PARIS (AP) - The driver in Princess Diana's fatal car crash was legally drunk and apparently driving over 100 miles an hour, French authorities said Monday.
PARIS (AP) - The driver in Princess Diana's fatal car crash was legally drunk and apparently driving over 100 miles an hour, French authorities said Monday.
The revelations introduced a major new element in an investigation that had seemed focused on the role played by paparazzi who pursued the British princess's vehicle.
LANCASTER - The 59th annual Antelope Valley Fair and Alfalfa Festival "Days of Swine and Roses" entered its final day up about 12% in paid admissions and 16% in overall admissions, Fair Manager Dan Jacobs said.
LANCASTER - Two men were killed and seven persons critically injured, including a 3-yearold girl, when two cars collided at Monday at the intersection of Avenue K and 150th Street East.
Sept. 3
Seven traffic accidents took the lives of nine people in the Antelope Valley in August, bringing the number of people killed so far this year to 27 - up from 25 a year ago, according to the California Highway Patrol.
LANCASTER - Lightning from a summer monsoon thunderstorm wreaked havoc in parts of the Antelope Valley Tuesday, sparking afternoon brush and structure fires in Lancaster and Palmdale and contributing to widespread power outages.
Sept. 4
QUARTZ HILL - Authorities are calling the destruction done to George Lane Park Wednesday morning the worst case of vandalism in the Antelope Valley this year, with damage estimated at $15,000.
PALMDALE - While it may be hard to swallow after the muggy, 95-degree temperature registered Wednesday, records show the Antelope Valley's summer of '97 was the coolest summer in three years.
Sept. 5
MOJAVE - Massive summer thunderstorms in the normally parched high desert unleashed two walls of water that washed at least seven cars off local roads Wednesday evening and stranded dozens of travelers in heavy downpours.
In all, about 50 vehicles were trapped by raging torrents that crossed state Highway 14 north of Mojave, said Capt. Harvey Merrell, public information officer for the Kern County Fire Department in Bakersfield.
PALMDALE - Some supermarkets throughout the Antelope Valley announced Thursday they will not carry tabloid newspapers that publish pictures or related stories of the crash that killed Princess Diana.
LANCASTER - City officials said this year's Aerospace Walk of Honor inductees will be: Air Force Col. Joseph F. "Joe" Cotton; Lt. Col. Norman K. "Ken" Dyson; Lt. Col. Robert G. Ferry; NASA test pilot John A. Manke, and Lt. Col. Thomas P. Stafford, astronaut.
Sept. 6
CALCUTTA, India - Mother Teresa, the Roman Catholic nun revered for her tireless dedication to the world's most wretched, died Friday surrounded by grieving sisters of her order. She was 87.
Sept. 7
PALMDALE - More than 500 people attended the dedication and grand opening of Pelona Vista Park in west Palmdale Saturday morning. Pelona Vista, the city's first regional park, was designed specifically for soccer enthusiasts.
LANCASTER - A judge excused himself from a high-profile Internet sex crimes case following a hearing last week in which he made controversial statements about the defendant's chance of acquittal at trial. Superior Court Judge Chesley N. McKay Jr. filed his written recuse - an oft-used legal option for judges and attorneys in any case - in the afternoon after the Valley Press informed him of criticism about his remarks.
LANCASTER - To most people in the Antelope Valley, Princess Diana's funeral was a private thing. For former Britisher Margaret Santino, the funeral was a time for the Valley to publicly demonstrate their grief.
Santino, president of the Antelope Valley Scottish Club and former president of the Daughters of the British Empire, Royal Windsor Chapter in Lancaster, placed a condolence book in the Lancaster Public Library for Valley residents to sign.
Sept. 9
PALMDALE - A two-story Dillard's retail outlet could rise on the northeast portion of the Antelope Valley Mall under an agreement to be discussed by the City Council.
LANCASTER - An electric school bus - the nation's first such vehicle to be built from the ground up as an electrically powered bus, and the only one in the Antelope Valley - was destroyed after erupting in flames Saturday.
Sept. 10
LANCASTER - Antelope Valley College is in sound financial shape, according to a new $27.65 million budget adopted by its board of trustees.
LANCASTER - City officials unveiled a new logo Tuesday for their Big Six softball complex at Lancaster City Park as well as plans to turn it into the Big Eight. Groundbreaking for two new fields will be in February, with construction to be completed in June.
Sept. 11
PALMDALE - The thick, black smoke that periodically rises above Air Force Plant 42 during fire-training exercises is a tradition whose days appear to be numbered: Thirty days, to be precise. The Antelope Valley Air Pollution Control District, concerned about the "adverse effect" of local air quality, served the Air Force notice that it should stop burning diesel fuel.
Sept. 12
LANCASTER - San Francisco area consultant James Finkelstein has been hired by the Antelope Valley Hospital's board of trustees to conduct a review of hospital Chief Executive Officer Robert Harenski's salary.
LANCASTER - The Antelope Valley Neuroscience Medical Group and a number of physicians have agreed to pay Antelope Valley Hospital $112,500 to resolve a longstanding dispute. That settlement has cost the hospital about $200,000 in additional legal fees to reach.
LANCASTER - The Antelope Valley College Child Development Center is operating at full capacity for the first time since receiving a $400,000 grant from the state for child care.
Sept. 13
LOS ANGELES - A Lancaster businessman was sentenced Friday to 10 years in state prison and ordered to pay $1.2 million in restitution in connection with a 1980s Ponzi scheme in which investors were bilked out of millions of dollars. The penalty for David Robert Missman, 60, was handed down in the morning by Superior Court Judge Patricia Collins.
Sept. 14
LANCASTER - Two local restaurants remained closed Saturday following a raid Friday night by county and state agents who discovered more than 150 alcohol, health and labor violations.
PALMDALE - The attention of the Antelope Valley was redirected from "what divides us" to "strength in our diversity" Saturday at the third annual Antelope Valley International Heritage Day Celebration and Picnic.
Hundreds of people of all ages, colors, creeds, races and sects mingled at the picnic in McAdam Park.
