Attorney Dennis Beaver has practiced law for many years in Bakersfield, California.
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Beaver’s career in media began in the mid-1970s at another Bakersfield station while still a Kern County Deputy District Attorney. There he focused on legal affairs reporting, including exposing landlords violating California law. Beaver later moved to KBAK (Eyewitness News), working alongside Don Clark and Jackie Parks on the “29 On Your Side” segment. The team tackled issues such as landlord abuses, auto repair scams, and provided consumer education, including how to challenge credit card charges.
In addition to his work in local news, Beaver hosted weekend interview programs featuring local business people and political figures. Since the 2000 Presidential Election, Beaver has also been a regular panelist on Voice of America broadcasts.
These push-to-talk radios are marketed as independent, unlimited-range walkie-talkies, but they actually require an LTE tower — the company’s website even notes that.
June 9, 2026 • By Dennis Beaver
If you were in construction or agriculture in the late 1990s to early 2000s, chances are that the name Nextel calls up fond memories.
They developed a walkie-talkie-type push-to-talk cell phone that was very popular back then. With that kind of phone, you could instantly contact others on the same network and also place regular cell calls.
Smartphone technology passed Nextel by, and the company went out of business in mid-2013.
Today, several companies are selling Push-to-Talk over Cellular (PoC) devices, and one in particular, in my legal opinion, is engaging in misleading and fraudulent advertising…click to read more