Father delivers baby inside family car
Fire dispatcher helps via cellphone
LAKE LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Noah couldn’t wait to make his grand entrance at a hospital, like most babies. His father delivered him inside the family car en route to Antelope Valley Hospital, a Los Angeles County sheriff’s lieutenant said.
Deputies responded to 15th Street and Avenue M, in Lake Los Angeles about 11 p.m. Sunday to assist Los Angeles County firefighters after Noah’s father delivered the boy, Lt. Richard Daniels of the sheriff’s Lancaster Station said.
A Los Angeles County Fire Department dispatcher acted as the father’s coach via cellphone, said Dispatch Supervisor Robert Diaz.
“We keep proceeding with our steps,” Diaz said. “Our instructions help get them through it.”
Noah was the couple’s third baby.
"Usually the more children they have, the quicker the birthing process,” Diaz said.
There were no cheers or “high fives” in the dispatch center after Noah was delivered, the supervisor said. The dispatcher who coached the father went right back to work.
LANCASTER, Calif. — A registered sex offender accused of using a cellphone camera to capture video up hundreds of women’s skirts in Lancaster and elsewhere in Los Angeles County was in custody and facing prosecution, authorities said.
Students to senior citizens are eligible to be volunteer docents at the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve.
Docent opportunities include staffing the visitor center and gift shop, walking the trails, leading tours, and other activities from March through May.
A docent is a volunteer that has attended training for their position. No previous experience or prior knowledge of the habitat or history is required.
LOS ANGELES, Calif. — The Southland again will bake in dry heat today, creating what the National Weather Service (NWS) called an “elevated fire danger” falling short of red flag conditions.
“A strong upper-level high-pressure system in combination with weak onshore flow near the surface brought record-breaking triple-digit heat to portions of the valleys and foothills on Sunday,” noted an NWS advisory.
A milestone in the construction of a community cancer clinic brought a giant leap in treatment options to residents of the Antelope Valley who are battling cancer. City of Hope, Antelope Valley Hospital, and G. L. Bruno Associates Inc. recently celebrated the completion of the internal structure of City of Hope | Antelope Valley with a “topping off” ceremony.
The city of Lancaster has invited all members of the public to attend a workshop on May 18, to discuss a zoning code update for the areas located to the east and to the south of the Metrolink Station. The changes to city zoning ordinances are aimed at expanding the Downtown Lancaster Transit Village District around the Metrolink Station near Lancaster Blvd., while creating a more business friendly climate in the area.
