City of Palmdale Mayor Jim Ledford and Director of Parks & Recreation Russ Bird announced the entertainers who will perform at the third annual Palmdale Jazz & Wine Festival, coming Saturday, September 12 at the Palmdale Amphitheater at Marie Kerr Park, 2723 Rancho Vista Boulevard. The Palmdale Jazz & Wine Festival is a charity event benefiting the Palmdale Community Foundation, a 501(c)(3) which funds a variety of programs and facilities for the benefit of Palmdale residents.

The entertainment lineup opens at 6 pm with contemporary jazz guitarist Richard Smith, whose latest album, SOuLIDFIED, spent 17 weeks at the top of the jazz charts.

The City of Palmdale’s Public Safety and Community Relations department will kick off National Night Out with a special Public Safety Thursday Night on the Square event on Thursday, July 30. The event will run from 5:30 to 9:00 pm in Poncitlán Square, 38315 9th Street East.

This special public safety event will feature a variety of crime prevention and safety-related activities. On display will be vehicles from the Los Angeles County Sheriff and Fire Department’s. Representatives from the Sheriff’s department, Fire department and the city’s public safety office will be available to answer questions. 

Trendy, Los Angeles based fashion store "Forever 21" will move to a much larger space; taking up the old Mervyn's building at the Palmdale Mall.

Los Angeles-based Forever 21 Inc. has officially announced that it is on schedule to open 11 large-format stores by the end of March in former Mervyns locations owned by Macerich, an owner, operator and developer of regional shopping centers. The openings will begin this week on Feb. 26. Macerich purchased 39 Mervyns sites in December 2007, and two Mervyns sites in first quarter 2008.

The jury deadlocked 11 to 1 in favor of a conviction of the security guard that was patrolling the lot at the Palmdale Park and Ride.

This is the second time the jury has deadlocked on this stating there wasn't enough evidence to convict  Raymond Lee Jennings of first degree murder. That's eleven YES votes andone NO vote. The last trial was more evenly split as I recall. 

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Since 2006 we have auditing and reporting mortgage fraud and predatory lending in our area, the Antelope valley to ALL related Local, Federal and State Agencies* and the ONLY responces we got were: "this is not our jurisdiction" "this is civil matter" there is no fraud" "we are still researching applicable laws" "you signed it , it's your fault" "is this a report from that crazy guy from Avenue S" "that's how loans really are" "sorry to hear your problems, we cannot help" and the list of denial goes on.

Wow I was just told by a friend that Johnny Carino's at the AV mall is going to close. I don't live super close to the mall, so I'm not sure if it's true or not. Does anyone know?

I guess it's a sign of the times in this economy that a place like that would have to shut its doors. I liked the food there, but I too am forced to cut back on eating out due to lack of money and financial instability. In fact, I haven't eaten out (even fast food) in over 6 months. Coming from someone that used to eat out about 3-5 times per week it's odd, but I believe it's for the best and we all feel healthier eating home-cooked meals.