Community Voices: Bakersfield is drowning in debt
In just the past two years, the City of Bakersfield’s unfunded pension liability has increased over $100 million to over $400 million. That is double the entire general fund budget.
View ArticleLetter to the editor: Blame smug, secular radicals
After reading Jeremy Adams’ Oct. 23 op-ed, “An apology to my students voting for the first time,” my conscience began to hurt. I belong to what is known as the Greatest Generation. We grew up during...
View ArticleWORLD SERIES: Russell drives in 6 RBIs as Cubs even series
CLEVELAND — Addison Russell's grand slam capped a seven-run assault over the first three innings as the Chicago Cubs rolled to a 9-3 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Tuesday to even the World...
View ArticleHaddad, Richardson lead Stockdale to sweep in D-I playoffs
A popular coaches' adage says what's important is how a team finishes, not how it begins.
View ArticlePolice searching for drive-thru robbers
Police are searching for two men who held up a Carl’s Jr. restaurant at gunpoint Wednesday morning.
View ArticleThe FBI: In Obama's world, that the 'Fix Be In'
The FBI’s reputation has sunk so low under the Obama administration that its initials seem to stand for: The Fix Be In.
View ArticlePrograms for transitional offenders get big boost
Programs that help transition criminal offenders back into society could get a more than $2.5 million boost in funding if the county board of supervisors approves the action, probation officials said.
View ArticleWho should decide how juvenile suspects are tried? Prop. 57 would change the...
The scene that greeted Raymond Aguilar in his old Stockton neighborhood on his release from prison four months ago was too familiar: boarded-up windows, liquor stores, prostitutes and gang members...
View ArticleCommunity Voices: Prop. 58 allows superior 'dual immersion' education
When Proposition 227 was passed by voters in 1998, education in California was micro-managed by Sacramento. Some would refer to this as a “nanny” form of governance.
View ArticleCommunity Voices: Measure J supports a long-held community vision
The city of Bakersfield is beyond compare — it’s a community of local traditions and history, family and friends, common goals, universal themes, and most of all incredible partnership and synergy....
View ArticlePETE TITTL: The Goose is still golden
When people think of Bakersfield restaurant institutions, the Goose Bar and Grill seldom comes up.
View ArticleBHS advances in D-II; Wasco falls in D-IV championship
Bakersfield High's Kate Kelly says her tennis strategy is to shake off lost points as quickly as possible and move to the next one.
View ArticleFirst-round football playoff games moved to Thursday
Next week's first-round games in the Central Section football playoffs have mostly been moved up a day to Thursday because Friday is Veterans Day.
View ArticleBCHS marches into D-II girls tennis final – again
Bakersfield Christian girls tennis coach Frank Thiessen was a bit concerned heading into his team’s Division II semifinal against Visalia-Redwood on Wednesday.
View ArticleVIDEO: Highlights from the Kern County Cross Country Championships
Video highlights from the Kern County Cross Country Championships.
View ArticleDwight Yoakam lauds Owens, Haggard in Bakersfield show
Dwight Yoakam's show at the Crystal Palace Friday night was equal parts concert and homage.
View ArticlePHOTO GALLERY: Local veterans celebrated at Salute to Our Local Heroes
A barbecue fundraiser for the Wounded Heroes Fund was held Saturday afternoon at the Kern County Fairgrounds. Attendees at the 8th annual Salute to Our Local Heroes chowed down, visited booths offering...
View ArticleHow a governor’s bid to exert control over California’s public pension backfired
Facing an unprecedented budget deficit shortly after taking office in 1991, Republican Gov. Pete Wilson made an unusual request of the state’s largest pension fund: Can you be more liberal in your...
View ArticleHigh-powered Ventura romps past BC, 49-21
The showdown in the National Northern League turned into a mismatch very early of Saturday afternoon’s game in Memorial Stadium.
View ArticleJuvenile stabbed in east Bakersfield
A 17-year-old male suffered minor stab wounds in a fight Saturday afternoon in east Bakersfield, according to police.
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