BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The Kern County Coroner’s Office identified a man who was found dead three days after going inside the Kern River on the Fourth of July as 24-year-old Gustavo Angel Orea Lara of Newhall.
The coroner’s report said on July 4, 2026, at around 3:46 p.n., Lara went into the Kern River near Keysville South and went unresponsive.
He was found dead in the river on July 7th…