Law Enforcement

Sheriff’s Log — July 9 to August 10, 2020

From the August 21, 2020 Edition

This is a log of law enforcement activity by the Kern County Sheriff’s Frazier Park substation. We report public records here. Listing here is not a report of a conviction. Those named have not yet …

For-profit immigration facility in Bako is a covid-19 trap

From the August 14, 2020 Edition

By Gary Meyer, TME

In July, as covid-19 infections were spreading through federal immigration detention centers around the country, officials at the Mesa Verde ICE Processing Center in Bakersfield—a private, for-profit prison run by The …

Body found in aqueduct investigated by CHP

From the July 24, 2020 Edition

By Gary Meyer with reporting by Shaina Della Rocco, TME

California Department of Water Resources workers discovered a body on Monday, July 20, at about 9 a.m. in the aqueduct, south of State Route (Highway) …

Sheriff’s Log — June 22 to June 26, 2020

From the July 10, 2020 Edition

This is a log of law enforcement activity by the Kern County Sheriff’s Frazier Park substation. We report public records here. Listing here is not a report of a conviction. Those named have not yet …

Sheriff’s Log Status Update

From the June 26, 2020 Edition

Note from the Editor:

The Sheriff’s Log was established decades ago to provide public records to our community about local law enforcement activities.

When the coronavirus pandemic struck this year, Sheriff Donny Youngblood’s department went …

Sheriff’s Log — May 9 to June 15, 2020

From the June 19, 2020 Edition

This is a log of law enforcement activity by the Kern County Sheriff’s Frazier Park substation. We report public records here. Listing here is not a report of a conviction. Those named have not yet …