Off the Press to host Kern High trustee challenger
Kern County High School District trustee Librado Vasquez will be the featured guest on Wednesday’s Off the Press talk show hosted by James Burger, Nicole Parra and Russell Johnson.Vasquez is the former...
View ArticleAnother flap over mayoral campaign signs
Two sign installers for rival mayoral candidates faced off Friday morning in a parking lot, and what happened next depends on who’s doing the talking.Randal Butler, a 30-year friend of Kyle Carter...
View ArticleHigh school notebook: Central Coast schools want to join Central Section
The Central Section could be expanding by eight teams, all from the Central Coast.According to Central Section commissioner Jim Crichlow, the addition of eight schools from the San Luis Obispo area...
View ArticleStudy: Thanksgiving flight bookings to Miami fall on Zika risk
(Reuters) - Flight bookings to Miami for the Thanksgiving holiday in November dropped after the Zika virus was detected in the Wynwood area in the popular tourist destination, travel data analysis...
View ArticleMaya screening Mexican film festival
As many film buffs will tell you, a good movie knows no language barriers. And just south of the border, critically acclaimed movies are being made, with few opportunities to see them in the States.But...
View ArticleRose festival to end this year unless new group takes it on
If you haven’t gone to the Wasco’s Festival of Roses in a while, you might want to make plans to do so this weekend, as the beloved (though recently under-attended) tribute to the town’s best-known...
View ArticleLetter to the editor: Keranen is no Mother Teresa
Was it pure coincidence that one-time Professor David Keranen's Community Voices article, "Homophobia's textbooks: The Torah, Christian scriptures and the Quran," appeared in the Sept. 5 Californian,...
View ArticleStars Theatre puts out distress call
What audiences see on stage is light musical theater; what they don't see is the fancy footwork behind the scenes required to put it there. But Stars Dinner Theatre is giving patrons a peek behind the...
View ArticleLetter to the editor: He merely ‘calls it’ racism
Richard Beene’s recent reference to Colin Kaepernick’s protest “against what he calls institutional racism among police” is laughable (Bakersfield Observed, Sept. 2). Kaepernick’s not the first to...
View ArticleLetter to the editor: We're all missing Kaepernick's point
Colin Kaepernick’s civil disobedience has been widely condemned in both public discussion and the media. Op-ed pages reveal no shortage of letters of indignation and outrage directed at the San...
View ArticleCommunity Voice: Measure J can solve BC's infrastructure woes
Twenty years ago I was a motivated young professor with a temporary appointment at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas. I didn’t plan to come to work at Bakersfield College, but I had always wanted to...
View ArticleCommunity Voice: Yes vote on Measure J a vote for economy
When businesses consider expanding or relocating, they have a long list of criteria to weigh.“Availability of skilled labor” has risen to the top of the list, according to Area Development’s 2016...
View ArticleCommunity Voice: Surprising shortsightedness in noncritical capital projects
“Life is a tragedy for those who feel and a comedy for those who think.” — Horace WalpoleI’m not certain whether I’m inclined to laugh or cry. Our collective public life has given us more than enough...
View ArticleCommunity Voice: Latin star Gabriel was equally beloved for his generosity
I waited to read Esther Cepeda’s Sept. 4 column, “Juan Gabriel’s legacy reached beyond music,” before writing to express my profound disappointment with The Californian’s poor coverage of the passing...
View ArticleOutlaw back in Bako, his favorite honky-tonk haven
Country singer/songwriter Sam Outlaw isn’t waiting for the dust to settle after releasing his full-length album “Angeleno.”Friday he’ll return to Bakersfield to croon with the same impassioned vocals...
View ArticleInterfaith event calls for peace
On Sept. 20 in Assisi, Italy, Pope Francis will mark a World Day of Prayer for Peace, the 30th anniversary of St. Pope John Paul II’s invitation to the world’s religious leaders to join him in prayer....
View ArticleCESAREO GARASA: With Meadows, you're part of the act
Comedian Tim Meadows might be best known for his “Saturday Night Live” character Leon Phelps, the titular Ladies Man of the 2000 film “The Ladies Man.” But for those expecting his set next Thursday at...
View ArticleCall to all jammers: Jazz workshop wants you
What do jazz musicians usually do when they finish a gig? They go find a jam session where they can play more music. So what better way to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Bakersfield Jazz...
View ArticleTHE GRADE: The ins and outs of education in Kern County
BC’S AERA SUCCESS CENTER OPENEDAfter years of construction and planning, Bakersfield College officials opened the doors to the $1.6 million Aera STEM Success Center Tuesday morning.
View ArticleMurder conviction in 2012 beating case reversed
The murder conviction of a man who beat to death his ex-girlfriend's new boyfriend in 2012 has been reversed by a state appeals court that found the trial judge committed prejudicial error in refusing...
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