Monday, Feb 06 2012 03:16 PM
Super Bowl ads, chemtrails and trains on Bakersfield Today
BY LOUIS AMESTOY Californian staff writer lamestoy@bakersfield.com
It's a full day on Bakersfield Today with plenty to discuss including the big winners from the Super Bowl, and we're not talking about the New York Giants.
Two stories driving traffic have been one about possible firms building key parts of California's controversial high-speed rail project and Lois Henry's column about the death of a logger near Tehachapi. Henry's column was not only driving a lot of page views, but a lot of pointed comments about the state of emergency services in Kern County.
We also delve into our fascination with posting YouTube videos of trains and "chemtrails." We also take a look at a drumline competition at North High School.
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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.
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’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.
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.
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.
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.
Classes were canceled at Bakersfield High School Monday after three small bottle bomb explosions struck campus, authorities said.
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.