Lancaster News

A routine traffic stop last week in Lancaster led deputies to nine arrests and an estimated $1 million worth of illegal marijuana, the Los Angeles Times reported.

This pot was part of the haul that Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies uncovered at a home in Lancaster, Calif., on Feb.

Xavier Lorenzo Renteria, 41, was held on $1 million bail after his arrest Thursday by detectives from the Lancaster sheriff's station, Deputy District Attorney Fernando Guzman said.

A man struck and killed while riding a bicycle on Highway 70 Monday night has been identified as Rigoberto Castaneda-Romero, 22, of Lancaster.

A so-far unidentified 22-year-old bicyclist from Lancaster was killed in a wreck at about 7:25 p.m. Monday on Highway 70 on the West Branch Bridge.

Lancaster officials celebrated the opening of 1800 Restaurant, a new eatery on The BLVD offering a selection of health-conscious burritos and tacos on Tuesday, January 31.

The city of Lancaster has announced they are contracting with Andi Campognone to be the curator for the new Lancaster's Museum of Art and History .

Palmdale has agreed to settle a lawsuit that accused it of racial discrimination at low-income housing projects.The City Council this week approved a deal to remove it from a lawsuit filed last year by the NAACP and the Community Action League.The suit claimed that officials in Palmdale and Lancaster used enforcement programs to harass and ... (more)

LANCASTER A - A man who came at sheriff's deputies with a four-foot sword was fatally shot, authorities said Thursday.

The city of Lancaster's rate for serious crimes, including murder, robbery and rape, declined by 13% last year, according to statistics released Thursday.

A sword-wielding man has been shot to death during a narcotics warrant search of his Southern California desert home.

The incident occurred in the 44000 block of Spearman Avenue in Lancaster shortly after 9 p.m., according to Lancaster police.

In two years Antelope Valley residents will have a state of the art medical center in the heart of Lancaster.

This Joshua Tree growing south of California City - is more than 40 feet tall and has a circumference of nine feet, truly a giant in the desert.

The Lancaster station of the L.A. County Sheriff's Department got a little help from Big Brother in cracking its latest robbery spree: Of three armed robberies in Lancaster over eight days, one of the incidents was caught on surveillance tape.

A man and a woman suspected in three recent armed robberies in Lancaster have been arrested by detectives who used a facial recognition software program during their investigation, authorities said today.

The City of Lancaster is currently accepting commercial vendor applications for the City's 21st Annual California Poppy Festival.

Downtown Lancaster which is known as the Blvd., has an all year round Famer's Market .

Civil rights activists on Thursday called on Lancaster and Palmdale to end what they say are intimidation and discrimination tactics employed by Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies against mostly minority families who are living in Section 8 housing in the desert communities.

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Tuesday approved a settlement agreement related to allegations of widespread discrimination against recipients of vouchers for federally subsidized housing in the Antelope Valley.