Due Process Blues and the Balance of Justice
Editorial argues due process protections grew from 1960s shifts in policing and rights, warning that excessive emphasis on defendant rights harms public safety. It cites bail setup claims, multiple defense motions, and calls to restore common sense so trials decide guilt or innocence, not police errors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Rossum
Warren Courts
Kern District Attorney's Office
Bakersfield
D. A
California
Supreme Court of the United States
Common Sense
Community Input Letters Show Support and Concern in Shafter
A Shafter citizen writes to the editor praising Roger Antoniovanni and Paul Alvidres who touched many lives, while urging support for Roger’s girlfriend Melissa Corneau and cautioning teens about late hours. The letter also criticizes Shafter High School's Ag Department and advocates for Mr. McCullen who rebuilt the FFA program and kept the department debt free for two decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter
Shafter High School
Roger Antoniovanni
Paul Alvidres
Roger
Paul
Heaven
Melissa Corneau
Fastrip
McCullen
Neufeld
Ag Department
Kern County
Media language on radiation hazards and nuclear energy
Rabbi Samuel Silver’s eloquent funeral prompts a playful malapropism about urology. The piece argues media fear language inflates radiation risks, misleads the public, and slows nuclear power. Prof Cohen notes true risk is near zero, comparing nuclear risk to a cigarette in a lifetime and a street crossing every three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Silver
Delray Beach
Florida
Bernard Cohen
University of Pittsburgh
Cohen
Waterbed bill sparks clash with landlords in California
Senator H L Richardson notes the waterbed controversy as SB 1299 faces landlord resistance and free enterprise arguments. He mocks legislative delay while highlighting damages from waterbeds, calls for waterbed arbitrators, and criticizes Sacramento's attention to trivial fights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Nyét
Sacramento
Ralph Dills
D-Gardena
Judiciary Committee
Electricity Comes to La Colonia Through Local Initiative
Pauline Heredia recounts her father Pablo O. Heredia securing electricity for La Colonia in the 1930s. He bartered store credit with Hemingsons Dept store in exchange for a petition from residents, enabling power before 1937. The pool hall became a community hub hosting weddings funerals and dances, with no charge to residents for electricity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline Heredia
Pablo O. Heredia
Colony
la Colonia
Heredia
Pablo
Deanna Root
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Shafter Press
Bib A
Agcept
Paul Harvey News
Commentary By
Paul Harvey
United States
Europe
Japan
Los Angeles
Richardson Report
Senator H. L. Richardson
Roper
L.A
Jim Hastings
Sandra Sharp
Kobie Carrasco
Josie Espericueta
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