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Ridgecrest reports foster-child recovery, upcoming landscaping ordinance and multiple public-works updates

5766257 · August 5, 2025
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City officials said Ridgecrest Police, with state and local partners, tracked and arrested a man who left the area with a foster child; the child was recovered safely. The city also announced an upcoming commercial landscaping ordinance, road and park work, vendor licensing enforcement and local business updates.

Roy, a city staff member, announced this month that the Ridgecrest Police Department, assisted by state and local partners, tracked and arrested a local man after he left the area with a foster child; the child was recovered safely and the adult is facing kidnapping and child-stealing charges, city staff said.

City staff said the city will soon present a commercial landscaping ordinance to the City Council intended to update property-maintenance standards for commercial spaces. The city credited several local businesses for recent landscaping improvements and said the ordinance would apply only to commercial properties; specific ordinance language was not provided in the update.

Public-works and parks projects are under way across the city,…

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