Browse past news stories for County Community in Bakersfield, CA.

• Fanfare (The Newton Kansan)
  posted on November 18, 2009 at 07:13:08 pm
  HESSTON — The Hesston College men’s basketball team fell to Johnson County Community College 70-57 Tuesday in NJCAA Division II, Region VI play at Yost Center in Hesston.
• Government roundup: Supervisor seeks dog bite policy review (The Bakersfield Californian)
  posted on November 17, 2009 at 02:21:03 am
  A county supervisor has asked staff to review county policies regarding dog bites, saying in a letter "I have a growing concern that our policies are not strong enough." The referral follows stories by The Californian detailing vicious dog attacks and asking whether Kern County and city of Bakersfield animal laws are protective enough.
• Urban Decay: Marina Center EIR talks economics (Eureka Times-Standard)
  posted on October 18, 2009 at 08:42:01 am
  The Environmental Impact Report for the Marina Center development finds the risks of the project causing urban decay to be minimal, but some who commented on the draft document have their doubts.
• People in Business: A who's who for Oct. 16 (The Bakersfield Californian)
  posted on October 16, 2009 at 09:23:52 pm
  PAUL GIPE has won the Canadian Wind Energy Association’s Individual Leadership Award for 2009. The Bakersfield resident was selected for having led a campaign to bring a renewable energy program to the province of Ontario. The European-style program pays solar and wind energy producers for their electricity. He began pushing for the program in 2004.
• Leroy Jackson Park to be expanded (The Ridgecrest Daily Independent)
  posted on September 24, 2009 at 04:27:44 am
  Ridgecrest, Calif. - Ridgecrest may have lost Helmers Park to budget cuts, but another beloved recreation area is due to be expanded by Kern County through federal grant dollars.
• Survey: Small business owners in tough spot on health insurance (Boston Herald)
  posted on September 3, 2009 at 01:28:57 pm
  Fewer than half of California small business owners carry health insurance for their employees, and of those who don't, 86 percent say it's because they can't...
• Survey: Small business owners in tough spot on health insurance (The Bakersfield Californian)
  posted on September 3, 2009 at 01:56:54 am
  Fewer than half of California small business owners carry health insurance for their employees, and of those who don't, 86 percent say it's because they can't afford to. That's according to a new survey of about 700 small business owners the Small Business Majority queried about health care reform and the challenges of offering benefits.
• Football team sees five new faces on the team (University Daily Kansan)
  posted on August 25, 2009 at 05:10:29 am
  New recruits could be the answer to Kansas offensive problems.
• Moorpark College puts 3 sports programs on hold (Ventura County Star)
  posted on August 18, 2009 at 07:11:39 am
  Benji Gomez was expecting to report to Moorpark College’s first wrestling practice of the season Monday. The redshirt sophomore had arranged his work schedule at the Luggage Factory to fit around his training. Gomez finished eighth in the state two years ago and his main goal this year was to capture the 133-pound title.
• News Alerts (The Addison County Independent)
  posted on July 9, 2009 at 12:26:20 am
  Howard A. Wright Sr. BRISTOL — Howard A. Wright Sr., 80, died Monday, May 26, 2008, at his home in Bristol. He was born Feb. 29, 1928, in Hinesburg, the son of Alfred and Mary Pierce Wright.
• TERRY L. KELLEY Dec. 12, 1956-June 16, 2009 (Buffalo Reflex)
  posted on June 30, 2009 at 09:19:33 am
  Services were 10 a.m. Saturday, June 20, in Fohn Funeral Home in Cassville, with the Rev. Russell Bishop officiating. Burial was in Roach Cemetery, Eagle Rock. Memorials may be made to Victory Baptist Church, Cassville, or the Dallas County Community Church in Long Lane.
• Testimony: Kern smuggler is modern-day Robin Hood (KGET 17 Bakersfield)
  posted on June 25, 2009 at 10:53:43 pm
  A Bakersfield man was the ''Robin Hood'' leader of a Kern County smuggling operation that sold millions of dollars of cocaine to gangs in Canada and used the money to...
• College and University Programs in Theatre and Dance (Backstage.com)
  posted on May 25, 2009 at 04:28:41 pm
  The following is a list of accredited, degree-granting acting programs at colleges and universities in the United States and the United Kingdom. It includes schools that grant either a degree in acting or a degree in another major that has an acting component or concentration.
• Porterville College launches new security alert system (The Porterville Recorder)
  posted on April 21, 2009 at 10:28:18 pm
  Porterville College officials on Tuesday launched the college's new emergency notification system a little over a year after experiencing an emergency lockdown An official notification of the launching of the system, called PCAlert, was issued to all
• Oscar-nominated documentary will be screened (San Jose Mercury News)
  posted on April 18, 2009 at 07:09:16 am
  A diverse coalition of South Bay organizations interested in promoting urban farming is sponsoring a screening of the Oscar-nominated documentary 'The Garden,' which tells the tale of the rise and fall of a 14-acre community garden in blighted South Central Los Angeles.
• Love for Wasco goes online (The Bakersfield Californian)
  posted on March 18, 2009 at 05:12:07 am
  Brian Parks isn't a Wasco resident, but he's grown to love the northern Kern County community. So much so, he recently launched a social networking Web site with a catchy moniker: "Wascotopia." It can be viewed at wascotopia.com. Parks has been a single-sale distributor for The Bakersfield Californian for the last five years, spending quite a bit of time in Wasco. "The town has a charming, ...
• 2009 College and University Programs in Theatre and Dance (Backstage.com)
  posted on March 13, 2009 at 12:41:19 am
  The following is a list of accredited, degree-granting acting programs at colleges and universities in the United States and the United Kingdom. It includes schools that grant either a degree in acting or a degree in another major that has an acting component or concentration.
• East grad Garcia digs up black oil (Wyoming Tribune-Eagle)
  posted on March 2, 2009 at 01:26:23 pm
  Joe Garcia manages the drilling activity for up to five rigs for a Colorado company. CHEYENNE -- Joe "Joey" Garcia thought he wanted to be a pilot. But his career went differently than he thought it would after his graduation from Cheyenne's East High in 1988.