Do elephants belong at the fair? Board to decide

You can't accuse Ned Dunphy of not going the extra mile -- 370 of them to be exact. When the new Kern County Fair Board director casts his vote Monday on whether to allow an elephant ride to return to the fair in September, he will have put in hours of homework to satisfy his conscience that the decision is an informed one. The Bakersfield attorney drove to the Southern California facility where the animals live, making an unannounced stop to observe the elephants and tour the property. He a