Adelanto News

A malfunctioning ceiling fan sparked a fire at a 20,000-square-foot building in Adelanto Tuesday night, though a broken water line helped extinguish the fire quickly, fire officials said.

Officials have identified a man who was hit and killed late Monday while crossing a Victorville street.

Aircraft enthusiast Joseph Pike flew thousands of hours as a flight instructor, a Mercy Air pilot and a contractor flying helicopters for the U.S. Forest Service.

ADELANTO Two alternative energy companies are planning to begin local biodiesel production in coming months - operations city officials say could pave the way for more "green" industries but will likely generate little local revenue.

ADELANTO Three men were killed when a vintage twin rotor helicopter they were flying in hit a powerline and crashed into the desert south of Adelanto Airport on Saturday morning, according to officials with the San Bernardino County Fire Department and Coroner's office.

Authorities say three people are dead after a vintage helicopter hit power lines, crashed and caught fire in San Bernardino County.

A dedication sign will be unveiled on the 15 Freeway in Rancho Cucamonga Friday to honor a California Highway Patrol officer who was killed by a drunken driver three years ago.

A 35-year-old Adelanto woman is behind bars after her two young children were left unattended in the family's apartment, according to San Bernardino County sheriff's officials.

Ryan Lee Seip, son of Robert Seip and Heather Doss of Adelanto, celebrated his first birthday.

VICTORVILLE Lisa Leon and her husband live in a neat, comfortable home in Victorville.

Think your commute is bad? Others have it worse a ' unless you happen to live in Lake Elsinore.

ADELANTO The City Council is set to award developer Spohn Ranch Skateparks the contract Wednesday night to construct a BMX skatepark over two dilapidated tennis courts at a local park.

A 37-year-old Adelanto motorist was killed and his passenger narrowly escaped injury yesterday during a car crash in that High Desert city, according to San Bernardino County coroner's investigators and deputy sheriffs.

A 37-year-old Adelanto man was killed after the vehicle he was driving rolled over and caught fire, officials said.

JAMES QUIGG, DAILY PRESS Stater Bros. Stadium in Adelanto sits empty after the end of the baseball season.

SAN BERNARDINO Some $2 million slated for developing multi-family housing in San Bernardino County will instead go toward fighting foreclosure blight, thanks to a late request by 1st District Supervisor Brad Mitzelfelt.

A huge dust cloud stretched across the sky near Adelanto to Oro Grande Monday afternoon.

A former animal control supervisor in Adelanto who was accused of drowning dozens of kittens was sentenced today to 90 days in county jail and probation after he accepted a plea bargain.

"I had to wait an hour to go to Adelanto and then another good while on the way back," said the 40-year-old woman who has been living in a domestic violence shelter in Victorville for the past few weeks.

A motorist whose blood alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit crashed into a motorcyclist Thursday while changing lanes, authorities said.