At this point, it’s pretty obvious that getting a COVID-19 vaccine can be difficult.
The Daily Independent reached out to readers on Facebook, asking how their experience has been trying to schedule appointments for the vaccine and how their experience went if they were able to get vaccinated.
For some, getting vaccinated was easy. Alison Dixon was one of the lucky few who was able to secure a vaccine from Ridgecrest Regional Hospital.
“I received my first shot at RRH and it went smoothly . Was very impressed. We are to get second dose next Friday. Will see how that goes,” she said.
Ridgecrest man accused of murder, arson to be arraigned Feb. 16
An arraignment date has been set for a 59-year-old Ridgecrest man accused of first-degree murder and arson.
After preliminary hearings on Jan. 26 and Feb. 2, George Smith will face three felony charges on Tuesday, Feb. 16.
He was arrested on June 30 for the murder of 54-year-old Vickie Lynne Ryno Smith, who was found dead inside of a burning house at around 10 a.m. the same morning.
According to court documents, Smith confessed to the killing to Kern County Sheriff s Deputies. He said that he felt like he was “in a bad dream waiting to wake up,” as well as “[m]y wife of 36 years, I killed her.”
Nearly two weeks had passed since Katerina Watt and her children had seen their cat, Pumpkin.
At first, the disappearance didn’t immediately alarm the Watt family because it wasn’t too unusual for Pumpin to disappear he’s an indoor/outdoor cat, Watt said. But after not seeing him the night prior, she knew something was up the morning of Jan. 18.
“I wanted to give him a chance to come home before overreacting,” Watt said, but eventually their family hit the streets to try to find their missing cat. “We had spent hours searching the neighborhoods and looking into the tips we received.”