ANTELOPE VALLEY: BRIEFLY : HOUSE FIRES LINKED TO PAIR OF TRANSIENTS.LANCASTER - Firefighters suspect two transients of starting four fires Four Fires is a novel written by Bryce Courtenay. It tells the story of the Maloney family, living in country Victoria in the 1940's. It is based on a Victorian town called Yankalillee, which is in the Wangaratta - Wodonga Area. over a two-day period at a Lancaster home, fire officials said. Fire officials believe the transients used trash to start the fires but have no idea why they were targeting the house, in the 45200 block of Kingtree Avenue. The same men are suspected of setting a tree on fire near a McDonald's restaurant a short distance away on Avenue I. ``They're just playing games,'' said fire Capt. Mark Bennett. ``You can tell (the fires) were deliberately started.'' Fire officials said they filled the vacant home with four inches of fire-suppressant foam Friday afternoon after the fourth fire. The foam will prevent any new fires from starting, and also will stick to anybody who goes inside. SOURCE: Daily News Grants announced for seven schools PALMDALE - The Palmdale Education Foundation is awarding grants totaling $5,000 to seven schools in the Palmdale School District The Palmdale School District is a school district that serves a major part of the city of Palmdale, California (USA). The Palmdale School District was first formed in 1888. Approximately 28,000 students are enrolled in the Palmdale School District. . The grants address a wide range of requests, including CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). multimedia library materials, art history and music appreciation materials, musical instruments, books for a specialized spe·cial·ize v. spe·cial·ized, spe·cial·iz·ing, spe·cial·iz·es v.intr. 1. To pursue a special activity, occupation, or field of study. 2. reading program, a printer and stage curtains. Since January, the foundation has distributed $8,000 in grant funds to the school district. For more information on the foundation, call Diana Beard-Williams at (805) 947-7191, Ext. 287. SOURCE: Daily News Escape conviction brings `third strike' NORWALK - A convicted burglar BURGLAR. One who commits a burglary. (q. v.) who escaped from a jail bus at the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley courthouse and was captured 11 days later was convicted Thursday of a felony felony (fĕl`ənē), any grave crime, in contrast to a misdemeanor, that is so declared in statute or was so considered in common law. charge of escape. The conviction by a Norwalk Superior Court jury represented the ``third strike'' against Steven Dobbins, 26, who now faces a sentence of 25 years to life in prison. Dobbins has a prior conviction for burglary in 1993 and five burglary convictions in 1995. Dobbins' father, 51-year-old Rex Wayne Dobbins, was sentenced in March to 10 months in jail for helping his son escape Jan. 26. Authorities say the elder Dobbins left a car with keys in it near the courthouse for his son, who freed himself from the chains connecting him to other prisoners in a Sheriff's Department bus. SOURCE: Daily News |
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