Cops Shut Down Rave Parties in Antelope Valley

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“Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies shut down two high desert rave parties advertised on social media and arrested three people last week hoping to send a stern message to party-goers about the potential risks of the dangerous parties.
Rave parties, festivals featuring performances by DJs and electronic dance music, have been fatal and often include drugs such as Ecstasy and alcohol, according to a sheriff’s department statement.” (via NBC Los Angeles)

Cops Shut Down Rave Parties in Antelope Valley

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“Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies shut down two high desert rave parties advertised on social media and arrested three people last week hoping to send a stern message to party-goers about the potential risks of the dangerous parties.
Rave parties, festivals featuring performances by DJs and electronic dance music, have been fatal and often include drugs such as Ecstasy and alcohol, according to a sheriff’s department statement.
“Violent attacks, rapes, overdoses and serious crimes often occur,” officials said in a press release”. (via NBC Los Angeles)

Is the World’s Biggest PV Project About to Get Stopped Cold?

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“First Solar is scheduled to begin construction on AV Solar Ranch One, the world’s biggest solar photovoltaic project, on July 5 in Antelope Valley. But Development Director Jack Pigott has just begun facing off with residents of Fairmont, the nearby community.

Fairmont’s people are adamant about on-the-ground issues, like fences that will surround the 230-megawatt installation, the effect of fenced-off desert on hiking, horseback riding and other recreation, the impact of dust coming off the cleared and leveled land, and of wildlife displaced to their yards in the process.

They are even more concerned with how much water Solar Ranch One will require, who will administer desert lands purchased by First Solar to mitigate the project’s impacts, who will get the jobs at Solar Ranch One, and what public benefits First Solar will offer Fairmont in return for permanently altering the community.
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Witness has second triangle encounter over Antelope Valley

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A California witness had a second encounter with a triangle-shaped UFO over Antelope Valley after observing a low-flying and silent object move overhead on April 12, 2011, according to testimony from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.

The witness also recounts an incident four years ago in the same area where a triangle object was observed “just a few yards off of the 14 freeway, maybe 100 to 150 feet in the air.”

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Antelope Valley : Hospital Up Against Wall in Contract Controversy

LANCASTER — About 20 Lancaster Community Hospital workers, frustrated over stalled contract talks, built a “Berlin Wall” of cardboard boxes and picketed outside the institution Thursday afternoon.

The demonstration was the second in three months by representatives of the Hospital & Service Employees International Union. The group has alleged that the 132-bed hospital is sending profits back to its German-owned parent corporation while refusing to increase wages for local employees.

“We’re building the ‘Berlin Wall’ to represent the oppression and repression we’re forced to work under here,” said Jay Corcoran, an operating room technician and member of the negotiating committee.

But hospital officials said the wall was merely a publicity stunt aimed at harassing and embarrassing the firm that owns the hospital. Steven Schmidt, chief executive officer at the hospital, said the contract talks are stalled because the union insists that the hospital require all eligible employees to join. (via Los Angeles Times)