RIDGECREST (CBSLA) — The economic loss from the damage caused by the major earthquake that jolted Southern California over the Fourth of July weekend was estimated at $1 billion, according to the U.S.

The newest member of the Ridgecrest Police Department’s squad showed up for his first day on Christmas. A German Shepherd ...

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THEIR HOMES. AT FIRST GLANCE, IT’S HARD TO TELL THAT THIS SMALL DESERT TOWN WAS ROCKED BY A MASSIVE 7.1 EARTHQUAKE. CITY STREETS, STILL INTACT. PEOPLE MILLING AROUND. ON THE OUTSKIRTS O TOWN, ...

When the magnitude 7.1 earthquake ruptured the earth in the Mojave Desert, it packed the energy of 45 nuclear bombs of the type that fell on Hiroshima. But a variety of factors lessened the potency ...

With the suspension, a mass layoff of 30 Ridgecrest Regional Employees as the rural hospital faces a myriad of challenges. RIDGECREST, Calif. — After the announcement that Ridgecrest Regional Hospital ...

RIDGECREST, Calif. (KERO) — While Tropical Storm Hilary made its way through Kern County over the weekend, Ridgecrest residents, amid the flooding, decided to make the most of the situation. Anne and ...

More than 80,000 earthquakes have been recorded in the Ridgecrest area since July 4 — the aftermath from two of the biggest temblors to hit California in nearly a decade. Experts said the two major ...

An Amber Alert was canceled Friday afternoon for a 7-year-old boy who authorities said was abducted in Kern County. The alert was issued for Kern and Los Angeles counties on behalf of the Ridgecrest ...

RIDGECREST, Calif. (KABC) -- A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck Thursday morning in the Mojave Desert's Searles Valley, rattling nerves on the Fourth of July and resulting in minor injuries and a ...

RIDGECREST, Calif. — At first, Amber Hamlin didn't think much of the shaking that started to envelop her bedroom in this compact desert community. After all, she had already endured a major ...