Secrets in Bakersfield
Rumors of a powerful cabal were whispered for years. Then the local newspaper investigated.
January 27, 2003|Gayle Pollard-Terry | Times Staff Writer
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Bakersfield — It's lunchtime, and nearly every stool is taken at Happy Jack's Pie N' Burgers on the edge of downtown Bakersfield. A shoe salesman digs into a bowl of homemade chili. A couple of architects devour thick, juicy hamburgers. Their buddy orders a peanut-butter-and-chocolate pie, the house specialty, to take back to work. Frances Rosales, the proprietor, cuts it into a dozen slices. She finishes, and asks: "May I have everybody's attention? Would anyone like to comment on the story in the Sunday Califor…