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<title>Man, 19, faces murder rap from weekend party fight</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Police have made an arrest in the beating death of a man over the weekend. Blayne Allen Clifford, 19, was booked into Kern County Jail early Monday. Patrick Matsuda, 40, was beaten to death early Sunday in southwest Bakersfield.]]></description>
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<title>Child molester sounds warning for parents</title>
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<description><![CDATA[An admitted child molester held a frank conversation Monday with Eyewitness News. "There wasn't someone to say we were spending too much time together," said the man, speaking as a warning to parents.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:30:27 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Idaho, others prepare for Calif. egg exodus </title>
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<description><![CDATA[Idaho is among several states watching to see if a California animal cruelty law drives flocks of big egg farms there to fly the coop. California voters in 2008 approved Proposition 2, banning cramped cages for laying hens by 2015.]]></description>
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<title>Frazier Park woman accused of animal cruelty</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Kimberly Maggio was arrested on suspicion of animal cruelty Monday after being evicted from her home. Animal control officers found seven dogs, 12 cats and one rat living in "deplorable conditions," according to authorities.]]></description>
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<title>Evacuations mulled as new SoCal storm approaches </title>
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<description><![CDATA[Los Angeles County officials are considering evacuating foothills neighborhoods slammed by mudslides as another storm approaches.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:26:47 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Deputies investigating Taft shooting death</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Kern County Sheriff's deputies are investigating a shooting death they consider suspicious. Deputies were called Sunday to the 200 block of Jefferson Street on a report of a shooting, according to a sheriff's office news release.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:19:12 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Downtown bar gets boost from Super Bowl</title>
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<description><![CDATA[While some people chose to watch the Saints and Colts battle it out on their TVs at home, others went to their favorite bar, which was a big boost to local businesses. ]]></description>
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<title>Wife of beating victim: 'I will miss him so much'</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The wife of a former bodybuilding champion said she witnessed her husband's beating death. The incident happened around 2:30 a.m. Sunday on the 4300 block of Whitegate Avenue near the corner of McKee and Akers.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:58:39 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Frontier High hosts drum line competition </title>
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<description><![CDATA[Drum lines from all over central California competed at Frontier High School on Saturday. But it wasn't just drum lines battling it out. Color guards and cheer teams were also competing against each other.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 11:50:02 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Man dies from apparent attack with baseball bat</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A man who was reportedly attacked with a baseball bat outside his home early Sunday morning has died. Bakersfield police responded to a 911 call just before 2:30 a.m. from a woman who said her husband was being assaulted.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 10:40:32 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Flooding shuts down portion of Hwy. 58</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Heavy rains Saturday afternoon prompted the California Highway Patrol to shut down a portion of Highway 58 between Arvin and Tehachapi.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 10:26:01 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Man's best friend shot, killed; suspect charged for animal cruelty</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A northeast Bakersfield man's pet chihuahua was allegedly shot and killed by a neighbor on Friday. Eyewitness News asked the suspect why he did it.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:32:18 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Magazine: Bakersfield among drunkest cities</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Bakersfield has made it on a national list, though this one is a dubious one. According to Men's Health magazine, Bakersfield ranks No.10 out of 100 drunkest cities.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:50:23 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Family not satisfied with landlord response to rat problem</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A father is worried about his family's safety after he said there was a rat problem in their apartment. Managers sent out pest control, but the father was not satisfied and wanted out of his lease.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:12:36 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Man describes night wife died at hands of alleged drunk driver</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Michelle Maxwell was killed Tuesday night by an alleged drunk driver. Her 15-year-old daughter, Michaela, was also injured in the crash at the intersection of Ashe and Panama. On Friday, the victims' husband and father spoke publicly for the first time.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:59:31 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Fuller announces Senate candidacy</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Assemblywoman Jean Fuller announced Friday that she'll seek a seat in the state Senate. Fuller has represented the 32nd Assembly District since 2007. Now, she said she wants to represent the 18th Senate District.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:57:18 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>CSU campuses to restore cut classes</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Chancellor Charles Reed said Friday that California State University is giving campuses an extra $50.9 million for the fall 2010 term. The money will add as many as 8,100 classes, retain instructors and provide student services.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:40:30 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Police: Shoplifter threatened workers with gun</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A woman allegedly took clothing from Touchdown Sports on Tuesday but failed to remove all of the security sensors. Employees confronted her, but the woman allegedly threatened them to "get back," because she had a gun.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:30:55 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Suspected wallet thief wanted</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Police are looking for a woman they say stole a woman's wallet from the Foods Co. at 2505 Haley St. Police released surveillance photos Friday of the suspect.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:01:05 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>About 20 cats perish in Arvin fire</title>
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<description><![CDATA[About 20 cats died in a house fire Friday morning in Arvin. The homeowner, Joy Kennedy, said the Kern County Fire Department told her the home was left uninhabitable, and the cats died of apparent smoke inhalation.]]></description>
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<title>Anthem Blue Cross to hike Calif. health premiums </title>
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<description><![CDATA[Anthem Blue Cross has told some customers it will raise their health insurance premiums as much as 39 percent beginning March 1.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:07:46 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Phone alerts used to find missing woman</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Thousands of Bakersfield homes got late-night calls from the police, and that worried some residents. But, it was the department's Rapid Notify system being used to put out the alert on a missing woman.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:58:00 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Mix-up sends crisis hotline callers to sex line</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Imagine calling a crisis hotline and getting a sex line instead. That's what apparently happened to Vietnam veteran Jeff Clark, who got the wrong number from the Bakersfield Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:35:41 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Family can't afford dog's surgery, but hospital may help</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A family is facing a tough dilemma when it comes to their dog, who has been part of their family for seven years. Dakota was hit by a car and needs surgery, but they family said they can't afford it. One hospital may be stepping in to help, though.]]></description>
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<title>Police need help finding 'at-risk' teen, baby</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Authorities are requesting help finding an "at-risk" teen who went missing with her baby. Prisma Alarcon, 16, has her baby, 2-week-old Jaylen Alarcon, with her, and she has made statements about giving her baby away.]]></description>
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