Getty Images A U.S. Marine Corps veteran found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the 2022 death of a man in Ridgecrest was sentenced Thursday to two years’ probation. Brian Coykendall, 34, had faced a murder charge at his trial last month but jurors convicted him of the lesser charge of involuntary manslaughter. His co-defendant, Erwin Moore Jr., 30, was acquitted. Prosecutors say the two men were accused of killing Matthew Ian Peterson, 43, on March 4, 2022. Peterson was severely beaten and shot once in the back of the head. Peterson and Coykendall were once friends. But after Peterson we ..read more

Courtesy Kern County Sheriff's Office The Kern County Coroner’s Office has identified the Kern County Sheriff’s Office senior deputy whose body was discovered near Seventh Standard Road. Benjamin Alan Michael Harmonson, 36, of Bakersfield, was found deceased from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound near a canal along 7th Standard Road, west of Verdugo Lane May 21, 2024 at around 2:45 p.m. Anyone with information regarding the case is asked to call BPD at 327-7111. If you or anyone you know is struggling with mental health or thoughts of suicide, call the nationwide mental health cris ..read more

All my adult life, I have warned people about the low moral and intellectual level of colleges and universities. This is the way I have put it: “If you send your child to college, you are playing Russian Roulette with his or her values.” I have always made it clear that for STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) and a few other specialized subjects, there may be no choice. You can’t learn those subjects on your own. But parents take serious risks when they send their child to college. One reason is that the ages between 18 and 22, when the vast majority of young people attend college ..read more

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In medieval Europe, Christians who hated Jews spread the lie that Jews kidnap Christian children, slaughter them, and use their blood to bake matzos for Passover. This lie became known as “the Blood Libel,” probably the greatest libel in history. Over the course of many centuries, Jews were tortured and murdered, often by being burned alive, because of the Blood Libel. The Blood Libel was particularly odious in light of two facts: It was the Jews who, through their Bible, first outlawed human sacrifice; and one of the first laws in the Hebrew Bible is a ban on consuming blood. For centuries ..read more

I doubt that there is any national or religious group that produces the percentage of people who aid those who wish to hurt, let alone kill, that group as do Jews. When one observes Jews who defend those whose raison d’etre is the annihilation of the one Jewish country on Earth, you have to ask: Why are there no others like them? Were there blacks who defended slavery? Were there Armenians who defended the Turkish mass murder of fellow Armenians during World War I? It is true that every nation has produced people who work against their nation — particularly during time of war. Vidkun Quisling ..read more

Courtesy Los Angeles Times/KNZR Bail has been reduced from $1,000,000 to $500,000 for a Pro-Palestinian protester charged with making terroristic threats at a Bakersfield City Council meeting. During the April 10, 2024 session, Patel said the council members were such “horrible human beings” that “Jesus probably would have killed you himself.” Later, she expressed hope that oppressed people might “bring the guillotine.” She concluded her public statements by saying: “We’ll see you at your house. We’ll murder you.” Riddhi Patel, 28, must also surrender her passport, remain in the state of ..read more

The Communist Party of the Soviet Union — like most communist parties — came to power as the great defender of workers. In reality, the Soviet Communist Party didn’t give a hoot about Russian workers. The party was nothing more than a totalitarian organization that used workers to gain power — and then suppressed the proletariat, just as it suppressed every other group. One of the first things the Communist Party did after attaining power was disband independent labor unions and prohibit workers’ strikes. Yes, the “workers’ party” banned strikes. The one major exception was the Chinese Commun ..read more

Getty Images In March, State Farm General Insurance Company announced it will discontinue coverage for 72,000 houses and apartments in California starting this summer.  CBS News reports the announcement comes nine months after State Farm announced it would discontinue issuing new home policies in the state. California’s largest insurer, Illinois-based State Farm cited soaring costs, the increasing risk of catastrophes like wildfires and outdated regulations as reasons it won’t renew the policies on 30,000 houses and 42,000 apartments, according to the Bay Area News Group. The co ..read more

Getty ImagesHere are your local news headlines for Tuesday, April 9, 2024 Prison officials have launched an investigation after an inmate is killed at Kern Valley State Prison in Delano.  David Dodd, 58, died after being stabbed April 5, 2024 allegedly by Michael Darden Jr. who reportedly used a home-made weapon. Two people have been arrested in connection to a murder at Mesa Marin Sports Complex.    Eric Faria, 20, and Ulices Alonso, 21, face charges in connection to the shooting death of  41-year-old Mario Bravo Jr. in September 2021. Fatal shooting in Fresno.  A 35 ..read more