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Steven E. Mayer

@semayerTBC

Staff Writer, The Bakersfield Californian

 San Joaquin Valley, California
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Joined March 2014
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Bringing new AI technology together with on-the-ground soil analysis at Panorama Vista Preserve and many other restoration sites in the San Joaquin Valley … bakersfield.com/news/dna-soi…
DNA soil analysis: Can AI and science help humans do a better job restoring nature?

DNA soil analysis: Can AI and science help humans do a better job restoring nature?

Can naturalists detect as many as 3,000 different species in a single tablespoon of soil?

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Go team America. Current year-to-date stock market gains, on my screen.
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New from me: Prosecutors declined to file charges against an off-duty police officer accused of driving a city-owned vehicle while intoxicated, the Kern County District Attorney's Office said Monday.  bakersfield.com/news/prosecu…
Prosecutors reject case against off-duty BPD officer accused of driving drunk

Prosecutors reject case against off-duty BPD officer accused of driving drunk

Prosecutors declined to file charges against an off-duty police officer accused of driving a city-owned vehicle while intoxicated, the Kern County District Attorney's Office said Monday.

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Trihey@TriheyKGET24 Jul 2023
Heartbreaking.
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Santa Barbara News Press declares bankruptcy. Staff told all jobs have been eliminated. The newspaper was founded in 1868. noozhawk.com/santa-barbara-n…
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Cal State Bakersfield President Lynnette Zelezny firmly believes she started her long career in the California State University system as a young, incoming freshman in the mid-1970s. bakersfield.com/news/a-chat-…
A chat with CSUB President Lynnette Zelezny — embodiment of ‘the CSU story’ — on the announcement...

A chat with CSUB President Lynnette Zelezny — embodiment of ‘the CSU story’ — on the announcement...

Cal State Bakersfield President Lynnette Zelezny firmly believes she started her long career in the California State University system as a young, incoming freshman in the mid-1970s.

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Bakersfield attorney comes out of retirement to help local veterans

Bakersfield attorney comes out of retirement to help local veterans

Some people just can't stay retired.

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Ishani Desai@_ishanidesai8 Jun 2023
Authorities seized about 500 pounds of explosives and explosive material from the home of Angelo Jackson Mendiver, 26, and about 500 pounds of explosives from the BHS student's home, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of CA
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BREAKING: A Kern High School District employee has been indicted in connection to using Instagram to sell explosives and explosive material, and working with a Bakersfield High School student to fulfill these transactions. I will be posted more info on this soon.
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Memorial Day: Three soldiers received highest medal for valor, but paid with their lives

Memorial Day: Three soldiers received highest medal for valor, but paid with their lives

The true purpose of Memorial Day is to recognize, honor and remember those who, as Abraham Lincoln said, "gave the last full measure of devotion" to the cause of freedom.

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My editor admitted I made her cry when she read my story. I’ll take that as a win. ✍️🗞📰 bakersfield.com/news/honor-f…

Honor Flight Kern County: a journey to healing

The first time The Californian sent this reporter to Washington, D.C. for a three-day assignment covering Honor Flight Kern County, there were only about 20 World War II veterans, plus

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For your space jargon handbook: Today's Space X launch attempt experienced "rapid unscheduled disassembly."
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It took teamwork to save the life of a wounded pelican on Isabella Lake

It took teamwork to save the life of a wounded pelican on Isabella Lake

It was a rainy Sunday afternoon in early February, and Kern River Valley resident Eva Hollmann was picking up trash around the Old Isabella parking lot, off Highway 178.

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The Kern River is rising. This may be our first taste, locally, in Bakersfield. bakersfield.com/news/as-kern…
As Kern River rises, early flooding appears at Robertson Stables near Manor Street

As Kern River rises, early flooding appears at Robertson Stables near Manor Street

The Kern River is rising, and it's virtually guaranteed to rise higher.

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With a snowpack at 429 percent of normal, this is going to be a season for the history books.
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Californian special report: Preparations underway for historic snowmelt expected to rush down Kern...

Californian special report: Preparations underway for historic snowmelt expected to rush down Kern...

A historic snowpack looming above the upper Kern River has raised concerns that runoff this spring and early summer will overwhelm local flood control systems, potentially damaging bridges and...

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Water professionals who lived through it say it's not easy to forget the 1983 water year when a snowpack on the Kern River watershed conspired with a warm spring to fill Isabella Lake beyond its limits and send a roaring river to Bakersfield and beyond. bakersfield.com/news/forty-y…
Forty years later: Could 2023's water year be a remake of 1983?

Forty years later: Could 2023's water year be a remake of 1983?

Water professionals who lived through it say it's not easy to forget the 1983 water year when a massive snowpack on the Kern River watershed conspired with a warm spring

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Motorists delayed by fallen tree in canyon decide to solve the problem themselves

Motorists delayed by fallen tree in canyon decide to solve the problem themselves

One sheriff's deputy admitted he'd never seen anything quite like it.

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This country store, which had its beginnings when Lincoln was president, is closing today. Is it done for good? bakersfield.com/news/sunday-…
Sunday could be last day for Onyx Store, which has outlived its owners since the 1800s

Sunday could be last day for Onyx Store, which has outlived its owners since the 1800s

The historic Onyx Store in northeastern Kern County will be open for just one more day: Sunday from noon to 4 p.m.

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Releases from #FriantDam increased to 8,800 cfs this morning to make room for incoming flows into Millerton Reservoir. Heed caution along the San Joaquin River.
Image of a concrete dam (Friant Dam) releasing water.

ALT Image of a concrete dam (Friant Dam) releasing water.

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Alta Sierra Resort Update: The US Forest Service has notified us the entire area around the ski resort is now closed for up to two weeks. Due to massive flooding & damage to infrastructure in the area Highway 155 is closed in both directions due to a massive slide potential. 1/2
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