4 to Watch: As Residents Recover, Waves of Aftershocks Rattle Ridgecrest
Waves of small earthquakes rattled already shaken residents overnight in the Mojave Desert community, where the cleanup continues from two major quakes
By Jonathan Lloyd ••
After back-to-back strong earthquakes, residents in Ridgecrest are trying to recover, but looking ahead is difficult when the Earth provides near-constant reminders of a frightening moment.
That's one of the stories we're following today on NBCLA.
Clusters of Jarring Aftershocks Shake the Ridgecrest Area Overnight
Will Robesky is one of the Ridgecrest residents left searching for a sense of normalcy since the moment a magnitude-7.1 earthquake left homes and lives in disarray. That's hard to do when every jolt, whether it's a passing truck or an aftershock, re-ignites fears. We have updates on Ridgecrest's jarring aftershocks.
Will Robesky and his family, including four children, were in the backyard of their Ridgecrest home when Friday’s earthquake toppled a block wall and caused their pool water to surge in waves. He’s been searching for a sense of normalcy since that jarring evening. Christine Kim reports for Today in LA on Monday July 8, 2019.
Photos: How the Magnitude-7.1 Earthquake Changed the Earth's Surface
A powerful magnitude-7.1 earthquake damaged buildings and caused shaking throughout Southern California. It also displaced the Earth surface in part of the Mojave Desert roughly 160 miles north of Los Angeles. Scroll down for photos or see them here.
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Resident Steve Ault, wearing a shirt that reads "Ridgecrest Has Its Faults," sits on a surface rupture caused by yesterday's magnitude 7.1 earthquake, near the epicenter along California State Route 178 between Ridgecrest and Trona, California. Local residents and out of town visitors flocked to the spot to see the earthquake's geologic effects on the earth's surface.
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USGS Seismologists Alan Yong and Elizabeth Cohcran work near the main rupture between Trona and Ridgecrest, California.
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Ridgecrest residents take photos at a recent fault rupture following two large earthquakes in the area on July 7, 2019 near Ridgecrest, California. A 6.4 magnitude 'foreshock' on July 4 was followed by a 7.1 magnitude earthquake the next day. The 7.1 magnitude temblor was the largest in Southern California in twenty years. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
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Railroad tracks were offset right-laterally by about 3 fee southeast of Highway 178 during the Friday July 5, 2019 magnitude-7.1 earthquake near Ridgecrest, California.
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Seismologist Dr. Steven Wesnousky is pictured at the surface ruptures and offsets seen on the desert areas impacted by the July 5, 2019, magnitude 7.1 earthquake, near the epicenter along California State Route 178 between Ridgecrest and Trona, California, on June 6, 2019.
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People drive over a surface rupture on the desert areas impacted by the magnitude 7.1 earthquake, near the epicenter along California State Route 178 between Ridgecrest and Trona, California.
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Surface ruptures and offsets caused by a magnitude 7.1 earthquake are seen as the sun sets along State Route 178 between Ridgecrest and Trona, California.
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Surface ruptures and offsets caused by a magnitude 7.1 earthquake are seen as the sun sets along State Route 178 between Ridgecrest and Trona, California. Local residents and out of town visitors flocked to the spot to see the earthquake's geologic effects on the earth's surface.
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Resident Steve Latham surveys the effects of a magnitude 7.1 earthquake, along California State Route 178 between Ridgecrest and Trona, California.
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Resident Steve Latham uses his leg to measure the amount of offset in the desert floor caused by a magnitude 7.1 earthquake, along California State Route 178 between Ridgecrest and Trona, California. Local residents and out of town visitors flocked to the spot to see the earthquake's geologic effects on the earth's surface.
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An onlooker stands near newly ruptured ground after a 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck in the area near Ridgecrest, California. The earthquake, which occurred July 5, was the second large earthquake to hit the area in two days and the largest in Southern California in 20 years.
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This image shows right-lateral slip across fractures on a hillside with shattered ground along the surface fault rupture near Ridgecrest, California.
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USGS scientists and partners review prepare to document surface faulting.
Frank Lloyd Wright's Hollyhock House Gets UNESCO Designation
Hollyhock House, architect Frank Lloyd Wright's 1921 modernist creation at Barnsdall Art Park in East Hollywood, was named a UNESCO World Heritage site Sunday, the first time modern American architecture has been recognized by the United Nations cultural organization. Take a look at the house.
Exterior view of Frank Lloyd Wright's Hollyhock House from October 1975. The famous house was remodeled at a cost of $500,000.
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This is the exterior view of what used to be a small pond outside the Hollyhock House on September 1969. A large painting is displayed on the left and several smaller paintings may be seen on the far right.
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Architect Richard J. Neutra and his wife view an interior house design by the famed Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Mayor Yorty balances tea cup as he talks with Mrs. Keith E. Kenyon, Sherman Oaks, member of the Library Commission and Mrs. Richard Britton Jones, North Hollywood, executive director of Los Angeles Advertising Women. This was an event at the Hollyhock House in Barnsdall Park in May 1964.
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More than 500 Valley and Los Angeles women shared tea and pleasantries at Mayor Samuel Yorty's reception honoring Women Commissioners of the City of Los Angeles.
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Aline Barnsdall donated Barnsdall Art Park to the City of Los Angeles in 1927 for the arts and recreation.
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Frank Lloyd Wright's Hollyhock House was added to the National Register of Historical Places in 1971.
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Portrait of Aline Barnsdall, who the Hollyhock House was built for, holding her daughter, Betty. The home was built from 1917 to 1920.
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Close up of a sign posted in Barnsdall Park by Aline Barnsdall, which can be found close the Hollyhock House.
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A southeast look through the trees towards downtown Los Angeles from the Hollyhock House in Barnsdall Park from January 1996.
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The Hollyhock House and its surroundings were used as the temple of the Piranha Women in 1989's "Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death."
An exterior view of the Hollyhock House located, which is located at 4808 Hollywood Boulevard.
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An interior view of the dining room at the Hollyhock House built by Frank Lloyd Wright.
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In 2008, the U.S. National Park Service submitted the Hollyhock House along with nine other Frank Lloyd Wright properties to a tentative list for designation as World Heritage Site, which is when a landmark is officially recognized by the United Nations.
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A view of the interior courtyard at Hollyhock House in Barnsdall Park on February 1977.
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A docent describes the dining room furniture designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in Hollyhock House to eighth grade students from Casimir Middle School in Torrance on February 1977.
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A view of the archway and green areas of the Hollyhock House. The house has been described as having a "pre-Columbian air and stylized hollyhock ornamentation."
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Aline Barnsdall with her tustee dog sitting on Schindler Terrace in the Hollyhock House.
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Aline Barnsdall with her dog and Schindler Terrace in the background.
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A general view of The Frank Lloyd Wright Hollyhock House on February 13, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Araya Diaz/Getty Images for Barnsdall Art Park Foundation)
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A view of the motorcar park at the Frank Lloyd Wright Hollyhock House on February 13, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Araya Diaz/Getty Images for Barnsdall Art Park Foundation)
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A view from the Frank Lloyd Wright Hollyhock House on February 13, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Araya Diaz/Getty Images for Barnsdall Art Park Foundation)
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Mayor Eric Garcetti attends the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the re-opening of The Frank Lloyd Wright Hollyhock House on February 13, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Araya Diaz/Getty Images for Barnsdall Art Park Foundation)
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Jeffrey Herr and Mayor Eric Garcetti attend the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the re-opening of The Frank Lloyd Wright Hollyhock House on February 13, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Araya Diaz/Getty Images for Barnsdall Art Park Foundation)
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A general view of the Frank Lloyd Wright Hollyhock House on February 13, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Araya Diaz/Getty Images for Barnsdall Art Park Foundation)
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A general view of the Frank Lloyd Wright Hollyhock House on February 13, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Araya Diaz/Getty Images for Barnsdall Art Park Foundation)
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A general view of the Frank Lloyd Wright Hollyhock House on February 13, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Araya Diaz/Getty Images for Barnsdall Art Park Foundation)
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An interior view of the Hollyhock House on November 9, 2016 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Araya Diaz/Getty Images for Barnsdall Park)
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An interior view of the Hollyhock House on November 9, 2016 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Araya Diaz/Getty Images for Barnsdall Park)
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An interior view of the Hollyhock House on November 9, 2016 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Araya Diaz/Getty Images for Barnsdall Park)
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An interior view of the Hollyhock House on November 9, 2016 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Araya Diaz/Getty Images for Barnsdall Park)
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An interior view of the Hollyhock House on November 9, 2016 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Araya Diaz/Getty Images for Barnsdall Park)
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An interior view of the Hollyhock House on November 9, 2016 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Araya Diaz/Getty Images for Barnsdall Park)
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An interior view of the Hollyhock House on November 9, 2016 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Araya Diaz/Getty Images for Barnsdall Park)
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An interior view of the Hollyhock House on November 9, 2016 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Araya Diaz/Getty Images for Barnsdall Park)
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An interior view of the Hollyhock House on November 9, 2016 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Araya Diaz/Getty Images for Barnsdall Park)
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The Hollyhock House at the the Ribbon-Cutting ceremony unveiling a Roman bas-relief replica of a treasured Hollyhock House sculpture at Barnsdall Park on November 9, 2016 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Araya Diaz/Getty Images for Barnsdall Park)
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The Hollyhock House at the the Ribbon-Cutting ceremony unveiling a Roman bas-relief replica of a treasured Hollyhock House sculpture at Barnsdall Park on November 9, 2016 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Araya Diaz/Getty Images for Barnsdall Park)
Silver Lake Organization Offers Love and Support to Returning Vets
More than a quarter of men and women who have served in the armed forces find it difficult to return to civilian life, according to a study by the Pew Research Center. For some, the healing power of a dog offers emotional, mental and physical support.
Emotional support and trained service animals can provide wellness and healing for veterans struggling with mental health or physical disabilities. Mario Solis reports for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Sunday July 7, 2019.
