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• Merle Haggard finally gets that high school diploma

  26-04-2015 19:55
  
  Sixty years later, Lillian Haggard Rea is finally off the hook. Merle Haggard's older sister has always regretted having tried to teach her wayward brother a lesson. She has always feared she inadvertently pushed him down the wrong road.
  
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• Deadly hillside collapse

  26-04-2015 08:39
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA - A man is dead after a hillside collapsed in northeast Bakersfield.City fire officials say a father and son were digging for shark teeth on Hang Glider Hill Saturday afternoon when the ground gave way -- trapping the 71-year-old father in the rubble.
  The son and a passerby tried to dig him out, but fire officials say the man was dead by the time they got to him.
  
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• Remodeling local veterans home

  26-04-2015 08:35
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA - Local veteran, Roni Marlow, is off to a new start after a group of volunteers remodeled her home to make it more wheelchair accessible.
  Rebuilding Together Kern County is a local non-profit that helps low-income, elderly, disabled and veterans have a comfortable-safe space to live. They teamed up with other local and national charities to make 69-year-old Marlow's house safe and comfortable. Volunteers came from all over the state. Bob Milewsky is a carpenter from Agua Dulce.
  
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• Local groups, businesses team up to overhaul home of retired Army vet

  26-04-2015 04:36
  
  To say Roni Marlow's house needed work is putting it lightly. Tumbleweeds clogged her yard. Most of her doors had been hung wrong. While she was in the hospital earlier this year, the roof of her storage building blew off.
  
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• PHOTO GALLERY: Go Greek and enjoy the food

  26-04-2015 04:26
  
  Have you been to the St. George Greek Food Festival? It's open until 11 p.m. Saturday at 401 Truxtun Ave., and, as it's name suggests, food is the center of the event.  Californian photographer Casey Christie captured these happy moments from earlier in the day.
  
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• Officials explore luring more business downtown

  26-04-2015 04:00
  
  From the days of Brock's Department Store to the time of Woody's Toy Circus to today, Bakersfield's traditional downtown shopping district has been seen as a retail center. Councilman Terry Maxwell, whose area includes downtown, wants it to be more than that.
  
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• HOW LAWMAKERS VOTED: Attorney general confirmation, sex trafficking victims fund

  26-04-2015 04:00
  
  Key Votes Ahead
  In the week of April 27, the House will take up fiscal 2016 appropriations bills, while the Senate will debate a bill providing congressional review of any proposed nuclear deal with Iran.
  
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• LOIS HENRY: Unique beer bottle unearths Bakersfield's brewing history

  26-04-2015 03:39
  
  Bakersfieldians love their beer. When a city our size outranks Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and even the "Big Easy" as one of the nation's top beer markets, you know we have some serious brew love goin' on.
  
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• Greek food festival goes until 11PM

  26-04-2015 03:36
  
  Twice a year local Greeks come together to celebrate their heritage with traditional food, music and dancing. It's a celebration that looks back on the history of Greek culture.
  
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• Man who died on HWY 99 identified

  26-04-2015 03:33
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA - The name of the man killed in a rollover accident on Highway 99 on Friday has been released.
  The coroner's office identified the man as 41-year-old Luis Antonio Mercado of Bakersfield.     The crash happened just before 4 p.m. on Friday in the area north of Bear Mountain Boulevard.     According to the coroner's report, Mercado lost control and struck a tree.      Mercado died at the scene form his injuries.    C
  
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• Man who died on Highway 99identified

  26-04-2015 03:33
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA - The name of the man killed in a rollover accident on Highway 99 on Friday has been released.
  The coroner's office identified the man as 41-year-old Luis Antonio Mercado of Bakersfield.     The crash happened just before 4 p.m. on Friday in the area north of Bear Mountain Boulevard.     According to the coroner's report, Mercado lost control and struck a tree.      Mercado died at the scene form his injuries.    C
  
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• Volunteers lend a hand with city cleanup

  26-04-2015 03:13
  
  BAKERSFIELD, CA - The streets of Bakersfield are a little cleaner tonight, thanks to the help of more than a few locals looking to make a difference.
  There was some light rain but that didn't stop people from taking part in the Great American Cleanup, which coincides with the national campaign The Great American Cleanup.     Organizers with Keep Bakersfield Beautiful said the majority of garbage picked up from the streets is waste that's easily disposed of.     The
  
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• HERB BENHAM: Youth not wasted on the young in this case

  26-04-2015 03:00
  
  Vernedene looks so good, she almost made me want to give up drinking. She doesn't drink, smoke, eat sweets or, for that matter, sit down. Most people her age -- 96 -- do. They're not only sitting down, they're lying down. Lying down and not getting up.
  
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• ASK EMILY: Bouncing between Medi-Cal and Covered California

  26-04-2015 03:00
  
  Another in a series of Q&A columns answering consumers' questions about the Affordable Care Act.Many Californians with Covered California or Medi-Cal health coverage hover near the intersection where the two programs meet. When their incomes fluctuate, however, that "hover" can turn into a "bounce."
  
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• Funeral services for April 26

  26-04-2015 02:45
  
  Services scheduled Art Vargas, 54, Bakersfield, April 21. Visitation 4 to 7 p.m. April 30, Greenlawn Funeral Home. Graveside service 2 p.m. May 1, Greenlawn Memorial Park. Greenlawn River Boulevard.
  
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• Man dies after crashing into tree along Highway 99

  26-04-2015 02:07
  A Bakersfield man died Friday afternoon after losing control of his vehicle and hitting a tree along northbound Highway 99.
  The Kern County Sheriff's Office reported Saturday that the man, 41-year-old Luis Antonio Mercado, died at 3:47 p.m. at the scene of the accident north of Bear Mountain Boulevard.
  
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