PALMDALE — There’s still time to make sure you count.
CAIRO — Ragaa el-Gedawy was rarely the leading lady of the movies she starred in, but that did little to diminish her standing as one of Egypt’s most beloved actors.
Marga Richter, a prolific composer whose determination to be heard in a male-dominated field once led her to rent Merkin Concert Hall to stage a program of her own works, died June 25 at her home in Barnegat, New Jersey. She was 93.
Today is Monday, July 13, the 195th day of 2020. There are 171 days left in the year.
ACTON — The Acton Town Council sent a letter to the Los Angeles County Department of Regional Planning to express concerns about a proposed automobile sales lot in the rural community.
Palmdale officials have announced a number of road closures for the upcoming week.
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Twenty-one people suffered minor injuries in an explosion and fire Sunday on board a ship at Naval Base San Diego, military officials said.
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — Temperatures soared into the triple digits again Sunday, as the Southland sweltered under a weekend heat wave that prompted a heat advisory from forecasters and warnings from health officials.
LANCASTER (CNS) — A man who died after being punched in the face was homeless, authorities said Saturday.
Crimes reported for June 27, 2020
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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says the country will immediately return to a ban on the sale of alcohol to reduce the volume of trauma patients so that hospitals have more beds open to treat COVID-19 patients.
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Protesters ransacked a building belonging to President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita’s political party on Sunday, underscoring the tensions that remain in Mali, even after the president met one of their top demands.
MCALLEN, Texas (AP) — Two police officers were shot and killed Saturday by a suspect who later fatally shot himself in a South Texas border town after responding to a domestic disturbance call, authorities said.
PALMDALE — The City Council on Tuesday will consider temporarily suspending its ban on flavored e-cigarettes, one that has never been in full effect.
ACTON — More than five years after the community rejected a similar project, most Acton residents say they do not want a Dollar General store in their rural community.
For months, families have pined to see their loved ones who live in California’s skilled nursing facilities, which have been shut down to outside visitors to keep the Coronavirus from spreading.
Three days after an 80-year-old Lancaster man was beaten and robbed in a supermarket bathroom, the suspects involved in the incident were arrested.
PALMDALE — The Planning Commission gave the go-ahead for a 31-unit apartment development near the civic center that will include a couple units set aside for very low income tenants.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Florida shattered the national record Sunday for the largest single-day increase in positive Coronavirus cases in any state since the beginning of the pandemic, adding more than 15,000 cases as its daily average death toll continued to also rise.
The Fourth of July holiday was the second busiest day of all time for the Los Angeles County Fire Department, which serves unincorporated LA County including the Antelope Valley.
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — As the Coronavirus ripped through the Navajo Nation, it spotlighted longstanding inequities on the reservation where thousands of tribal members travel long distances for medical care, internet service is spotty at best and many homes lack electricity and even running water.
Jack Charlton, an uncompromising central defender who won the 1966 World Cup with England alongside his brother, Bobby, before coaching Ireland to its first major tournaments, has died. He was 85.
BOSTON (AP) — Mike Ryan, the backup catcher on the Boston Red Sox’s 1967 “Impossible Dream” team during a 35-year career in professional baseball, has died. He was 78.
NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s external affairs minister said Saturday that Indian and Chinese troops are disengaging from a monthslong standoff along the countries’ undemarcated border following a clash last month that left at least 20 Indian soldiers dead.
BELGRADE, Serbia — Serbian police detained 71 people after clashes during the fourth night of anti-government protests against the Serbian president that were initially sparked by his plans to reintroduce a Coronavirus lockdown.
BALTIMORE (AP) — Johns Hopkins University has filed a lawsuit seeking to block the Trump administration’s decision to make international students leave the US if they intend to take classes entirely online starting this fall.
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PALMDALE — A 24-year-old man was arrested Friday night at his residence after he allegedly shot at a vehicle following an argument with several people.
SAN GABRIEL — A fire early Saturday destroyed the rooftop and most of the interior of a Catholic church in California that was undergoing renovation to mark its upcoming 250th anniversary celebration.
Crimes reported for June 26, 2020
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ACTON (CNS) — Firefighters stopped the forward progress of a two-acre brush fire Saturday that burned into the Angeles National Forest in Acton.
PALMDALE — Flying above area neighborhoods, much like the critters they seek to eradicate, officials from the Antelope Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District look for what a mosquito might think of as a cozy home: an unmaintained pool.
Today is Sunday, July 12, the 194th day of 2020. There are 172 days left in the year.
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — “The Most Magical Place on Earth” has reopened after nearly four months with new rules in place to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.
PALMDALE — After more than three months without a haircut, it was welcome news for many people when Los Angeles County and California moved into phase three of the four-phase reopening plan for the economy in June.
LOS ANGELES — The Southland was sweltering under an early-summer heat wave this weekend, with temperatures reaching triple-digits in some valley communities and posing a health threat.
Residents are being warned of a scam involving persons impersonating contact tracers, county and local officials tasked with notifying those who have been in contact with someone who tests positive for COVID-19.
The candidate nomination period for local elections consolidated with the Nov. 3 general election starts Monday and continues through 5 p.m. Aug. 7.
The COVID-19 pandemic has had an effect on many businesses, with some being hit harder than others.
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — Los Angeles County reported 2,916 new cases of COVID-19 and 57 more deaths Saturday, providing further evidence that the Coronavirus pandemic is showing no signs of slowing down.
On a recent morning I went to the post office to check my mail, which I do in the early morning when no one else is there.
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An independent investigation conducted at the behest of the family of a Black man found hanging in a tree near Palmdale City Hall a month ago came to much the same conclusion as the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s homicide investigation: there was no foul play involved.
WASHINGTON — The White House seating chart spoke volumes.
NEW YORK — The US Roman Catholic Church used a special and unprecedented exemption from federal rules to amass at least $1.4 billion in taxpayer-backed Coronavirus aid, with many millions going to dioceses that have paid huge settlements or sought bankruptcy protection because of clergy sexu…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles County coroner on Friday released the autopsy report on an allegedly armed young man shot by a sheriff’s deputy that the Sheriff’s Department had requested remain confidential under a security hold.
Saint Mary’s School plans Mass for 60th anniversary
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Three Los Angeles police officers have been charged with falsifying records reporting that people they stopped were gang members or associates, prosecutors said Friday.
SACRAMENTO — California officials will soon release another 2,100 inmates from state prisons in response to the Coronavirus pandemic and in all now plans to release a total of more than 10,000 inmates, or nearly 10 percent of prisoners, as Gov. Gavin Newsom responds to intensifying pressure …
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