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California Death Feed & Obituary API

Access continuously updated California death and obituary data across supported counties. ObituaryMonitor detects newly published death information from funeral homes and obituary sources and makes eligible records available through API, CSV, and the County Feed portal.

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California Death & Obituary Data

Aggregate metrics from ObituaryMonitor's eligible County Feed notice universe — not official vital statistics.

1,327

Deaths detected in the last 7 days

4,476

Deaths detected in the last 30 days

467

Active sources monitored (30 days)

49

Counties with recent activity

6 hours ago

Latest snapshot refresh

Data updated 6 hours ago

California Death Data by County

49 counties with recent activity

Explore recent death and obituary activity detected across supported counties. Search the coverage table below to see where eligible County Feed records have been detected during the last 30 days.

County30-day recordsSourcesLatest activityStatus
Los Angeles County72888YesterdayActive
San Diego County48037YesterdayActive
Riverside County42934YesterdayActive
San Bernardino County30029YesterdayActive
Orange County23425YesterdayActive
Alameda County22617YesterdayActive
Fresno County20222YesterdayActive
San Mateo County1938YesterdayActive
Kern County19018YesterdayActive
Sacramento County13417YesterdayActive
Ventura County13212YesterdayActive
Tulare County11611YesterdayActive
Contra Costa County10716YesterdayActive
Santa Clara County9612YesterdayActive
San Joaquin County8313YesterdayActive

Recent Deaths Detected Across California

Counts of death and obituary records detected by ObituaryMonitor — not official state mortality totals.

Last 7 days

1,327

Previous 7 days: 1,056 · +26% vs prior period

Last 30 days

4,476

Previous 30 days: 7,665 · -42% vs prior period

These figures represent records detected by ObituaryMonitor and should not be interpreted as official state mortality statistics.

What California Death & Obituary Records Can Include

Field availability across recent eligible California County Feed records (trailing 30 days).

Name

100%

of recent California records

Date of death

100%

of recent California records

City / location

100%

of recent California records

County

100%

of recent California records

Source URL

100%

of recent California records

Funeral home / publisher

100%

of recent California records

Captured text excerpt

78.7%

of recent California records

Where ObituaryMonitor Detects California Death & Obituary Data

Cities with recent eligible activity (not a complete list of every community).

San Diego238San Mateo121Bakersfield107Oakland102Fresno100Colton71Los Angeles71Sacramento69Westminster66Riverside65Madera62National City58

California Funeral Homes & Obituary Sources

ObituaryMonitor monitors funeral homes and obituary sources across California to detect newly published death and obituary information. Eligible records become available through County Feed. Listing a source here does not imply a partnership.

Browse California Funeral Homes →

How California County Feed Works

  1. ObituaryMonitor monitors thousands of obituary and funeral-home sources.
  2. New death records are detected and normalized.
  3. Geographic information is assigned where supported.
  4. Eligible California records become available through County Feed.
  5. Customers receive new records through API, CSV, or portal delivery.

Data is continuously collected from monitored sources — not sold as a static list.

Access California Death Data Your Way

API

Receive eligible California death and obituary records programmatically in JSON.

Explore the County Feed API →

CSV

Download or export records for operational workflows and CRM import.

Web Portal

Review and filter new California records through the ObituaryMonitor portal.

Who Uses California Death Data?

Real Estate Investors

Monitor newly detected deaths in selected California counties for potential probate or inherited-property research.

Probate & Legal Services

Identify recent deaths within geographic service areas and support downstream estate workflows.

Financial Institutions

Use death signals as an additional input in deceased-customer and risk-monitoring processes. Financial institutions monitoring

Data & Software Companies

Integrate normalized death and obituary data into software products and operational systems.

Research / Operations

Monitor county-level death events without manually checking individual obituary websites.

Example California Death Data API Record

Illustrative sample record — not an actual person.

{
  "id": "fh-sample",
  "full_name": "Sample Person",
  "first_name": "Sample",
  "last_name": "Person",
  "date_of_death": "2026-08-08",
  "state": "CA",
  "county": "Los Angeles",
  "county_slug": "los-angeles-county-ca",
  "city": "Los Angeles",
  "source_type": "funeral_home",
  "obituary_url": "https://example.com/sample",
  "funeral_home_name": "Example Funeral Home",
  "indexed_at": "2026-08-08T14:22:00.000Z",
  "survivors_status": "ok"
}

This example shows the structure of an eligible County Feed record. Field names follow the public County Feed API notice schema. Internal-only fields are omitted.

California Death Data & County Feed FAQ

Start Monitoring California Death Data

Choose the California counties that matter to your organization and receive newly detected records through API, CSV, or the ObituaryMonitor portal.

Also see the national County Feed product page and Browse California Funeral Homes.