Council talks
streets, zoning
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January 30, 2008
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Highs and Lows
Jan. 23
53
32
Jan. 24
49
35
Jan. 25
46
35
Jan. 26
58
31
Jan. 27
57
43
Jan. 28
50
30
Jan. 29
50
25
Weekend forecast
Fri - mostly sunny, 58°/23°
Sat - partly cloudy, 55°/31°
Sun - few showers
, 56°/22°
Our photographer catches a rare sight Thursday morning — a
ghostly moon over the Sierra Nevada draped in snow. Rain
continued to fall throughout the weekend, bringing this month’s
total precipitation about 50 percent beyond the regular rainfall for
the month. According to the China Lake Weather Office, skies are
expected to remain clear through Friday, with light overnight
showers this weekend.
                                   Photo by Laura Austin
By REBECCA NEIPP
News Review Staff Writer
The Ridgecrest City Council discussed
the proposed street-improvement
initiative, zoning changes and the
recently received audit report at its Jan.
16 meeting.
In a public hearing during that meeting,
the council considered the Planning
Commission’s recommendation for
General Plan amendments and zoning
reclassifications on three parcels of city
land.
According to Director of Public Services
Jim McRea, when the General Plan was
formulated in the 1970s, it was drafted
as a general vision of city...
Fuller tours
telemed at RRH
By ADAM L. R. SUMMERS
News Review Staff Writer
   Assemblymember Jean Fuller toured
Ridgecrest Regional Hospi-tal’s growing
telemedicine facilities and got a look at
the hospital’s ongoing redevelopment
projects during a tour Friday afternoon.
   From the outset, Fuller was impressed
by the hospital’s Outpatient Pavilion.
“Wow,” she said. “It’s so beautiful. It’s not
like a hospital at all.”
   But it was the hospital’s capabilities in
telemedicine – the ability to deliver health
care to patients in Ridgecrest from
providers far away – that seemed to
most excite Fuller.
Dr. Earl Ferguson demonstrates a piece of high-tech telemedicine
technology to Assemblymember Jean Fuller during her recent
tour of Ridgecrest Regional Hospital.
              Photo by Laura Austin
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