Antelope Valley

The 2021 Antelope Valley Fair, which was scheduled to begin on Oct. 1, was canceled, organizers announced, saying new mandates from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health caused too many logistical problems.

Miscommunication around the new mandate caused one popular fair to pull the plug when they didn’t have to. Hetty Chang reports for NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Sept. 17, 2021.

Despite the pleas of thousands of residents, a judge has ruled that a convicted sex offender can be released into the Antelope Valley community of Littlerock.

Last month, citizens of La Crescenta successfully rallied to keep convicted sex offender Calvin Grassmier out of their community. The state now plans to move him to the Antelope Valley. Beverly White reports for the NBC4 News on Tuesday, July 20, 2021.

Sheriff Alex Villanueva showed photos of the sprawling operation at a morning news conference to discuss details of a recent 10-day operation that seized 373,000 marijuana plants and 33,480 pounds of harvested pot with an estimated street value of nearly $1.2 billion.

Authorities said Wednesday that they seized $1 billion worth of illegal marijuana in the largest eradication effort in Los Angeles County history.

The annual 2021 Antelope Valley Fair & Alfalfa Festival will be postponed until 2022, organizers announced.

An emergency field hospital opened Saturday in Lancaster to help relieve the burden at Antelope Valley Hospital, which has been overrun with the surge in countywide coronavirus patients.

Criminal proceedings were suspended Tuesday after doubt was declared about the mental competency of a man accused of killing an 82-year-old fellow patient who was praying when he was clubbed in the head with an oxygen tank at a Lancaster hospital, where both men were being treated for COVID-19.

A hard freeze warning was in effect Tuesday morning in the Antelope Valley, where lows may fall to 25 degrees, National Weather Service forecasters said.

The Bobcat Fire has now grown to more than 100,000 acres burning through the Angeles National Forest and destroying homes in the Antelope Valley. Kim Tobin reports on Sept. 20, 2020

A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy was one of the many people who lost their homes in the Antelope Valley due to the Bobcat Fire, the lawman revealed Sunday. Deputy Josh Stamsek shared a video of his burned down home, left in rubble, and confirmed that his home was destroyed Friday in the Bobcat Fire that grew to nearly 100,000…

A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy shared video of his burned down home, which was lost in the Bobcat Fire.

In northern Los Angeles County, firefighters focused on protecting homes Saturday as increasingly erratic winds pushed the Bobcat Fire toward foothill communities in the Antelope Valley after churning all the way across the San Gabriel Mountains.

As evacuations were lifted in the San Gabriel Valley on the southern side of the 22,000 acre Bobcat Fire, the flames made a run on the northern end. Michelle Valles reports Sept. 20, 2020.

The fire is only 15% contained, with several homes in Juniper Hills burned down. Christine Kim reported on NBC4 News on Sept. 19, 2020.

The Bobcat Fire burning in the Angeles National Forest and Antelope Valley has scorched 91,017 acres and remains at 15% containment Saturday morning as additional evacuation orders and warnings were issued.

New evacuations were ordered in the more than 50,000-acre Bobcat Fire. Darsha Philips reports Sept. 17, 2020.