TIger Woods will not play in the Masters
Tiger Woods will miss the Masters for the second time in three years.Woods announced Friday night on his website that he is not prepared physically to take on Augusta National after a second back...
View ArticleKobe Bryant reportedly turned down Barcelona bid
Kobe Bryant, the NBA's highest-paid player based on his 2016 salary, turned down a pitch from European club FC Barcelona to extend his basketball career overseas.Bryant, whose salary this season is $25...
View ArticleCondors keep playoff hopes alive with win over San Jose
The Condors still have a pulse. Eetu Laurikainen stopped 37 shots and Bakersfield kept its playoff hopes alive with a 4-2 victory over San Jose on Friday night before 6,283 at Rabobank Arena.
View ArticleCanucks shock Ducks 3-2
ANAHEIM – Dan Hamhuis and Emerson Etem scored within three minutes of each other late in the third period as the Vancouver Canucks rallied for a 3-2 win over the Anaheim Ducks on Friday night in front...
View ArticleNBA roundup: Celtics end Warriors' home streak
OAKLAND -- Isaiah Thomas scored all 22 of his points in the second half, including a driving layup to pad a one-point lead with 8.3 seconds left, as the Boston Celtics ended the Golden State Warriors’...
View ArticleSouth boys soccer enjoys championship parade
South High soccer reveled in perhaps the biggest soccer accomplishment in Central Section history Friday, with players and coaches featured in a parade around the campus area that included a band,...
View ArticleHERB BENHAM: Here's hoping at this year's gig, I'm not 'Still the Same'
A couple of weeks ago Steve Flores stopped by and gave me a CD.“You are one of the few people who have this,” he said quietly.
View ArticleFather Garces' diary, entry two: 'Difficulties arose when they asked if I...
On the occasion of Kern County’s centennial in 1966, The Californian printed a series of history pieces, including the diaries of Father Francisco Garces, a Franciscan missionary whose travels brought...
View ArticleCampout Against Cancer raises $369,000 to help local patients
When Esther Evaro’s husband, Ronnie, was diagnosed with lymphoma March 4, 2013 — she remembers everything about the day — he’d lost his insurance and the bills began adding up.His Cobra payment was...
View ArticlePatel second entering final round on Web.com tour
SAO PAULO, Brazil — Bakersfield High graduate Bhavik Patel fell out of the lead but stayed within striking distance during the third round of the Brasil Champions tournament Saturday on the Web.com...
View ArticleFuneral services for April 3, 2016
Services pending Mary M. Donovan, 83, Bakersfield, April 1. Basham Funeral Care.
View ArticleVeterinarian shortage impeding spay-neuter efforts
Kern County’s struggle to attract and retain physicians isn’t just a problem for its people — but for its animals, too.Both Kern County Animal Services and the Bakersfield Animal Care Center need...
View ArticleCSUB softball team sweeps doubleheader
The Cal State Bakersfield softball team rallied to win its first WAC series of the season, sweeping Utah Valley, 7-1 and 4-2 in a doubleheader at CSUB on Saturday.“We’re always happy to be winning...
View ArticleToerner guides BC past AV, 6-1
LANCASTER — Austin Toerner allowed just one run in seven innings as Bakersfield College beat Antelope Valley College (6-18, 2-7) 6-1 on the road in Western State Conference South play.Toerner struck...
View ArticleTaft rallies past Sequoias, 4-3
Brendan Halstrom had a two-run single in the eighth to tie it and Richard Ortiz walked with the bases loaded in the ninth to give Taft College a 4-3 victory over College of the Sequoias.
View ArticleBC men's swimming team tops Sequoias
Bakersfield College split a dual meet with College of the Sequoias, with the men’s team posting the win.Erik Wood won the 200-yard freestyle and 100 butterfly, while Brian Bender won the 100...
View ArticleFour BC tennis players qualify for state
Bakersfield College’s will be sending four players to the state championships following wins at the Western State Conference Individual women’s tennis championships in Ventura.Riley Tucker, Kaylee...
View ArticleCSUB beach voleyball team falls to ranked foes
MALIBU — Cal State Bakersfield dropped a pair of matches to nationally ranked foes at the Pepperdine Zuma Classic.No. 1 Pepperdine (12-1) defeated the Roadrunners 5-0. The Waves held CSUB to single...
View ArticleCSUB water polo falls to No. 3 Stanford, 12-5
No. 3 Stanford defeated No. 23 Cal State Bakersfield 12-5 in MPSF action.The Roadrunners committed seven turnovers in the first 11 possessions of the game as the Cardinal jumped out to a 4-0 first...
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