KEITH KNIGHT has been named to L&W Supply’s 2012 President’s Club, an honor recognizing its top salespeople. Knight is an outside sales representative in the Bakersfield and Visalia areas for L&W, which distributes gypsum wallboard and building materials.
ANGELO A. HADDAD has qualified for New York Life Insurance Co.’s annual Platinum Producers’ Round Table. The honor recognizes the company’s top long-term care insurance agents. Haddad is a lifelong Bakersfield resident with 47 years in the...
TIFFANY TIMM has joined Terrio Physical Therapy & Fitness. Timm attended Garden City Community College and, in 2009, graduated from Colby Community College with an associate’s degrees in applied science and general studies with an emphasis...
SATISH GAITONDE has joined Pair & Marotta Physical Therapy. A Bakersfield resident since 1979, Gaitonde has worked as director of Rehab at Mercy Hospital, manager of Bakersfield Physical Medical and Rehabilitation and as a private...
AARON GILLIES has been named facility director at Peak Performance, a branch of Pair & Marotta Physical Therapy. Gillies earned an undergraduate degree in exercise science at Cal State Bakersfield before going on to earn a master’s degree...
DR. DENISE STARLEY has joined HealthSouth Bakersfield Rehabilitation Hospital as a staff physiatrist. In her new position, Starley is to help restore optimal function to patients with bone, nerve and muscle injuries. She earned a doctorate...
T. SCOTT BELDEN has received a Martindale-Hubbell AV peer review rating. Beldon is managing partner at the law firm of Klein, DeNatale, Goldner, Cooper, Rosenlieb and Kimball LLP. The rating is the highest available in the...
Robert H. Brumfield has earned Martindale-Hubbell’s Client Distinction Award. Brumfield, a lawyer with the Bakersfield firm of Brumfield & Hagan LLP, focuses on general business law, real estate, construction, oil and gas, mediation and...
Keith Silvas has joined Summit Bible College as Quarter Life director. Silvas oversees the school’s discipleship program for 18- to 25-year-olds and associate-level students. He has a background in theater and music, and has built up the...
Alex Rogers has been named to the SMB 150 Channel Influencers List. Rogers is CEO of two Bakersfield companies: ARRC Technology, which provides information technology services to small- and medium-size businesses; and CharTec LLC, which...
MARY TRICHELL has been awarded the MillerCoors President’s Award. Trichell is a Bakersfield beer distributor with W.A. Thompson Distributing. The award recognizes strong sales performance.
ALFREDO MARTINEZ and ALICE THETFORD have won the Verizon Wireless President’s Cabinet award. Martinez is a retail sales representative, and Thetford is a business account executive in Bakersfield. The award is Verizon Wireless’ highest...
AL WATSON has been appointed Kern River District ranger. Watson is to manage the Kern River District’s range, special uses, timber, wildlife, recreation and fire protection. Watson has worked most recently as acting monument manager at the...
Sheriff requests FBI inquiry into in-custody death (26)
Responding to what he called a case that “has consumed the media and our community,” Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood said Tuesday he has asked the FBI to conduct a “parallel” investigation into the death of Bakersfield father of four David Sal Silva, who died May 8 after he was beaten by...
Authorities return cellphones to beating witnesses; video could be released Friday (26)
Two cellphones confiscated last week from witnesses to the in-custody death of David Sal Silva were returned Wednesday to the attorney representing the witnesses.
Lost trust in law enforcement drives protest against brutality (16)
About two dozen protesters stood in front of Kern County Superior Court next to the Liberty Bell Thursday morning to make a statement about police brutality.
Sheriff seeks medical details about Silva (7)
Sheriff’s investigators served a search warrant on Kern Medical Center and the Mary K. Shell Mental Health Center seeking medical records to find possible reasons for David Sal Silva’s behavior prior to and during his encounter with law enforcement, The Californian learned Friday.
Deputies' video confiscations come under scrutiny in fatal Bakersfield beating case
The death of Bakersfield father of four David Sal Silva immediately following his apparent beating Wednesday by Kern County law enforcement officers raises questions that have been asked in Bakersfield many times before -- questions about the use of deadly force by police.
Dad who died during arrest 'begged for his life'; witness videos seized
Blood stains are still visible on the sidewalk at the corner of Flower Street and Palm Drive, where a Bakersfield man struggled with as many as nine officers and later died this week.
Debate erupts over cell phone video of Silva beating by officers. Witness: "I can still hear him."
A war of words erupted Friday over video footage taken of David Sal Silva’s deadly encounter with law enforcement officers.
Sheriff requests FBI inquiry into in-custody death
Responding to what he called a case that “has consumed the media and our community,” Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood said Tuesday he has asked the FBI to conduct a “parallel” investigation into the death of Bakersfield father of four David Sal Silva, who died May 8 after he was beaten by deputies.