ANTELOPE VALLEY: BRIEFLY : ASTRONOMERS CLUB TO HOLD WORKSHOP.LANCASTER - The Antelope Valley Astronomy Club will bring telescopes and expertise for an astronomy workshop Thursday in conjunction with the last total lunar eclipse of the century. The workshop will start at sundown, about 7 p.m., and run to 8 p.m. at Discovery Cove, 818 W. Lancaster Blvd. There is no charge. SOURCE: - Daily News Police identify man slain in Lancaster LANCASTER - A man shot to death in his home in a slaying investigators say may have been linked to narcotics has been identified as James May, 28, coroner's officials said. May was found dead in his home early Friday morning by sheriff's deputies after receiving a 911 call from a neighbor. Homicide investigators say three males entered through the man's unlocked door just before 1 a.m. Friday, blindfolded a woman visitor who was also in the home and took May into another room where they shot him. SOURCE: - Daily News Hazardous waste roundup scheduled PALMDALE - Household hazardous waste can be dropped off Nov. 2 at two locations in the Antelope Valley. Waste such as used motor oil, cleaners with acids or lye lye, name commonly used for a strongly alkaline solution. It originally meant a solution of potassium carbonate (potash) prepared by leaching wood ashes with water, but now the name also means a solution of sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide. Lye is also used to refer to the undissolved solute. Common household lye is usually sodium hydroxide. Lye should be used with caution as it is caustic and poisonous., paint, car batteries and pesticides can be dropped off from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, 1011 Lockheed Way, Palmdale, or at Vasquez High School, 3620 Antelope Woods Road, Acton. Explosives, ammunition, radioactive materials or waste from businesses will not be accepted. Products should be left in their original labeled containers. For more information, call (800) 238-0172. SOURCE: - Daily News Sheriff's reserves seek to outfit site LANCASTER - The Antelope Valley Sheriff's Reserves' Search and Rescue Team is seeking donations of trailers, a generator, and supplies to equip a mobile emergency operations center. ``This is something that we would be able to set up in case of an emergency or power outage,'' said Sgt. Mike Becker. The team needs two small trailers, folding chairs, stand-up light, electrical extension cords, small generators, lights, maps and folding tables. ``The items don't have to be new,'' said Becker. ``We're just looking for items that people may have lying around their home that are still usable but are not using anymore and may want to donate. We'll paint them or fix them up.'' Anyone interested in donating items can call Becker or Reserve Capt. Les White at (805) 948-8466. SOURCE: - Daily News |
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