A 56-year-old former Apple Valley resident and her family were indicted for allegedly diverting more than $400,000 of welfare funds intended for needy recipients.Victorville city attorney teamed up with a lawyer from the local tea party movement in hopes of finding a legal loophole so Victorville can terminate its red-light camera contract.Authorities located missing Hesperia teen Jessie Bender safe in Apple Valley a week after she went missing, and investigators said she may have run away to avoid an arranged marriage in Pakistan.Politicians and Exquadrum officials broke ground on the company's new Counter Terrorism Technology Center at four abandoned military bunkers in Victorville.Her uncle, Mario Gutierrez, said it was only after her death that he learned Bruins may have faced tormenting at school over her weight and appearance. Clarisse Bruins, a 15-year-old Hesperia High School girl, died following six days on life support after overdosing on prescription painkillers.Hours after the story was published, Strahl's Victorville home and cars were egged in what he suspects is retaliation. Sick of seeing a shredded American flag fly at Hook Park since last summer, Benjamin Dunagan and Navy Chief Brian Strahl took down the flag as a Victorville city worker watched.

To the relief of its new organizers, the Adelanto Grand Prix off-road race cruised by with few problems, leading city officials to say that under the new leadership the race may not need as much law enforcement support as it has during its 30-year history.

Victor Valley College has spent more than $1 million on recent beautification and parking lot projects - projects that college officials say give the school a long overdue facelift as it prepares to celebrate its 50th anniversary.

The city of Victorville agreed to refund $500,000 to an Asian investor who loaned the money through Victorville's EB-5 program - a program that's since been terminated by the federal government.

Herrera wants the city to pass an ordinance mandating English-only signs.

Local anti-illegal immigration activist Raymond Herrera is protesting a Spanish billboard located off Interstate 15, south of Bear Valley Road in Hesperia.The group planned a skate day to try to get all the skaters to wear helmets and other protective gear. Jonathan Montanez, Raymond Tenorio and Freddy Prieto get used to wearing skateboard helmets after their friend Norman Kzaz fractured his skull attempting a skateboard trick.

With a massive sewage spill into the Mojave River under control, the regional wastewater agency is focusing its attention on a separate problem just to the north: a 32-ton boulder that's sitting on the Victor Valley's main pipeline.

Hightower was later sentenced to six months in jail and Soliz to 90 weekend days in jail.

Melanie Soliz, 20, and Blake Hightower, 24, of Hesperia were arrested after a video surfaced of them allowing their 23-month-old child to use a marijuana pipe.

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