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PALMDALE – A man was shot and killed in Palmdale early Thursday morning, authorities said. The incident was reported around 4:57 a.m. in the 200 Block of East Avenue Q10 –- the same apartment complex where an 8-year-old boy was found battered and not breathing, just hours earlier. (Read more here.) Authorities are still...
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LANCASTER – Do you recognize the man in these images? If so, then Lancaster Station detectives would like to hear from you. Detectives believe the thief is responsible for at least 10 home burglaries in Lancaster, this month alone. All the burglaries have occurred between 12 and 6 a.m., while the victims were asleep...
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LANCASTER/PALMDALE – The Antelope Valley Parole Office is seeking your help in locating the following wanted parolees. If you recognize these parolees and know where they might be hiding, contact the Antelope Valley Parole Office at 661-729-0530, ext. 265 or 266. You may also contact their 24-hour hotline at 323-371-3479. Michael McCary Michael MCcary...
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PALMDALE/LANCASTER – The League of Women Voters Antelope Valley will be hosting a pair of “meet and greet” events featuring the new Los Angles County Sheriff captains. Light refreshments will be served as residents of the Antelope Valley get “up close and personal” with these recently appointed leaders. Palmdale’s Meet & Greet with Captain...
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LANCASTER – A Lancaster traffic stop turned into a drug bust after deputies discovered a mobile drug lab inside a car that was stopped for speeding, authorities said. The incident happened early Monday, when a Lancaster deputy who was working traffic enforcement stopped a speeding car on Avenue L near 35th Street West, according...
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ANTELOPE VALLEY – A 32-year-old Lancaster man was killed Monday morning after he lost control of his motorcycle while attempting to pass another vehicle, authorities said. The fatal traffic collision occurred around 9:35 a.m. Monday (May 20) on Angeles Forest Highway south of Mill Creek Summit, according to a California Highway Patrol report. Samuel...
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PALMDALE – The Antelope Valley Service Organization Association (AVSOA) will hold its annual Memorial Day Ceremony on Monday, May 27 at 11 a.m. at Desert Lawn Memorial Park, 2200 East Avenue S in Palmdale. Palmdale Mayor Jim Ledford will offer welcoming remarks and introduce the dignitaries. Daniel W. Kirmel will serve as Master of...
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‘Readers Speak Out!’ is your chance to sound off on ongoing community and political issues around the Antelope Valley that have not been covered by The AV Times. We only ask that you refrain from using obscenities or racial slurs, from engaging in personal attacks on other commenters (name-calling) and from knowingly posting false...
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LANCASTER – A Lancaster resident woke up Monday morning to find a mountain lion in her front yard. Barking dogs alerted the woman to the 100-pound cougar, and the terrified woman contacted authorities. The call came into the Lancaster Sheriff’s Station around 8 a.m. from a home near 40th Street West and Avenue F in...
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LANCASTER – A Lancaster man was killed early Sunday morning after his car ran off the road and crashed into an electrical pole, authorities said. The man has been identified as 36-year-old George Sandoval and he was driving a 2002 Jaguar, according to Ed Winters of the Los Angeles County Coroner’s office. The fatal...
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LANCASTER – Eastside High School’s Advanced Graphic Design class has been selected as a semi-finalist in the Annual Van’s Custom Culture Contest, a national high school shoe customization contest where schools from all over the United States compete for a chance to win money for their art programs. This year’s competition included 1,500 U.S.-based...
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PALMDALE/LANCASTER – The Palmdale and Lancaster Sheriff’s Stations are seeking your help in locating the following suspects. If you recognize them, or know where they might be hiding, contact detectives using the information next to the suspects’ photos or by calling 1-800-222-tips (8477). Eugene Holly Eugene Holly was profiled in January, but he remains...
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ANTELOPE VALLEY – Currently the largest fully operational solar plant in California, NRG’s Alpine Solar Generating Facility celebrated its official grand opening Friday with a ribbon-cutting event. The 66 megawatt (AC) photovoltaic facility actually began full commercial operations in February, and renewable power generated by the facility is being sold to Pacific Gas & Electric...
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PALMDALE – Several residents of the Antelope Valley will have significant roles in the opening ceremonies for Stage 3 of the 2013 Amgen Tour of California, coming to Marie Kerr Park in Palmdale on Tuesday, May 14. The event will begin with the posting of colors by the Highland High School ROP Color Guard,...
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LOS ANGELES – A Lancaster man has been sentenced to more than four years in prison for his part in a scheme that claimed tax refunds using names and social security numbers stolen from a local welfare office. Thomas “T-Mac” Marshall, 37, was sentenced in federal court Monday to 57 months in prison, three years...
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LANCASTER – China-based BYD and the City of Lancaster held a press conference Wednesday to announce the arrival of two BYD manufacturing facilities in Lancaster – an electric bus manufacturing facility and an Iron-Phosphate energy module (large scale battery) manufacturing facility. “When you take China and put it together with the U.S., something different...
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QUARTZ HILL - One of our readers sent in this photo, and says it was snapped Thursday (April 11) in front of The Estates in Quartz Hill, near Avenue M-8 and 45th Street West. We can only imagine how the worker must have felt after realizing this mistake. Luckily the error was corrected the very next...
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EDWARDS AFB – The Air Force Flight Test Museum welcomed retired Air Force Col. Robert L. Stirm April 5, known from Salva Veder’s 1974 Pulitzer Prize winning photograph “Burst of Joy,” depicting the reunion with his family after more than five years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam. While at Edwards, Stirm...
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LANCASTER – The Children’s Center of the Antelope Valley provides services to many unincorporated areas in north Los Angeles County. But despite the availability of service, access can be hampered to those communities most distant from the Center. Recognizing this problem and a serious need, the Center has teamed up with Keppel Union School...
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