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Bakersfield athlete killed in bicycle race
A Bakersfield mother of two who took up competitive cycling nine months ago after an injury ended her marathoning career died Sunday while competing in a bicycle race outside Yosemite National Park.
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Armed man shot and killed by police in northwest Bakersfield apartment
A Bakersfield police officer shot and killed a man who was armed with a gun in a northwest Bakersfield apartment Monday morning.
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County to pay $1 million to family whose child was taken
Kern County has agreed to pay a Kern River Valley family $1 million for wrongfully taking their son in 2008 when the family was in a dispute with the South Fork Union School District over how school officials were dealing with the boy's food allergies.
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Ask The Californian Are motorized scooters allowed on city streets?
Q: Why are "motorized scooters" (two-wheeled, no seat) allowed on the streets?
Bits and pieces from one of Kern's news geeks.