mostly nonfiction and bakersfield news | October 19th, 2009
Commentary: Spanish Language Under Attack As CSUB Faculty Take Stand Against Possible Phaseout Of Modern Language, Chicano Studies Programs
One of Bakersfield’s economic and intellectual foundations has come under attack in Bakersfield: the Spanish language.
This time at an institution of higher learning where axing a Spanish program would make CSU Bakersfield the only CSU campus without a Spanish language program, and that as a campus embedded within a Hispanic community.
Don’t think there’s an economy [...]
Condors Downed 8-2 By Ontario Reign: Coach Leaves In Goalie For 7 Goals Before Pulling
It was the second game of the ECHL season and already a record was broken, not to mention the Condors morale for at least a game as they took on the Ontario Reign and were decimated 8-2.
Who knew the Reign could muster so much offense as a different Ontario team seemed to show against the [...]
Opening Night: Bako Condors Crush Ontario Reign 5-0
After what some fans called a bloody ECHL preseason (not for the home team, but their opponents) the Bakersfield Condors trounced a dismal Ontario Reign team 5-0 Friday night for the first game of the season at the Rabobank Arena in front of 5,007 fans.
Of course the pre-game started off in style with the team’s [...]
Train Rides Through Museums And Mento Buru Criticisms
The San Joaquin Valley train winds along what seems like endless broken docks lining the southern shores of Suisun Bay. I wonder if each of their crumbled histories have been told.
The San Pablo and San Francisco bays have been left far behind when the gargantuan red-and-brown bricked C&H sugar cane factory comes into view. Many [...]
Rain Delay: Face News Articles Will Return Soon…
As some of you know, I’ve been running around the Bay Area on a 9-day-long book tour, where I also have been spreading the word about Face News. I’ve connected up the Central Valley and into the Bay Area, which is exciting for this little news site. The Fresno Bee and Fresno Famous have been [...]
Writing About Central Valley Art From The Fresno Bee
Recently I was sitting in the offices of the Fresno Bee thinking about how it was First Friday in Bakersfield as well as the day after Art Hop in Fresno, Calif.
It was a Thursday night when I rode the Amtrak from Bakersfield to Fresno. The train was empty, making for a peaceful ride parallel to [...]
Director Of No. 1 Spike TV Show ‘Deadliest Warrior’ Shoots Film In Bakersfield
It was an abnormally chilly Bakersfield Sunday in October when the Los Angeles and Bakersfield film crews for “The Lackey” descended onto some of the dirtiest alleys Bakersfield has to offer.
“There were some interesting smells in those alleys,” said Director Shaun Piccinino, of L.A., about his crew shooting in the Brock’s alley off Chester Avenue [...]
2 Police Cleared In Bloody Officers vs. Teen 7-11 Shooting
It was a bloody shootout after a foiled robbery in which a policeman and a teen gunman were both wounded. Now both officers have been cleared in the Sept. 20 incident.
On Oct. 2, the Bakersfield Police Department Critical Incident Review Board met and reviewed the facts and circumstances of the officer involved shooting that occurred [...]
Zack Scrivner Announces He Will Run For Board Of Supervisors
Zack Scrivner, a powerful local Republican, is going to run for the Kern County Board of Supervisors in the 2010 elections. Scrivner is a former campaigner for U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy.
Vice mayor and City Councilmember Scrivner stood outside of the Board of Supervisors chambers in downtown Bakersfield on a cool Monday morning, where he announced [...]
That Is Not The Census Guy Knocking At Your Door
Have you already been solicited? You should have. And you might be solicited again. It’s U.S. Census time and that means people you don’t know were wandering around your neighborhood in a day and age when, well, door-to-door salesmen are almost non-existent.
It’s not that you can’t trust the U.S. Census Bureau. It’s the people who [...]
