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Bakersfield.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Bakersfield alternative band Norfolk debuts its first album, “The 71 Functions of Consciousness," in a performance Saturday night at The Basement. We caught up with lead singer James Ratliff, who talked about the making of the album. THE MEANING OF THE ALBUM TITLE: I was taking a philosophy of mind class and the functions of consciousness. In short, just to give you an idea, the functions and...
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Bakersfield.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
After working in “every other job there is,” meaning bus driver, cook, sports store manager and UPS driver, it was time for Deon Bell to succumb to his passion and open an art gallery. His voice echoes in the chilly gray cavern he calls The Basement, underneath the former Capistrano’s restaurant at 19th and Eye streets.
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facebakersfield (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
Kern County Sheriff’s Deparment officials said deputies were dispatched to the 3400 block of Edison Highway in East Bakersfield around 2:30 p.m. on Monday after reports of a fight involving several people armed with baseball bats and knives. Officials said when deputies arrived they located an injured adult woman suffering from apparent stab wounds. She had also been [...]
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Bakersfield.com (Free subscription) | 05/01/2009
Bakersfield’s median home price fell to $145,000 in December, down more than 39 percent from a year earlier, according to the monthly Preliminary Crabtree Report released Monday. The report, compiled by appraiser Gary Crabtree, tallies sales of existing single-family homes in metro Bakersfield. Other highlights:
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Bakersfield.com (Free subscription) | 04/01/2009
Report: Officer involved shooting at Bakersfield Municipal Airport
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Bakersfield.com (Free subscription) | 04/01/2009
A 19-year-old Bakersfield man was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries early Saturday morning after being stabbed outside a party in southwest Bakersfield. Evans and two friends were attacked by eight others outside a party in the 10300 block of Mount Snow Lane , according to the Bakersfield Police Department.
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facebakersfield (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
... and thud. It was a retribution throw. A dual-ethnic Latino growing up on a chilly street in south Bakersfield, there were no gangs back in the late 1970s on Geneva Avenue. Certainly there were no car jackings or shootings. Just the meanness you experience from neighbor kids who don’t understand when you’re a dreamer like I was, still am. I can still see the Latino girl teasing me, always...
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facebakersfield (Free subscription) | 05/01/2009
It’s an ongoing mystery. How many beavers are there, where do they live and where do they go when they stop eating the trees at the Park at Riverwalk in southwest Bakersfield? Officials and local media have been spotting one local beaver at the Park at Riverwalk in recent months. That beaver was blamed by city officials for damaging [...]
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facebakersfield (Free subscription) | 03/01/2009
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San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 03/01/2009
Patrick Mills scored 21 points and Omar Samhan added 20 points and 14 rebounds as Saint Mary's beat Cal State Bakersfield 80-74 Friday. Saint Mary's (13-1) led 41-32 at halftime, and opened the second half with a 10-3 run to hold a 52-35 advantage with 15:31...
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facebakersfield (Free subscription) | 03/01/2009
Prepare yourself, there’s good news and bad news about the Bakersfield Jam. The bad news is the team has had another severe setback as the Jam’s tough-as-knuckles captain and morale booster, Mateen Cleaves, is out with a pulled hamstring. The good news? Radio announcer Vance Palm is in. No, not as a big man on the [...]
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facebakersfield (Free subscription) | 03/01/2009
The Bakersfield Jam (10-5) were soundly defeated by the Idaho Stampede (10-4) in a 100-77 loss in Boise on Friday night. Idaho remains undefeated at home. Idaho’s Lance Allred had his fifth double-double of the season, scoring 15 of his 23 points in the first quarter and grabbing 10 rebounds. Luke Jackson also scored 23 points, dishing out eight [...]
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Bakersfield.com (Free subscription) | 02/01/2009
A body of an unclothed female was pulled Friday morning from a canal at North Chester Avenue near West Columbus Street, Bakersfield police reported. There were no signs of foul play and it is believed the body is that of a woman reported missing, Sgt. Orbin Love said.
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facebakersfield (Free subscription) | 02/01/2009
The first Central Valley baby born in 2009 arrived in Bakersfield at Kern Medical Center right at the tick of midnight. According to KBAK, Bryan Alvarez was born right as the New York Times Square ball dropped, making him the first Central Valley baby born in the new year. He weighed 8 pounds, 14 ounces. “Well, It was fortunate. I [...]
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facebakersfield (Free subscription) | 31/12/2008
The journalist had snuck into the city during the daylight—not quite the vampire you would expect. I waited at Rileys Bar in downtown Bakersfield, had a Corona. There was barely any light as a couple of guys sat at the bar talking to the bartender—just the complaining-about-life kind of jabber you would expect. As I [...]
