Southern California Annual Change In Employment, Apr 2011 – Apr 2012

19 May 2012, 7:32 am

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Marijuana on the Mesa

16 May 2012, 8:11 am

HESPERIA • Monday morning before work, about a dozen people gathered in a parking lot on I Avenue, praying for divine intervention. “We can share Jesus with these people and show them that He’s the one who can fill the need,” Jenene Green...... Read More »

Hesperia: Dispensary, landlord face $1,500 daily in fines

14 May 2012, 5:04 pm

HESPERIA With a new medical marijuana dispensary in town, Hesperia officials are touting a tough policy that could hit both the dispensary and its landlord with fines that can reach $1,500 a day after a 24-day warning period. "It is an unacceptable use within the city of Hesperia," city...... Read More »

Q & A with Steve Higgins: Called to enforce the law

12 May 2012, 11:50 am

Nearly all of his life, Steve Higgins has called the High Desert his home. Although he was born in San Bernardino, he moved with his family to Hesperia in 1971, when it was a small town with about 5,000 people. Since that time, he’s resided in...... Read More »

HUSD director of nutritional services dies

8 May 2012, 4:07 pm

Marshall Mattox, Hesperia Unified's head of nutritional services, died suddenly at age 59. “Marshall had served as our director of Nutritional Services, managing the breakfast and lunch programs for all our schools for about a year and a half,”...... Read More »

Man convicted of giving porn to 11-year-old boy

8 May 2012, 3:32 pm

VICTORVILLE (AP) - A Southern California registered sex offender faces up to six years in prison for giving a hardcore pornographic video to an 11-year-old neighbor boy.... Read More »

Hesperia grad hikes Pacific Crest Trail

25 April 2012, 3:21 pm

HESPERIA Being alone in the wilderness without cell phone reception would be a deal-breaker for many young adults, but Alex Zinda isn't your average 22-year-old. The Hesperia native is attempting a "thru-hike" on the 2,665-mile Pacific Crest Trail. The trail starts at the Mexican...... Read More »

Sexually violent predator moves out of Hesperia

24 April 2012, 4:01 pm

HESPERIA • A man designated as a violent sex offender who had moved into a Hesperia home last week moved out and will be settling into the city of Muscoy, San Bernardino County Sheriff's Hesperia station officials said Tuesday. Martin Kenneth...... Read More »

Sexually violent predator released in Hesperia

20 April 2012, 3:22 pm

HESPERIA • Hesperia sheriff's deputies Friday are alerting the community a violent sexual predator has been released into their neighborhood. Martin Kenneth Smith, 47, will be living at a home located in 16200 block of Chestnut Street, according to...... Read More »

Violent sexual predator released in Hesperia

20 April 2012, 2:24 pm

HESPERIA As children played in their front yards Friday, Hesperia sheriff's Citizens on Patrol members passed out flyers about a new resident in the neighborhood: a violent sexual predator. Martin Kenneth Smith, 47, will be living in the 16200 block of Chestnut Street, according to a San...... Read More »