MOJAVE — The Mojave Air and Space Port is renowned as a site for civilian flight tests, the counterpart to the military testing of its neighbor Edward Air Force Base. Firms such as Scaled Composites have flown innovative aircraft, and the National Test Pilot School is the world’s only civilian school training test pilots.

PALMDALE — The long-delayed Ritter Ranch project took its first steps toward fruition, on Thursday, when the Palmdale Planning Commission approved tract maps, development plans and a Conditional Use Permit for the housing development’s initial phase of 553 homes.

PALMDALE — The Planning Commission unanimously gave approval for a concrete plant to be established in a former quarry in the area of Avenue T and State Route 138.

LANCASTER – After two years of cancellations, the California Poppy Festival will return to the Antelope Valley Friday, April 22 through Sunday, April 24, the city of Lancaster announced Monday.

A sixth B-21 Raider bomber is under production at Northrop Grumman’s Palmdale facility, and for some systems has already begun, an Air Force official announced, last week.

LANCASTER – The city of Lancaster was awarded $24.6 million from the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC) program via the California Strategic Growth Council to support housing and infrastructure improvements in the downtown area.

LANCASTER – Various officials from public, private and philanthropic organizations on Thursday attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Antelope Valley Community Family Resource Center (AV CFRC), a new regional service hub located at 44226 10th Street West in Lancaster.

PALMDALE – Antelope Valley-East Kern Water Agency (AVEK) was notified by the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) on Jan. 20 that their 2022 State Water Project (SWP) Table A Allocation would increase from 0% to 15%, the agency announced Wednesday.

Land banking and option agreements for lot control among builders isn't new but residential real estate giants are increasingly employing those strategies to de-risk their balance sheets as the housing market remains on fire.

PALMDALE — Plans for a proposed 1.05-million-square-foot warehouse at the southeast corner of Columbia Way (Avenue M) and 10th Street West were approved, during a site plan review hearing, on Thursday.

In a time of economic turmoil and uncertainty, Palmdale, situated in northern Los Angeles County in the heart of the Antelope Valley region, is a city poised for growth with a key asset that is often scarce in population dense regions.

The Maryland Heights-based hotel development, investment, construction and management company has opened its first hotel in the Los Angeles market, a $25 million, four-story property.

LANCASTER — The Lancaster Housing Authority approved the purchase of property at Avenue K-8 and Gadsden Avenue for the future Parkway Village, a high-density mixed-use housing neighborhood.

PALMDALE – The city of Palmdale was named the Most Business Friendly City with a population greater than 60,000 at the 26th annual Eddy Awards hosted by the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC) at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles this week.

LaTerra Development, a Los Angeles-based developer of urban infill mixed-use properties, has acquired a fully-entitled 20-acre site in west Palmdale, CA, and will develop 344 market-rate apartments, the first new apartment development in the job rich area in 31 years. The Landing, as the LaTerra project is called, is located at the northwest corner of Rancho Vista Boulevard and 15th Street West directly across from the Antelope Valley Mall, a 1.5-million-square-foot enclosed regional shopping center.

PALMDALE – The city of Palmdale was named the 24th safest city in California with populations over 100,000 in a recent report by Safewise.com, an online resource that offers safety solutions, information, and recommendations.

PALMDALE – The cities of Lancaster and Palmdale are ranked among the top 20 cities for millennial homeownership, according to a report released by SmartAsset.

The population of the Antelope Valley (centered in the cities of Lancaster and Palmdale) grew 10 percent, adding 25,922 residents, with most of the growth in the cities of Lancaster and Palmdale.