LOS ANGELES, Calif.—A 2,093-acre solar power project in the Antelope Valley was unanimously approved by the Board of Supervisors today, despite objections from defense contractor Northrop Grumman.

The project, dubbed AV Solar Ranch One will create “400 jobs over the next three years” and “over $50 million in local taxes,” said Frank De Rosa, senior vice president of North American project development for First Solar Inc., which will build it.

PALMDALE, Calif. -- The Palmdale Playhouse is thinking outside of the box this coming season with a highly unusual production for the Antelope Valley called “The African Company Presents Richard III.” Directed by Anastacia Baron. The production is scheduled to debut on Jan. 28, 29, and 30 and will continue through the first week of February.

Based on the historical past of freed American Blacks in the 1800s, the play depicts a Black theater company in New York working to throw on their rendition of a classic Shakespearean play, “Richard III.”