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• 'First Look': Last chance to enroll in Covered California before Feb. 15 deadline

  26-01-2015 23:51
  
  As Covered California gets ready to reach the end of its second enrollment period, the Kern County Department of Human Services has collaborated with local health care providers to reach out to those still uninsured before the Feb. 15 deadline.
  
  Last year was the first year a person was required to have a full coverage healthcare plan.
  
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• A job that takes a special kind of heart

  26-01-2015 23:41
  
  Kern County Animal Services is responsible for hundreds of animals and to make sure they are all cared for properly, employees with the title Animal Care Workers come in every day.
  
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• Deputy lowered from chopper comes face to face with bears

  26-01-2015 23:27
  
  Still, Hernandez was in for a shock when he peered inside the car Sunday and came face to face with some bear cubs that had made themselves at home.
  
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• 'First Look': Last chance to enroll in healthcare before Feb. 12 deadline

  26-01-2015 23:16
  
  As Covered California gets ready to reach the end of its second enrollment period, the Kern County Department of Human Services has collaborated with local health care providers to reach out to those still uninsured before the Feb. 15 deadline.
  
  Last year was the first year a person was required to have a full coverage healthcare plan.
  
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• 'First Look': NAACP invites community to Black History Month events

  26-01-2015 23:15
  
  Black History Month dates back to the 1920s and it's still celebrated across the country during the month of February.
  
  The month-long celebration honors and celebrates the central role African Americans play in the development of the United States.
  
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• Grass fire near San Francisco out, evacuations called off

  26-01-2015 23:08
  
  Residents have returned to their homes after firefighters contained a six-alarm grass fire south of San Francisco.
  
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• STEVEN VAN METRE: You can have your retirement cake and eat it, too

  26-01-2015 23:00
  
  One third of the nation's employers expect staffing problems in the coming years as a result of boomer retirements, according to a recent survey released by the Society for Human Resource Management.
  
  And the Pew Research Center estimates that 10,000 people in the United States reach retirement age every day. With a 65-year-old averaging 30 years of work experience, that means employers are watching a
  
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• Kobe to have shoulder surgery, 'probably' won't play again this season

  26-01-2015 22:10
  
  Kobe Bryant will have surgery Wednesday on his torn right rotator cuff, likely ending his 19th season with the Los Angeles Lakers.
  
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• Zoo offers creepy way for lovelorn to get even with exes

  26-01-2015 21:39
  
  Feeling the sting of rejection? Itching to get even with an ex? The San Francisco Zoo is offering the burned and spurned masses the chance to "adopt" a hissing cockroach or giant scorpion in honor of their special ex-someone for Valentine's Day.
  
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• Sex-abuse civil trial to unveil Boy Scout 'perversion' files

  26-01-2015 21:34
  
  Previously sealed Boy Scout "perversion" files spanning 16 years could soon be in the public eye as part of a negligence lawsuit set for trial Monday that a victim of sex abuse filed against the organization.
  
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• Lawyer: Boy Scout files depict 'sordid' history of abuse

  26-01-2015 21:34
  
  The sexual abuse of a 13-year-old scout by an adult volunteer was part of a "sordid history of child sexual abuse" within the Boy Scouts that has been documented internally by the organization for nearly a century, the victim's attorney said Monday.
  
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• Cosby postpones Fox show

  26-01-2015 20:36
  
  Bill Cosby has postponed his performance at the Bakersfield Fox Theater scheduled for Feb. 12, the venue reported Monday.
  
  A new date has not been scheduled. Tickets will be refunded at the point of purchase; credit cards will receive an automatic refund. 
  
  “We don’t have a new date,” said a woman who answered the phone at the Fox on Monday. She identified herself as Brooke, refusi
  
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• Eyewitness News honored with 6 Golden Mike Awards

  26-01-2015 20:25
  
  Eyewitness News was honored over the weekend with six Golden Mike Awards.
  
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• Death toll from GM ignition switches rises to at least 50

  26-01-2015 20:21
  
  With only five days left before the deadline to seek payments, compensation expert Kenneth Feinberg has decided that 50 death cases are eligible for money due to crashes caused by faulty General Motors ignition switches.
  
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• Survey: Firms optimistic on hiring, wages in 1st quarter

  26-01-2015 20:20
  
  Rising sales helped boost hiring at U.S. businesses in the last three months of 2014, and companies are optimistic that continued improvement in business conditions will bring increased employment and wages in the current quarter, a new survey shows.
  
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• US gas prices fell 13 cents per gallon, but expected to rise

  26-01-2015 20:11
  
  The average price of a regular gallon of gas dropped 13 cents in the past two weeks to $2.07, but it could soon rise.
  
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• Photos: Police look for bank robbery suspect

  26-01-2015 20:03
  
  Surveillance photos have been released from the weekend robbery at a Chase bank location inside an Albertsons grocery store off Stockdale Highway.
  
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• Church, NAACP look at ways to improve community

  26-01-2015 19:53
  
  Mt. Zion Baptist Church will host a Think Tank Community Meeting on Monday night.
  
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• Santa Ana winds knock out power to thousands in California

  26-01-2015 19:45
  
  Power was being restored Sunday to tens of thousands of people who lost electricity in Southern California after fierce Santa Ana winds gusting as much as 89 mph toppled trees and power poles.
  
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• Cosby show in Bakersfield postponed, tickets to be refunded

  26-01-2015 19:30
  
  Bill Cosby is postponing his show in Bakersfield.
  
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• Kern County deputy shoots man with knife

  26-01-2015 19:14
  
  A man who charged a Kern County deputy with a knife has been shot and killed, according to the sheriff's office.
  
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• Kern County deputy shoots man holding knife

  26-01-2015 19:14
  
  A man who charged a Kern County deputy with a knife has been shot and killed, according to the sheriff's office.
  
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• Bill Cosby postpones live Bakersfield performance at Fox

  26-01-2015 19:12
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA - Comedian Bill Cosby has postponed his live appearance set for February 12 at the Fox Theater in Bakersfield.  
  
  Officials with the Fox say a new date has not been set.  Tickets will be refunded at the place of purchase, or if a credit card was used, it wall be automatically refunded.  
  
  For more shows at the Fox, you can log on to www.foxtheateronline.com.  
  
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• Sheriff: Bodies found near car of missing Ga. couple

  26-01-2015 18:53
  
  The car belonging to a Georgia couple who were reported missing after traveling to meet a person claiming to sell a classic auto has been found in a lake and two bodies were found nearby, authorities said Monday.
  
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• List of fog delays for Monday, January 26th

  26-01-2015 18:28
  
  The following is a list of fog delays for Monday, January 26th:
  
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• KCSO on scene of officer involved shooting

  26-01-2015 18:00
  
  The Kern County Sheriff's Office is on scene of an officer involved shooting in the 1100 block of E Street in Wasco that occurred around 6:30 Monday morning.
  
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• Suspicious fire at Stine and McKee Road

  26-01-2015 17:24
  
  An abandoned structure located at Stine Road and McKee Road caught on fire Sunday, around 2:47 p.m.
  
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• 'First Look': First News for Jan. 26

  26-01-2015 17:13
  
  Lead stories from "First Look with Scott Cox's" Top Stories:
  
  SUSPECT ROBS BANK INSIDE GROCERY STORE: A Chase Bank inside a west Bakersfield grocery store was robbed Saturday morning by a man who handed a teller a note saying he was armed. Police said the robbery occurred at 9:44 a.m. inside the Albertsons at 8200 Stockdale Highway. The suspect, who ran from the business after receiving an u
  
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• BPD: No threat found at Highland High School

  26-01-2015 16:54
  
  On Sunday, January 25 at 11:05 p.m., the Bakersfield Police Department communications center said it began receiving calls regarding a possible school threat related to Highland High School.
  
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• Maddie's mommy Mondays: Balancing life, baby, and finances

  26-01-2015 16:11
  
  By Maddie Janssen
  
  Preparing your kids and pets:
  
  Life is hectic enough, but when you add a baby to the mix, there's a lot to think about. Dr. Corey Gonzales, a local clinical psychologist, says you have to have realistic expectations. "With young couples often I will talk about a mantra that they have to gravitate toward, and that is that we both are making a lot of sacrifices, we both are going to feel like we are getting the short end of the stick. And let's just start there. It
  
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• Bomb squad investigates suspicious object

  26-01-2015 08:46
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA - Residents are back in their homes after a report of a suspicious object Sunday brought out the bomb squad and prompted evacuations.
  
  Police responded to the call just after 4 p.m. Sunday on O Street near Columbus Street -- that's a few blocks from Stella Hills Elementary School.
  
  The bomb squad was called out and they used a robot to further investigate.
  
  Police say the device -- located inside a bag in a dumpster -- isn't dangerous.
  
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• Get assistance before open enrollment closes

  26-01-2015 08:33
  
  Several live bands provided the noise inside the Plaza del Pueblo in the Mercado Latino Sunday. But off to the side of the plaza a line was forming for something else.  
  
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• Tradition and foxhunting at Tejon Ranch

  26-01-2015 05:34
  
  TEJON RANCH -- Foxhunting is steeped in tradition, from the Master of Hounds' red jacket and horn to the riders' strict clothing etiquette and enjoyment of several shots of pre-hunt tawny ports.
  
  The foxhounds' baying, the whinny and snort of horses, the lazy arc of the whippers-in whips -- Sunday morning in the Globe Fields it all burst through the low fog blanket like a cavalry charge.
  
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• DUI checkpoint results

  26-01-2015 03:50
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA - Police arrested four people for allegedly driving under the influence -- during a DUI and driver's license checkpoint in southwest Bakersfield on Sunday night.
  The checkpoint was part of the Kern Avoid DUI Task Force, conducted in an effort to reduce the number of people injured or killed in DUI crashes.     The checkpoint was held on Old River Road, near Stockdale Highway.     According to police, they screened more than 1300 vehicles.
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• Five displaced after home fire in Delano

  26-01-2015 03:40
  
  DELANO, CA - Five people are displaced after their home caught fire in Delano.      It happened on the 900 block of Kensington street on Jan. 25.     County fire officials say no one was inside when they arrived.     It took crews several hours to completly extinguish the fire.     The cause of the fire is under investigation.
  
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• Cause of death revealed for woman that died in fire

  26-01-2015 03:34
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA - The cause of death has just been released for an elderly woman who died in an apartment fire on Christmas Day.
  The coroner's office determined 81-year-old Mary Lorraine Barker deid of inhalation of products of combustion with a contributing factor of heart disease.      The report concludes her death was accidental.      The fire happened just after 9 p.m. Christmas night on Durham court ... near Stockdale Highway and California Avenue
  
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• Fans head out to Bakersfield Anime Convention

  26-01-2015 02:28
  
  This weekend was the fifth annual Bakersfield Anime Convention.
  
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• Fans head out to Bak-Anime

  26-01-2015 02:28
  
  This weekend was the fifth annual Bakersfield Anime Convention
  
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• Census finds decrease in homeless population, but demand for services remains steady

  26-01-2015 01:59
  
  Mario Leon Sr. sat on the curb in a fast food parking lot early Friday near Union Avenue and 34th Street and said the overflowing metal shopping cart next to him was what he calls "home."
  The cart held a mound of items including a toaster oven, cardboard, toilet paper, jackets, blankets and a suitcase. Leon had a piece of tissue in his right nostril to keep his infected nose from draining. The soft-spoken man also said he has hepatitis, diabet
  
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• Funerals for January 26, 2015

  26-01-2015 01:43
  
  Services scheduled
  
  Jean Elizabeth Hayes English, 92, Bakersfield, Jan. 21. Rosary 9:30 a.m., Mass 10 a.m. Jan. 29, St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church. Doughty-Calhoun-O'Meara Funeral Directors.
  
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• VIDEO: Fire destroys Rosamond apartment unit

  26-01-2015 01:39
  
  A fire early Saturday morning consumed an apartment unit in Rosamond.
  
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• Stockdale HS team earns trip to state mock trial

  26-01-2015 00:25
  
  Stockdale High School edged Centennial High School Saturday to earn a trip to the state mock trial finals in March.
  Seventeen high school teams in the 2015 Kern County Mock Trial Super Saturday argued the fictitious case of People v. Shem, in which a graduate student in fine arts was accused of stealing a wealthy art collector's painting.
  
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• JOSE GASPAR: New Kern judge did it just like Honest Abe

  26-01-2015 00:00
  
  When Bakersfield attorney Marcos Camacho passed the state bar exam in 1986, he was elated at having achieved a longtime personal goal.
  
  "I really wanted to be a lawyer," said Camacho, who handles criminal, family, immigration law, and wage and hour cases.
  
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