CSUB wrestling opens season with win over Cal Baptist
The new coach has a win in his Cal State Bakersfield debut.
View ArticleShorthanded Condors overcome Texas Stars, 5-3
Saturday was quite the whirlwind for the Condors.
View Article5 questions about CSUB's men's basketball season
1. Can Roadrunners make it back to the NCAA Tournament?
View ArticleBasile grabs spotlight entering CSUB basketball season
Dedrick Basile may seem quiet and unassuming when you see him walking on campus at Cal State Bakersfield.
View ArticlePolice seize three guns while executing search warrant
Police seized several rounds of ammunition, a shotgun and two rifles Saturday while executing a search warrant in southwest Bakersfield, officials said.
View ArticleCommunity Voices: Let's address innuendo surrounding Chamber's endorsements
When will this election be over? For those of you asking this question I feel your pain. The constant barrage of news and paid advertisements can be exhausting. What’s most important is that we vote —...
View ArticleLetter to the editor: Maxwell talks out of both sides
“These are things that are cooked into the whole project anyway. We don’t know where we’d be without these lawsuits but it’s the public’s right to bring these lawsuits." — Ward 2 Councilman Terry...
View ArticleAfter 860 trips, Cancer Society's super volunteer retires
It's been a long time since Bill Schaefer had a free Tuesday. Twelve years, to be exact. Starting this week, though, he's available. Presumably.
View ArticleJOSE GASPAR: Some school districts shooting from the hip
Kernville Union School District Superintendent Robin Shive breathed a sigh of relief after his school board split 2-2 last month on a vote to allow concealed weapons on district campuses and at...
View ArticleJIM BRAUN: Some wistful thoughts as I fly the 'W' flag
The Cubs' 108-year World Series title drought is finally over. Sheesh, that took longer than for Halley's Comet to come around. Maybe that gives Cubs fans an out-of-this-world feeling.
View ArticleCalifornia promised public employees generous retirements. Will the courts...
A case before the state Supreme Court could clear the way for reductions in public retiree benefits, which have become hugely expensive. But the outcome is “hard to predict.”
View ArticleTehachapi romance author remembered for her work with animals
Book lovers might find celebrated novels written by Chelley Kitzmiller in the romance section, but friends and family say it’s not her fiction she’ll be remembered for — it will be her work with animals.
View ArticleThe past is grotesque, future grows worse
I’m hearing some variation of this wherever I go: “Thank heaven the campaign is finally almost over. I can’t stand any more of this ugliness! I so look forward to Nov. 9.”
View ArticleGoh still ahead in mayor's race, but nobody's declaring anything
In a repeat of the June primary, nonprofit CEO Karen Goh widened her lead over former homebuilder Kyle Carter in the race for Bakersfield mayor on Wednesday.
View ArticleUncounted ballots remain: What's in play?
More than 76,000 uncounted ballots remained to be checked, approved and tallied in Kern County Wednesday.
View ArticleFour-term councilman Hanson ousted; Sullivan wins sixth term
Four-term Bakersfield City Councilman Harold Hanson, who initially said he wouldn’t seek a fifth term, but later changed his mind, may now be wondering whether he should have stuck with his original plan.
View ArticleVideo from Ridgeview signing ceremony
Three Ridgeview student-athletes signed national letters of intent to college programs on Wednesday.
View ArticleIndependence signing day
Two Independence senior student-athletes signed national letters of intent in the campus library on Wednesday.
View ArticleBC basketball falls in overtime
Citrus College beat Bakersfield College 81-79 in overtime on Wednesday night at the Fullerton Tournament.
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