On Thursday, the Bakersfield Police Department Traffic Enforcement Detail conducted a DUI / Drivers License Checkpoint in the 8600 blk of Ming Ave. between the hours of 6 p.m. and 11 p.m.

Terry told me about this and I found this story about it at WWW.BAKERSFIELD.COM on Friday.

"Bakersfield may have earned a reputation of having relatively safe drivers, according to an insurance study and a sampling of people Thursday at Valley Plaza."

The Kern County Public Health Department said that a local restaurant was temporarily closed due to a salmonella outbreak.

I found this article and thought I would pass it along.

"A commission studying the meltdown of the U.S. economy announced Thursday the lineup of people who will testify at its first field hearing -- next Tuesday in Bakersfield."

The Kern County Coroner says 49-year-old Jacquelyn Katarac died of asphyxiation. Police believe she tried to slide down the chimney to get into a home to confront a boyfriend she was having problems with. Police believe she got stuck in the chimney Wednesday night but her body was not discovered until late Saturday night. Firefighters had to take the brick chimney apart to get Dr. Kotarac out ...