CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
February 23, 2009 | Dan Weikel and David Zahniser
After buying 17,750 acres in Palmdale for an intercontinental jetport that has not gotten off the ground, Los Angeles airport officials say they might finally have a use for much of the property: a solar power facility capable of generating up to 100 megawatts of clean energy.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
January 22, 2009 | Ann M. Simmons
Crediting aggressive crime-fighting strategies and partnerships with local cities, Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca announced Wednesday that Lancaster and Palmdale and surrounding desert communities had seen a 10% reduction in overall crime last year. That makes for the lowest crime rate in the Antelope Valley since 2001, Baca said. Gang-related violent crimes dropped by 33% last year throughout the 1,370-square-mile region.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
December 17, 2008 | Dan Weikel
Reacting to the cancellation of passenger service this month at Palmdale Regional Airport, the L.A. County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday demanded that Los Angeles World Airports disclose its plans for the 17,000 acres it purchased in the high desert city but never developed into an international airport. The action is the latest in an ongoing effort by Supervisor Michael D.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
May 16, 2008 | Sam Quinones, Times Staff Writer
A farmworker found her body this week wrapped in a rug in a ditch beside an onion field east of Palmdale. Stevona Campbell, 13, had been missing since Sunday night. Known to her family as "Teeny" for her small size at birth, she had attended a large Mother's Day party at her family's apartment in east Palmdale. But she darted out of the apartment about 7 p.m. -- disobeying her mother's orders to stay home -- and never returned, family members said.
BUSINESS
December 18, 2007 | Peter Y. Hong, Times Staff Writer
The Bush administration's plan to slow the mortgage meltdown gave a lift to Wall Street. But on Hoss Ghitkammanee's street, the signs of hope are harder to find. When he steps out the front door of his Palmdale home, Ghitkammanee sees a four-bedroom house much like his own. Instead of festive holiday reindeer on the lawn, however, the place across the street is decorated with a big, red sign spiked into the dead grass, declaring that the property can be bought at an upcoming foreclosure auction.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
October 13, 2007 | Ann M. Simmons, Times Staff Writer
A white security guard involved in a scuffle with three black students at Palmdale's Knight High School acted appropriately and used acceptable restraint, Sheriff's Department officials who investigated the incident said Friday. "It is plainly obvious to us that there was no criminal conduct on the security's part," said Capt.