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Powerful Storm Keeps Pounding California; More Rain on Way

LOS ANGELES -- A powerful storm system with drenching rain, heavy snow and high winds lashed California on Monday, but forecasters warned the worst was yet to come. Even stronger storms were bearing down on the state and threatened to dump another 5 to 10 inches of rain during the next two days. Virtually the entire...

James Dean Died 55 Years Ago -- So Where Is the Car?

(Sept. 30) -- Each year on this day, you'll find them at the Y-junction in Cholame, Calif., where highways 41 and 46 converge west of Bakersfield -- the James Dean faithful, coming together for the anniversary at the exact site where the 24-year-old screen icon was killed in a car crash. Having written a book called...

California Wildfires Burn Homes, Force Evacuations

TEHACHAPI, Calif. (July 28) -- Two wildfires that erupted and spread quickly in Southern California have destroyed dozens of homes and forced evacuations in remote areas of the state's Kern County. The most destructive of the fires was burning about 10 miles southeast of Tehachapi, a city located in a mountainous area...

Parents Allegedly Abandon Daughter's Body, Flee to Mexico

(July 20) -- Police are searching for a missing couple who are believed to have fled to Mexico with their three biological children after abandoning their 4-year-old adopted son and his deceased 3-year-old sister in their rented Bakersfield, Calif., home. Alberto Garcia, 26, and Carla Garcia, 26, are wanted on felony...

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06/01/12 VIDEO: Bear Cub Tasered for Crashing Middle-School... Source: LA Weekly - Los Angeles CA It's the Rise of the Planet of the Black Bears!
06/01/12 Bear Interrupts Graduation Ceremony Source: ABC - KGTV 10 - San Diego CA The last day of classes at a California elementary school and a graduation ceremony at an adjacent middle school were interrupted by an unexpected guest: a black bear that wandered onto school property.
05/31/12 Bear disrupts Bakersfield graduation ceremony | Source: Los Angeles Times - Los Angeles CA Shortly thereafter, Rodriguez said, animal control authorities found the bear and trapped him in a confined area of a "very large apartment complex."
05/31/12 REGISTERED NURSE - Float Pool - Tier 1 - Mercy... Source: NurseWeek The registered nurse is responsible to take primary responsibility to assess, plan, implement and evaluate the nursing care of each assigned patient.
05/31/12 Bakersfield native, Kelsey B, Releases Debut Album... Source: PRWeb Los Angeles, California (PRWEB) May 31, 2012 Top billboard recording artist Kelsey B. releases her debut album, "Pop Synth Sex Beat" on Carrillo Music.