Helendale News

A 51-year-old woman died after her car overturned this morning. California Highway Patrol officers responded to a single-vehicle rollover accident at 6:08 a.m. at National Trails Highway north of Cardigan Road, ...

With temperatures expected to hover around the century mark for the next few days, the Victor Valley is not expected to suffer through unplanned power outages like portions of Southern California, according to ...

A 20-year-old Fort Irwin soldier standing on the seat of his motorcycle while passing traffic lost control, crashed and died on westbound State Highway 58 west of Helendale Thursday evening.

Two very popular people living in the community of Silver Lakes are Jack and Shirley Parkes.

BEATRIZ E. VALENZUELA Staff Writer With local schools having to cut many teaching positions, the practice of going out of state to recruit new teachers may become a thing of the past.

CNBC reports on California. "So DataQuick says home sales in the Golden State rose almost 27 percent last month compared to the month before.

As more homes face foreclosure, home owner associations are left with dwindling dues and unsightly properties that become blights to the area.

Raymond L. Hafley, a native of Redlands, died April 29 in Apple Valley. He was 62.

“We'd be looking at building up to six schools and various school site projects”

Three local school districts, along with Victor Valley College, are considering placing bonds on the November ballot. via Victorville Daily Press

“Our solid core of homeowners is the reason Silver Lakes has such a high referral base of home buyers. We love to tell our friends and family about the hidden secret we have found.”

With all the talk about the sad state of real estate across the nation it seemed appropriate to contact one of our Silver Lakes Realtors to find out how things are going in the Helendale area. via Victorville Daily Press

“Recently, we worked on decorating masks. The girls love glitter, so they use a lot of it. Then, when the weather got nicer, we took them to North Beach where we made bracelets and played yard games like Red Light, Green Light. It's fun for all of us.”

Cynthia Hart is a Girl Scout leader in Silver Lakes. She has a daughter in kindergarten and wanted her in the program, but had to drive to Adelanto for meetings. via Victorville Daily Press

HIGH DESERT Pair accused of hauling drugs Sheriff's deputies on Tuesday arrested two San Jose men suspected of hauling about $1.5million in high-grade marijuana and $500,000 in Ecstasy tablets in a ... via San Bernardino County Sun

“If this protects people, it's definitely for the better”

To the modest satisfaction of some, demolition began Monday at the abandoned High Desert military bunker where two teens were executed earlier this year. via Press-Enterprise

“Normally with new candidates, they send the forms out as a matter of course, but they got so busy they didn't send these forms out”

Hesperia City Councilwoman Rita Vogler, who is running for 1st District Supervisor, had not filed campaign finance reports as of Friday, 18 days past the deadline. via Victorville Daily Press

“It's nothing like when it was here in all the dust and we were called desert flowers.”

Born in Chicago with that strong Italian surname, Toni Alessandrin moved to California with her family early on. via Victorville Daily Press

“I was never afraid of heights and I was up there with my daddy, where I wanted to be”

At the age of six, in 1949, Theadora Cepler took her first professional steps onto a highwire and began an international career of wowing audiences all over the country and many parts of the orient. via Victorville Daily Press

“We have nearly 50 cast members. We have dancers, singers, comedians and musicians with 14 of them from Silver Lakes.”

Most of us in Helendale have already reserved our seats for the Silver Lakes Entertainers "Main Street Revue" which will be performed at the Silver Lakes Club House on March 29 and 30, then again on April 3 ... via Victorville Daily Press

The Air Force is going to demolish a deserted military bunker where two teenagers were murdered.

The Air Force awarded a contract Friday to destroy the World War II-ear bunker near Helendale in Riverside County. The work is expected to cost $500,000 and will be completed by June.

The abandoned bunker was a hangout for youths. Demolishing it became a priority after 18-year-old Christopher Thompson of Apple Valley and 16-year-old Bodhisattva Sherzer-Potter of Helendale were killed there in January. Read more

“He was the backbone of this community”

One of the first doctors in the Victor Valley, Dr. Horace Orr, died Monday night at 95 of age-related complications. via Victorville Daily Press

“I cannot and will not talk to the press without my client's consent”

The three men accused or murdering two local teens who were shot execution style at an abandoned military bunker in January appeared in court together Friday for the first time. via Victorville Daily Press