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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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New controversy strikes Goh campaign
Since Karen Goh returned to Kern County from a publishing career in New York in 2004, she has helped foster a strong network of Christian leaders in government, politics, media, business and nonprofits.
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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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Young's Marketplace on Brundage to close this week
Young's Marketplace, an independent grocery store that's a Bakersfield institution, will close at the end of the week.
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A look at the California June 5 Primary
California June 5 primary will look a little different than in years’ past. Except for in the U.S. presidential and county central committee races, voters will choose among all candidates running for a partisan offices, regardless of party. The top two vote-getters will move on to the November general election. In the past, the winners from each qualified party made it to the general.
Important Dates
- Last day to register for primary: May 21
- Primary: June 5
- Last day to register for general election: Oct. 22
- General election: Nov. 6
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Obama to hit the California ATM once again
Monday, May 21 2012 04:43 PMWASHINGTON -- President Obama has dined atop San Francisco's Nob Hill, overlooked the Pacific from Corona Del Mar, and rubbed shoulders with celebrities at George Clooney's Hollywood mansion.
But as he returns to California Wednesday for his 15th trip as president, Obama has yet to venture more than a short drive from the Pacific Ocean, clinging to the wealthy coastline where donors can add to his campaign coffers.
The closest he has come to Bakersfield is Burbank, where he sat for an interview last October on the "Tonight Show with Jay Leno."
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Rubio spearheads deeper look at high expulsion rates
Friday, May 18 2012 07:34 PM
Local Candidates
26th Assembly District
Assemblywoman Connie Conway
Tulare
Republican
Jonathon Sosa
Visalia
Democrat
32nd Assembly District
Rudy Salas
Bakersfield
Democrat
Jon McQuiston
Delano
Republican
Pedro Rios
Delano
Republican
Dave Thomas
Hanford
Republican
34th Assembly District
Assemblywoman Shannon Grove
Bakersfield
Republican
Mari Goodman
Tehachapi
Democrat
21st Congressional District
David Valadao
Hanford
Republican
John Hernandez
Fresno
Democrat
Blong Xiong
Fresno
Democrat
23rd Congressional District
Congressman Kevin McCarthy
Bakersfield
Republican
Eric Parker
Mojave
Republican
Terry Phillips
Bakersfield
No Party Affiliation
1st District Kern County Supervisor—Ridgecrest, Kern River Valley, Delano, McFarland, Shafter
Dave Freeland
Sam Ramirez
Daures Stephens
Deborah Hess
Mick Gleason
Roy Ashburn
Marshall "Chip" Holloway
Heidi Carter-Escudero
4th District Kern County Supervisor—Frazier Park, Taft, Wasco, Lost Hills, west Bakersfield
David Couch
Harley Pinson
5th District Kern County Supervisor—Lamont, Arvin and east and central Bakersfield
Supervisor Karen Goh
Leticia Perez
Tim Tarver
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New controversy strikes Goh campaign (44)
Since Karen Goh returned to Kern County from a publishing career in New York in 2004, she has helped foster a strong network of Christian leaders in government, politics, media, business and nonprofits.
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No on G: Don't stymie access to medical pot (11)
California voters approved Proposition 215 in 1996, giving "seriously ill Californians ... the right to obtain and use marijuana for medical purposes" as recommended by a physician.
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Rubio spearheads deeper look at high expulsion rates (10)
Is Kern County, as has widely been reported, really the expulsion capital of California? That's the question posed Friday by state Sen. Michael Rubio, D-Shafter, to 50 or so Kern County educators, elementary and high school district administrators and community leaders.
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County to pay $1 million to family whose child was taken (8)
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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