BRIEFLY; MINE EVENT, TOURS SET FOR SATURDAY.MOJAVE - Off-road vehicle off-road vehicle off n → véhicule m tout-terrain enthusiasts from all over Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, will gather Saturday at the Jawbone jaw·bone n. The maxilla or, especially, the mandible. Canyon Visitors Center to kick off the two-day Moose Anderson Days. The event will begin with a clean-up project at Sunset Mine to remove decades of debris. Box lunches will be provided. A barbecue dinner will precede a meeting of the Friends of Jawbone, the organization that supports the visitors center and bookstore operated by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. Four tours will be given Sunday, with a ``hard-core'' four-wheel drive trip starting at 8:30 a.m.; a motorcycle tour at 8:45 a.m.; a dual sport tour at 9 a.m.; and a four-wheel-drive tour at 9:15 a.m. The Visitors Center is on Highway 14 south of Red Rock Canyon There are more than 30 parks and canyons in the U.S. named Red Rock Canyon: Parks
For more information, call (760) 373-1165. - Daily News VOLUNTEERS SOUGHT AS DOG TRAINERS LANCASTER - In connection with today as International Guide Dog Day, Guide Dogs for the Blind This article is about the guide dog school in the United States. For the British charitable organization, see The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association. Guide Dogs for the Blind is recruiting adults and youths to raise puppies for training as guide dogs. Volunteers are needed to teach puppies obedience, house training and social skills by providing home care and direction. The commitment lasts for about 12 months, then the pup is returned to one of two Guide Dog campuses in California and Oregon for training in guide work. For more information, contact the organization at (800) 295-4050. Its Web site is www.guidedogs.com. - Daily News ROTARY AUCTION TO HELP CHARITIES LANCASTER - A six-carat diamond bracelet, a trip on a 47-foot yacht, and vacations in Aspen and Hawaii are among the items to be sold Saturday at the Lancaster West Rotary Club's annual auction. The ``Dinosaurs of the West'' auction - named for the club's sponsorship of the ``Dinosaurs of the Desert'' exhibit at the Lancaster Museum/Art Gallery, will begin at 5:30 p.m. Saturday 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 Inn, 44055 Sierra Highway Sierra Highway is a road in Southern California, United States. It runs from Tunnel Station near the north limit of the City of Los Angeles, where it intersects with San Fernando Road and Foothill Boulevard, as well as Interstate 5, and continues north to Mojave, mostly paralleling . Tickets, which include dinner, are $75 a couple, and are available by calling Mark Hemstreet at the Antelope Valley Inn at (661) 948-4651 Proceeds of the auction will go to help Antelope Valley charities. The club provides more than $160,000 a year to dozens of local charities, leaders said. - Daily News TEENS ARRESTED AFTER STORE HEIST LANCASTER - Two teen-agers were in custody following a shoplifting-turned-robbery Tuesday afternoon at a Lancaster discount store, deputies said. Ibarra Patricio, 18, of Mojave and Matthew Quinton, 19, of Rosamond were arrested on suspicion of robbery after deputies say the pair grabbed several canvas money bags and, when confronted by a store clerk, tried to stab him with a screwdriver screwdriver, n See instrument, screwdriver. . The suspects fled the Less Than a Dollar store in the 1000 block of West Avenue I in a mid-'80s model Corvette corvette, small warship, classed between a frigate and a sloop-of-war. Corvettes usually were flush-decked and carried fewer than 28 guns. They were widely employed in escorting convoys and attacking merchant ships during the great naval wars of the late 18th and , which was later spotted in the 45400 block of Cedar Avenue, deputies said. The two were found at a friend's house near where the car was parked and both were arrested. About $600 was recovered near the scene and an additional $600 was found in Quinton's possession but investigators are unsure whether the cash was part of the stolen money. The two were being held at Lancaster sheriff's station jail on suspicion of robbery in lieu of $50,000 bail each. - Daily News |
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