Lady Aztecs outlast Roadrunners
BARSTOW • The non-league games with which a team starts off its season are treated by many coaches as a warm-up for the regular schedule. They’re used as a teaching tool for the team and a way for a...
View ArticleWoman airlifted after overturning SUV
BAKER • A Colorado woman was airlifted to a Las Vegas trauma center after she lost control of her vehicle and overturned near Baker, officials said. At approximately 8:57 a.m., a black SUV traveling...
View ArticleSafety Logs, Sept. 9, 2013
Police Log Monday Watani Gleason of Barstow was arrested on or about Monday in San Bernardino County on suspicion of assault. Jennifer Johnson of Barstow was arrested on or about Monday in San...
View ArticleMan sentenced to 5 years in sexual assault
VICTORVILLE • The man convicted of sexual assault against a developmentally-disabled Barstow man was sentenced Tuesday to five years in prison, court records show. Elijah Miller, 32, pleaded no contest...
View ArticleNew judge orders BCH reps to bargain with nurses’ union
WASHINGTON, D.C. • An administrative law judge ruled this week that Barstow Community Hospital and its parent company, Community Health Systems, must negotiate in good faith with the union its...
View Article‘Uninhibited, robust and wide-open debate’? Sure, but on our terms
Ever since the United States Supreme Court eviscerated libel law in New York Times v. Sullivan in 1965, rather than debate being opened up, a steep price has been exacted from those who disagree with...
View ArticleBarstow remembers 9/11
BARSTOW • Barstow and greater-area residents remembered 9/11 on Wednesday. At the Veterans Home of California-Barstow, an audience of military veterans, city and education officials, local authorities...
View ArticleSafety Logs, Sept. 10, 2013
Police Log Tuesday Marcella Cruz of Barstow was arrested on or about Tuesday in San Bernardino County on suspicion of driving under the influence. Robert Ruiz of Barstow was arrested on or about...
View ArticleFort Irwin breaks ground for 9/11 memorial site
FORT IRWIN • U.S. Army Col. Jon Braga remembers exactly what he was doing 12 years ago when he heard the country was the victim of a terrorist attack. Braga, Fort Irwin’s Garrison Commander, and his...
View ArticleRoad to Damascus
Some things you justhave to do, in spite of great uncertainty. Launching missiles at Syria isn’t one of them. Many pundits talk about going to war as if all we have to do is make up our minds about...
View ArticleCook opposes military action in Syria
WASHINGTON • Paul Cook, R-Yucca Valley, issued a statement Wednesday opposing military action in Syria. Cook, who represents the High Desert in the 8th Congressional District, said in the statement...
View ArticleAnderson wins King of the Cage
LAUGHLIN, NV • When the King of the Cage battle was over, a fighter from Barstow stood tall. King of the Cage was staged last Saturday in Laughlin, Nevada. Taking part was Eric Anderson, who trains out...
View ArticleSafety Logs, Sept. 11, 2013
Police Log Wednesday Diana Bradley of Barstow was arrested on or about Wednesday in San Bernardino County on suspicion of dangerous drugs. Mark Lawrence of Barstow was arrested on or about Wednesday in...
View ArticleJuvenile reportedly threatened to jump from overpass
BARSTOW • Authorities responded to a call of a juvenile male who had reportedly threatened to jump from the overpass on Barstow Road on Wednesday evening. The incident occurred between 6 and 6:30 p.m.,...
View ArticleBCC requests exemption from Fifty Percent Law
BARSTOW • Barstow Community College’s Board of Trustees unanimously voted Wednesday night to request an exemption from a state mandate requiring them to spend at least half of their current education...
View ArticleChili cook-off as organizers ready for rodeo
Meredith Ellis of Town & Country Tree Service pours a cup of chili at Soutar's Dodge on Thursday. The chili cook-off was part of a mixer, intended to build momentum for the upcoming Barstow Rodeo...
View ArticleBarstow woman arrested in bluesman's attack
HAYWARD, Calif. (AP) — A woman charged with attacking R&B singer Lester Chambers at a San Francisco Bay Area blues festival has surrendered to authorities. Alameda County Sheriff’s officials said...
View ArticleBarstow Area Transit & VVTA headed for merger
BARSTOW • The Barstow Area Transit and Victor Valley Transit Authority are on track for a merger to save money, county transportation officials say. The findings of the Desert Consolidation Study Final...
View ArticleVVTA to extend B-V Link service, add Sunday routes
Victor Valley Transit Authority riders can expect shorter wait times and less crowded buses as the VVTA has announced two significant service changes, according to a news release. Starting next month,...
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