 LOCAL NEWS
Deportation
process began 7 years ago for Chavez family
Deportation.
Book
details cancer fight
Doctors
found the cancer three days before her 45th birthday.
Jagels
seeks funds for lab
Kern
County District Attorney Ed Jagels, despite powerful opposition,
will ask the Kern County Board of Supervisors Tuesday for $536,000
to improve his crime lab.
Line
forms for nursing program
Theresa
Reina still had 15 hours to wait, but she was already fantasizing
about a bath.
MORE LOCAL NEWS
Residents
file lawsuit over well blowout
Two
couples said their northwest Bakersfield homes were never
properly cleaned or repaired after oil spewed over their
houses for three hours on April 15 and have filed a lawsuit
against the companies they believe responsible.
Ask
The Californian
Q:
What happens to all the gifts left on graves at Hillcrest
Cemetery, or any cemetery for that matter?
Students
return for annual musical festival
The
annual high school show, "It's a Grand Night for Music,"
returns to the Bakersfield Convention Center Tuesday night.
Students
compete on consumer issues
Four
classes of Centennial High School students are gearing up to
test their knowledge of consumer issues in a competition aimed
at teaching teenagers to be responsible consumers.
Here
comes vendors at Kern bridal show
A
bridal show at the Kern County Fairgrounds was packed Sunday
with hundreds scouting out everything they needed for their
special day.
Local
digest
Man
accidentally killed by his own gun while duck hunting
The
family's long journey
One
family's odyssey through the federal immigration maze shows
how byzantine the process can be.
Getting
green card or citizenship
To
obtain legal permanent residency status, or green card
Officials
square off on Kern sludge issue
The
long-debated issue of how to regulate sewage sludge is back in
the news with state Sen. Dean Florez, D-Shafter, threatening
to introduce a bill banning its importation into Kern if
county supervisors don't do it.
Whose
water?
The
first rule in California water is straightforward and
unbreakable: Use it or lose it.
Report
sounds alarm on city's growing pains
Bakersfield
residents are spreading themselves outward in ever thinner
layers in a classic case of suburban sprawl.
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COMMUNITY NEWS
Funeral
services for Jan. 31
To our readers
ROLL
CALL
Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class German
Liracarillo, son of Maribel and Ignacio Lira of Maricopa,
recently embarked on a routine scheduled deployment at sites
throughout the world in support of national and theater
operations in the western Pacific while attached to Navy
Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 40, the Seabees, based in
Port Hueneme.
BIRTHS
SAN
JOAQUIN HOSPITAL
MARRIAGE
LICENSES
ISSUED DEC. 22
ROLL
CALL
Air Force Airman 1st Class James A. De
Geus, grandson of Beverly De Geus of Ridgecrest,
participated in the 55th Presidential Inauguration in
Washington, D.C., as a member of the Joint Task Force-Armed
Forces Inaugural Committee. The competitively selected members
from the five branches of U.S. military services arrived
according to a time-phased plan at the direction of the
secretary of Defense.
WE
SALUTE
Carly Elizabeth Pape of Bakersfield was
recently named to the dean's list at University of Santa
Barbara, Santa Barbara.
Services
1-29
To our readers
PAL
inspires Sheriff's Department program
Since 1994, the
Bakersfield Police Activities League has provided children
with positive role models, academic support, a safe haven and
a chance to play sports.
MARRIAGE
LICENSES
ISSUED DEC. 20
Boy
Scouts hoping you'll fill their bags with food
If you
find a bag left on your doorstep by the Boy Scouts starting
Sunday, hang on to it. At least until Feb. 5, when the Scouts
will be back to reclaim the bag, which they hope will be
filled with food.
RELIGION
Religion
digest for Jan. 29
Embark on 'Spiritual Search'
Christmas
celebration keeps on going
By now, Christmas trees,
lights, decorations and traditional "Nacimientos," or Nativity
scenes, have left the living rooms, patios and corners of most
homes.
Daddies,
daughters ready to dance
It's that time again -- time
to put the Kleenex on standby and bring out the frilly frocks
for two upcoming Father-Daughter Valentine dances.
Mission
work reveals true value of Christ
I had no idea what to
expect.
power
in prayer
Barbara Mills could have been discouraged
when no one attended the first meeting of the Grandmothers in
Touch group.
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