mostly nonfiction and bakersfield news | November 30th, 2008
CSUB Men Too Good For Pepperdine In OT, Win 79-72
CSUB’s Division 1 wins continue to rack up wins, with the latest nail-biter an overtime victory against Pepperdine.
The Roadrunners trailed by 16 points in the second half until senior forward Donald Lee and freshman guard Bryan Emanuel stepped in overtime for a CSUB 79-72 win.
According to CSUB, Lee scored 15 points and grabbed 13 rebounds while Emanuel, meanwhile, scored 14 points, all [...]
Fresno Coach Pat Hill Looking at Seattle Move
Does it count as a brain drain if Fresno State Football Coach, Pat Hill, moves away to Seattle and takes the Washington position? Coach is interviewing for the Huskies job and it feels real this time.
I don’t know if he’d take it though. Pat seems to like being overlooked, under appreciated and having the excuse [...]
Passenger Takes Control Of Car As Driver Shot To Death
A passenger riding in a vehicle had to take control of a car after the driver was shot to death by someone in a passing car.
Bakersfield.com reported Keyshawn Black, 21, was shot to death while driving on California Avenue near P Street around midnight Saturday.
Charles Black, who is the driver’s brother, took control of the Oldsmobile [...]
Bako-British Invasion: A Decade Later, ‘Brian Jones Was Murdered’ May Have Been Onto Something
Pop culture, British rock and roll, a real fascination with a possibly murdered 60s rock star and a band who may have been onto something because of its British-loving founder. All in a Central California city that on the surface in the mid-1990s, seemed far removed from British culture and British rock and roll.
Anyone traveling through Bakersfield [...]
Fresno Media: Shopping, shopping, shopping…
A quick tour of Fresno’s major news sites over the weekend all offer a common theme: shopping. Here’s a quick rundown of what several Fresno TV and newspaper sites have been saying.
Let’s do this fast…
CBS47 said retailers expected sales to be down.
ABC30 said Black Friday sales were up 3 percent and to beware of holiday swap [...]
$250 Million Off-Reservation Casino Might Lose Station Casinos Funding
A $250 million casino slated to be built off Highway 99 near Madera by Station Casinos out of Las Vegas might not happen as planned if analysts are correct.
Various news and gaming industry Web sites suggest Station Casinos may go bankrupt. But what does that mean for gaming in California’s Central Valley? According to the Fresno Bee, the Mono [...]
NASA Says Bad Weather Forced Shuttle Endeavor To Land At Edwards
The space shuttle Endeavor landed safely at Edwards Air Force Base on Sunday afternoon, according to NASA officials.
Citing poor weather conditions in Florida, NASA announced the space shuttle Endeavor, which lost a $100,000 bag of tools in space, would land at Kern County’s Edwards Air Force Base Sunday afternoon.
NASA said the weather was “no good” in Florida [...]
Officer Struck By Patrol Car; Robber Caught
KBAK reported Bakersfield Police Department officials said an officer was chasing a robbery suspect on foot at 19th Street and Union Avenue when he was struck by another patrol car arriving at the scene late Saturday night.
Bakersfield Police Lieutenant Mike Cantrell told the TV station the officer got banged up, but will be okay. There were no reports on what “banged [...]
Man Accused Of Luring, Killing Bear Behind Frazier Park Mobile Home
A man with a license to hunt and kill bears in California is accused of baiting a bear with bacon and killing it close to a group of mobile homes in Frazier Park. One man wants the hunter run out of town.
KBAK reported officials said Ching Tang, 37, killed the bear on Sept. 1, which [...]
Teddy Bear Toss Gets Wild!
