Hesperia News

On behalf of all Californians, Governor Brown and First Lady Anne Gust Brown honor Sgt.

The firm that designed Hesperia's new and only movie theater was recognized recently for its work on Cinema West's Civic Plaza 12.

HESPERIA The Automobile Club of Southern California has predicted busy roadways and fewer air travelers for the Memorial Day Weekend, the unofficial start of summer.

Nearly two dozen students of Encore Jr./Sr. High School in Hesperia competed and placed in the National History Day competition.

JOSHUA TREE A relative of one of the Hesperia teens killed in a crash near Johnson Valley is asking friends and family members of the victims to show support Thursday at the sentencing of Charles Wayne Persons.

HESPERIA The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department is investigating a robbery that took place Tuesday morning at the SuperTarget store in Hesperia.

HESPERIA A portion of Westlawn Street was closed down for roughly 2 1/2 hours Sunday evening due to the presence of a potentially live hand grenade, San Bernardino County Sheriff's officials said.

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.

The penultimate round of the Muscle Milk TWMX So-Cal Spring Cup Race Series is officially in the history books.

HESPERIA Kingston Elementary School's Gifted and Talented Education teacher Mike Apodaca is taking his students on a path to the real world.

Sgt. 1st Class Jeffrey C. Baker, 29, of Hesperia, Calif., assigned to 766th Ordnance Company, 63rd Ordnance Battalion, 52nd Ordnance Group, Fort Stewart, died May 14, in Sanjaray, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked with an improvised explosive device.

VICTORVILLE High Desert communities have banded together for the world's largest retail trade convention, hoping to bring new business and development to the area.

VICTORVILLE A Hesperia man led deputies on a chase through the side streets of Victorville in a stolen car before fleeing on foot and being apprehended Thursday morning, according to a news release from the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department.

"He was in Iraq and he was scared," Joseph Wiscowiche said. "I told him to stay focused and to remember his training." On Thursday, almost 10 years after the young Marine was killed during Operation Iraqi Freedom, his parents were given a special handcrafted memorial by a group of former Marines.

HESPERIA A vegetation fire burned approximately one acre in the area of Maple Avenue and Cromdale Street on Tuesday night.

San Bernardino County Chief Executive Officer Greg Devereaux presented the first budget projections for the next fiscal year to the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday.

Tommy Salazar, who owns and operates One Way Mobile Detailing in Hesperia, was one of a dozen hand-picked, high-end Pacific Coast detailers chosen to help in the detailing process of a historical World War II B-24J Bomber on Thursday.

APPLE VALLEY The town of Apple Valley hopes the smell of barbecue will revitalize the struggling Apple Valley Golf Course.

HESPERIA A popular eatery in the Mall of Victor Valley best known for its hot dogs and colorful employee costumes will create a little history on the east side of Interstate 15.

APPLE VALLEY Deputies made seven arrests during a weekend juvenile gang suppression sweep, according to a news release from the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Apple Valley Station.