Helendale News

The new district leader will replace Interim Superintendent Phillip Tenpenny, who took over in July 2010 after former Superintendent Brian Dietz stepped down.

Parents packed into Wednesday's Helendale Elementary School District board meeting, where discussion grew heated and public commenters expressed concerns over issues including increased class sizes, a lack of parent input and not enough transparency behind financial decisions.

Residents may submit written protests to the proposed water fee increases by writing to the Helendale Community Services District, Attn: Clerk of the Board, P.O. Box 359, Helendale, CA 92342 or by delivering notes to the administration office at 26540 Vista Road, Suite B. HELENDALE The Helendale Community Services District is eyeing water fee hikes ... (more)

It's been more than four years since Cody Thompson and Bodhisattva "Bodhi" Sherzer-Potter were forced into an abandoned military bunker near Helendale in the wee hours, forced to the ground, and shot to death.

BARSTOW A Barstow man with a history of violent and sexual crimes was arrested for failing to register as a sex offender and evading parole, police said Friday.