Supervisors vote to put county parks under CAO's control
Kern County’s Parks and Recreation Department will become a part of the Kern County Administrative Office’s General Services Division amid an overall effort to streamline government.
View ArticleMan takes plea deal in 2013 shooting
A 40-year-old man pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter Tuesday in the shooting death of a man in southwest Bakersfield more than three years ago.
View ArticleOff the Press to host congressional candidate Reed
Wendy Reed, the Democratic candidate for the 23rd Congressional District seat, will be the guest on Wednesday's edition of Off the Press.
View ArticleBolthouse Farms gift a boost to CSUB athletes' nutrition
The NCAA has its share of detractors and has passed down some zany decisions over the years, but one of its better proposals that’s been approved is loosening up some of the strict rules about food...
View ArticleLOIS HENRY: Dry wells in Rosedale get help but make me wonder
I checked in with Rosedale-Rio Bravo Water Storage District recently to see how its “dry well” program was going.
View ArticleFair fun? There's an app for that
There’s plenty to see and do across the 168 acres of fairgrounds and, for the first time ever, fairgoers can have an easy-to-follow guide in the palm of their hands.
View ArticleNew Zika detection procedures mean challenges for blood banks
Bakersfield’s Houchin Community Blood Bank has successfully implemented a new program to test incoming blood donations for the Zika virus.
View ArticleVIDEO: Week 4 football predictions
On Thursday's BVarsity Live Preview Show, co-hosts Zach Ewing and Trevor Horn predict all of the football games this weekend involving Kern County schools.
View ArticleVALERIE SCHULTZ: Let's play the library card
September feels like a good month for resolutions, as it is a kind of a new year, at least for anyone whose daily life is affected by the school calendar. In September, our babies go off to...
View ArticleTrump frees Republicans from rigid litmus tests
Over the span of two days, the Republican nominee for president has proposed new child-care subsidies, new mandatory benefits to be provided by business, the removal of millions of families from the...
View ArticleNICK STROBEL: A good week for space exploration
Last week was a good week for solar system exploration. Earlier in the week, the Rosetta spacecraft orbiting Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko finally located the Philae lander, less than 30 days before...
View ArticleMan shot in leg south of downtown Bakersfield
A man was shot in the leg Thursday in a neighborhood south of downtown Bakersfield, police said.
View ArticleSOUND OFF: Why didn't Hillary's 'deplorables' comment make the front page?
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View ArticleCSUB gets second straight volleyball win
Katie-Dunbar Lowe served back-to-back aces to end the match as Cal State Bakersfield beat UC Riverside in straight sets on Friday night in the Roadrunner Classic at the Icardo Center.
View ArticleBC takes two volleyball wins
The Bakersfield College Volleyball team (8-6) swept Cal Lutheran JV and Palomar College 3-0 in the Moorpark tournament on at Moorpark College.
View ArticleI'm coming for you, Vince Fong (for a good cause)
I’m no Allyson Felix or Emma Coburn, because I can neither sprint as fast nor run as long as either of those incredible female athletes.
View ArticleTrump's new hotel offers everything he claims to hate
A bit after 4 p.m. Thursday, the doorbell rang in my hotel room, Room 446 at the new Trump International Hotel in Washington. It was my Koran. I had ordered it from housekeeping.
View ArticleAnswer Russia's cyberattack
Less than two months ago, President Barack Obama approved a presidential policy directive spelling out how the federal government would respond to “significant cyber incidents.” In the shadowy world of...
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