Sandra Faber is University Professor of Astronomy at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Neighboring Lancaster has increased its population since the early 1980s to around 3 times its former level. Major retail has followed the population influx, centered around Palmdale's Antelope Valley Mall. The Antelope Valley is home to over 475,000, and is expected to reach 1,000,000 people by the year 2020.
Monday, January 4, 2016. John Rossfeld was named the new chief executive of Antelope Valley Hospital in Lancaster on Monday. Rossfeld has served as chief executive of several other hospitals, including San Dimas Community Hospital, Sherman Oaks Hospital, Encino Hospital and Memorial Hospital at Craig in Colorado, where he held his most recent position.