“I suppose there are more temperate places,” 90-year-old Barbara Butler said during the birthday celebration. “But Ridgecrest is such a fun town ... time they came to California.

and the largest earthquake to strike Southern California in nearly 20 years had just hit – a magnitude 6.4 temblor centered near Williams’ home in Ridgecrest, California. For a moment ...

Ridgecrest was the epicenter ... registering a magnitude of 7.1 — California’s strongest quake in two decades — hit just outside of the Mojave Desert town Friday evening at 8:19 p.m ...