It has been the scene of violent standoffs every summer when the black-suited "brethren" in their bowler hats and orange sashes have tried to take their parade commemorating centuries-old Protestant triumphs from Drumcree Church along a road that wends through Catholic neighborhoods.
In recent years, Kern County has been the scene of tense standoffs between protesters on opposing sides of the immigration debate, including a well-publicized shouting match outside the Bakersfield office of Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy in 2013.
He admitted to being frustrated as the situation deteriorated, saying he had to rush to a restaurant near the scene of the standoff to learn what was happening.
As dust settles from the episode, many here are still trying to make sense of what happened, including some who were at the scene of the standoff with the mutinous police and the ensuing firefight.
He never left the scene of the standoff, he said in an interview, other than for a short time on Saturday afternoon when he went to watch his 7-year-old daughter compete in a beauty pageant in nearby Skipperville.
Thursday night the suspect was found dead by a SWAT team from the Fresno County sheriff's office at the scene of the standoff, the suspect's mobile home in the tiny farming town of Minkler in an unincorporated part of the county about 185 miles southeast of San Francisco.
Several television stations dispatched helicopters and news crews to the scene of the standoff on Tuesday and broadcast live images from above the area of the San Bernardino Mountains where a man thought to be Mr. Dorner was reportedly surrounded by officers after an exchange of gunfire.
"I'm happy that the baby is back with his parents," said the Rev. Melvin White of Clio Community Church, who had hauled two barbecue smokers to the scene of the standoff to make ribs for reporters and anyone else who happened by.
Chinese Officials said they carried out a "verification" of the drone, which crash-landed in China across the border from Sikkim state in northeast India, close to Doklam plateau, scene of a standoff between the two countries earlier this year.
The Colorado Springs Gazette reported that many police were still on the scene of the standoff early Saturday morning, and that two badly damaged police cruisers — including one with the windows shot out — were visible.
