Author Archives: OW Staff Writer

Two social workers and two supervisors at the Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) were fired this week stemming from the May 24 death of 8-year-old Gabriel Fernandez by his mother and live-in boyfriend in Palmdale.

The Lancaster Museum of Art and History (MOAH) will host a public reception on Aug. 3 from 4-6 p.m., celebrating the opening of four new exhibits.

The Lancaster Children’s Academic and Recreation Enrichment Success (CARES) program has received additional grant funding, allowing it to open a site at Monte Vista Elementary School this upcoming school year.

Deputies in Lancaster arrested 12 people on allegations ranging from public drunkenness to robbery in an effort to reduce crime in and around shopping centers.

In an effort to improve the neighborhoods and city streets, the city of Lancaster conducts a variety of road construction projects which are expected to benefit citizens.

Lancaster’s 2013-2014 fiscal year budget contains a number of capital improvement projects, including an aggressive street maintenance program and multiple park infrastructure upgrades.

The annual, international broadcast, Global Leadership Summit (GLS) will be held on Aug. 8-9 this year. Churches around the world will host this simulcast, which features notable speakers from a wide variety of disciplines.

Twenty-four youth from the Watts community have prepared themselves to be a positive force in their community if disaster strikes. The youth, ages 13 to 19, were the first class to graduate from the Watts/South Los Angeles Teen Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training.