Viewpoints
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Sounding Board: Bakersfield's general plan
Six Opinion section Sounding Board members were asked to comment on plans to revise metropolitan Bakersfield's general plan.
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City, county meeting will consider plan
Bakersfield City, Kern County scramble to keep up with metropolitan home building, commercial development
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Medicare drug plan confuses, needs reform
As the principal caregiver for my 90-year old mother, I have firsthand knowledge of the challenges facing seniors in attempting to enroll in the new Medicare prescription drug program.
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Planning a trip abroad?
Ken Hooper's article concerning his trip last fall to Tajikistan in Central Asia is present as part of the Opinion section's occasional Letters Home feature.
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Medicare drug plan
Bakersfield Congressman Bill Thomas, a chief architect of the Medicare prescription drug plan, answers questions about the program's rocky start and its future
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Medicare drug plan
Bakersfield Congressman Bill Thomas, a chief architect of the Medicare prescription drug plan, answers questions about the program's rocky start and its future
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Medicare drug plan
Bakersfield Congressman Bill Thomas, a chief architect of the Medicare prescription drug plan, answers questions about the program's rocky start and its future
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Fight graffiti problem; don't fight each other
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Call Mom and take her shopping today
Living in Ireland can be hilarious, and challenging
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About Sidney Pogatchnik
Sidney Pogatchnik, 32, attended Bakersfield High School and graduated in 1990 from Vista High School. She moved first to Orange County, where she attended Orange Coast College, and later to Marin County, where she attended Dominican College and majored in psychology.
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Police keep lines open
Strategic planning process used to chart course for Bakersfield Police Department to take well into the next decade
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Law Day activities begin today with public seminars
Trial by jury is fundamental to our system of justice. Every person accused of a crime has the right to have a jury consider the evidence and conclude guilt or innocence. Similarly, every person who has a dispute with another has the right to have a jury consider the evidence and conclude who is right or wrong.
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Jury duty maintains community standards, safeguards liberties
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Trial by jury
A right, honor, safeguard
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May 2 Law Day forum highlights Americans' right to trial by jury
Along with the usual bills and solicitations, you may find in your mailbox a summons for jury duty and note from your dentist about an upcoming root canal. Which would you greet with more eager anticipation?
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High profile cases, TV shows draw attention to jury duty
Law Day observedwith forum, seminars
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Jury system key to democracy, requires basic civic education
In an age when our civic education comes primarily from salacious scandals presented to us on our televisions think the Clinton impeachment, the 2000 election, or the Scott Peterson trial it comes as little surprise that many young people feel disconnected from the fundamentals of our democracy.
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Iimpact on state
Impact on state
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MAJOR IMPACT ON AREA'S ECONOMY
Statewide study shows benefits of higher education to state's 'health'
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HOME SWEET HOME STILL A STATE DREAM
California's growth creating demand for more affordable homes
