Hesperia News

VICTORVILLE Favorable weather and prompt calls to 911 Tuesday night kept a small wildfire in the Mojave River bed from getting out of control, according to San Bernardino County fire officials.

HESPERIA The Gateway City to the High Desert will have an emptier wallet as it enters the new fiscal year, but there's no panic at City Hall.

The Precious Pets no-kill private animal shelter will remain open, for now, pending a September decision by the Hesperia Planning Commission.

The days of the permanent election season may be fast approaching. The 2006 election season began loudly last Wednesday, with a confrontation at last week's Hesperia City Council meeting.

HESPERIA A Hesperia woman was killed Monday night after her vehicle collided with a large tree, splitting the car in two and trapping her inside, according to a news release from the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department.

HESPERIA There have been seven fatal car crashes in Hesperia this year - as many as the other Victor Valley cities combined, according to San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department officials.

HESPERIA A successful after-school program that stopped running recently after 16 years may soon serve the children of Hesperia again.

At Wednesday night's city council meeting, the City of Adelanto became the fourth, and last, city to approve an agreement with Citygate Associates, LLC, allowing for a Public Safety Joint Powers Authority feasibility study to be conducted.

Manny Rios smiles as he works on physical therapy with his sister on June 12, 2013.

PHELAN A 29-year-old Wisconsin man was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping after deputies say he stole a truck in Hesperia and attempted to abduct a Phelan woman Wednesday afternoon.

Parolees and sex offenders are still welcome in Hesperia, but it's going to be a lot harder for them to find a place to live.

Sheriff's deputies have arrested two men on suspicion of stealing more than $300,000 in merchandise from a tractor trailer in Victorville.

ADELANTO >> The marquee outside Desert Trails Elementary School lists the events for the last two weeks of school: a talent show, kindergarten and sixth-grade promotion ceremonies and, on June 14, "school ends."

ADELANTO A 56-year-old Phelan man risked his life Thursday morning when he drove his pickup truck in between an oncoming vehicle and an SUV that was carrying his wife and two grandchildren, according to his son.

The owner of a liquor store in Hesperia is lucky to be alive after a violent robbery.

The city of Hesperia will discuss the approval of a feasibility study to form a joint powers authority to manage police and fire services, during its council meeting Tuesday.

A Los Angeles man is in custody after the parents of a 15-year-old girl reported to authorities she had been sexually assaulted at a party Saturday in Hesperia.

Samoas, Tagalongs and Trefoils may sound like something out of a travel TV show, their more common names are anything but foreign.

Oleg A Ruet, 28 of Tarzana, Larry Horne Jr., 53 of Apple Valley, and Simoun Zaidan, 42 of Jacksonville, Florida, have been charged with three misdemeanor counts each of possessing or keeping of slot machines or devices.

The San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools will honor its six regional teachers of the year at a ceremony on June 10. The teachers will be recognized by the county Board of Education at its meeting on June 10 at the County Schools' Brier office.