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12Events this week
4Free things to do
92New spots
92New stories

● Checked Sunday, September 20, before the 6 AM send.

This week in Palmdale

Five picks from this week's calendar. See all 12 events, day by day →

Monday Night Trivia

Monday 7pm · Santa Clarita Lanes

AVARC General Member Meeting

Thursday 7:30pm · VFW Post 3000

SCV Networking Meeting

Friday 8:30am · Southland Regional Association of REALTORS - Santa Clarita Valley Office · Free

Palmdale Friday Night Market

Friday 5pm · Sam Yellen Park

Drive By Cinema Album Release

Friday 6:30pm · Transplants Brewing Company

New in Palmdale

Places that opened, reopened, or earned a mention this month — the ones we'd go back to.

El Pollo Loco

Restaurants

Craving legit char? El Pollo Loco turns out citrus-marinated, fire-grilled chicken that actually tastes like it saw a real flame, with warm tortillas, fresh salsas, and crunchy tostadas to back it up.

restaurants.elpolloloco.com ↗

Designs by Dolores

Shopping

Blooms that speak up: Refresh your space this week with Designs by Dolores, which builds artful arrangements for every moment, from prom and quinceañeras to sympathy tributes and weddings.

designsbydolores.com ↗

Shears By Friends Beauty Salon

Beauty

One-stop glam spot: Since 2008, Shears By Friends Beauty Salon has been a solid Palmdale standby for everything in one chair, from haircuts and color touch-ups to extensions, eyelash services, waxing, makeup, bridal looks, skin care, and blowouts.

shearsbyfriends.com ↗

Palmdale’s best businesses

Every spot worth knowing, in one place.

The restaurants, shops, and services the newsletter recommends, all in one place — every listing checked, and paid pins marked every time.

Browse Palmdale’s best →

Most read in Palmdale

The five stories Palmdale readers clicked most this month, from the daily editions.

  1. Brewery Draconum Archives

    Two seafood restaurants and a brewery in the Santa Clarita Valley are set to close their doors later this month.

    Full story at hometownstation.com ↗

  2. Video shows pregnant clerk wrestling AC unit away from suspected shoplifter in Palmdale

    Video shows a four-month pregnant hardware store employee confronting a suspected shoplifter in Palmdale, California, who allegedly tried to run out of the Ace Hardware store with a 46-pound air-conditioning unit without paying.

    Full story at abc7.com ↗

  3. Palmdale Considers Design Contract for Chimbole Center Rebuild After 2022 Fire

    Palmdale city leaders are considering a $1.9 million engineering and design contract for the reconstruction of the Chimbole Cultural Center, which has remained closed since a fire in 2022.

    Full story at hoodline.com ↗

  4. Armed man holding ex-wife in a headlock shot by deputies in Lancaster, authorities say

    Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputies have shot a man in Lancaster, California, who was allegedly armed with a handgun and holding his ex-wife in a headlock.

    Full story at yahoo.com ↗

  5. Actor Christian Bale opens Together California, foster care village in Palmdale aimed at keeping siblings together

    Actor Christian Bale has opened Together California, a foster care village he helped create in Palmdale, California.

    Full story at abc7.com ↗

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