News City tells committee PSVS money increasingly dedicated to personnel BY PETER SEGALL psegall@bakersfield.com Apr 18, 2025 Bakersfield city leaders are looking at a harsh reality: More and more of the city's annual Public Safety and Vital Services dollars are going…
Stethoscope with medicare form with parts list. Depositphotos.com Dec 16, 2023 Selecting a health plan, prescription plan, or Medigap coverage can be overwhelming for Medicare beneficiaries and their families. However, HI…
+3 Valerie Schultz VALERIE SCHULTZ: Brain games will save us BY VALERIE SCHULTZ For The Californian Nov 12, 2023 Every day, millions of puzzle fanatics sharpen their pencils or charge their phones, ready to meet the challenges that await them. I am one of…
+2 Valerie Schultz VALERIE SCHULTZ: Ringo over the rainbow BY VALERIE SCHULTZ For The Californian Oct 22, 2023 We picked up Ringo's ashes today.
+2 Valerie Schultz VALERIE SCHULTZ: Aging along with marriage BY VALERIE SCHULTZ For The Californian Sep 10, 2023 My husband and I will celebrate 43 years of marriage this week. I'm remembering a joke that my dad's old friend Irv used to tell every year on…
Valerie Schultz VALERIE SCHULTZ: Love those summer reunions BY VALERIE SCHULTZ For The Californian Aug 13, 2023 One of the things I love best about living by the ocean — apart from the ocean — is the number of family reunions I get to witness around town…
Valerie Schultz VALERIE SCHULTZ: Insensitivity writes a letter BY VALERIE SCHULTZ For The Californian Jul 9, 2023 The mistaken notion that one's gender identity is a choice was recently amplified in a flippant letter to this newspaper. In May, a letter wri…
+2 Valerie Schultz VALERIE SCHULTZ: That's the American way BY VALERIE SCHULTZ For The Californian Jun 11, 2023 The first American flag I remember seeing in my home had draped the coffin of my step-grandfather. Since he died when I was 2, I don't remembe…
Valerie Schultz VALERIE SCHULTZ: A mother's work is never done BY VALERIE SCHULTZ For The Californian May 14, 2023 Before we have children, when we are certain of the best ways to raise a child and aren't afraid to share them, we may have it in our heads th…
Valerie Schultz VALERIE SCHULTZ: Another satisfied customer for Uncle Sam BY VALERIE SCHULTZ For The Californian Apr 9, 2023 Now that I've relied on government-provided Medicare for my health care for a full year, I'm here to say that I totally get the national goal …
