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Former AV Doctor Pleads Guilty To Drug Distribution For Issuing Prescriptions During Telehealth Sessions

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A former Antelope Valley physician pleaded guilty Monday to federal narcotics charges for illegally dispensing prescriptions for often-abused controlled substances – including opioid-based medications – during telemedicine sessions with “patients” from across the United States. Raphael Tomas Malikian, 39, who resides in Llano and Palmdale, pleaded guilty to one count of aiding and abetting the acquisition of a controlled substance ...

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Have “A Barn Good Time” At The Antelope Valley Fair & Alfalfa Festival

Organizes of the 2023 Antelope Valley Fair & Alfalfa Festival have announced some of their headliners for the festival this summer at the Auto Grandstand Arena. Organizers of the Antelope Valley Fair & Alfalfa Festival have announced two of the four Palmdale Auto Mall Grandstand Arena concert headliners for the 2023 AV Fair & Alfalfa Fair.  “There is a certain ...

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Antelope Valley Fair Date Announced For Summer Of 2022

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This year’s dates for the Antelope Valley Fair and Alfalfa Festival were announced, with the events having been canceled over the previous two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “The last two years have certainly been a roller coaster ride,” said Antelope Valley Fair and Event Center Board of Directors President, Drew Mercy. “Being forced to cancel the annual Fair ...

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Wilk Commemorates Women’s History Month With Community Leaders In Santa Clarita

On Monday, State Senator Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita, commemorated Women’s History Month by giving the Small Business of the Month award to SchlickArt Photography and Video, a woman-owned business. In honor of Women’s History Month, Senator Wilk awarded woman-owned business SchlickArt Photography and Video with the 21st Senate District’s Small Business of the Month. “Women’s History Month is a great ...

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Scott Wilk Expresses Outrage Over Placement Of Convicted Sexual Predator In Antelope Valley

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In a press release Friday, Senator Scott Wilk (R-Santa Clarita) expressed his appallment over the court ordered placement of  a sexually violent predator in the Antelope Valley.  “Today’s ruling is appalling and a slap in the face to the hard-working families living in the Antelope Valley who shared their concerns with the court,” said Wilk in the release.  “This is ...

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Garcia Condemns Proposed Placement Of Sexually Violent Predator In Lancaster 

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Mike Garcia, R-Santa Clarita, has been one of many leaders to speak out against the Orange County Superior Court’s consideration of the potential placement of a Sexually Violent Predator, Lawtis Donald Rhoden in Lancaster.  Rhoden has a history of committing sexually violent crimes against women and girls over the past 50 years, according to a statement from Garcia’s office. “The ...

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Wilk Denounces Placement Of Convicted Sexual Predator In Antelope Valley

On Tuesday, California State Senator Scott Wilk, R- Santa Clarita, released a statement condemning the recent placement of convicted sexual predator Calvin Grassmier in the Antelope Valley community of Littlerock. This week, a statement condemning the state of California’s placement of convicted sexual predator Grassmier into the Antelope Valley was released by Senator Wilk. “Residents of the Antelope Valley said ...

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Local Officials React To Violent Sexual Predator Placed In Antelope Valley Community

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Several Santa Clarita representatives issued statements Wednesday in response to a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge approving the relocation of a violent sexual predator to Littlerock in the Antelope Valley. 66-year-old Calvin Grassmier was sentenced in 1989 to a 15-year state prison term for sexual assaults in the 1970s and 1980s, the last of which occurred in 1988 and ...

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Garcia To Host Series Of Town Hall Events

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Congressman Mike Garcia R-Santa Clarita, announced Friday that he is set to host a series of town hall events open to constituents and media  in September.  The events aim to provide a forum for open discussion and questions among residents and representatives, as well as provide updates from Garcia about his work in Washington D.C.  “I am looking forward to ...

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Garcia Speaks With Fox News About Defunding Police, Illegal Marijuana Grows Near Santa Clarita 

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Congressman Mike Garcia, R-Santa Clarita, appeared on Fox News to discuss defunding the police, open border policies and illegal marijuana grows in the Antelope Valley. Garcia spoke to Fox News Thursday about the illegal marijuana grow bust in which he participated in the Antelope Valley and touched on defunding the police and U.S. border policies. “We fought back in a ...

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