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Bakersfield, California is located in Kern County. Zip codes in Bakersfield, CA include 93308, 93307, and 93306. The median home price in Bakersfield is $199,900 which is roughly $97/per square foot. More Bakersfield information.

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3 hrs ago | Sacramento Bee Newspaper

3 teens arrested in blasts at Bakersfield school

Three Bakersfield High School students have been arrested in connection with three small explosions on the school's campus this week.

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4 hrs ago | Bakersfield.com

Worth noting in the community: Kinship care, fundraisers and more

Kinship Care is also referred to as relative care and it's the full-time parenting of children and youth by grandparents, other relatives, neighbors or friends of family, a news release from the clinic said.

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8 hrs ago | Bakersfield.com

Vidak wins 16th Senate District race outright

Hanford Republican Andy Vidak shares a Texas Tech sign with family friend Weston Anderson, who currently attends Vidak's alma mater.

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8 hrs ago | Bakersfield.com

Richard Beene: Bakersfield Observed, a blot about life, media, politics, and people

Here is an important tip about home alarm systems in the city of Bakersfield, compliments of reader Gary Crabtree.

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8 hrs ago | Bakersfield.com

East Hills theater to begin showing latest Hollywood blockbusters

East Bakersfield residents no longer will need to schlep downtown or farther west to see the latest Hollywood releases now that Regency Theatres has converted its East Hills complex to a first-run movie house.

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11 hrs ago | Silicon Valley DeBug

Kern Residents -- Fatal Police Beating Didn't Happen in a Vacuum

National media attention may help prompt a public backlash against abusive behavior by law enforcement in this heavily Latino region of California.

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Wed May 22, 2013

KGET-TV Bakersfield

Closing arguments in DUI crash that killed elderly couple

Jury deliberations will resume again Thursday in the case of a Bakersfield man accused of hitting and killing an elderly couple, allegedly while driving under the influence of drugs.

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Holtville Tribune

Governor and First Lady Honor Tech Sgt. Herman Mackey III

On behalf of all Californians, Governor Brown and First Lady Anne Gust Brown honor Tech Sgt.

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The Antioch Herald

Assembly passes TRUST Act to limit federal Secure Communities immigration enforcement program

AB 4 is this year's version of the TRUST Act passed by the Legislature in 2012, but vetoed by Gov.

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Sacramento Bee Newspaper

GOP has lead in Central Valley state Senate race

A Republican is leading a field of five candidates in a hotly contested Central Valley state Senate contest, while Democrats hope to force a runoff election in which they would have a better chance at winning.

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Tue May 21, 2013

Bakersfield.com

'First Look': First News for May 21

CELL PHONE VIDEO: The attorney representing the witnesses in the in-custody death of a Bakersfield man releases cellphone video shot by one of the witnesses.

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Bakersfield.com

'First Look': Leticia Perez speaks about being a Valleycrat, but won't speak to Scott Cox

Leticia Perez said she's definitely a "Valleycrat" and will do what the constituents of the district want and need, not what the Democratic party says needs to be done.

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Mon May 20, 2013

KMPH-TV Fresno

Screams in video of man dead after deputy beating

Loud wailing can be heard on cellphone video of a Bakersfield man who died after a beating from Kern County Sheriff's deputies, but little is visible.

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Sacramento Bee Newspaper

3 small explosions cause lockdown at Calif. school

Authorities say they've put a Central California high school on lockdown and cancelled classes after three chemical explosions on the school's campus.

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NBC Los Angeles

Big Rig Carrying Grapes Crashes Into Freeway Divider

A crash involving a semitrailer truck carrying about 35,000 pounds of grapes crashed in a freeway divider in Monrovia.

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Ventura County Star

Strawberry Festival wraps up, leaving another sweet taste

Serenity Melgar, 7, dances in front of the Oxnard High School Marching Band on Sunday at the California Strawberry Festival.

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Sun May 19, 2013

Examiner.com

Online resources in Southern California genealogy: May 20-26

Staying up-to-date with all the genealogical resources available can be a challenge! Attend one of these society meetings to learn more.

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Bakersfield.com

Sound Off: What's known, and what's not, in Silva investigation

ARTHUR: Our coverage of the death in custody of David Sal Silva has been read around the world and has drawn many comments.

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Bakersfield.com

Ridgeview High School football star injuried in party shooting

Ridgeview High School star quarterback Kamari Cotton-Moya, 18, was shot in the chest just after midnight Sunday morning when gunfire broke out at a large party in east Bakersfield.

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TurnTo23.com

Two Bakersfield teens shot at a party

Kern County Sheriff's Deputies said they arrived at a party at 2200 Edwards Avenue when they got a call that shots were being fired.

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