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Well-known air racer killed in plane crash
A well-known air racer and a FedEx pilot were killed in a single-engine plane crash Wednesday morning about a mile south of Highway 58 near the Frito-Lay plant, fire officials and friends of the victims said.
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Veteran pilots killed in plane crash
Two veteran pilots -- one a Bakersfield-based national champion in 2004 at a Reno air show -- were killed Wednesday in a World War II vintage airplane they've flown countless times before, according to friends at the crash scene in a canal and open farm field behind the Frito Lay plant.
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Two children drown in backyard pool in south Bakersfield
Police were gathering information and trying to determine whether charges would be brought against either of the two adults present when two small boys drowned in a backyard pool in south Bakersfield Wednesday.
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RALPH BAILEY: Ashburn proves gays are no victims
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Firefighter to be charged with DUI, vehicular manslaughter
Felony charges of drunken driving and vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence will be filed Thursday against Kern County firefighter Mitchell Green in a crash that killed a woman and seriously injured her daughter.