Desert Reckoning - A Town Sheriff, a Mojave Hermit, and the Biggest Manhunt in Modern California HistoryNorth of Los Angeles the studios, the beaches, Rodeo Drive lies a sparsely populated region that comprises fully one half of Los Angeles County. Sprawling across 2200 miles, this shadow side of Los Angeles is in the high Mojave Desert. Known as the Antelope Valley, it's a terrain of savage dignity, a vast amphitheatre of startling wonders that put on a show as the megalopolis burrows northward into the region's last frontier. Ranchers, cowboys,