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Solar project presents case to BLM
By ADAM L. R. SUMMERS
News Review Staff Writer
News Review Staff Writer
Council to hear trash update
By REBECCA NEIPP
News Review Staff Writer
News Review Staff Writer
During Thursday’s meeting of the Steering Committee at the Bureau of Land Management Ridgecrest Field Office,
representatives of Solar Millennium LLC presented their updated plan for developing a solar-thermal power plant
southwest of Ridgecrest The presentation focused on the company’s heavily revised plan to collect heat from the sun’
s rays and turn it into electricity at a plant that would straddle both sides of Brown Road west of its intersection with
Highway 395 and South China Lake Boulevard.
representatives of Solar Millennium LLC presented their updated plan for developing a solar-thermal power plant
southwest of Ridgecrest The presentation focused on the company’s heavily revised plan to collect heat from the sun’
s rays and turn it into electricity at a plant that would straddle both sides of Brown Road west of its intersection with
Highway 395 and South China Lake Boulevard.
‘Recall Roy’ passes milestone
Roy Ashburn
| Fiddleneck, a desert plant notable for its beauty only in spring, displays tiny, colorful blooms. This and hundreds of other native plants will be on view at the Maturango Museum’s annual Wildflower Show, to be held in the Sylvia Winslow Exhibit Gallery April 10-12, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. “Visit our show, then take your Easter weekend guests out to enjoy the desert’s beauty,” said a museum spokesperson. Photo by Laura Austin |
After a March 17 fire burned their home to the ground and
the Gillespie family are working to pick up the pieces and
put their lives back together.
Family members have no insurance to assist them in
recovering from their loss.
To make matters more difficult, the family is running into
bureaucratic roadblocks and red tape at nearly every turn.
Apparently the family is having trouble finding places to
dispose of the remains of the burned-out residence,
complying with strict regulations regarding temporary living
quarters and the rebuilding the burned-out home.
the Gillespie family are working to pick up the pieces and
put their lives back together.
Family members have no insurance to assist them in
recovering from their loss.
To make matters more difficult, the family is running into
bureaucratic roadblocks and red tape at nearly every turn.
Apparently the family is having trouble finding places to
dispose of the remains of the burned-out residence,
complying with strict regulations regarding temporary living
quarters and the rebuilding the burned-out home.
Ridgecrest job prospects best in Kern County
Inyokern family works to rebuild home after fire
By ADAM L. R. SUMMERS
News Review Staff Writer
News Review Staff Writer
The Ridgecrest City Council will hear a
status report tonight, April 1, on the
status report tonight, April 1, on the
Indian Wells Valley referred to as ‘Saudi Arabia of solar’
City slapped with more than $47K in fines for noncompliance
controversial compliance order from the California Integrated Waste
Management Board.
Management Board.
The effort to recall state Sen. Roy Ashburn has
reached an important milestone, completing
the notice-of-intent phase of the process and
entering the phase of drafting a recall petition.
reached an important milestone, completing
the notice-of-intent phase of the process and
entering the phase of drafting a recall petition.
By LAURA DOBBINS
Special to the News Review
Special to the News Review
Kern County’s unemployment rate
jumped to 14.7 percent in February,
surpassing both the state and national
jumped to 14.7 percent in February,
surpassing both the state and national
jobless rate. Ridgecrest in comparison recorded its highest job loss in
nine years, but fared better than other cities in our county.
At an 8.4-percent employment rate, Ridgecrest has more people
working on average than do Bakersfield, Tehachapi or California City,
according to the latest California Development Department statistics.
nine years, but fared better than other cities in our county.
At an 8.4-percent employment rate, Ridgecrest has more people
working on average than do Bakersfield, Tehachapi or California City,
according to the latest California Development Department statistics.
By REBECCA NEIPP
News Review Staff Writer
News Review Staff Writer
R.J. Gillespie, his wife Charyl (right) and daughter
Audrey sift through the wreckage of their burned-out
home. Photo by Laura Austin
Audrey sift through the wreckage of their burned-out
home. Photo by Laura Austin
| leader of China Lake research, dies at 97. See obituaries |