Oro Grande News

Nearly 80 sex offenders were contacted Thursday evening as part of a large-scale compliance check conducted by various law enforcement agencies, officials announced, including one associated with violent ...

Nearly 80 sex offenders were contacted Thursday evening as part of a large-scale compliance check conducted by various law enforcement agencies, officials announced, including one associated with violent ...

The Victorville Daily Press published a good article about Elmer Long and his Bottletree Ranch on old Route 66 near Oro Grande, Calif.

On a lonely desert stretch of Route 66, sparkles of green, amber gold and blue dot the landscape.

California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. and District Attorney Rod Pacheco are suing TXI International, a Riverside cement plant, for exposing people to the potent carcinogen hexavalent chromium without ...

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, ...

More than $1.4 million in military money and various student scholarships was handed out during Hesperia High School's recent Senior Awards Night.

A second man was arrested after a traffic stop Friday for the double-homicide of two half-brothers in Oro Grande in January, said San Bernardino County Sheriff's officials. via Victorville Daily Press

HIGH DESERT Second suspect held in slayings Sheriff's detectives on Friday arrested a second suspect in the Jan. via San Bernardino County Sun

“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

“Two young brothers were essentially found shot to death on a dirt road in Oro Grande”

A Victorville man was arraigned today, suspected of luring two brothers away from a party, killing them and leaving their bodies in a rural area of Oro Grande. via Victorville Daily Press

“We'll begin construction on these projects very soon.”

The San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors last week voted to allocate $600,000 toward the realigning of Rock Springs Road at the Mojave River Crossing in Hesperia. via Hesperia Star

“In this day and age, with the recession, how in the world can these guys stand a four-year freeze?”

Negotiators for United Steel Workers Local 12-48 hold out hope for a new contract with Riverside Cement Co., despite the collapse of labor talks last week. via Business Press

“She is a very hard worker and an absolute asset to the company”

Comments Recommend The first non-administrative female worker at TXI Riverside Cement plant will retire after 28 years February 25, 2008 - 11:02PM ORO GRANDE -- When Cecilia "Sally" Sydnor punches out on Friday ... via Victorville Daily Press

“It wasn't a violent crime, but obviously he did time in state prison.”

Authorities arrested one man in connection with a doublehomicide in Oro Grande and are looking for two others they believe are still outstanding,officials said Wednesday. via Victorville Daily Press

“They haven't been the safest of plants environmentally or safety wise and we believe that if they're going to cut more people that can only lead to more problems.”

The opening of a new environmentally friendly plant at the TXI Riverside Cement Company in Oro Grande will likely leave 72 people unemployed. via Victorville Daily Press

“If you're building an apartment, one unit may be two or three rooms and a garage. You save a lot of exterior walls by doing multifamily.”

With several cement companies filing notices with the state of their intent to lay off more than 100 employees, the industry is anything but set in concrete. via Business Press

“She had heard four shots fired and went out and found two male subjects that had been shot and were lying on the ground”

A sheriff's homicide team is investigating the shooting deaths of two men early this morning in a remote area in Oro Grande northwest of Victorville, authorities said. via Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

The National Weather Service issued a flood advisory for parts of the High Desert today due to storm runoff in the Mojave Forks Dam near Hesperia. via Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

CMU wins $2 million in urban robot race Carnegie Mellon University won the $2 million first place prize in DARPA's urban robot race this weekend, stealing the thunder from 2005's Grand Challenge leader, ... via CNET News.com