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At Nearly 80, Si, Dolores Huerta Can

Editor's Note: At nearly 80, United Farmworkers Union co-founder Dolores Huerta personifies the phrase she coined, 'Si se puede!' which President Obama borrowed and translated as 'Yes, we can!' New America Media editor Khalil Abdullah interviewed Huerta, who was honored as an extraordinary older woman at the AARP Diversity Conference in Chicago.

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Fri Jul 03, 2009

Bakersfield Californian

Is Bakersfield 'city of righteousness?'

Righteousness has a neg. connotation. being good, fair and just isn't the same. Righteousness implies you have the best or only way.

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Thu Jul 02, 2009

KGET-TV

Bakersfield Health Care Forum

As President Barack Obama discussed the heated topic of health care reform in Virginia today, government and health care leaders in Bakersfield came together for their own town hall meeting.

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Wed Jul 01, 2009

News10.net

Commission Votes to Slash Legislators Pay by 18 Percent

As lawmakers worked to beat the Midnight deadline to dig California out of a $24 billion hole, their own salaries ended up on the chopping block early Tuesday morning by another government body.

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Tue Jun 30, 2009

TurnTo23.com

Power Outage In Downtown Bakersfield Leaves 100s In Dark

While 900 downtown residents were left in the dark this morning, Bakersfield High summer school students didn't let that ruin their day.

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Mon Jun 29, 2009

CANOE

Toronto drug lord like Robin Hood

A Brampton man who's considered a modern-day Robin Hood has been convicted in the U.S. of leading a drug smuggling ring that trucked at least 36,000 kilos of cocaine from California to Toronto.

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Bakersfield.com

Police say device containing radioactive material was stolen in southwest Bakersfield

A gadget containing a small amount of radioactive material was stolen from a car sometime Thursday night or early Friday morning, according to the Bakersfield Police Department.

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Sun Jun 28, 2009

Bakersfield Californian

Bakersfield brides still spending on weddings despite recession

Felix Adamo / The Californian Leah Hernandez is as beautiful as an angel as she tries on her wedding dress in preparation for her July 10 wedding in Lake Tahoe.

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Sat Jun 27, 2009

KGET-TV Bakersfield

Fallen soldier comes home to Bakersfield

Joshua Soto loved the army. And he died doing what he loved the most. The army sergeant, an infantryman by choice, was killed by a roadside bomb june 16th outside the iraqi town of Tallil.

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Fri Jun 26, 2009

KGET-TV Bakersfield

Man deputies say killed Bakersfield toddler talks to 17 News

When Josh Preston asked us to take him to the Kern County Sheriff's Department for questioning he seemed to know that he wouldn't be coming home.

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Bakersfield Californian

Bakersfield-born soldier escorts his brother's body home from Iraq

Visitation services will be held Friday, June 26 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, 428 E. Kern St., Avenal.

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Thu Jun 25, 2009

KGET-TV Bakersfield

Toddler dead; KCSO, CPS silent on details

There may be more information Wednesday on the death of a 2-year-old East Bakersfield boy whose safety had been a concern to neighbors long before his lifeless body was removed by coroner's investigators.

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Wed Jun 24, 2009

KGET-TV Bakersfield

FBI says madam to stars is former Bakersfield woman

It's being described as Hollywood's most exclusive prostitution ring, a $50,000-a-night call girl service providing Playboy Playmates and porn stars to actors, athletes and moguls.

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People for the Ethical Treatment of A...

PETA's Sexy Nurse Wants Bakersfield Residents to Bypass Heart Surgery with Vegan Diet

Virginia Fort 757-622-7382 Bakersfield, Calif. -- Wearing a stethoscope and a sexy nurse outfit , carrying a notepad to write 'prescriptions' for a vegetarian diet, and holding a sign that reads, " Bypass Heart Surgery--Go Vegan," a PETA beauty will greet patients and passersby outside Mercy Hospital in Bakersfield on Wednesday.

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Tue Jun 23, 2009

Bakersfield Californian

Bakersfield city fire Capt. Derek L. Tisinger

By DEREK TISINGER / In his May 27 Community Voices article, Bakersfield City Councilman Zack Scrivner stated that he is working to put more police officers on the street.

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Mon Jun 22, 2009

SFGate

No free rides for bail bondsmen in Bakersfield

Bail bondsmen's free rides have ended in Bakersfield, where the police department now charges to pick up and transport fugitives awaiting trial who have skipped town.

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KGET-TV

BPD: Over 30 years, former deputy molested an entire family

As Justin Erbacher was sentenced to a century in prison in a headline-grabbing molestation case, another huge child abuse case was quietly unfolding in the same courtroom.

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Sun Jun 21, 2009

WAMX-FM Huntington

Make Me Bad - Korn

Korn's cathartic alternative metal sound positioned the group among the most popular and provocative to emerge during the post-grunge era.

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Sat Jun 20, 2009

The Modesto Bee

Fire burns over 60 acres in Bakersfield

Crews have made quick work of a wildfire that burned through 61 acres of brush in a rural area east of Bakersfield.

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People for the Ethical Treatment of A...

PETA Urges Bakersfield to Ban Bullhooks, Electric Prods as City Prepares to Host Circus

This morning, PETA sent a letter to Bakersfield Mayor Harvey Hall and the City Council urging them to enact legislation that would ban the use of bullhooks, electric prods, and other devices commonly used to inflict pain on elephants.

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