‘I don’t know what to do next;’ Ridgecrest residents find solace outdoors, at nearby parks
They slept on the grass in Freedom Park because they were too scared to go inside the Red Cross shelter in Ridgecrest’s Civic Center. “We were afraid the shelter would fall,” said Antonio Ortiz, 35, who spent the night in the park in Ridgecrest with his extended family including his mother-in-law suffering from dementia. Any…