PARALLAX

The morning after: “I wanted to grow old with him”

mayasugarman — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:30:13 +0000

On Wednesday night, Feb. 1, 2012, Donald Handy was shot and killed by Sheriff’s deputies in his East Lancaster home on the 44900 block of Spearman Avenue, after officers entered the residence with a search warrant. TOP: Handy’s wife Phyllis Pearson sits in the bedroom on Thursday morning where her husband died hours before. “What do I do now?” Pearson asked. BOTTOM: Pearson holds a photograph of her husband, Donald Handy.

Stabbing in Downtown Lancaster

mayasugarman — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:30:55 +0000

A man was taken to the hospital after suffering knife wounds during an altercation on Elm Avenue south of Lancaster Boulevard at 11 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012.

A goalkeeper’s frustration

mayasugarman — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:52:21 +0000

Antelope Valley’s goalkeeper reacts after giving up the first of three Palmdale goals within 10 minutes during a loss to the Falcons on Friday, Feb. 2, 2012.

High school basketball on the Air Force Base

mayasugarman — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:33:52 +0000

Tear-sheets since starting at the Valley Press

mayasugarman — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:59:01 +0000

Here are a few tear-sheets since I started working at the Valley Press in October. Friday after the next will be four months here so far!

Finding moments in wrestling

mayasugarman — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 05:15:55 +0000

After stand-off, man decides not to jump off freeway

mayasugarman — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 05:12:23 +0000

A man contemplating suicide was in a stand-off with Sheriff’s deputies for several hours, as he sat on the edge of the northbound 14 Freeway over Lancaster Boulevard on Friday, Jan. 20, 2012. The man later surrendered to deputies, who took him into custody.

Deputy injured in head-on collision

mayasugarman — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 05:08:17 +0000

Roads were shut down for several hours on Tuesday after an unmarked detective’s vehicle heading Eastbound on Avenue I struck a westbound car making a left turn onto 23rd Street West at approximately 11:30 a.m. The Sheriff’s deputy, who suffered lacerations on his head and right hand after being thrown into the vehicle’s windshield, was taken to a nearby hospital.

Santa Fe Gun Galeria

mayasugarman — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 04:22:33 +0000

The store manager of the family-owned Santa Fe Gun Galeria on Sierra Highway in Palmdale performs gun cleanings on Wednesday morning, Jan. 18, 2012.

High school basketball showdowns

mayasugarman — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 03:55:55 +0000

TOP/MIDDLE RIGHT: Desert celebrated a 62-46 defeat of Rosamond in a High Desert League showdown on Friday, Jan. 13, 2012. MIDDLE LEFT: Bethel Christian fell to Riverside Prep, 63-24 on Tuesday evening, Jan. 10, 2012. BOTTOM: The two undefeated teams left in the Golden League faced off on Tuesday, with Antelope Valley celebrating a victory against the Bulldogs at Highland High School on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012.