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Three wildfires ignited in Palmdale, Tujunga and Angeles National Forest. A heat wave is expected to build over Southern California through the weekend. Multiple fires break out in L.A. County ...
L.A. County firefighter Andrew Pontious was killed Friday in an explosion at an Antelope Valley quarry as crews responded to a burning front loader. ... to a four-member fire engine at Station 93 ...
Los Angeles County fire crews on Sunday evening stopped forward progress of a fast-moving wildfire in the Antelope Valley that had consumed nearly 1,600 acres, according to authorities and news ...
Palmdale was first inhabited by various tribal pre-Americans. [10] Populated by different groups for an estimated 11,000 years, the Antelope Valley was a trade route for nomadic pre-Americans traveling from what is now Arizona and New Mexico to California's coast. [11]
In 1990, he became a Palmdale Planning Commissioner. In 2003, Hofbauer became a member of the city council for Palmdale, California. [4] On November 6, 2018, he was elected mayor of Palmdale, defeating Jim Ledford and V. Jesse Smith with 44.3% of the votes. A Republican, he was sworn in as mayor on December 11, 2018.
The Hughes-Elizabeth Lakes Union Elementary School District is a California Distinguished School and serves kindergarten through 8th grade students. Children from the communities of Lake Hughes, Elizabeth Lake and Green Valley, as well as parts of Leona Valley and Pine Canyon, make up the student population, which is 81% White, 11% Hispanic and ...
This water source was needed due to the rain shadow desert effect that the San Gabriel Mountains have on the Antelope Valley, located in the Mojave Desert. Today the lake serves as the primary water source for the Palmdale Water District, the city's public water utility, and provides water for more than 200,000 people who live in the area.
The Antelope Valley city of 180,000 north of Los Angeles has never had its own police department and relies on the Sheriff's Department to handle crime and 911 calls.