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"Pro-Palestine Protester Charged for Threatening to 'Murder' Bakersfield Lawmakers"

"She prioritizes highlighting the intersectionality that comes with the environmental justice movement to achieve collective liberation for all oppressed communities. In her spare time, she enjoys holding elected officials accountable, watching endless amounts of movies, television series and sports, and enjoying time outdoors with her family and friends."

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“I would do meth in the private bathroom in the back. At the time, I was out of my mind”: the dark confessions of Korn’s Jonathan Davis

In 2018, Korn’s Jonathan Davis invited Metal Hammer into his private lair in Bakersfield, to talk addiction, rehab and his debut solo album Black Labyrinth

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California hometown sheds few tears for retiring McCarthy: ‘Don’t let the door hit you on the way out, Kevin’

Local Republicans praised the former House speaker but unfashionable Bakersfield largely greeted his exit with a shrug

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‘He’s Bakersfield’: Kevin McCarthy’s constituents know him better than he knows himself

Residents of this conservative yet rapidly changing inland California city watch the chaos in Washington with patience and resolve

The Guardian - US

Top 10 Most Expensive Cities To Own A Dog

Winston-Salem, Greensboro, and Bakersfield rounded out the top three cities as the most costly to own a dog.

Zenger

This millennial is priced out of the Los Angeles housing market—now he's worried he'll get priced out of Bakersfield too

“It just kind of was like, wow, are we going to soon be priced out of a home in Bakersfield?”

Fortune

She found a well-behaved dog in her yard. It was a California K-9 officer

Camryn Escoto was away in Bakersfield since Wednesday when she noticed another dog while on Facetime with her uncle on Sunday.

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Kevin McCarthy survived his first political battle. This is how his hometown reacted

The debt ceiling debate ultimately ended with a deal between congressional Republicans and the White House. In Bakersfield, Calif., Speaker Kevin McCarthy's constituents watched the debate unfold.

WEKU

Life on the Nottingham road with a summery name that 'will make people smile'

The road has a very summery name

Nottingham Post

'Waste of time': Community college transfers derail students

America's high school graduates are often encouraged to start at a community college before getting a bachelor's degree, but the money-saving move rarely works as planned

The Independent UK

How Kevin McCarthy's Bakersfield is reacting to Trump's indictment

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Before a Manhattan grand jury voted to indict former President Trump in connection with an alleged hush-money payment to adult film actor Stormy Daniels, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy told reporters how he thought the American people viewed the case.

Los Angeles Times

His parents died. Then Amazon fired him for seeking time off, a worker's suit alleges

An Amazon worker at a Bakersfield, California, warehouse alleges the company fired him last month for seeking time off to grieve his parents' deaths, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday in Kern County Superior Court.

Los Angeles Times

US neighborhoods with more people of color suffer worse air pollution

Exclusive: Cutting-edge analysis of fine particulate levels by area reveals shocking disparities: ‘The underlying variable that is most predictive is systemic racism’

The Guardian - US

Watch Tesla Semi Steal Show At Harris Ranch Tesla Takeover Event

The Tesla Semi displaying a Frito-Lay livery on the cab and Cheetos-branded trailer made a stop at the Harris Ranch on its way to Bakersfield.

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Nottingham Post

Nottinghamshire Police increase patrols in Bakersfield following reports of 'suspicious' incidents

"We also want to hear from anyone with information, CCTV or dash-cam footage which could help with our inquiries into these incidents.”

Los Angeles Times

For ultraconservatives in McCarthy’s red California district, speaker drama in D.C. was welcome

HANFORD, Calif. — At an Elks Lodge in the Central Valley, Larry Faria stood before a grassroots conservative group called the 1776 Sons of Liberty and asked for a show of hands.

Los Angeles Times

Kevin McCarthy wins his dream job, but at a humiliating and stifling cost

He raised the money. He logged the campaign miles. He walked the halls in a crisp suit with a salesman’s gleam. But this week Kevin McCarthy ran headlong into the most perilous challenge of his career when rebellious Republicans unleashed a crushing battle that nearly denied him the speakership of…

The Independent UK

As speaker bid falters, mixed views of McCarthy in hometown

House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy is trying to keep his bid for speaker alive, after he failed to gain enough votes for the post over three days

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Bryce Miller: Tragic Damar Hamlin situation shows NFL must prove it cares about players first

It did not matter if you were 8 or 80, from Bakersfield or Buffalo when Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapsed to the Paycor Stadium turf in Cincinnati while suffering cardiac arrest during Monday Night Football.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

California’s Central Valley could determine US House control. Election results so far

Control of the House of Representatives could come down to California. And it could take days — or weeks — to determine.

Los Angeles Times

Farmer vs. farmworker's son. What this race for Congress means in California's Central Valley

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — As a teenager, David Valadao had a long list of chores to do before school every day. He'd jump on his tractor, buck hay and feed the family's dairy cows on their Hanford farm. After school, it was more of the same.

Los Angeles Times

California Sen. Alex Padilla is campaigning hard — just not for himself

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — On an unusually cool morning in the Central Valley, Sen. Alex Padilla rallied campaign volunteers, urging them to knock on doors and phone voters to promote a Democratic candidate in one of the most competitive congressional districts in the nation.

The Independent UK

California baker wins case after refusing to make wedding cake for gay couple

Bakersfield’s Tastries Bakery had been sued by the state’s Department of Fair Housing and Employment

The Guardian - US

70-hour weeks, taking selfies for Ice: life as a migrant trucker in California

Like many of the state’s long-haul truckers, Gurpreet Singh is awaiting asylum hearings amid a life of extreme uncertainty

The Guardian - US

‘It took everything’: the disease that can be contracted by breathing California’s air

Valley fever, derived from a fungus that lives in the US south-west’s soil, is on the rise as climate crisis dries out the landscape

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