This past week featured our first significant early-season storm of the season. Abundant amounts of rain fell across central ...

RIDGECREST, Calif. — After decades of unrestricted pumping in the rain-starved northwestern corner of the Mojave Desert, the Indian Wells Valley Groundwater Basin Authority has the distinction of ...

In recognition of the ongoing impact of the government shut down, Desert Valleys is initiating an emergency program to help families affected by the shutdown in our ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — On May 23, Desert Valleys Federal Credit Union and Ridgecrest Cinemas will host drive-in movie event open to the public in hopes to raise money for first responders. While the ...

RIDGECREST (CBSLA) — Earthquakes continued to rattle the Central Valley desert this weekend, the biggest of which was a magnitude-4.3 that struck 29 miles from Ridgecrest. The magnitude-4.3 earthquake ...

(KGTV) — A 4.3-magnitude earthquake struck the Searles Valley area of San Bernadino County late Sunday. The quake was recorded at about 9:15 p.m. about 14 miles outside of Ridgecrest, Calif., ...

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The high desert community of Ridgecrest (about 110 miles northeast of Bakersfield via highways 58, 14 and 395) is surrounded by four mountain ranges and provides a great base for exploring the natural ...

On the morning of July 4, 2019, a magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck the Searles Valley in California’s Mojave Desert, with impacts felt across Southern California. About 34 hours later on July 5, the ...

July is the hottest month of the year in Death Valley National Park — plus it’s about a four-hour drive from Bakersfield to the Furnace Creek Visitor Center. But with half the drive you can enjoy ...