CEREMONY CELEBRATIONS - Real estate developer R. Gregg Anderson receives a cake for his birthday from Miss Antelope Valley Carly Wellrich during a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday for a school to be named in his honor in Quartz Hill. BERNARD KANE/Valley Press

PALMDALE - Rancho Vista developer R. Gregg Anderson recalled the day he learned a Westside Union School District site would be named after him. "(Superintendent) Regina Rossall is not a person who kids, so when she called me and informed me, I knew it was for real because she doesn't fool around. So I just said, 'Wow,' and she filled me in on the details. … Usually developers are kind of shunned, so to have this happen is something kind of beyond belief," Anderson said.   Complete story with photo.

PALMDALE - The government's broadly contested bailout plan is a done deal, which stirred mixed feelings in the Antelope Valley and elsewhere around the country, including in Congress.   Complete story.

PALMDALE - A former Palmdale School District employee has pleaded guilty to one felony count of workers compensation insurance fraud, received five years formal probation and was ordered to perform 150 hours of community service and pay $85,000 to the school district.   Complete story.

LANCASTER - More than 50 Antelope Valley residents met Wednesday with a phalanx of Los Angeles County bureaucrats, getting answers to some - but not all - of their questions about a proposed ethanol refinery to be built near the Lancaster landfill.   Complete story with photo.

SACRAMENTO - After three years, state Sen. George Runner's bill preventing teachers from being paid while attending drug rehabilitation has been signed into law, marking the end of a battle between Runner and several school employees unions that opposed the legislation.   Complete story.

LANCASTER - The sixth annual High Desert Fallen Heroes Memorial Ride, which honors law enforcement personnel and firefighters from the Valley who lost their lives in the line of duty, will kick off at 10 a.m. Sunday at Antelope Valley Harley-Davidson and Buell, 1759 West Ave. J-12.   Complete story.

LANCASTER - For nearly a year, a group of community leaders met unofficially to contemplate the best remedies for water supply shortages in the Antelope Valley, taking into consideration a variety of factors that would protect native plant and animal life.   Complete story.

OCTOBER 3, 2008 EDITORIAL - Outrage isn't a strong enough word to describe how your Valley Press - along with thousands of students, taxpayers and civic officials - feel about being left holding an empty bag after the admission this week by Antelope Valley College officials that no money remains from the 2004 bill of goods known as Measure R to construct a Palmdale campus.   Complete story.

The fur's flying in Lake Hughes as the Lakes and Valleys Art Guild Gallery presents the October exhibit, "Fur, Feathers and Foliage," opening today at the gallery, 43751 Lake Hughes Road.   Complete story.

LANCASTER - There was a kind of controlled chaos at the Antelope Valley BMX track Friday night. Bikes whizzed every which way around the facility, bottling up around the registration table for the Golden State Nationals, one of the largest events on the ABA BMX schedule, running through Sunday.   Complete story with photo.

PALMDALE - And so they remain, kings of the Golden League. What was supposed to be Quartz Hill High School's attempt to challenge for league supremacy simply turned into an exhibition of Palmdale's array of talent in a 28-7 Falcons' victory.   Complete story with photo.