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Lake Los Angeles – December 24, 2025 - The Lancaster Sheriff’s Station, Lancaster Sheriff’s Boosters and Los Angeles County Public Works provided bicycles for students in Lake Los Angeles, this year from the Wilsona Elementary School. Superintendent Dale Brown of the Public Works County Road Yard #555 on 173rd and East Avenue J and the road maintenance crew assembled the bicycles for the kids. Two local residents who chose to be anonymous donated helmets for each student. For

SACRAMENTO – Taking assertive steps to protect Californians from a series of powerful storms, Governor Gavin Newsom today proclaimed a state of emergency in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, and Shasta counties. A series of atmospheric rivers has brought high-intensity rainfall and strong winds statewide to already saturated soils, heightening the risk of flooding, landslides, debris flows, and rapidly rising creeks and rivers. Recently burned areas

LANCASTER, Calif. — Antelope Valley Medical Center (AVMC) is proud to announce the addition of the Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)  procedure—offering a new level of hope and healing for patients facing severe heart and lung conditions. This advanced technology provides critical support when conventional treatments are not enough, giving patients a fighting chance during life’s most challenging moments. ECMO is an innovative life-support therapy that acts as an art

SACRAMENTO – The California Highway Patrol (CHP) encourages the public to “brake” the habit of speeding this holiday season. The CHP will launch a Holiday Enforcement Period (HEP) starting at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, December 24, and ending at 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, December 25.   During last year’s 30-hour holiday enforcement effort for Christmas, CHP officers arrested over 300 impaired drivers in just 30 hours, issued 2,251 speeding tickets – including 132 to motorists going

PALMDALE, CA — The City Council appointed a new mayor and mayor pro tem during its meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 2. Mayor Pro Tem Laura Bettencourt symbolically handed the gavel to District 4 Councilmember Eric Ohlsen, who will assume the role of mayor on Jan. 1. District 1 Councilmember Austin Bishop was named mayor pro tem. Each will fulfill their duties for a one-year term. “It’s been my honor to serve as mayor pro tem this year, and I am proud of all that we accomplished,” sai

SACRAMENTO – Today, Governor Gavin Newsom announced that CalRx® will offer CalRx-branded OTC naloxone HCL nasal spray, 4 mg, for only $19, beginning January 1, 2026. This represents a more than 50% decrease in cost from the original market price.  Lifesaving medications should never be out of reach because of cost – and, through CalRx, California is proud to lead the way in driving down prices and expanding access across the country by disrupting the pharmaceutical market. G

Lake Los Angeles – Stephen Sorensen Community Regional Park – The park was filled with over 100 eager soccer students and 20+ volunteers to hold a soccer clinic for our youth here in Lake Los Angeles. The list of sponsors filled the backs of the tee shirts. These tee shirts for the clinics have become a collector’s item to remember the occasion and the fun everyone had. Every parking place was taken except one which I took. There were cars parked outside on the shoulder of t

Lancaster, CA. -Missing Brother & Sister Out of Lancaster - Detectives need YOUR help! Detectives from the Lancaster Sheriff’s Station are asking for the community’s help in locating two missing juveniles (brother and sister) who were last seen in the City of Lancaster. Hailey Brianna Jarve is a 16-year-old female, 5'7", 120lbs, blonde hair/blue eyes. Last seen wearing a blue tank top and tan shorts. Jacob William Isaacs is a 15-year-old male, 5'10", 170lbs, brown hai

LANCASTER – With the holiday shopping season currently in full swing in the Antelope Valley, many parents may be thinking twice about what toys to buy for their children, concerned about the potential hazards they may pose to their little ones’ health. If you’re one of those parents, you have every right to be worried. Every year, more than 100,000 children aged 12 and under are treated in emergency departments across the nation for injuries associated with toys, according

Lancaster, CA.- Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger today celebrated the grand opening of three new County-led mental health and crisis-care facilities in the Antelope Valley—the largest local behavioral-health investment in the region’s history. The ribbon-cutting marks the completion of a multi-year effort to build the community’s first fully integrated continuum of mental-health treatment for children, youth, and adults. “These new facilities are a gamechanger for