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A public input meeting on a potential local court closure is scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday, June 2 at the Kern County Superior Court Ridgecrest Division B, 132 E. Coso
Back when this country began, politics, was a man’s game, but that changed a century ago and candidates began to take notice.
The city is one step closer to having fenced softball fields at Leroy Jackson Sports Complex. The Ridgecrest City Council on Aug. 17 unanimously approved an agreement with Kern County
Ridgecrest Daily Independent The public has been heard. After a string of callers strongly opposed the idea, Ridgecrest Mayor Eric Bruen on Wednesday nixed the idea of moving public comment to the end of city council meetings. Callers voiced near-universal agreement that moving the comment period was a bad idea. Some argued that moving the period to the end inconvenienced the public unnecessarily. Ronald Porter noted that having the comment period at the beginning of the meeting is more predictable and convenient for the public. “This is just a very bad idea,” Porter said. “It’s not s...