Don't a lot of newspapers work that way?  With many local writers covering their stories and then others from a press-pool so to speak (AP writers).  That was my understanding at least. Imagine having to cover that amount of news through local resources.  The same works with television news programs.  There are numbers of pre-filed reports that are used to fill time or when the story is out of local ability to properly document.  If anyone knows anything beyond that, let me know, this is all my best guess on the matter.

Haha yes Chase you are right not only are there "packages" that come to TV stations from out of town or major markets. The local anchors or report then lays down their OWN voice track and tries to make the story localized. Packages general come in split track., nat sound (or natural sounds and reporter track), The local station pulls the reporter track and often times  is lazy and repeats what the reporter has said via hmmm AP news service  text that goes along with the package. And now you know, the rest of the story, I'm an_ok_joe, Good Day!

bakersfield liberal crappiforian is what it is.

The Bakersfield Californian is not meant to be our source for Nationwide or Worldwide news.  I believe, and someone correct me if I'm wrong, that the main purpose of our local newspaper is to report local news that we wouldn't get elsewhere.  If you want to up to the second, minute, or day news, then CNN.com is your bet....if you want updated daily, USA Today is the best rag around.  If you want local news with interjected  cute stories about puppies being saved from housefires, then The Bakersfield Californian is it. (or if you are morbid like me, you like to read the Obits everyday)  I think they should charge less and I would feel better about it.  It's also good for wrapping your drinking glasses during a house move.

DEUX, I COULDNT AGREE MORE.

Well now days Newspapers and TV think we need a little ET or Access Hollywood with our news. Back in the day news was only 15 minutes long on TV. The local news paper was smaller in fact when I was a kid locally there was a smaller paper called "The Bakersfield News Bulletin" It was  small paper when just the facts and obits.

The Californian is not going to go back to the old days. In fact they want a lot of advertisers. They know goofy people will buy the paper for 2 bucks a pop a day if they make it thick enough full of mind less junk. I say you want entertainment? Watch  those shows on TV or buy the weekly periodicals. Don't like the news shows? Don't watch um. I DVR the first 20 minutes and scan through it. All the rest of it is a second prouducer with his new diatribe of crap just changed around a little.

Oh and hey Ms. White? Did the California not print your  lost dog add er something? I bet you'd read it if the former actor turned presidential candiate drop out bought it huh?  To you everthing is about conservative Republican politics huh? Ok ok I'll let you get back to goosestepping to the Grand Old Party's theme.