Meet Kern's first poet laureate
Don Thompson might not think of himself as a poet, but his new appointment as Kern County’s first poet laureate should confirm the fact, if his dozen or so poetry books and even more unpublished works...
View ArticleHERB BENHAM: The house that built Beau
Sunday morning a car pulled up across the street. A handsome young man stepped out and walked toward our porch. He looked familiar but not familiar enough for a name to surface.“You might recognize me....
View ArticleFuneral services for April 24, 2016
Services scheduled Christine Bell, 79, Bakersfield, April 21. Visitation 4 to 7 p.m. April 26, Greenlawn Funeral Home; funeral service 10 a.m. April 27, Greenlawn Chapel, River Blvd. Greenlawn Funeral...
View ArticleLocal advances to U.S. Rowing finals
SARASOTA, Fla. — Bakersfield native Greg Ansolabehere advanced to the single sculls finals of the U.S. Rowing Olympic Trials on Saturday at Nathan Benderson Park.Ansolabehere, a Centennial and...
View ArticleTeams fight cancer, raise money at Bakersfield's 25th Relay for Life
A little wind was never going to stop local cancer survivors and their loved ones from coming together to fight the disease, celebrate more birthdays and remember those they lost. They’ve been through...
View ArticleTreading water: Pool shortage presents challenge for high schools
Marc Urmston has his swimming teams show up in the cafeteria on Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. for a practice that won’t begin for another 90 minutes.This is a daily occurrence for the Liberty head coach.
View ArticleDucks pound Predators to take series lead
ANAHEIM – David Perron and Sami Vatanen each had a goal and an assist to lead the Anaheim Ducks to a 5-2 win over the Nashville Predators in the fifth game of the Stanley Cup Western Conference...
View ArticleTrout's homer guides Angels past Mariners
ANAHEIM – Felix Hernandez shook off flu-like symptoms that postponed his start for a day and took the mound against the Los Angeles Angels Saturday night. But it was the Angels’ offense that lost some...
View ArticleMaeda continues dominant season start in win over Rockies
DENVER – Kenta Maeda pitched 6 1/3 scoreless innings and A.J. Ellis hit a two-run homer to lift the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 4-1 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Saturday night at Coors Field.Maeda...
View ArticleLillard and McCollum lead Blazers to Game 3 win over Clippers
PORTLAND, Ore. – Guards Damian Lillard and C.J. McCollum combined for 59 points to lift the Portland Trail Blazers past the Los Angeles Clippers 96-88 Saturday night at the Moda Center.Lillard scored...
View ArticleLate-inning rallies power Taft baseball past Merced
TAFT — Taft College had four runs in the sixth and three in the seventh to come from behind and beat Merced 7-5 in a Central Valley Conference baseball game Saturday afternoon.The Cougars (13-19, 6-14...
View ArticleCSUB's Lee in hunt for All-WAC women's golf honors
BLAINE, Wash. — Cal State Bakersfield sophomore Ariel Lee is in 12th place through two rounds of the Western Athletic Conference women’s golf championships at Semiahmoo Country Club.Lee shot a...
View ArticleWood sets BC swimming record at WSC championships
SAN LUIS OBISPO — Sophomore Erik Wood set a Bakersfield College record with a second-place 50.46 in the 100-yard butterfly at the Western State Conference Swimming Championships at Cuesta College. He...
View ArticleBC's No. 1 women's doubles team beaten at Ojai tournament
OJAI — Bakersfield College’s women’s tennis season ended Saturday when the No. 1 doubles team of Riley Tucker and Kaylee Defrees was beaten by Modesto’s top-ranked team of Parker Pilati and Vanessa...
View ArticleBC baseball keeps rolling, beats Valley 7-3
VAN NUYS — Jassen Oliver went 3-for-4 with two doubles and an RBI to lead Bakersfield College to a 7-3 baseball win at Los Angeles Valley College Saturday afternoon.It was the fifth straight win and...
View ArticleNew Mexico St. sweeps softball twinbill from CSUB
LAS CRUCES, N.M. — New Mexico State swept a Western Athletic Conference softball doubleheader from Cal State Bakersfield Saturday, 12-1 and 4-2.Alex Simmons doubled and scored on an error for the only...
View ArticleCal rolls past CSUB water polo
BERKELEY – No. 6 California took an early lead Saturday and pulled away from there to hand No. 24 Cal State Bakersfield a 13-3 loss in the final water polo match of the regular season.The Roadrunners...
View ArticleNew Mexico State baseball edges CSUB
New Mexico State held on to edge Cal State Bakersfield 5-4 Saturday night in a Western Athletic Conference baseball game.CSUB (8-29, 3-10 WAC) had five errors, including two in the third when the...
View ArticleStorm doubles up Blaze, 4-2
The Blaze offense was quiet most of the night in a 4-2 loss to Lake Elsinore at Sam Lynn Ballpark.Chantz Mack hit a two-run homer in the ninth and Drew Jackson was 3 for 4 with a triple, but...
View Article14-year-old cancer survivor wins Mini Stock race at KCRP
Austin Wilson has shown throughout his young life that he's adept at overcoming adversity.So it should have come as no surprise that Wilson wasn't going to let some early-race trouble keep him out of...
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