Silver Valley HS students encouraged to increase attendance
YERMO • Silver Valley High School will join the High Desert drawing to award two students from 9-12 grades with a new car for perfect attendance. “It’s a Gas to Go to Class,” sponsored by Victorville...
View ArticleSeniors pick up strikes with Wii bowling
BARSTOW • Interest in Wii bowling has shrunk a bit since the Barstow Senior Center began offering the game to members a few years back, but a dedicated few still seek strikes twice a week. “It’s easier...
View ArticlePrayers, search ongoing for Barstow mother of 3
BARSTOW• There was a feeling of sadness Sunday at the First Baptist Church of Barstow as the congregation prayed for member Priscilla Delzell, who vanished near her home last Thursday, a church...
View ArticleSevere thunderstorm strikes Barstow
BARSTOW • Heavy rainfall and winds reaching up to 60 mph accompanied an hour-long thunderstorm that whipped through Barstow on Monday afternoon. A flash-flood warning as a result of the thunderstorm...
View ArticleNew class action lawsuit filed against PG&E
HINKLEY• A new class action lawsuit representing at least 100 Hinkley residents who were not apart of the original litigation against Pacific Gas and Electric, was filed in San Bernardino County Court...
View ArticleArrest made in 2000 killing
BARSTOW• Gary Bell, 57, of Nashville, Tenn., was recently arrested and charged by the San Bernardino County District Attorney’s office in connection with a cold-case homicide south of Barstow near...
View ArticlePower out at Fort Irwin
FORT IRWIN• The power was knocked out postwide at Fort Irwin on Monday afternoon at about 3:45 p.m. and remained disconnected into Tuesday after a brief thunderstorm ripped through the Barstow area....
View ArticleRamirez brings home silver and gold
DALLAS • On June 28, 11 year-old Isaiah Ramirez, the sole competitor from the Barstow Judo Club, traveled to Dallas to compete in the 2013 USA National Jr. Olympic Judo Championships, held at the...
View ArticleUPDATED: Power out at Fort Irwin for 24 hours
FORT IRWIN• Four major utility poles providing power to the entire Fort Irwin Army installation were knocked down during a severe thunderstorm that ripped through Barstow on Monday afternoon, according...
View ArticleTargeting employment
BARSTOW • The San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors approved updated plans on Tuesday for Barstow’s Enterprise Zone, a government designated area created to improve employment among the local...
View ArticleBrooks to stand trial for chase
VICTORVILLE • A judge ruled Tuesday that ex-Nevada Assemblyman Steven Brooks will stand trial for multiple criminal charges four months after a high-speed pursuit along Interstate 15 ended with his...
View ArticleJail time, probation in Polo theft
VICTORVILLE • One of two men suspected by police of swiping more than $600 worth of Polo Ralph Lauren merchandise at the Tanger Outlet Mall will serve about eight months in jail. Rigoberto...
View ArticleNo arrests made at DUI checkpoint
BARSTOW • No one was arrested and no vehicles were impounded following the California Highway Patrol’s sobriety checkpoint Saturday night in Barstow, according to a CHP spokesman. Approximately 120...
View ArticleSupervisors vote to extend solar moratorium
SAN BERNARDINO • The San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday voted 5-0 to extend a moratorium on new commercial solar projects on unincorporated private land into next year. The...
View ArticleSafety Logs, July 18, 2013
Police Log Thursday Austin Williams of Barstow was arrested on or about Thursday in San Bernardino County on suspicion of felony theft. Russell Luse of Barstow was arrested on or about Thursday in San...
View ArticleSafety Logs, July 19-21, 2013
Police Log Friday—Sunday Myron Wilson of Barstow was arrested on or about Friday in San Bernardino County on suspicion of burglary. Christopher Behrend of Barstow was arrested on or about Friday in San...
View ArticleSafety Logs, July 22, 2013
Police Log Monday David Westbrook of Barstow was arrested on or about Monday in San Bernardino County on suspicion of drunkenness. Michael Howard of Barstow was arrested on or about Monday in San...
View ArticleSoft words don’t add up to truth or sensible direction
Last week, the President of the United States weighed in, for the third time, on the George Zimmerman trial, which he admitted was a local matter, governed by state law, but for which he felt compelled...
View ArticleLocal karate students compete at Championships
BANNING • On July 20, four students from Barstow’s Gutierrez Martial Arts Studio traveled to Banning to compete in the annual Desert Open Karate Championships, held at Banning High School. The event...
View ArticleDeal reached in sexual assault of developmentally-disabled local
VICTORVILLE • An Apple Valley man accused of sexual assault against a developmentally-disabled Barstow man entered into a plea bargain after he was found mentally competent to answer to the charges....
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