC professor takes entry-level, 'real world' job
• Independence High quarterback paralyzed, coach says
• Kern River rescue requires helicopter crew
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• Air of superiority: Sheriff's aviation unit wins international award
• Ask TBC: What does the county do with its sludge?
• SHERRY DAVIS: Don't let dogs ingest the feces of any species
• Community response hits home for cancer patient, family
• Doctor's suit against city moved to federal court
• STEVE FLORES: Grandmother gives life lessons
• Pilots in Kern keep safe flying to flames of wildland infernos
• Number of homes equipped with surveillance cameras slowly rising
• Residents troubled by fatal shooting at park
• ROBERT PRICE: Political mailers targeting older Americans don't always shoot straight
• County seeking major retirement, health care concessions
• Nearly quarter million dollars of almonds stolen from Wasco firm
• New dealership opens on Auto Mall
• Advice for visiting congressional commission
• Credit union plans to close Delano branch
• Child care slammed by economy, budget crisis
• LOIS HENRY: With friends like PG&E who needs enemies?
• Study faults PG&E's customer service, not SmartMeters
• Study: Bakersfield has relatively safe drivers
• Man's monster truck inspires Hot Wheels toy
• Dr. Kotarac's office remains open with replacement doctor
• Ed roundup: E-waste recycling event coming up
• Here are your latest volunteer opportunities
• People in Business: A who's who for Sept. 3
• HEATHER IJAMES: Parents have fewer rights than they think
• Officer shoots woman who rammed his car in stolen vehicle pursuit, deputies report
• Work to resume at Truxtun and Mohawk
• City working to make Mill Creek safer for ducks
• Solicitations keep the post office busy
• Action Line: Teens must be smart when it comes to credit cards
• GAYLEN YOUNG: The spirit of entrepreneurs
• Japanese surrender still a vivid memory for local veteran
• Estranged boyfriend of doctor found in chimney speaks of 'incredible sense of loss'
• Alon terminates company contracts at local refinery
• Hospital buys land to close adult store
• No resolution in sight on high-speed rail route
• First 5 Kern names new executive director
• ROBIN PAGGI: Avoid offhand comments, office nicknames, stray remarks
• Parks enforcement, DUI patrols planned for Labor Day weekend
• Get involved: September business calendar
• Ask TBC: What's the latest on the Centennial Corridor project?
• Market Intelligence: Small business ownership surpasses pre-recession levels
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• Salmonella outbreak shuts down restaurant, sickens four
• Financial crisis commission announces Bakersfield hearing lineup
• HERB BENHAM: The long and short of black dress socks
• Worth noting in the community: Boys and Girls Club open house, Chick-fil-A promo and more
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• Strictly Business: Q&A with Kay Mardon of the U.S. Small Business Administration
• Worth noting in the community: Money for cancer patient, job fair and more
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• BAKERSFIELD OBSERVED: A blog about life, media, politics and people
• Investigation continues in boating death
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• VALERIE SCHULTZ: I prefer to be scammed by someone with a spell-check
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• Lucky to be alive, former police officer heads up blood drive
• ROBERT PRICE: If enough people declare Obama a Muslim, is it so?
• LOIS HENRY: UCLA letting researcher stay -- for now
• Supervisors declare impasse with prosecutors
• Schools locked down after area robbery
• Police: Alcohol may be factor in doctor's death
• Worth noting in business: Grants given, Business Expo
• JAMIE BUTOW: More and more older adults get social online
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• LOIS HENRY: PG&E pays Oildale woman for burning her house
• Ed roundup: 'Boobies' bracelets causing stir up north
• Rare insurance change worries Delano teachers, staff
• Hospital to replace items stolen from charity
• Retired Public Employees Association (RPEA)Meeting
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• HERB BENHAM: Friend's permanent ink makes one think
• Body found in chimney flue believed to be that of local doctor
• For pistachios, a wet year but a bright outlook
• SHERRY DAVIS: Rehabilitating rescue dogs can be hard, but rewards worth it
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• Supervisors to tackle project fees, changes at animal control
• Suspect in fatal boating accident a convicted felon
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• A business conference to 'spin their heads'
• 'Lowest performing' schools get millions to transform
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• Local victim shares her bout with pertussis
• Florez not giving up on spay-neuter bill
• Openly gay female bishop to speak at local church
• College classes fill while campuses wait for state money
• County names businesses that received recalled eggs
• RALPH BAILEY: Emotions demand no mosque, no "n" word
• Action Line: Can I get my car windows tinted black?
• Commission studying economic meltdown coming to Bakersfield
• Gas station owners lament order on fuel nozzles
• Bakersfield native accused in children's deaths in Scotland has first legal appearance
• Registered sex offender ruled out as suspect in one of two home intrusions
• Political notebook: Teachers decry Fiorina's stance on jobs bill
• HERB BENHAM: Key to vacation is Scrabble and unread books
• Bakersfield may lose prehistoric treasures
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• Ed roundup: You can grade CSUB's president
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• Ready, set, duck! Water balloons flying
• Nurse arrested on felony elder abuse charge
• Record high temperature tied on Wednesday
• Progress made on Kern County fires
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• Ed roundup: Wells Fargo to donate $25,000 to Taft College
• More Kern highschoolers passing exit exam on first try
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• Cooling centers to open as temperatures set to soar Wednesday
• One teen convicted in brutal murders of couple
• Soldier who admitted killing two fellow soldiers gets life in prison
• Second teen convicted in brutal murders of elderly couple
• Ask TBC: Why hasn't Andy Vidak taken down his campaign signs?
• CHP honors women for heroic actions after crash
• Fires prompt state of emergency declaration
• Cops say uncle in parking ticket dispute
• Supervisors freeze the number of pot cooperatives allowed
• Veteran award nominee rolls with positive 'frame' of mind
• Boxer makes rare visit to Bakersfield
• Burn notice: experts share knowledge in local workshop
• Worth noting in business: Tourism summit, new Rabobank branches and more
• Wildfire threatening structures along Lebec Oaks Road
• JAMIE BUTOW: Like it or not, social media is a way of life
• Political Notebook: League to host talk on women candidates
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• Pot dispensed in the city, too
• Budget impasse forces cuts to local preschool, day care programs
• Worth noting in the community: Women's Equality Day, Assistance League event, lottery winner
• Attorney disputes client at murder scene
• Shafter High principal steps down for 'personal reasons'
• BC students discover registration, parking challenges as enrollment surges
• JOSE GASPAR: Could some US-born kids be denied citizenship?
• Bakersfield woman pleads guilty to killing two soldiers, kidnapping baby
• Whooping cough cases continue to climb
• The smile's on us: Gaslight celebrates anniversary
• Fathers take pledge for children's education starting with first day of school
• Mother donates defibrillator to school in daughter's memory
• Officer, I'd like to report a litterer
• Roads projects slowed by walkout
• Coffee kiosks transformed into new business ventures
• BRENDA ISAACS: Put etiquette on your list for back-to-school
• SHERRY DAVIS: Reduce the number of dogs destroyed each year
• LOIS HENRY: Funny how it all comes back to Kern River water
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• LOIS HENRY: Funny how it all comes back to Kern River water
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• Ed roundup: Standard launches recycling project; parent files claim over slippery slide
• Bridge to health care reform strained in Kern
• Political notebook: Council candidate hosting registration drive
• Doctors needed as health care reform approaches
• New earthquake study underscores need to prepare
• The latest attraction at Kern County Fair? Ticket discounts
• Tiny school district thriving while leaving past behind
• Action Line: What you should know about add-on hotel fees
• Illnesses linked to eggs will likely grow
• Supervisors poised to freeze pot collectives amid proliferation
• Theater's arrival ushers in fresh start for mall
• Father sentenced to nine years for killing son
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• Delano Regional accused of discrimination
• Wages grow by 2% in Kern as employment shrinks
• Police investigating possible link between northwest intrusions, wanted parolee
• Talladega Frights gets new location
• Law Library partition plan draws criticism
• Bull fire response cost more than $11 million
• Kern's unemployment rises slightly to 16 percent in July
• Woman sentenced to four years in rental scam
• RIC LLEWELLYN: Marriage is for one man, one woman
• Libraries Awarded 'Job and Career Accelerator' Database to 'Put the Valley Back to Work'
• Governor signs bill that gives legal recourse against adults who provide alcohol to minors
• People in Business: A who's who for Aug. 20
• Kern Schools Federal Credit Union cuts 7 positions
• STAFFORD BETTY: Why do so many Catholics believe in reincarnation? Should they?
• Deputy enters not guilty plea to drug charges
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• INGA BARKS: Dr. Laura was hurtful, but she shouldn't have quit
• The Canyons hits financial turbulence
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• VALERIE SCHULTZ: Minding a toddler requires vigilant training
• Quarantine calls for strict treatment of produce after Melon Fruit Fly discovered
• Riggi children stabbed in Scotland, autopsies find
• Ask TBC: Why is this Ken Mettler sign still up?
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• First stage of Taft's Oilworker Monument takes shape
• HOLLY CULHANE: Engaging employees path to increased profitability
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• Market Intelligence: One in three local adults attended Kern County Fair
• Fair lending group says high-cost loans hit minorities disproportionately
• Trial underway in case of teens accused of murdering couple in their home
• Expect nighttime delays at Mohawk and Truxtun
• Political notebook: Senate hopefuls nab law enforcement, business endorsements
• Man enters not guilty plea to murder, other charges
• Firing of UCLA researcher questioned in light of Lois Henry column
• Detention deputy arrested on suspicion of DUI on jail grounds
• Worth noting: New SBDC center, high-speed rail meeting
• Military wife boots up fundraiser for clothing, supplies
• Worth noting in the community: Food Bank resource fair, MS presentation
• LOIS HENRY: The art of Kern's water
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• Worth noting in the community: American Red Cross, new bike park and more
• PG&E test data mostly within approved accuracy level
• Number of whooping cough cases up to 227
• Local school test scores rising
• Government roundup: Dog parks? We rule, apparently
• Crew seeks to prevent erosion in Bull Fire region
• Neighbors say man suspected in killing is son of victim's girlfriend
• JAMIE BUTOW: Trends in social media could be a little too social
• KERRI SCARLETT: Money saving tips for back-to-school
• Court halts Calif. gay marriages pending appeal
• Worth noting: New restaurant; railroad expansion
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• Steve Flores: Helping Katrina response was rewarding
• Bakersfield off-road racing family says accident not driver's fault
• Ask TBC: Why does the CHP need another station?
• Car washes roll with the changing economy
• SHERRY DAVIS: When to use a dog leash for training
• Off-road racer rolls truck into crowd, killing 8
• Comfort food kicked up a notch
• LOIS HENRY: Independent thought not wanted at UCLA
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• Analysis: Neither supervisor candidate can take home turf for granted
• When going got tough, disabled veteran got rowing
• Costs of new courthouses questioned
• INGA BARKS: We're more like Bell than you might think
• Man accused of posing as woman to lure victims enters not guilty plea
• Growers, schools back bill to pay for healthier school lunches
• Ed roundup: Schools receive emergency preparedness money, fundraisers coming up
• Mother hoping to spare others her heartbreak
• Action Line: Learn about new overdraft regulations
• People in Business: A who's who for Aug. 13
• VALERIE SCHULTZ: A voice makes us human, even if we're not
• BC solar project a long-term boon, short-term parking problem
• Toddlers among six shot in east Bakersfield
• Kern Economic Journal: Economic snapshots of Kern County's second quarter
• Sabbath service marks 100 years for hospital
• State moves to set quarantine after Melon Fruit Flies found
• Downtown surveillance cameras will bring Big Brother to Bakersfield
• Convicted sex offender enters not guilty plea to seven felonies, including sexual assault
• The heat is on in the valley -- next week
• STEVE PORTER: Making decisions in foreclosure
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• Same-sex marriage ruling brings mixed emotions locally
• Gay marriage on hold -- but for how long?
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• Three Thoughts: What changes have you noticed in your customers' spending habits?
• ROBIN PAGGI: Health and the bottom line at work
• Kern Economic Journal: Bakersfield households less pessimistic
• Kern Economic Journal: Kern businesses more confident in current, future state of economy
• Market Intelligence: More educators look to further their own education
• Projects get green light
• Hall Ambulance Service rolls out upgraded fleet
• City council, school board candidates cement place in races
• Delano police await larger facility
• College districts celebrate renewable energy program funding
• Kern's economy among few in California to grow in 2009
• Buck Owens receives the star treatment
• Series of incidents requires big fire department response
• Ask TBC: Where's enforcement of these 25 mph zones?
• Worth noting economy: tourism grant workshops, estate planning event
• Hell's Angels member enters not guilty plea to murder, other charges
• SCOTT COX: Let the Heathens make a believer out of you
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• LOIS HENRY: New sex offender site a start, but more work needed
• Police officer charged with vandalizing business
• Man enters plea of not guilty to molestation charges
• Scathing letter coincides with emergency meeting on tax-split issue
• Report: Alon refinery conversion 'on track'
• Worth Noting: Verizon's help in recent fires, real estate career night, ice cream upgrades
• Ed roundup: School districts take up construction projects, teacher contracts
• Annexations halted as county works on new fees
• Worth noting: Bakersfield home prices, Kern income levels and more
• Worth noting in the community: Stop the Violence, spelling bee and more
• Government roundup: Two big developments headed to city council
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• HERB BENHAM: The house just doesn't want me to leave it
• Man found guilty in 2008 death of market owner
• Mariachi youth group to perform summer concert
• Online becomes alternative to regular high school
• SHERRY DAVIS: Each dog must be trained as an individual
• Ask TBC: What's going in at Old River and Stockdale?
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• Embattled BP collecting millions in government stimulus funds for Kern power plant
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• Fiorina assails tax increases, Boxer during farm visit
• LOIS HENRY: Rapist on the loose? Please, tell us
• Local banks, credit unions still dealing with slowdown
• New reports show union ire for Scrivner
• Hells Angel murder case delayed
• Review: New Buck biography nothing but a hatchet job
• Californian exclusive: More voting boundary goofs emerge
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• Plan to protect kit fox habitats could create barrier for builders
• Police asking for help in finding suspected scam artist
• Market killing suspect says he wasn't there
• HEATHER IJAMES: Kids and coffee shouldn't mix
• Reminder: Jewetta closing for a year
• People in Business: A who's who for Aug. 6
• Deputy arrested on drug charges
• Palace headliner blackballed on radio?
• Married in Bakersfield, divorce and tragedy in Scotland
• PETE TITTL: Ah, getting away to ... Riverlakes
• LOIS HENRY: Fire chief clarifies his intent on disability pension
• Scott Cox and Kinky Friedman at Zingo's: Be a fly on the wall
• CSUB athletic director Carvajal announces retirement
• Robbery key issue in case of market owner's shooting death
• After surviving closure attempt, city airport growing...slowly
• HERB BENHAM: Fox looks pretty good for 80
• Glorifying God's rein: Trio to travel across country on horseback
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• Market Intelligence: More families focus on generic brands, comparison shopping for back-to-school p
• CSUB athletic director Carvajal announces retirement
• GAYLEN YOUNG: Reinvention a pathway to business success
• Locals applaud, decry Proposition 8 ruling
• Grower, civic leader Jack V. Pandol dies at 87
• Political notebook: Councilwoman Carson not running for re-election
• Joseph Noriega, lawyer and former judge, dies at 81
• Campaign promotes children's car safety
• Movie, milkshake and more
• Ask TBC: Why does my neighbor get house-to-house mail delivery?
• Ed roundup: Locals accepted into Teach for America program
• City councilwoman may ask for outside review of shooting
• Servicemen arrive home to cheers, applause
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• Man arrested in Oildale stabbing death
• Strictly Business: Q&A with Jim Damian on electronic data storage
• HERB BENHAM: A coporation with heart? Yes, but it took some looking
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• Construction work to clog Truxtun and Mohawk
• Worth Noting Economy: PG&E earnings down, other business news
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• Take down that ballot measure, police union says
• Economic development supporters worry about possible change to tax credits
• Police asking for help with homicide from a dozen years ago
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• Judge overturns Calif. gay marriage ban
• Government roundup: Fire chief retiring; possible new council candidate emerges
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• Stadium will likely be named after trainer
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• Coroner: Blunt force injuries killed 3-year-old abandoned in home
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• JOSE GASPAR: In need of a job? Our farm fields are just waiting
• Officers' shooting of teen ruled justified
• HERB BENHAM: If I had a dime for every odd bike ... but this one is cool
• Teen's mental competency hearing delayed
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• LOIS HENRY: More wells go dry in Rosedale
• RALPH BAILEY: What's happening to local plastic surgeon 'just ain't right'
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• Ask TBC: To whom should I report scams?
• SHERRY DAVIS: Feeding dogs and the raw food debate
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• Huge increases in containment of Bull and West fires
• LOIS HENRY: PG&E keeps woman hanging on house fire
• Worth noting in the community: Kern Leaders Academy, green energy and more
• Ed roundup: KHSD to discuss naming stadium after beloved athletic trainer
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• The Woody family: A love of the land is our way of life
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• HERB BENHAM: Key to staying happy is to set bar a bit lower
• PETE TITTL: Hiya, Big Boy -- you haven't changed a bit
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• BRENDA ISAACS: A spoonful of Disney is good for the soul
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• West fire 44 percent contained Thursday
• LOIS HENRY: Attempt to delay Kern River process denied
• HERB BENHAM: Paper or plastic? Oh, plastic -- and lots of it
• Market Intelligence: Nearly one-third of unemployed plan return to school
• Bull Fire 55 percent contained Friday morning
• Air district report examined by Florez at hearing
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• Ed Roundup: Alumni barbecue, lifelong learning courses coming up
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• ROBIN PAGGI: Managing conflict at work
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• Political notebook: Council candidate touts fundraising success
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• Robert H. Williams, retired Kern County fire chief, dies at 89
• LOIS HENRY: Mud in your eyes (and everywhere else) at the Volkslauf run
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• Disagree with the vote? Cap it, KCERA says
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• Bull Fire grows, smoke spreads to Lake Isabella
• Pension measure rebuttals released
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• BPD: Bakersfield crime rate up slightly compared to last year
• Outages left thousands without power Friday
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• Political notebook: Parras endorse Carly
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• Ask TBC: Why do so many streets change names?
• Fire rages in south Bakersfield warehouse
• Education roundup: School raises money for kids with cancer; National Merit Scholars announced
• Worth Noting in business: Employee evaluation seminar and more
• Region secures $1 million for emergency preparedness
• Sun World uses high-tech system to grow business
• Education roundup: Student scholarships and more
• GEMCare growth tied to reform strategy
• Government roundup: Still no Bass Pro Shops, but a chunk of land changing hands anyway
• Man sentenced to life without parole in death of Oildale clerk
• Pension ballot arguments are in
• Police accused of civil rights violations in amended complaint
• Security guard who was shot, killed was former reserve deputy
• Attorneys dissect subtleties of altercation at Proposition 8 protests
• Worth noting in business: Fundraiser at dealership; security company makes US ranking
• BAKERSFIELD OBSERVED: A BLOG ABOUT LIFE, MEDIA, POLITICS AND PEOPLE
• Police issue arrest warrants for southern California couple
• Library Employment - Graphic Artist
• Mettler's motive central question in civil trial
• Couple may have fled to Mexico
• Field of candidates for KHSD board race becoming clearer
• Dead girl, abandoned 4-year-old prompt search for Bakersfield couple
• BAKERSFIELD OBSERVED: A BLOG ABOUT LIFE, MEDIA, POLITICS AND PEOPLE
• OLIVIA GARCIA: Group works to stay focused on Bakersfield's vision
• HERB BENHAM: If I die before she wakes, chill the champagne
• Californian Conversations with Pat Coyle
• Worth noting in the community: Recycling day, grants and more
• Sobriety checkpoint nets five DUI arrests
• Bodfish Fire now 80% contained
• Rail project pits Kern against Fresno in high-stakes tug of war
• Lois Henry: Sex offenders unwatched as parole struggles with GPS system
• Ask TBC: When will Forever 21 re-open?
• SHERRY DAVIS: Helping dogs overcome compulsive, obsessive behavior
• Schools examining cell phone policies to address distractions
• For Joey Porter, there's no place like home
• Brokers encouraged to turn in rule breakers
• Friends of the Library Used Book Sale
• New Hours
• Network Maintenance - June 30
• Local Company Receives National Industry Honors And Certification
• Kern County Library 2010 - 2011 Budget Presentation
• New Database - Job & Career Accelerator
• Kern County Library 2010 - 2011 Budget Presentation
• Proposed New Hours
• Live Video - Kern County Budget Meeting 6/9/10
• Summer Reading Program 2010
• Kern County Library Departmental Presentation
• eAudiobooks
• Branch Events and Activities for May
• County Budget Report for April
• Support the Library
• Adult Book Discussion and Two Free Movie Showings At Beale Memorial Library
• Support a youth volunteer leader from Bakersfield!
• Kern Charter Service News - March 22, 2010
• Computer Classes At Beale Memorial Library - April 2010
• Computer Classes At Beale Memorial Library - March 2010
• Kern Charter Flight Training 'Free Learn to Fly Seminar'
• Kern Charter Flight Training ‘Learn to Fly Seminar’
• Computer Classes At Beale Memorial Library - February 2010
• BNI Bakersfield Givers Gain Chapter receives Founder’s Award
• Computer Classes At Beale Memorial Library, January 2010
• Computer Classes At Beale Memorial Library In November 2009
• National Gaming at Beale Memorial Library
• Computer Classes At Beale Memorial Library, October 2009
• 2009 Kern County Fair Update
• The Andrews Brothers
• Seven Brides For Seven Brothers
• Let The Contests Begin
• Computer Classes At Beale Memorial Library, August 2009
• Fair Seeking Social Media Intern
• News From the Great Kern County Fairgrounds - July 13, 2009
• Myths and Realities of Hospice Care - Speaker Marylee Shrider
• Adult Summer Reading Program 2009 At Beale Memorial Library
• Antiques, Collectibles and Old West Show and Sale News - March 23, 2009
• Budweiser Pavilion Lineup Announced...8 out of 12
• Teen Tech Week: Press Play at Your Library
• Local Realtors Help Eliminate Hunger In Kern County!
• Great Kern County Fairgrounds News - January 6, 2009
• Western Street Rod Nationals
• FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -
• Bakersfield Museum of Art Announces Art Works
• The Cab Calloway Orchestra and The Ink Spots
• The Celtic Tenors
• Calico Winds
• The Brothers Four
• Franc D'Ambrosio's Hollywood : Concert
• Alaska Cruise/Mission Trip 2008
• Closet Singers 'Come Out' Online
• The Rocky Horror Show
• Kopit And Yeston's Phantom
• Patti Labelle
• The King And I
• Play: "The Graduate"
• Motion Picture: Wordplay
• Contacto- Un Show Solo Para Mujeres
• Boyz II Men
• Motion picture: The Holy Girl
• Assassins
• Gary Allan with Jack Ingram
• Film Series : The Bishops Wife
• Gregg Allman And Friends
• Motion Picture: 3-Iron
• Gaslight Holiday Extravaganza
• Merry Christmas At Stars
• A Merry Christmas At Stars
• Living Out
• HolidayLights
• Clock Tower Holidays: Once Upon A Time

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