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Ridgecrest Daily Independent
April 22, 2018
Such action would be considered a “thank you” by the community which has demonstrated unequivocal support for China Lake. ... California City council members next Tuesday are scheduled to begin the layoff notices to city employees following the voters' rejection of a special tax at the ballot box earlierÃâà...
Ridgecrest Daily Independent
April 20, 2018
Ridgecrest Police Chief Jed McLaughlin was the speaker at the Rotary Club of China Lake luncheon Wednesday. ... McLaughlin mentioned the Reducing Crime and Keeping California Safe Act of 2018 which is attempting to get an item on the ballot reclassifying certain crimes. According to the group'sÃâà...
Ridgecrest Daily Independent
April 20, 2018
... Naval Air Weapons Station at China Lake. Bob, a renowned photographer and Susan, an expert birder, spent that time hiking the full extent of the trail viewing and photographing the majestic mountains, lakes, meadow and forests along this trail as it passes through California, Oregon and Washington.
Taft Midway Driller
April 10, 2018
... the maternal family in Fresno, California. She attended St Therese's Academy where she completed grammar school and then went on to San Joaquin Memorial High School. Sometime in the 1950s, Dianne and her mother moved to Ridgecrest, CA where they both worked on the China Lake Naval Base.
KCET
April 9, 2018
The most widely used air-to-air missile in the West, Raytheon's AIM-9 Sidewinder starts production at China Lake and uses a Hercules/Bermite MK-36, solid-fuel rocket engine that will ... Abandoned Buildings & Tires – Infrared Exposure – Whittaker-Bermite Site – Santa Clarita, CA – 2017 | Osceola Refetoff.
Ridgecrest Daily Independent
April 6, 2018
He expects at least a month before U.S. District Judge Dale Drozd of the Eastern California District signs off on the new map and becomes codified county law. ... During testimony, Gleason argued that Edwards Air Force Base and Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake are two separate entities, often withÃâà...
Ridgecrest Daily Independent
March 27, 2018
Bill Farris speaks at the 23rd annual Respect for Law dinner on Friday, March 23. The officers pictured are, from left, officer Cary Dabbs from California Highway Patrol, senior deputy Johnny Frisbee from Kern County Sheriff's Department, officer Justin McAllister from China Lake Police Department, andÃâà...
Taft Midway Driller
March 24, 2018
They've even brought traffic to a halt on N. China Lake Boulevard as the geese waddled and honked their way across the street in a mini-migration from ... Kerncrest member Lee Sutton said that parts of California's Central Valley and New Mexico's Rio Grand Valley can see geese swoop down in the tensÃâà...
Ridgecrest Daily Independent
March 17, 2018
McCarthy and his wife Judy are both founding donors of the China Lake Museum. California Assemblyman Vince Fong's representative Tanner Dyrness then presented Hickle with a certificate of Assembly recognition and a California flag. Hickle also read a certificate she received from California SenatorÃâà...
Ridgecrest Daily Independent
March 13, 2018
“The Ridgecrest Police Department along with other agencies including, Kern County Sheriff's Department, California Highway Patrol, Bureau of Land Management and China Lake Police Department searched the area for several hours but were unable to locate the suspect,” RPD stated. “DetectivesÃâà...
Ridgecrest Daily Independent
March 13, 2018
The California Highway Patrol identified the man who died following a Monday afternoon rollover in China Lake Acres as 55-year-old Inyokern resident Richard Witwer. According to CHP reports, Witwer was driving southbound on Charles Street in a 1991 Ford 150 while approaching Drummond Avenue inÃâà...
Ridgecrest Daily Independent
March 12, 2018
One person is dead following a Monday vehicle rollover in China Lake Acres. According to Ridgecrest Police Department, the driver of a Ford pickup attempted to correct their steering, resulting in the vehicle rolling over into the desert area just off North Charles Street and Drummond Avenue. RPD statedÃâà...
Ridgecrest Daily Independent
March 8, 2018
All signs — literally — point to progress on the new Albertaco's Mexican Food restaurant on South China Lake Boulevard on Thursday, March 8 as crews put it up on the north side of the building. Albertaco's is a Mexican restaurant with several locations throughout Southern California. It replaces the oldÃâà...
Ridgecrest Daily Independent
March 7, 2018
The new site has been made possible by years of planning, donations from local residents and organizations and a grant secured by the China Lake Museum Foundation president Laura Hickle. The funding came from the California Cultural and Historical Endowment's Museum Grant Program.
Ridgecrest Daily Independent
March 2, 2018
One woman said she was happy to move to the China Lake/Ridgecrest area after spending a winter taking her kids back and forth to the doctors'. “I want to live where it's warm,” she said. ... “I think local government's job in California is to protect us from California.” “We have become so politically correct thatÃâà...
Ridgecrest Daily Independent
March 2, 2018
“I personally think Eastern Kern is the future of Kern County and I think what's going on here is the future of California and our nation,” he said at the IWV ... O'Neil noted that the IWV EDC is also invested in water issues confronting the valley and along with the China Lake Alliance are participating on IndianÃâà...
Ridgecrest Daily Independent
February 27, 2018
On the agenda is a public hearing regarding recommending to the Ridgecrest City Council to vacate a portion of the public right of way across APN 033-050-11. This involves a request by Walmart Stores, Inc. for proposed amendments to the Tentative Parcel Map 11790 for a four-parcel land division at theÃâà...
Ridgecrest Daily Independent
February 17, 2018
Ridgecrest Regional Hospital will hold its annual Health Fair on March 3 at the Kerr McGee Center, 100 W. California Ave., from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. With more and more ... Fair warning: coming up in April will be the annual Chamber Follies and in May the 18th annual China Lake Museum Dinner & Auction.
Ridgecrest Daily Independent
February 15, 2018
Although the story is based in Markleeville, the geography of both books traverse a large are that extend from Ridgecrest, California and Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake to Lake Tahoe. Voigt writes from a local perspective, having visited or lived in the towns and areas in California and Nevada thatÃâà...
Ridgecrest Daily Independent
February 15, 2018
Mann, who covers Ridgecrest as Public Sector Solutions Manager, gave the Rotary Club of China Lake a brief lesson in recycling at their meeting Wednesday. According to Mann, Waste Management is North ... He also talked about two new California laws. AB 341 or the mandatory commercial recyclingÃâà...
Ridgecrest Daily Independent
February 15, 2018
NAVAL AIR WEAPONS STATION CHINA LAKE, Calif. — Petroglyph escort and tour guide training will take place March 3 at the Maturango Museum in Ridgecrest at 8 a.m.. Training will be an all-day event that covers environmental, security and administrative issues related to the tours, Little PetroglyphÃâà...
Ridgecrest Daily Independent
February 15, 2018
A new voice will greet caffeine fiends, coffee connoisseurs and faithful followers of the Green Lady today as Starbucks opens up at its new location on North China Lake Boulevard and Ward Avenue. The drive-thru speakers will promptly and loudly address drivers looking for their java fix (or tea, or healthyÃâà...
Taft Midway Driller
February 10, 2018
He then joining Civil Service as a Computer Scientist, at the Naval Air Warfare Center in China Lake, California. He took a medical retirement and lived out his life in Inyokern with Cristina, his wife of 18 years. Martin formed close and enduring friendships spanning several decades with Karl Weiss, Ray andÃâà...
Taft Midway Driller
February 2, 2018
Sue Casey passed away January 26th, 2018. Born in Yuba City, California February 1, 1958. Sue worked in the Contracts Department at China Lake, starting in 1985 and continued until her death. Sue enjoyed her co-workers and working very much. Sue cherished her family, friends and cats. Sue wasÃâà...
Taft Midway Driller
December 31, 1999
The Rev. Dr. Walter Leroy Anderson, of Ridgecrest, California, went home to be with the Lord March 27, 2018, at the age of 86. Dr. Anderson passed from this life to the next, peacefully surrounded by loved ones at Ridgecrest Regional Hospital. Born August 19, 1931 in the family home in Alliance,Ãâà...
Ridgecrest Daily Independent
December 31, 1999
Broker and co-owner of Coldwell Banker Best Realty Kathy Vejtasa spoke to the Rotary Club of China Lake on Wednesday, bringing them up to date on recent local real estate trends ... In other news, she reported that Kern County is second most affordable county California in terms of home ownership.
