Family and Friends Gather for Funeral to Bid Farewell to Khimberly Zavaleta

Over 75 people gathered at the Church of the Recessional at Forest Lawn Glendale for the funeral of Khimberly Zavaleta, the beloved 12-year-old girl who died due to a fatal head injury after being hit by a metal water bottle during a bullying incident at Reseda Charter High School. “When I try to speak about her, it just breaks me,” said Khimberly’s cousin Geraldine Chavarria Baltazar through tears, who spoke with the San Fernando Valley Sun/el Sol before the funeral. “Losing Khimberly is so painful for all of us, but we’re trying so hard to be strong, above all else…