Ambrozic: Race is ‘not over’
Health care expert and consumer advocate Michelle Ambrozic on Wednesday said she wouldn’t concede defeat in the 33rd Assembly District race until thousands of uncounted ballots had been tallied up....
View ArticleBarstow CHP sweeps local shooting competition
BARSTOW • Local law enforcement agencies participated in the second annual Local Law Enforcement Shooting Competition last week. The competition was held at the Barstow Police Department Weapons Range...
View Article52 BHS seniors receive over $70,000 in scholarships
BARSTOW • The end of the school year is Robbie Willetts’ favorite time of the year. Willetts said it’s her favorite time of the year because she is assisting Barstow High School seniors fulfill their...
View ArticleBarstow clinic set for August opening
BARSTOW • Barstow Community Hospital’s management company is expected to open a 4,200-square-foot clinic across the street from the hospital in August. The clinic, Barstow Health Partners, would...
View ArticleBarstow woman recalls husband ‘always in the thick of things’
BARSTOW • Petra Casas knows the significance of June 6 well. Seventy years ago, her now-late husband Ralph Casas parachuted behind enemy lines during the 1944 Normandy Invasion. Friday marks the 70th...
View ArticleAmbrozic concedes defeat to Obernolte
It appears Big Bear Lake Mayor Jay Obernolte will be the GOP choice for the 33rd Assembly District. After some 32,000 extra ballots countywide were tabulated Thursday — nearly 8,000 in this Assembly...
View ArticleBarstow Class of 2014 “reaches finish line”
BARSTOW • “Today is the day we have been waiting for.” That was the message Salutatorian Emily Rubio left with her fellow graduates during Thursday’s Barstow High School graduation ceremony. With the...
View ArticleTriple-digit temperatures coming this week
The National Weather Service has issued an Excessive Heat Watch for the area for Sunday and Monday. Temperatures are expected to top 100 degrees both days before cooling down slightly the rest of the...
View ArticlePolice seek Barstow man accused of purse snatching
BARSTOW • Police are looking for a Barstow man accused of participating in a purse snatching at Wal-Mart last month, authorities said Friday. Police are asking the public for any information on the...
View ArticleClassified Employee of the Year uses baseball to connect with students
BARSTOW • Cindi Yslas loves baseball. So forgive her if she starts talking like she’s in front of her television back home watching her favorite team, the Los Angeles Dodgers. “I believe many aspects...
View ArticleAssembling the Cajon Pass survival kit
What’s in your trunk? Funny question to ask? Not if you are a Cajon Pass commuter, as I was for 10 years. I learned over the years there are some staples you should always carry in your trunk if you...
View ArticleLittle Depot storage facility burned in blaze
BARSTOW • A fire forced a four-hour closure of West Main Street on Friday evening and severely damaged a storage facility at the Little Depot hardware and home improvement store, officials said. The...
View ArticleOfficials mum on bus crash probe
FORT IRWIN • Nearly a week after the fatal bus crash on Fort Irwin Road, officials have yet to release additional information regarding the accident. Barstow resident Dail Keiper, a passenger, was...
View ArticleBUSD worried about increased pension responsibilities
BARSTOW • Candice Michelson, president of the Barstow Education Association, is hoping it’s just a “looming cloud.” “No way we can do this,” said Barstow Unified School District Superintendent Jeff...
View ArticleCHP to host 4-day officer recruitment in July
The California Highway Patrol has announced its first officer recruitment period of the year, a four-day span in early July. In order to fill vacant officers positions throughout the state, CHP said...
View ArticleDoctor touched many lives during 25 years in Barstow
After 25 years of serving the Barstow area, Dr. Dipak Vora announced his retirement last month. The news impacts the community and the Choice Medical Group/Choice Physicians Network, according to...
View ArticleVets Home to be site of active shooter drill
BARSTOW • The Veterans Home of California, Barstow will be the site of an actives hooter disaster drill Wednesday morning, officials said. The drill will be put in conjunction with local law...
View ArticleAward takes Rogers out of her comfort zone
BARSTOW • Skyline North Elementary School resource teacher Terry Rogers turns to sixth-grade student Tony Martinez. “Does that make sense to you?” Tony sounds off a word in the book “Roll of Thunder...
View ArticleMurder suspect’s criminal proceedings suspended again
VICTORVILLE • For the second time in two years, criminal proceedings have been suspended for a man facing double-murder charges, court records show. With the court declaring doubt of his mental...
View ArticleBarstow man airlifted following I-15 crash
BARSTOW • A Barstow man was airlifted to a local trauma center after a Sunday night traffic collision on Interstate 15, officials said. Tyronn Davis, the driver of a 1992 Lexus GS 300, suffered a...
View ArticleLittle Depot to expand despite fire
LENWOOD • Sometime between 5:45 p.m. and 6 p.m. Friday, two men ran inside the main Little Depot building at Main Street and Frank Street. “Fire, Fire, Fire!” That’s what the customers yelled,...
View ArticleExcelsior graduates largest class yet
ADELANTO • The largest class of students ever to graduate from Excelsior Charter Schools filled Mavericks Stadium with exuberance on Monday night. The 331 graduates, their families, friends and...
View ArticleHikers find dead body in desert
BARSTOW • Foul play does not appear to be a factor in the death of a man whose body was found in the desert by hikers over the weekend, authorities said. According to San Bernardino County...
View ArticleDriver says he warned guard truck was stopped in lanes an hour before fatal...
BARSTOW • A veteran truck driver told the Desert Dispatch on Tuesday that he warned a Fort Irwin employee on June 2 that a truck was stopped in lanes without lights on Fort Irwin Road about an hour...
View ArticleWhat’s wrong with the soldier-Taliban trade? Let me count the ways
At the end of last month, U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was released from nearly five years of presumed Taliban captivity in Afghanistan in return for five top commanders of that genuinely terrorist...
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