Ridgecrest News

The Kern County death toll from the H1N1 virus grew by two in the last weekly reporting period to a total of 19, the county Department of Public Health reported Tuesday.

The Health Department has received enough H1N1 vaccine for free shots for anyone over 6 months old who wants one and is medically able.

Bob, our old Ford Explorer, was parked at the base of the Trona Pinnacles while we explored this desert oddity Nov.

This one was much stronger than the small events that generally happen here. We went to the USGS, site to see the intensity, and a more precise location.

A moderate earthquake struck the San Bernardino County area on Monday afternoon.

Today was a fascinating day at the 2010 FWOTY competition. The more time we spend with the rigs, the more we learn.

The AMA announced today the 2010 schedule for the AMA Racing National Hare & Hound Championship Series, which determines the country's top desert racers every year in a number of skill- and machine-based classes.

More than a dozen wild mustangs and burros rounded up on public lands in the deserts of California and Nevada will be up for adoption this weekend in Redlands.

A 10th Kern County resident has died of the H1N1 virus while 146 have been hospitalized, the Kern County Department of Public Health said Tuesday.

Crews have recovered the body of 30-year-old Ridgecrest woman who died after a fall down an abandoned mine shaft.

The Kern County Department of Public Health has scheduled several new H1N1 swine flu vaccination clinics at several locations around the county in November.

Six years ago the California State Assembly officially declared the third week in October as California Writers Week.

The Kern County Public Health Department has used up its initial supply of H1N1 Flu Nasal Mist vaccine that was available at the 1800 Mount Vernon Ave.

This Saturday the I-Team will air a primetime special detailing the long history of mismanagement in the BLM's wild horse and burro program.

Another significant earthquake rattled the barren foothills northeast of Kern County Tuesday morning.

District Judge Michael Gibbons released a 27-year-old man from Western Regional Drug Court so he could live in California with his father - a retired law enforcement officer - where he has a job.

The string of earthquakes this week along the upper reaches of the Los Angeles Aqueduct, near Owens Lake, is a continuation of a a series of quakes that began in 1933, seismologists in Los Angeles said today.

On the face of it large-scale solar farms are a get-out-of-jail-free card for a society hooked on ever increasing doses of energy.

Advanced Wellness Research, Inc., a company allegedly offering free trials for its products, including Acai berry supplements and whitening toothpaste, faces a lawsuit in Florida.

A recent getaway on the Central Coast included a different kind of window shopping for Bakersfield resident Melissa Isaac, who spent part of an afternoon gazing at pens of wild horses.