Hill added to Southern Oregon softball staff ... coach. Hill comes to SOU after serving as an assistant coach at her alma mater, California State University Bakersfield. She will be in charge of the SOU pitching staff and will also help with recruiting, camps and clinics. GLANCE RECAP: xxxxxxxx up ... Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:45:05 GMT Urban murals brush aside graffiti in Lamont ... that he says brings people together. His work can be found on brightly colored electrical boxes in downtown Bakersfield, and there's a purpose behind his palette. After all, it took a while before a neighborhood was willing to allow his proposal to ... Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:45:04 GMT The Woody family: A love of the land is our way of life ... flooded out one too many times. Luckily for us, he moved to higher ground in 1862, to the mountains northeast of Bakersfield at the foot of Blue Mountain, above what would eventually be called the town of Woody. There, he and his wife, the former ... Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:44:43 GMT People in Business: A who's who for July 30 ... with lenders, protect buyers and limit risk. ROY ALLARD has joined TW Telecom as operations manager for Bakersfield/Fresno. He has more than 25 years of experience in the telecommunications field, and currently teaches electronic technology at ... Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:44:19 GMT Pete Tittl: Hiya, Big Boy -- you haven't changed a bit ... HH1/2 Next week: Links at Riverlakes Ranch BOB'S BIG BOY By PETE TITTL Contributing columnist e-mail: ptittl@bakersfield.com In the history of American coffee shops, Bob's Big Boy has an iconic name. My college roommate got his first job as a cook ... Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:44:01 GMT Merle Haggard review ... boozy crowd cheered, danced and snapped photos as if the show were at a honky-tonk in Haggard's hometown of Bakersfield, Calif. The grimace that frequently made its way to Haggard's face - a mix, seemingly, of bewilderment and bemusement - was the ... Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:38:28 GMT Top markets lost 3.5M manufacturing jobs in decade ... manufacturing jobs during the same 10-year span. Only one market added manufacturing jobs during the decade -- Bakersfield, Calif., with a gain of 1,900 positions. The biggest loss in raw terms occurred in the Los Angeles market, where 310,000 ... Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:02:57 GMT Top markets lost 3.5M mfg. jobs in decade ... sectors at the midpoints of 2000 and 2010. Only one market added manufacturing jobs during the decade -- Bakersfield, Calif., with a gain of 1,900 positions. The biggest loss in raw terms occurred in the Los Angeles market, where 310,000 ... Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:38:24 GMT Please Support Red Cross Disaster Relief ... evacuation of more than 4,000 people in Palmdale in north central Los Angeles County. The Kern County Chapter in Bakersfield, California has also opened shelters in response to wildfires in that area. In Kalamazoo, Michigan, the Red Cross has ... Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:00:00 GMT Free jazz concert at BrightHouse Amphitheatre, The Park at Riverwalk, Friday, July 30 There will be a free jazz concert tonight, July 30, at the Bright House Networks Amphitheatre at The Park at River Walk , 11200 Stockdale Hwy, Bakersfield, CA. Publ.Date : Tue, 27 Jul 2010 07:00:00 GMT Bolthouse Farms releases two juice flavors ... holiday treat and an antioxidant staple are the first two releases of new juices from Bolthouse Farms. The Bakersfield, Calif.-based company launched Hawaiian Holiday Passion Orange Guava and 100% Pomegranate juices nationwide in late July, ... Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:57:45 GMT Tulare County's foreclosure rate ranks 19th nationally ... 53,000. Eight California metropolitan areas are among the top 20 in terms of foreclosure-filing rates. They are: Bakersfield; Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville; Modesto; Merced; Stockton; Vallejo-Fairfield; and Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario. ... Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:46:22 GMT Lakeland Filmmaker Attempts Feature Film in One Day ... scheduled, shooting on the 90-minute horror movie "The Deadlines" will both open and wrap on Aug. 8 at a set in Bakersfield, Calif. If Hooks and his co-director, Jason Sanders, can pull it off, they expect to earn recognition from Guinness World ... Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:34:11 GMT Wildfire explodes in rural LA County hills ... the evacuation of 122 juvenile offenders attending a forestry camp near the California town of Kernville. (The Bakersfield Californian, Casey Christie / AP) The glow from a wildfire can be seen through the entrance to the small community known as ... Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:01:47 GMT Christ Academy hires new leader ... Donna, to Wichita Falls for his Aug. 9 start date. Before his most recent position, he had served since 1989 in Bakersfield, Calif., at the Bakersfield Christian High School, where he taught, then counseled, then served as academic dean and then ... Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:13:34 GMT Red Cross transitioning West Fire shelter into... ... Call 661-324-6427 Send a contribution to the American Red Cross Kern Chapter P.O. Box 1226/5035 Gilmore Ave, Bakersfield, CA 93302-1226 Online at www.KernRedCross.org Mobile Giving: Text to 90999 the word "REDCROSS" to make a $5 donation The Kern ... Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:12:04 GMT New Industrial Water Treatment Solutions From US-European Industrial Trade Portal ... of water treatment supplies, systems and equipment to its American-European industrial trade directory Bakersfield, California - " The industrial trade site that connects European and American manufacturers, importers and exporters of industrial ... Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:37:21 GMT Levi's Targets Film Buffs With Gowalla, Watch Parties ... locations for the films in the nine cities where they took place. The movies include "There Will Be Blood" (Bakersfield, CA), the first three "Rocky" films (Philadelphia), "Dirty Harry" (San Francisco), "Jackie Brown" (Torrance, CA), "Robocop" ... Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:33:32 GMT Blaze completes sweep of Nuts For the second straight game, a seventh-inning rally erased a Modesto Nuts' lead as the Bakersfield Blaze completed a three-game sweep Thursday night with a 5-2 victory at Sam Lynn Ballpark. Publ.Date : Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:21:11 GMT ABC23 To Help Raise Money For American Red Cross In response to the Bull and West Fires in Kern County, ABC23 and KERN Radio will host a cash fundraiser for the American Red Cross on Tuesday, August 3. Bull and West Fires Please bring your donations to the ABC23 Studios located at 321 21st Street in Bakersfield. Publ.Date : Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:38:06 GMT