Sierra Sands Unified - Jeanine Adams Candidate for Kern County Board of Education Area 7

Rebuilding From a 2019 Earthquake — Richmond Elementary’s Long Road Back

September 8, 2026

Most people outside Ridgecrest have forgotten the 2019 earthquakes that hit the Searles Valley area. Richmond Elementary School didn’t get to forget — the building was damaged badly enough to be condemned, and the district has spent years since working toward a rebuild, with a ribbon-cutting held in April 2025. Six years is a […]

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Rebuilding From a 2019 Earthquake — Richmond Elementary’s Long Road Back

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