Victorville News

VICTORVILLE Victor Valley College Superintendent/President Dr. Christopher O'Hearn is still away from the college on sick leave, and college spokesman Bill Greulich said Wednesday that he did not know when O'Hearn would return to the campus.

FONTANA Firefighters from the High Desert participated Wednesday in wildland fire training complete with a live burn and water drops from a helicopter in preparation for what may be an unusually active fire season, according to San Bernardino County Fire Departmentofficials.

The owners of the nation's two largest fire bombers -- both converted DC-10 jumbo jets -- are moving their corporate headquarters from Victorville to Wyoming, company officials say.

They responded to a shots-fired call around 4:51 a.m. in the 13200 block of Deer Brush Court, where they found a man suffering from a gunshot wound.

VICTORVILLE The Do Something and With Open Arms clubs of Silverado High School will hold the second annual special-needs students prom, themed "A Night in Emerald City" on Friday.

VICTORVILLE It's a simple concept: Police have a better chance of catching a criminal if they know who they're looking for.

VICTORVILLE As his staff set up a food stand Tuesday, Jose De La Cruz of J's Concessions said the San Bernardino County Fair is one of his favorite places to do business.

VICTORVILLE The San Bernardino County District Attorney's office filed felony charges Tuesday against a Barstow woman in connection with a Sunday night pit bull attack, court records show.

Rattlesnakes account for more than 800 bites each year with one to two deaths, according to the California Poison Control Center.

Hospitals throughout Southern California are experiencing a shortage of type O-negative blood, and LifeStream is urging those with O negative to assist by donating blood.

VICTORVILLE A Hemet man is set to be arraigned Tuesday for stabbing another man at a Victorville motel, according to San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department officials and jail records.

Two-year-old Heaven Mesa of Victorville, was all smiles as Walter's Children's Charity Classic founders, Steve and Cathy Kienle, presented Loma Linda University Children's Hospital with a check for $172,500 on Tuesday, April 23, 2013.

VICTORVILLE As new East Side Victoria gang members emerge and those incarcerated in 2009 are released, gang enforcement officers from across San Bernardino County came to Victorville to serve injunction paperwork against them this weekend.

APPLE VALLEY Rachel Woods has been driving for more than 50 years. She got her driver's license in Victorville - back when it was a drastically different place.

At least one person is dead after an early Sunday morning shooting in the Brentwood area of Victorville, according to initial reports.

Personnel from as far away as Fontana, Redlands, Upland, Rialto and other municipalities joined the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department Victorville Station in the operation, which kicked off the sheriff's crime sweep season.

A report of a man down came in to sheriff's dispatch at approximately 12:25 p.m. in the vicinity of Bear Valley Road and Fifth Avenue in Victorville, according to sheriff's officials.

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It is great to see the Forest Service augment its fleet of firefighting tankers to serve the fire-prone Inland region.

Hospitals throughout Southern California are experiencing a shortage of type O-negative blood, and LifeStream is urging those with O negative to assist by donating blood.