🌱 How Inyokern roadwork could slow your commute next week
Inyokern, California Patch AM: a 3 min readHello Inyokern! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How Inyokern roadwork could slow your commute next week
Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Saturday: Sunny and very hot, with a high of 98 and low of 64 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Sunday: Sunny and very warm, temps: high: 95, low: 66.
- Monday: Sunny and very warm, with a high of 93 and low of 67 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Caltrans Traffic Advisory for the Week of 10/5/2026 to 10/9/2026 (sierrawave.net) — Expect lane closures and short delays around Inyokern next week as Caltrans crews do electrical work on Highway 14 and pavement drilling on Highway 178 near the U.S. 395 ramps. Additional projects in Ridgecrest, the Kern River Valley, Inyo County, and Mono County may affect longer trips, so plan extra time if you’re driving through the region. 
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Beer & Yoga →
Flight Line Tap Room, 259 Balsam Street, Ridgecrest
10:30 am -
Paint Along - Sugar Skulls →
Fistful of Cards, 901 South China Lake Boulevard, Ridgecrest
2:00 pm -
Homecoming Dance
Kern Valley High School Lake Isabella, CA 93240
7:00 pm -
Sage Precision Rifle League NRL22 →
Sage Range, EP26, Ridgecrest
11:00 am -
Family Search Center Open →
Family Search Center, 1031 South Norma Street, Ridgecrest
3:00 pm -
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification Bootcamp in China Lake, CA →
1010 N China Lake Blvd, Ridgecrest
9:00 am -
LCAP Public Forum
KVHS Library
6:00 pm -
OktoBEEfest Ridgecrest, CA →
The Patriot Bar & Grill, 117 E Ridgecrest Blvd, Ridgecrest
8:00 pm -
SOAR Community Harvest
Snowline Joint Unified Phelan, CA 92329
9:00 am -
Culture Festival-PPAC
Burroughs High School Ridgecrest, CA 93555
6:30 pm -
Brushes and Brews - Haunted House →
Flight Line Tap Room, 259 North Balsam Street, Ridgecrest
3:00 pm -
Aztec Sound Bath Experience →
Maturango Museum, 100 E Las Flores Ave, Ridgecrest
2:00 pm
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Ridgecrest Regional Hospital posted a job opening for Contracts Specialist in Ridgecrest. Apply here.
- DCS CORPORATION posted a job opening for IT Support Analyst in Ridgecrest. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Inyokern here.
🗞 Nearby News
Ridgecrest
- Hispanic Target Media Cancels 10 FM Radio Licenses (radioworld.com)
California City
- Legislation Limiting Profiteering in ICE Detention Facilities Signed Into Law (ca.gov)
- Sen. Alex Padilla Makes Surprise Visit to SFO's ICE Detention Center (kqed.org)
- Miami vs. Clemson: No. 4 Canes chase huge Death Valley win (totalapexsports.com)
Mojave
- DARPA Wants Aircraft Flying 460 MPH at 40,000 Feet to Create 3D Images of What's Hidden Underground (thedebrief.org)
- Sabaa Tahir talks ‘Empire' at Cambridge Multicultural Center (tuftsdaily.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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