Stanley O. Williford  |   OW Editor
Dec 9 2010

Young actress in playhouse production

In “A Christmas Story,” now playing at the Palmdale Playhouse, she’s Helen Weathers, the little girl reading the very long book report in class. But in real life she’s 10-year-old Chelsea Blount, fifth-grader at Esperanza Elementary School and aspiring singer.

Dec 9 2010

Studies show you’re not alone

It wasn’t that long ago that a summer job could pay for next year’s college tuition. Now, by working a summer job while you’re in college, you might be able to cover a few credits and a couple months’ rent.

Brittney M. Walker  |   OW Staff Writer
Dec 9 2010

One role still open

PALMDALE, Calif.—The Palmdale Playhouse is putting on a very unusual production this coming season called “The African Company Presents Richard III.” The nearly all-Black cast script is based on true events about America’s first all Black theater company in New York, circa 1821.

Dec 9 2010

Linked through DNA

COMPTON, Calif.—A Palmdale man linked through a DNA database to the rape of a woman in Compton pleaded not guilty to charges that could land him in prison for life.

Paul Lorenzo Madry, 22, is accused of attacking the woman on Nov. 25, 2008, as she walked between the Compton courthouse and a parking structure.

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