Lenwood Running Club hosts meet
BARSTOW • The running clubs from the Lenwood and Cameron schools faced off for a one-mile race on Friday at the Robert A. Sessions Memorial Sportspark in Barstow. A total of 100 students ran in the...
View ArticleThieves do $100K worth of damage to Railroad Museum
BARSTOW • Three men are due in court June 5 for allegedly causing upwards of $100,000 worth of damage to the local Western American Railroad Museum, according to the museum’s president and court...
View ArticleDuarte recognized as BUSD Teacher of the Year
BARSTOW • Barstow High School social studies and history teacher Jim Duarte is the recipient of the district-wide 2012-13 Teacher of the Year Award. Duarte was recognized during the Barstow Unified...
View ArticleSafety Logs, May 28, 2013
Police Log Tuesday Lucia Velasquez of Barstow was arrested on or about Tuesday in San Bernardino County on suspicion of burglary. Sharon Fox of Barstow was arrested on or about Tuesday in San...
View ArticleCHP: Man died on scene in shootout
BAKER • The man shot by California Highway Patrol officers following a slow-speed pursuit along northbound Interstate 15 on Tuesday was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities confirmed Wednesday....
View ArticleElementary students, parents frustrated by principal reassignment
BARSTOW • Some parents and students at Cameron Elementary are upset over a recent vote to reassign their current principal Cari Mauldin to Lenwood Elementary, worried the move will disrupt an...
View ArticleNine Barstow judokas earn medals
WESTMINSTER • Nine Barstow students traveled to Westminster last week to participate in the West Coast invitational Judo Championships, held at the Westminster High School gymnasium. All nine Barstow...
View ArticleBHS granted six-year accreditation
BARSTOW • Barstow High has been granted a new six-year accreditation through the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC), according to a letter from the Accrediting Commission for Schools....
View ArticleSafety Logs, May 29, 2013
Police Log Wednesday Anthony Hamilton of Barstow was arrested on or about Wednesday in Los Angeles County on suspicion of narcotics. Robert Hernandez of Barstow was arrested on or about Wednesday in...
View ArticleSing a song for Thomson
BARSTOW • Young students serenaded family and community members inside the Thomson Elementary multipurpose room Thursday morning during the second of three clusters of scheduled performances this week...
View ArticleCounty could lose $70 million with Medi-Cal expansion
SAN BERNARDINO • San Bernardino County is slated to lose $70 million from its budget in fiscal years 2014 and 2015 as the state seeks to expand Medi-Cal under the Affordable Care Act, according to an...
View ArticleWillis leads All-Stars
BARSTOW • The Barstow baseball team just finished a season in which it sported a .500 record and returned to postseason play. This week, the Aztecs were honored by having four players named to the...
View ArticleSafety Logs, May 30, 2013
Police Log Thursday Patrick Johns of Barstow was arrested on or about Thursday in San Bernardino County on suspicion of unspecified drugs. Danielle Steavens of Barstow was arrested on or about Thursday...
View ArticleBarstow gun buyback program June 1
BARSTOW • The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department will give the community a chance to turn in guns with no questions asked on Saturday, according to a sheriff’s news release. The gun buyback is...
View ArticleSVUSD employees get raises
YERMO • Silver Valley Unified School District employees are getting a raise. The district’s Board of Trustees approved a two-percent salary hike for classified, certificated and management employees...
View Article‘Shear Madness’ locks in 25 years
BARSTOW • Tucked away in the corner of a shopping mall on East Main Street is a hair salon and group of women that consider themselves “family.” “Shear Madness” salon in Barstow celebrated 25 years on...
View ArticleDesert Manna to host 2nd annual awards gala
BARSTOW • Community volunteers and businesses alike will be recognized at Desert Manna’s 2nd Annual Humanitarian Awards Gala at the Lenwood Hampton Inn on Tuesday. “I think you have to take time and...
View ArticleFort Irwin to conduct emergency response exercise
FORT IRWIN • Fort Irwin will conduct an emergency response simulation exercise for law enforcement and first responders Tuesday, according to base spokesman Gus Bahena. Area residents may hear or see...
View ArticleHepatitis A cases linked to frozen berries
SAN BERNARDINO • The Department of Public Health has confirmed two cases of hepatitis A within San Bernardino County, according to a Friday news release. The multi-state outbreak has been linked to the...
View ArticleGift cards for guns
BARSTOW • Within the first 20 minutes on Saturday, the Barstow Police Department-facilitated gun buyback program had already well-exceeded officials’ expectations. Thirty firearms were turned in by...
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