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🌱 Have you seen this vulnerable 27-year-old missing from Victorville?

Morning Victorville! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Have you seen this vulnerable 27-year-old missing from Victorville?
  • What Victorville readers should know before the Circle Drive library closes
  • How a county task force is cracking down on Victorville holiday theft

Also on today's calendar: Lakeview Leadership Academy Spartans vs Victor Valley Christian Royals and 2 more events.

📸 Have a great pic of holiday decorations from around Victorville? Post it to Victorville photos of the day! ☃️ 🟢-🟠-🟣-🔴-🟡-🔵 ☃️

Today's riddle: The doctor told me to drink carrot juice after a hot bath. - Did it help? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Strong winds; partly sunny, with a high of 74 and low of 37 degrees.
  • Thursday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 71, low: 42.
  • Friday: Sunny to partly cloudy, with a high of 80 and low of 52 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Partially Blind, Cognitively Impaired Man, 27, Missing from Victorville (vvng.com) — Authorities are urgently asking Victorville residents to help find 27-year-old Dakari Evans, a dependent adult who is partially blind and cognitively impaired, last seen Sunday evening walking away from his Highgate Avenue home. He’s unfamiliar with the area, and residents are urged to call Victorville Police or Sheriff’s Dispatch immediately with any sightings or information.
   

2. Decades-old Victorville City Library ready to start new chapter uptown (vvdailypress.com) — Victorville’s longtime Circle Drive library will permanently close on Dec. 21 as staff and books move to a much larger new Victorville City Library on Green Tree Boulevard. The new space, built at the city-owned golf course, will offer expanded children’s areas, teen space, meeting rooms, and a makers room, with a community celebration planned in the new year.
   

3. San Bernardino County retail theft task force nets123 arrests in 2 weeks (vvdailypress.com) — Victorville shoppers are seeing stepped-up law enforcement as a countywide retail theft task force targets local shopping districts, including Victorville, during the holiday season. In just two weeks, deputies made 123 arrests and recovered more than $67,000 in stolen merchandise while conducting hundreds of traffic stops and pedestrian checks to deter organized theft crews.
   

4. San Jose California Temple renamed the Sunnyvale California Temple (thechurchnews.com) — Local Latter-day Saints may be interested that a new Victorville mission is planned as part of a broader Church expansion in California. The Church also renamed its planned San Jose temple to the Sunnyvale California Temple, while continuing to build and renovate several other temples statewide, reflecting ongoing growth of its nearly 730,000 California members.
   

5. Person found dead following intense house fire in Lucerne Valley (vvdailypress.com) — Victorville-area residents may notice increased emergency activity after a deadly house fire in nearby Lucerne Valley, where firefighters found an adult victim inside a burned home on Northside Road. County fire crews, assisted by Apple Valley firefighters and a bomb squad, contained the intense blaze, and investigators are asking anyone with information to contact the Victor Valley Sheriff’s Station.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • This is Pasiley , I need a new home for her.
    She will be 13 in March, she is loving & loves people. I’m am forced to find her a new home due to the face my friend died 11/29 & her home burned… (Nextdoor Cypress Ave)
  • found this cutie here at cypress pointe on desert star st!
    i’m heading to work so im not able to stay but he’s just roaming around on this street. please if he’s yours or you know who he belongs to, come get… (Nextdoor Cypress Pointe)
  • O'Reilly Auto Parts posted a job opening for Merchandiser/Stocker - Hub in Victorville. Apply here.
  • Superior Grocers posted a job opening for Grocery Night Crew Clerk in Victorville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Victorville here.

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-- The Patch AM Team

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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Victorville

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.

Stay in the loop with what's happening in Victorville

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.