deletion of av news page just curious why the av news page is being deleted while its primary competitor antelope valley press is allowed to have its page here unmolested granted we have only been in business for six years but we are every bit as a legitimate news organization as av press and even more so than av town crier whose page is also allowed to be here i note here is the content the av news began as a weekly print newspaper with emphasis on local news located in lancaster california usa it was the second largest circulating newspaper in the area after it began publishing in in the av news added a website and in march much like the seatte post intelligencer the av news transitioned to a web only publication the av news covers the antelope valley area of los angeles county mainly the palmdale lancaster urbanized area a us census bureau defined term and areas of north los angeles and southeastern kern counties including acton agua dulce edwards afb lake los angeles mojave quartz hill rosamond and santa clarita the newspaper is conservative in its political stance it is currently the official news publication of the lancaster jethawks a minor league baseball team in lancaster history the av news was founded by fran paolinelli in she continues to work at the publication today it began as a weekly print publication before dropping its print version to become a web only publication at the paper conservative leaning holds strongly held views which can become controversial at times competitors in its market are the daily news antelope valley press and the los angeles times external links av news official website the format is the same as the av press there is less historical info that the av press because we have only been going for six years and they've been up for decades but still we are getting e mails from people who use wiki to find out about the lancaster palmdale area and are surprised to find out that there are more newspapers in the area than what they find listed i also point out that the city of lancaster is a major advertiser with us as is the local professional baseball team please info me as to what more i need to include so that our page will be left on site or restore the page