http://www.1bakersfield.com News headlines from Bakersfield and around the world en-us http://www.1bakersfield.com/news/read/2/153204 Dom DeLuise, the jovial comic who enlivened such madcap films as Cannonball Run, Blazing Saddles, and Spaceballs, has died. He was 75. Often working with Burt Reynolds or Mel Brooks, the bearded, roly-poly actor was known for a sharp, distinctive, almost howling laugh that fills the outtakes reel of Cannonball Run — a testament to the joyous time he had with Reynolds. http://www.1bakersfield.com/news/read/2/153204 http://www.1bakersfield.com/news/read/2/153203 In the midst of a world-wide panic over the dreaded H1N1 virus, or Swine Flu, I have to ask ... are we over-reacting? http://www.1bakersfield.com/news/read/2/153203 http://www.1bakersfield.com/news/read/2/153202 Although the number of cases continue to rise, experts are being "cautiously optimistic" about the disease appearing to slow here in the United States. http://www.1bakersfield.com/news/read/2/153202 http://www.1bakersfield.com/news/read/21/153197 Bicyclist injured in east Bakersfield. http://www.1bakersfield.com/news/read/21/153197 http://www.1bakersfield.com/news/read/22/153085 FRESNO - The CSUB men's basketball team shot just 29.7 percent in the second half and Fresno State blew open a close game to win going away, 66-51, Wednesday night at the Save Mart Center. Trailing by six at the half, 29-23, the Roadrunners closed to within one on a Trent Blakley (Alta Loma HS) dunk early in the second half. But they went ice cold after that, missing 17 of 20 shots at one point, as Fresno State pulled away. http://www.1bakersfield.com/news/read/22/153085 http://www.1bakersfield.com/news/read/26/152993 The Kern County Board of Supervisors has approved construction of a biogas distribution network that will for the first time produce renewable natural gas from multiple dairy farms to generate power for utility customers, BioEnergy Solutions announced. The distribution network, the first of its kind to be approved by a government authority in the U.S., will produce biogas from cow manure on as many as nine dairies in eastern Kern County, upgrade it to utility standards and deliver it into a nearby Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) pipeline. Construction will begin in early 2009. http://www.1bakersfield.com/news/read/26/152993 http://www.1bakersfield.com/news/read/3/153138 An El Monte man was shot and killed yesterday after taking a hostage. http://www.1bakersfield.com/news/read/3/153138 http://www.1bakersfield.com/news/read/1/153079 WASHINGTON, Dec. 9, 2008 - The crash of a Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet strike fighter jet in San Diego yesterday killed three people on the ground, and one person is missing, city fire officials said. The Hornet, from Fighter/Attack Training Squadron 101 of Marine Aircraft Group 11, crashed into two houses after going down around noon PST in a neighborhood near Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, officials said. The pilot is in stable condition at Naval Medical Center San Diego, Marine officials said. The pilot - part of the 3rd Marine Air Wing - radioed that there was trouble and tried to steer the aircraft to an uninhabited canyon, Marine officials said. But the pilot was forced to eject, and the jet crashed two miles from the airport, they said. The jet was returning from training exercises aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln when the crash occurred. http://www.1bakersfield.com/news/read/1/153079 http://www.1bakersfield.com/news/read/24/136898 By John J. Kruzel American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, June 5, 2007 - Participants in the quietest sport -- golf -- and America's loudest sport -- NASCAR -- combined forces to pay tribute to troops the past two days. http://www.1bakersfield.com/news/read/24/136898 http://www.1bakersfield.com/news/read/24/133448 By Gerry J. Gilmore American Forces Press Service INDIANAPOLIS, May 22, 2007 - Indiana citizen-soldiers and their families are enjoying copious reading material thanks to a partnership between bookseller Barnes and Noble, the United Service Organizations, and America Supports You, an Indiana Army National Guard senior noncommissioned officer said here, May 20. http://www.1bakersfield.com/news/read/24/133448 http://www.1bakersfield.com/news/read/6/152537 Kevin Harvick's No. 29 Chevrolet was sent spinning sideways in Turn 2 on the first lap of Sunday's race after contact from Joe Nemechek's car. Harvick kept his car off the wall and spent the rest of the clawing his way back toward a fourth-place finish in what could wind up being a very important rally in terms of his bid to make this year's Chase. http://www.1bakersfield.com/news/read/6/152537 http://www.1bakersfield.com/news/read/10/150956 AP - The war in Iraq is not over, but one legacy is already here in this city and others across America: an epidemic of brain-damaged soldiers. http://www.1bakersfield.com/news/read/10/150956 http://www.1bakersfield.com/news/read/25/153192 I will write a good article http://www.1bakersfield.com/news/read/25/153192 http://www.1bakersfield.com/news/read/20/152267 Police say a La Palma doctor waiting in line to buy gas at Costco in Cypress Ca. grabbed a tire iron and confronted a motorist who cut in line. http://www.1bakersfield.com/news/read/20/152267 http://www.1bakersfield.com/news/read/23/153147 The holidays are the #1 engagement season according to national reports. http://www.1bakersfield.com/news/read/23/153147 http://www.1bakersfield.com/news/read/27/149497 The Jehovah's Witnesses scheduled 288 three-day conventions nationwide, with some dates offered in other languages. More than 10,000 Latinos attended the July 2007 "Follow the Christ!" Convention of Jehovah's Witnesses, which was held in Spanish in Bakersfield, Calif. Full Story http://www.1bakersfield.com/news/read/27/149497