No services
Andrew Murray Griffin V, 64, Bakersfield, May 4. Kern River Family Mortuary, Oildale.
Services pending
Virginia Arnett Busey, 91, Bakersfield, May 5. Kern River Family Mortuary.
Delphia Laverl Denham, 83, Bakersfield, May 5. Neptune Society Cremation.
Services pending
Delliaw Foster, 70, Wasco, May 4. Rucker's Mortuary.
John Johnson, 57, Bakersfield, May 4. Rucker's Mortuary.
Elmer L. Smith, 74, Kern County, May 5 in Bakersfield. Jesse E. Cooley Jr. Funeral Service.
Services scheduled
No services
Maxine Josephine Kirschenmann, 92, Shafter, April 30. Neptune Society Cremation.
Services pending
Mary Le Wana Best, 72, Bakersfield, May 3 in Ventura. Greenlawn Mortuary.
Robyn Jane Gonzales, 38, McFarland, May 3. Greenlawn Southwest Mortuary.
No services
John Truman Horn, 65, Bakersfield, April 11 in Los Angeles. Neptune Society Cremation.
Services pending
Kimberly Felice Berry, 43, Bakersfield, April 30. Rucker's Mortuary.
Royce Carl Haralson, 61, Bakersfield, April 30. Mish Funeral Home.
No services
Michael Scott Riley, 50, Bakersfield, April 21. Greenlawn Mortuary.
Services pending
Paul Abbott, 77, Bakersfield, May 1. Basham Funeral Care.
Lia Lucianna Alderete, 33, Bakersfield, April 29. Cecil Martin Family Funeral Care.
No services
Roean McConnell, 89, Bakersfield, April 27. Mish Funeral Home.
Stacey Ann Peebles, 34, Bakersfield, April 23. Mish Funeral Home.
Services pending
Beverly Louise Beaty, 88, Bakersfield, April 27. Hillcrest Memorial Park & Mortuary.
Services pending
Allen Larry Brookshire, 62, Taft, April 28 in Bakersfield. Erickson & Brown Funeral Home, Taft.
Vester Louis Burris, 78, Bakersfield, April 27. Mish Funeral Home.
Bill Crosby, 85, Wasco, April 29 in Bakersfield. Peters Funeral Home, Wasco.
Services pending
Delbert McDonald Dryden, 86, Bakersfield, April 26. Mission Family Mortuary.
Anna Margueritte Reed, 91, Bakersfield, April 27. Greenlawn.
Melvin Scott Sr., 93, Bakersfield, April 27. Rucker's Mortuary.
Issac Tucker, 56, Kernville, April 27. Sierra Valley Mortuary.
No services
Joe Bobby Elmore, 57, Pahrump, Nev., April 15 in Nevada. Mish Funeral Home.
Darren Neal Raines, 51, Bakersfield, April 18. Mish Funeral Home.
Services pending
Vickie Leilani Daniels, 56, Shafter, April 23. Mish Funeral Home.
Services pending
Robert Abert, 74, Lake Isabella, April 25. Sierra Valley Mortuary, Lake Isabella.
Josephine Cecelia Bartlett, 88, Lake Isabella, April 20. Sierra Valley Mortuary, Lake Isabella.
Raymond Leroy Becker, 51, Lake Isabella, April 24. Sierra Valley Mortuary, Lake Isabella.
James R. Buckner, 82, California City, April 20 in Lancaster. Neptune Society Cremation.
No services
June Oleta Koch, 86, Bakersfield, April 20. Neptune Society Cremation.
Services pending
Lillian Charletle Ames, 86, Lake Isabella, April 24. Lake Isabella Cremation & Funeral Society.
Arle Lackey, 91, Bakersfield, April 23. Greenlawn Mortuary.
No services
Evelyn Marie Bruce, 92, Bakersfield, April 20. Neptune Society Cremation.
Concepcion Isabel Lobregat, 73, Bakersfield, April 23. Basham Funeral Care.
Services pending
Sue Lynne Apple, 71, Piqua, Ohio, April 22 in Bakersfield. Basham Funeral Care.
Services pending
Angelica Rose Castellanos, 31, Bakersfield, April 17. Cecil Martin Family Funeral Care.
Velma A. Daugherty, 91, Bakersfield, April 22. Greenlawn Mortuary.
John Wayne Everett, 24, Bakersfield, April 19. Cecil Martin Family Funeral Care.
Elmer R. Ezell, 84, Bakersfield, April 22. Greenlawn Mortuary.
Lost trust in law enforcement drives protest against brutality (17)
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.
Kern's image may be taking a hit (17)
The death of a man in custody following a prolonged struggle with Kern County Sheriff's deputies and CHP officers and the subsequent fracas over confiscated witness cellphones have gained international attention and raised concerns here that the incidents could tarnish the county's emerging...
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.
ROBERT PRICE: Has good-ol'-boy corruption seized the Kern County Sheriff's Office? (6)
The Kern County Sheriff's Office is out of control. That's one conclusion many people will draw based on the events of the past two weeks and in the context of recent years.
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.
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.
School canceled at Bakersfield High after small explosions
Classes were canceled at Bakersfield High School Monday after three small bottle bomb explosions struck campus, authorities said.
Authorities return cellphones to beating witnesses; video could be released Friday
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.