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Adelanto

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Humidity: 40 %
Wind Speed: 4 mph NNW
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Dew Point: 23 °F
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• Airport authority, local cities to examine Victorvillea s new commission
  

  VICTORVILLE The Victor Valley Economic Development Authority has called a meeting of its own - scheduled three hours before the city's special meeting on its new airport commission - to discuss how the ...

• Trustee gains extension with second seat
  

  ADELANTO The election ended nearly four weeks ago, but the Adelanto School District is still short one board member, while Trustee Holly Eckes secured a second seat before her current term was up.

• No change in local management, after Downey, PFF fail
  

  Customers won't see a change in staff or services at any of the eight local branches of Downey Savings and PFF Bank & Trust, though both banks were recently acquired by U.S. Bank.

• Lodi hires deputy city manager
  

  Lodi City Manager Blair King tapped a veteran local government administrator Tuesday as his second-in-command. Jordan Ayers, a deputy director for Sacramento County's General Services Department, has accepted ...

• Tully seventh in Barona debut
  

  Brian Tully made his Barona Speedway racing debut November 8 and finished seventh in the Hobby Stocks main event.

• Private sector declines, but government continues to spend
  

  At a time when stores like Mervyns and Circuit City are closing hundreds of locations, and thousands of private sector jobs are being cut, government jobs and salaries are remaining safe.

• Mitzelfelt's PAC gives to local candidates
  

  Political action committees are formed to raise and spend money on candidates. They often are created to advance a political agenda or further the interests of businesses or industries.

• Adelanto teacher gives birth inside car
  

  ADELANTO Doctors may give parents-to-be a due date, but many know that the baby comes when the baby is ready.

• Crime and Public Safety, November 12
  

  ADELANTO Police arrest driver in pair of crashes Deputies arrested a Fontana man Saturday they say was involved in a hit-and-run followed by another serious traffic collision.

• Gang members among five arrested in drug raid
  

  VICTORVILLE Anti-gang detectives and deputies arrested five people, including two gang members, in a drug-sales raid only blocks away from two schools, officials said Thursday.

• NAACP balks at Weaver firing
  

  VICTORVILLE Local black leaders are questioning the sudden firing of Victor Valley Union High School District Superintendent Julian Weaver , and some 20 area ministers are expected to bring up the dismissal ...

• Eviction deputy goes it alone in High Desert
  

  Evicting someone from a home is never a compassionate process, so Stan Bennett makes up for it with courtesy and kind words before going about his business.

• Around the County
  

  A 17-year-old Adelanto student who was attacked and robbed of his iPod by a bat-wielding teen was sent to an area trauma center with major injuries, officials said.

• Adelanto AMVETS post open again
  

  ADELANTO Two years after it burned down, the Adelanto post of American Veterans is open for business again - in a new and improved building.

• Rape trial goes to jury
  

  VICTORVILLE The trial of a 53-year-old Adelanto man charged with drugging and raping a 15-year-old girl went to a jury Thursday.

• 211 calls reflect economic uncertainty
  

  VICTORVILLE The United Way 211 help line has seen a significant increase in call volume, with Victor Valley requests focusing on help with utility bills or rent - an indicator of how the economy is affecting ...

• Nearly $1 billion in education bonds on ballot
  

  Local voters who hit the polls Election Day will decide whether four education bonds promising to build new schools and upgrade facilities are worth a 20- to 40-year tax hike.

• Candidates divided over new high school
  

  ADELANTO The city will get its first high school in about three years, but school board candidates are divided over whether the new school should be incorporated into the Adelanto School District.

• Juvenile attacked with baseball bat for iPod
  

  ADELANTO A 17-year-old Adelanto student was attacked with a baseball bat and his iPod was stolen, officials said Friday.

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City Description

Adelanto is a city in San Bernardino County, California about 9 miles northwest of Victorville. The population was 18,130 at the 2000 census. The name Adelanto means progress or advance in Spanish, and was first given to the post office that was established on the site in 1917. Adelanto is located in the Mojave Desert at 34°34′34″N 117°25′58″W / 34.57611, -117.43278 (34.575990, -117.432713). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 138.7 km² (53.5 mi²). 138.6 km² (53.5 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it (0.04%) is water. Approximate elevation: 2900 ft. As of the 2000 census, there were 18,130 people, 4,714 households, and 3,841 families residing in the city. The population density was 130.8/km² (338.7/mi²). There were 5,547 housing units at an average density of 40.0/km² (103.6/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 50.45% White, 13.11% African American, 1.61% Native American, 1.60% Asian, 0.18% Pacific Islander, 26.58% from other races, and 6.47% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 45.77% of the population. There were 4,714 households out of which 56.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them,

City Contained By:

• San Bernardino County
• California
• Mojave Desert

City Contains:

• Adelanto Branch Library
• Maverick Baseball Stadium
• Columbia Middle School

Timezones:

• Pacific Time Zone

Size:

• 138.667963427 km squared

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