Browse past news stories for Ridgeview High School in Bakersfield, CA.

• Bakersfield College braces for more students this fall (The Bakersfield Californian)
  posted on August 22, 2009 at 01:18:58 am
  Ridgeview High School graduate Yesenia Gomez enrolled at Bakersfield College on Friday -- and if estimates hold, she will be joined by close to 20,000 other students clamoring for a college education. Fall semester enrollment stood at about 17,000 by Wednesday and is projected to approach a record 20,000 by the time the official head count is taken three weeks into the semester, said BC ...
• Selma names new football coach (The Selma Enterprise)
  posted on July 15, 2009 at 05:47:01 pm
  Mike Crews, a veteran coach with a successful record, has been named Selma High School's new varsity football coach. Crews takes over for Justin Fowler who headed Selma's team the past four years. Fowler recently left Selma to take a similar position at Mount Whitney High School in Visalia. Officially, Crews job title is currently "acting football consultant," as his post is expected to be ...
• Fun pumps funds into local groups (The Bakersfield Californian)
  posted on June 27, 2009 at 12:07:17 am
  Despite economy, nonprofits counting on fireworks sales
• Steve Merlo: Exhibition shooting sports on the rise (The Bakersfield Californian)
  posted on May 29, 2009 at 02:11:03 am
  Today's kids are too young to remember Annie Oakley and the shooting exhibitions she put on for the general public at fairs and rodeos across the US . The same holds true for William "Buffalo Bill" Cody and his traveling entourage of cowboy and Indian shoot-'em-ups. Both stars were incredible rifle and pistol shots, often defying the odds to hit bullseyes or card spots while riding or standing ...
• The last word: A boxcar romance (The Week)
  posted on May 22, 2009 at 07:32:45 pm
  They were two troubled kids running away from ordinary life, reports Christopher Goffard. They found freedom and adventure on America’s rails, until the dangers of train-hopping caught up with them.
• Foster teens work for better future (The Bakersfield Californian)
  posted on May 14, 2009 at 12:48:51 am
  Faucets in the home dried up like broken promises when the water bill was neglected. Sometimes the electricity, too, was cut off when his parents' meager funds went for drugs instead of the utility bill. Foster youth Emerson Stidham remembers thinking that's just the way it was.
• March Meet kicks off busy weekend (The Bakersfield Californian)
  posted on March 4, 2009 at 02:45:27 am
  Trailers are parked, grills fired up and the lawn chairs are set out. Now race fans are just waiting for the smell of nitro and sound of dragsters zooming along the track. It's time for the March Meet. The three-day ear-shattering nostalgia drag race is expected to draw about 30,000 spectators. Expect crowds, food, merchandise and a wide array of vehicles at the Famoso Raceway, which runs Friday ...
• Christian Youth Film Festival features budding artists with a conscience (The Bakersfield Californian)
  posted on March 4, 2009 at 02:00:22 am
  Heritage Bible Church youth pastor Joe Brown started the Christian Youth Film Festival 15 years ago because he noticed the creative kids in youth groups didn't have much of an outlet to express themselves. "There are softball tournaments and dodgeball tournaments and volleyball, but it seemed like there was no tournament or competition for the arts," he said. "You might find arts tournaments and ...