Palmdale News

An 8-year-old Palmdale boy died Friday after being hospitalized for a day with injuries suggesting torture, the Los Angeles County coroner's office said.

Authorities Friday said a Palmdale boy has died after sustaining a massive skull fracture and other injuries in a case of suspected child abuse.

A Palmdale couple has been arrested after the woman's 8-year-old son was beaten, burned and left in critical condition.

In this historical photo from the U.S. space agency, a rear/side view of the Linear Aerospike SR Experiment pod on NASA SR-71, tail number 844 is shown.

A Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy pleaded not guilty this week to assaulting an inmate in the back of a patrol car, a charge brought nearly two years after the alleged incident occurred.

An investigation was underway today in the apparent torture of an 8-year-old Palmdale boy hospitalized in critical condition.

Deputies responded to a Palmdale home late Wednesday to find an 8-year-old boy with injuries that suggest he was bound and tortured, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

The U.S. Navy's long awaited MQ-4C Triton surveillance drone took its first flight yesterday in Palmdale, California.

The Triton unmanned aircraft system is shown completing its first flight from the Northrop Grumman manufacturing facility in Palmdale, California in this handout photo released by the U.S. Navy on May 22, 2013.

The U.S. Navy's new MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft completed its first flight May 22 in Palmdale, Calif.

A Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy pleaded not guilty Monday to assaulting an inmate in the back of a patrol car, a charge brought nearly two years after the alleged incident occurred.

Vandals broke into a Palmdale church and trashed it, causing an estimated $50,000 worth of damage to the building.

The wreck happened at 11:09 a.m. Saturday, May 4, near along a dirt portion of Duncan Canyon Road near Sierra Avenue.

The suspect was wearing a wig, women's clothing and bra when he was found in a mall storage area, according to deputies Jason Pomare, 33, is suspected of dressing like a woman and carrying a camera inside her purse to allegedly film customers at a Palmdale Macy's store while they were changing.

In light of a 63-year-old woman being mauled to death by pit bulls in the high desert community of Littlerock, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors today asked staffers today to evaluate a proposed change in the county's definition of a dangerous dog.

VICTORVILLE A property owner says a new gas station is planned for the corner of Palmdale Road and Park Avenue, bringing the rundown property back to life.

A Palmdale man has been arrested for allegedly videotaping women in a Macy's restroom while dressed as a woman.

The 15-year-old daughter of the late Michael Jackson has developed a close bond with her birth mother, Debbie Rowe, over recent weeks and has now dropped the bombshell on the Jackson household that she wants to spend the summer holiday at Debbie's horse ranch in Palmdale, California.

It was first publicly known as the A-11, then the YF-12A, but it actually began life in total secrecy as the AF-12. We'll call it the YF-12A because that's what its buyer, the U.S. Air Force, designated it and it was just one of the many derivatives of the Lockheed-built CIA-funded A-12 series of aircraft that ultimately led to the creation of the ... (more)

The Southland again will bake in dry heat Monday, creating what the National Weather Service called an "elevated fire danger" falling short of red flag conditions.