Antelope Valley Ca Development And Redevelopment

Storm flooding that damaged dozens of homes in the Quartz Hill area of the Antelope Valley was caused more by poor drainage measures there than by the collapse of flood basins in nearby Palmdale, according to a Palmdale-sponsored report released Friday. The report said homes in the unincorporated Quartz Hill area would have been flooded by the heavy storms in February and March even without the failure of at least three detention basins in Palmdale.

Storm flooding that damaged dozens of homes in the Quartz Hill area of the Antelope Valley was caused more by poor drainage measures there than by the collapse of flood basins in nearby Palmdale, according to a Palmdale-sponsored report released Friday. The report said homes in the unincorporated Quartz Hill area would have been flooded by the heavy storms in February and March even without the failure of at least three detention basins in Palmdale.

For nearly 50 years, Bill Barnes and his family have tilled the dry, sandy soils of the Antelope Valley, praying for rain and hoping to grow enough barley to scratch out a living. In all that time, Barnes figures he never got a single offer from a real estate agent to purchase his land. But that changed last year just after a newspaper article announced a developer's plans to build a huge new community in the open desert some miles away.

For nearly 50 years, Bill Barnes and his family have tilled the dry, sandy soils of the Antelope Valley, praying for rain and hoping to grow enough barley to scratch out a living. In all that time, Barnes figures he never got a single offer from a real estate agent to purchase his land. But that changed last year just after a newspaper article announced a developer's plans to build a huge new community in the open desert some miles away.