Congratulations, Natalia Jackson!

Natalia, a sixth grader at Irwin Academy School of Performing Arts, won our Annual Civil Rights Memorial Essay Contest!

We hope you’ll join us at City Hall on Jan. 16 at our Civil Rights Memorial as we unveil a bronze plaque honoring the subject of Natalia’s winning essay, author, poet, and equality rights activist, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper.

More details about this event will be shared in the coming weeks.

To read Natalia's full essay and learn more about our Civil Rights Memorial, visit VictorvilleCA.gov/civilrightsmemorial.

Interim Victorville Fire Chief

Earlier this week, we announced that William "Willie" Racowschi, a 35-year veteran of the fire service and retired Torrance Fire Chief, will serve as Interim Victorville Fire Chief effective Dec. 31.  Racowschi will serve as interim chief while we conduct a nationwide recruitment for our fire chief. 

Racowschi has proven skills in emergency management, safety, tactical response, technical rescue, communication, administrative management, recruitment, and training.  

Racowschi will assume command from Brian Fallon who accepted the fire chief position with a small fire department on the Central Coast, a location where he and his family have always hoped to relocate. 

Please join us as we welcome Chief Racowschi to Victorville.  We wish Chief Fallon the best of luck in his new life endeavor.  

City Hall will be closed for the holidays beginning Dec. 23 with normal business operations resuming on Jan. 4. 

Remote customer service will be available online and via phone on Jan. 3. To reach customer service, call (760) 955-5001.

For time-sensitive matters during our holiday closure, please refer to our after-hours phone numbers at vv.city/ReportaProblem.

Happy Holidays to you and yours from everyone at the City of Victorville!

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Festival of Lights and Tree Lighting at City Hall on Dec. 3!

Our new tree is quite spectacular, don’t you think?

In case you missed it, the lights will continue to shine each night through Jan. 3! Stop by City Hall and check it out.

Curbside Christmas Tree Pickup

Wondering what to do with your old Christmas tree? Victorville residents of single-family homes with curbside trash service can take advantage of our Curbside Christmas Tree Pickup Service, Jan. 2-13. Remove all decorations and place your tree curbside on your normal pickup day.  Cut the tree in half if it's eight feet in length or longer.

Flocked and artificial trees must be cut down to fit in carts or scheduled as a bulky item pickup through Victorville Disposal (760) 245-8607.

Learn more about this curbside service and additional disposal options such as FREE bulky item pick up and drop off at vv.city/christmastreepickup. Help us Keep Victorville Clean and DumpItRightVV!

Community Cleanup Day

We would like to give a huge Thank You to the fantastic volunteers & sponsors who helped make our Community Cleanup Day in October a great success.

625 volunteers braved the cold and worked together to collect 1,560 bags of litter around Victorville.

With the help of our sponsors, we were able to provide supplies to our volunteers. Thank you Walmart, Excel Scientific, Mojave River Watershed Group, ICR Staffing Services, Sunland Ford, Les Schwab Tires, Christian Covenant Church, US Air Force JROTC, and High Desert Association of Realtors.

For more information on volunteering or sponsoring a future Community Cleanup Day, visit VictorvilleCA.gov/CCU.

Join Our Team!

We’re hiring at the City of Victorville!  We’re seeking talented individuals to fill open positions in several departments and divisions, including public works, human resources, planning, fire, and more.  

To learn more and to apply, visit VictorvilleCA.gov/jobs.