Lancaster

Firefighters were battling a 100-acre brush fire Thursday afternoon in the Lancaster area.

A multi-vehicle crash in Lancaster has left two women and two children dead, and a fifth was hospitalized in critical condition, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Two women and two children were killed in the crash in Lancaster. Jonathan Gonzalez reports for the NBC4 News on Friday, June 4, 2021.

Four people were killed, including two children, in a crash in Lancaster on Friday, June 4, 2021. As reported on the NBC4 News on Friday, June 4, 2021.

Firefighters Thursday were contending with strong winds in trying to extinguish a 300-acre brush fire in the Fairmont area west of Lancaster that threatened some structures.

A tense hours-long standoff continued into the night Thursday after a pursuit in Palmdale. Robert Kovacik reports for NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on May 13, 2021.

A man suspected of child abduction and assault with a deadly weapon who barricaded himself in an apartment complex and reportedly armed himself with a shotgun after leading authorities on a pursuit was taken into custody early Friday morning, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office has dropped its bid for the death penalty against a Lancaster woman and her boyfriend, who are charged with murder and torture in connection with her 10- year-old son’s death, a prosecutor told a judge Thursday.

The cell phone video was posted on Facebook last Friday, and it’s been viewed more than 3,000 times. The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department confirms this video is now under review. Robert Kovacik reports for NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on May 6, 2021.

The lawsuit alleges the man was disabled and so could not be a threat to the officers. Eric Leonard reported on NBC4 News on Friday, April 23, 2021.

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An investigation was underway Saturday into the stabbing death of a man in Lancaster.

Homicide investigators are asking the public for help identifying three men suspected of killing Samantha Mena by running her over with their vehicle in Lancaster on March 26.

A woman, approximately 31 years old, in Lancaster was struck and killed by a vehicle, possibly occupied by two men who had robbed her and her boyfriend inside an apartment complex, authorities said Saturday.

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Grade crossings at four streets along a Metrolink line in Palmdale and Lancaster will be enhanced for safety using up to $13.6 million in funds awarded to the rail system through the Federal Highway Administration Section 130 Program.

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.

Relatives of a 10-year-old Lancaster boy who died after allegedly being subjected to extensive torture by his mother and her boyfriend lost a round in court today when a judge ruled they cannot seek punitive damages against a Pasadena agency that provided mental health services to the child. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michelle Williams Court granted a motion to...

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.

Criminal proceedings were suspended Monday for a Lancaster man who allegedly decapitated two of his children and forced his two other children to view their slain siblings’ remains, as the court declared a doubt as to his mental competency.