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Woman killed by vehicle identified

From staff reportsVICTORVILLE • The woman killed Friday night when she was struck by a vehicle has been identified as 50-year-old Donna Clark.Clark was crossing D Street near...

Return of the Red Baron

APPLE VALLEY • Chris Grube was 6 years old when he watched the Blue Angels soar high above Port Hueneme during his first air show. At that moment, Grube became fascinated...

Squatters defraud banks with Cash for Keys program

They drive around neighborhoods, looking for signs in the yard, or search the Internet for homes on sale. And when they find an empty house, they sneak or break in, change the...

Social profiling in an EBT world

During the '60s, I attended Victor Elementary School where I had friends from every race, creed and religion. George Air Force Base allowed me to make friends who were...

Hobby Lobby to open Victorville store in April

VICTORVILLE • Hobby Lobby is scheduled to open an arts and crafts store in April at the old Best Buy site, near the Mall of the Victor Valley, according to company officials....

Lucerne Valley man accused of burglary ruled mentally incompetent

VICTORVILLE • A 47-year-old Lucerne Valley man accused of breaking into a house where he was spotted half-naked by the owners was ruled mentally incompetent to stand trial....

Pregnant, drunken woman killed in roll over

APPLE VALLEY • A pregnant woman allegedly driving drunk was killed Thursday night when her vehicle overturned, ejecting her, San Bernardino County Sheriff's Apple Valley...

DeFazio goes to court

SAN BERNARDINO • Prosecutors attempted to show Thursday that Apple Valley developer John Dino DeFazio lied about a political action committee that former county Assessor Bill...

Woman arrested for holding developmentally challenged teen

HESPERIA • A developmentally challenged teen is back at home Thursday after at least one stranger took the girl and then began sending taunting texts to the victim's...

New VVC program teaches tech solutions

VICTORVILLE • As the High Desert struggles to rebound from the recession, a new certificate program at Victor Valley College aims to help cultivate a local work force in a...

Old Howard Johnson reopens as Motel 6

VICTORVILLE • A Los Angeles-based investment group renovated the former Howard Johnson motel and reopened it recently as Motel 6, saying the Victorville location had demand...

VESD green-lights $2.15M purchase for district office

VICTORVILLE • The Victor Elementary School District Board of Trustees has decided to buy a $2.15 million property for a new district office. The board Wednesday night...

Oak Hills student hospitalized after eating pot brownies

At least one Oak Hills High School student had to be hospitalized Monday after the teen ate a pot brownie, illustrating the issue of kids — some still in junior high school...

New policy limits supervisors’ use of discretionary funds

SAN BERNARDINO • Under new policy touted as reform, San Bernardino County supervisors can no longer use their discretionary money to pay for personal staffing or fund a major...

Victorville man arrested for having sex with teen girl

VICTORVILLE • A Victorville man was arrested after investigators learned he was having a sexual relationship with a girl he met on a social networking site, San Bernardino...

AmericanTowns Heroes: Ariana Hargis is a Real Livesaver

Ariana Hargis is the kind of lifeguard you want on duty when your loved ones are in the pool. She's a quick-thinking, focused professional with eyes in the back of her head. When...

Sheriff's Apple Valley captain to retire in March

APPLE VALLEY • Bart Belknap, captain of the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Apple Valley station, has announced he will be retiring in March and current station...

Defendant in wildfire arson case guilty of sodomy

RANCHO CUCAMONGA (AP) • A suspected arsonist facing a death penalty trial for a 2003 Southern California wildfire has been convicted in a separate case of sodomizing a jail...

Family uses tragedy to educate public

"So what drugs did you shoot?" a woman asked Raquel Gregory whose infant son, Austin, had recently died from complications of a congenital heart disorder. The shock...

Man arrested for molestation years after abuse took place

HESPERIA • After allegedly being sexually abused for nearly a decade, a Hesperia victim finally spoke out, leading to the arrest Monday of an Adelanto man, San Bernardino...

AV laying off 3 people in wake of RDA dissolution

APPLE VALLEY • The town is laying off three employees including Assistant Town Manager Ken Henderson in the wake of California eliminating redevelopment agencies, according...

Staff removed at LA school during abuse probe

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The entire staff at a Los Angeles elementary school is being removed while authorities investigate horrific allegations of sexual abuse by two of the...

Drunken Adelanto woman flips vehicle, injuring pregnant passenger

VICTORVILLE • An Adelanto woman is scheduled to be in court today after she allegedly flipped her vehicle on Highway 395 injuring her pregnant passenger over the weekend, San...

School shooting threat proven false

HESPERIA • Investigators acted quickly and disproved a rumor alleging a shooting was to take place at several local high school campuses on Monday, San Bernardino County...

Sheriff investigates Silverado teacher

VICTORVILLE • The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Crimes Against Children Detail unit is investigating a Silverado High School teacher, sheriff's officials...

Missing disabled man found

HESPERIA • A good Samaritan spotted a missing developmentally disabled 22-year-old man Monday afternoon and gave the man a ride back to his group home in Hesperia, San...

Man arrested for sexually abusing a dependent adult

VICTORVILLE • A 54-year-old man is scheduled to be in court Tuesday after he was arrested for sexually abusing a dependent adult with the mental capacity of a child, San...

Pedestrian killed crossing Highway 18

APPLE VALLEY • A man was killed late Sunday night after he was struck by several vehicles as he was crossing Highway 18 near Bass Hill Road, leading to a large portion of the...

Parents protest at scandalized LA grade school

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Many children stayed home Monday while parents demanded more protection at an elementary school where two teachers are suspected of molesting students in...

Giants top Pats for 2nd Super Bowl in 4 years

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Tom Brady let his final pass fly toward the scrum of players in the end zone, hoping for an incredible finish. Uh-uh, Tom. Not in this city, and not in...

Dollar General to open 2 stores in Victorville

VICTORVILLE • Dollar General is scheduled to open two stores in Victorville, and the Tennessee-based discount retailer will hold a local hiring event on Feb. 13. One of the...

State has Yucca Loma Bridge on shaky ground

APPLE VALLEY • Construction of the Yucca Loma Bridge is teetering on a state decision over how to unwind California’s defunct redevelopment agencies. If the state...

Hesperia looks to loosen up party ordinance

HESPERIA • Residents who step over the line once every few years might be getting a little more slack from the city of Hesperia. At Tuesday's meeting, the Hesperia City...

'Cash for Grass' program cultivating more desert landscaping

APPLE VALLEY • Around this time last year, Ilene and Cliff Bandringa decided they no longer wanted a yard full of grass in front of their Spring Valley Lake home. With no...

Inland California to lose clout in Congress

WASHINGTON • California will lose a measure of clout in Congress after November's election no matter which party best exploits the state's freshly redistricted...

A.V. man found dead in alleyway

FROM STAFF REPORTSAPPLE VALLEY • Authorities are searching for the family of an Apple Valley man who died in an Apple Valley alley, San Bernardino County...

126,000 California jobs at risk amid defense cuts

WASHINGTON • Nearly 126,000 California jobs are at stake if defense spending shrinks by $1 trillion over the next decade as anticipated by the Pentagon, according to an...

Lewis, Calvert urge intervention to save Ontario Airport

WASHINGTON • Warning that LA/Ontario International Airport is on a "downward spiral toward failure," Congressmen Jerry Lewis and Ken Calvert urged federal and Los...

Man killed in wrong-way I-15 crash was on his way to retire

HELENDALE • Most people in Helendale knew when John "Bushwacker" Bushwalter was driving his car hauler on another job. “Whenever he’d drive by...

Mitzelfelt's community liaison joins supervisor race

A retired sheriff's deputy of Helendale announced his intentions Friday to run for San Bernardino County 1st District Supervisor in the June election. Bob Smith, now a...

Hesperia man gets prison time after leading deputies on chase

VICTORVILLE • A Hesperia man was sentenced to four years and four months in state prison after he was found with stolen weapons and led deputies on a high-speed chase. Adam...

Saturation patrols slated for Super Bowl Sunday

San Bernardino County Sheriff's and California Highway Patrol officials will be conducting saturation patrols throughout the Victor Valley during the Super Bowl on Sunday,...

Official: 2nd teacher from LA school arrested

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A second teacher pulled from a classroom at Miramonte Elementary School this week was arrested Friday, just days after a third-grade teacher was charged...

Man tased after attacking deputies with knife

HESPERIA • Authorities tased a Hesperia man Thursday after he lunged at them with a knife as the deputies attempted to investigate a domestic disturbance, San Bernardino...

Infant abuse cases present challenge for attorneys

VICTORVILLE • Considered among the most heinous of crimes, baby abuse poses a unique challenge for attorneys — whether they are fighting for the victim or the defendant...

VVUHSD adopts new high school boundaries

VICTORVILLE • When Adelanto High School opens in August, new boundaries will go into effect for the three comprehensive high schools in the Victor Valley Union High School...

HUSD police chief Mike Graham fired

HESPERIA • After months of public battles with the superintendent and school board president, Hesperia Unified School District’s chief of police has been fired. The...

PG&E, water board sign $3.6M settlement

HINKLEY • The regional water board signed a $3.6 million agreement with Pacific Gas and Electric on Wednesday night, dedicating half of that money to build a new water...

Free app offers commuter breakthrough in Southern California

A new free application for your iPhone or Android smartphone will help deliver on-the-go solution to bypass traffic congestion for Inland Empire commuters. The IE511 app sends...

Authorities reveal past complaint about LA teacher

LOS ANGELES (AP) — An elementary school teacher suspected of taking bizarre bondage-style photographs of children in his class was investigated but not charged in 1994 for...