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      There wasn’t the usual quiet order at the Juvenile Justice Center on Friday, which was National Adoption Day.

      In observance, the courts and the Kern County Department of Human Services scheduled 45 public adoptions.

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  • Ralph Bailey

    • Death row is a life term

      The death penalty here is nothing more than an empty threat ... a bad joke, writes columnist Ralph Bailey.

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SmartMeters to get expedited independent testing

The state Public Utilities Commission voted Friday to expedite the hiring of a contractor to provide independent testing of Pacific Gas and Electric Co.'s SmartMeters, the electrical meters that have prompted complaints recently in Bakersfield and elsewhere about unusually high power bills.

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