TREE PRESERVATION: The Lancaster City Council will...

TREE PRESERVATION: The Lancaster City Council will discuss a proposed ordinance Monday to preserve Joshua trees, the oddly shaped trees often regarded as symbols of the high desert.

REMORSEFUL ROBBER: A trial is scheduled to begin Friday in San Fernando Superior Court for Ronald Sykes, dubbed the “remorseful robber” by police. Authorities say Sykes returned valuables to some of his robbery victims after they pleaded with him.