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Opinion
Wednesday and Sunday

Lois Henry

• Lois Henry: 4th celebrants lose their minds, fireworks should be banned
• Lois Henry: Fireworks neither safe nor sane for California

Family
Tuesday, Friday and Sunday

Herb Benham

• Herb Benham: It's off to Berkeley for our youngest and into an irrigation ditch for yours truly
• Herb Benham: Biggest Bakersfield Blaze baseball fans? Kit foxes

• Benham column: New table legs might cost an arm or two (2:59)
  
• Benham column: Mother Earth's kitchen dirtied by carbon feet (3:43)
  

Opinion
Friday

Dianne Hardisty

• Dianne Hardisty: 'We the people' aren't always right
• Dianne Hardisty: There's more pain at pump than you think
• Dianne Hardisty: By God, if Dems fail, it won't be her fault
• Dianne Hardisty: Searching for HRH Princess Plantagenet

Opinion
Saturday

Marylee Shrider

• Marylee Shrider: Voters should decide on same-sex marriage
• Marylee Shrider: Fireworks lovers are their own worst enemy

Opinion
Sunday

Robert Price

• Now they're floating a life-vest law of a different persuasion
• Robert Price: Smile! It’s only an interview (and a glimpse of the real world)
• Robert Price: Another day, another Kern River swimmer lulled into drowning
• Robert Price: Recall election delay just might be bad news for Ken Weir

Dining
Thursday

Pete Tittl

• Pete Tittl: Decor livens up visit to local Mexican eatery
• Pete Tittl: Big Popy's unlocks your Bubble Up-swilling inner 12-year-old
• Pete Tittl: With a little work, Camino Real could be the next Red Pepper
• Pete Tittl: Not quite its time yet, but Hourglass has the makings

Racing and Condors
Thursday and Friday

Mike Griffith

• Mike Griffith: Backers seek private investors for racetrack
• Mike Griffith: Sprint series drivers aim for Murphy
• Mike Griffith: Pounds dominating in IMCA points race
• Mike Griffith: Sprint Cars roll into Speedway

Opinion
Thursday

Leonel Martinez

• Leonel Martinez: I told you Latinos would embrace Obama!
• Leonel Martinez: As life races by, kids are what matter most
• Leonel Martinez: There's lots to celebrate at Chicano graduation
• Leonel Martinez: From Lamont to the Latin Grammys

Gardening
Wednesday

Joan Swenson

• Joan Swenson: In this weather, moving the hose around is about as ambitious as I get
• Joan Swenson: Deadhead now to give your garden a pick-me-up
• Joan Swenson: Nutgrass loves sun, water — and driving gardeners insane
• Joan Swenson: Take a look at this backyard — and it's in Bakersfield!

Arts
Thursday

Camille Gavin

• Camille Gavin: 'Charlotte's Web' gives child performers turn in the spotlight
• Camille Gavin: Artist with a flair for pears zeros in on fruit for show
• Camille Gavin: Kick off your Fourth with premiere of popular 'History of Rock'
• Camille Gavin: Mountain Shakespeare Fest on the rise

Family
Saturday

Valerie Schultz

• Valerie Schultz: If you fight your child's battles, there is one sure loser — your child
• Valerie Schultz: Striking our children will only make them brutish adults
• Valerie Schultz: Whose side is God on?
• Valerie Schultz: The summertime blues of an office job

Outdoors
Friday

Steve Merlo

• Steve Merlo: Big-game hunting comments cleared up for ‘no lead’ condor zone
• Steve Merlo: Time for a little clarity on new lead ammunition law
• Steve Merlo: Wascally wabbits, porkers on tap
• Steve Merlo: Mentor taught many lessons of life, and the great outdoors