A fantasy for Doss
Melissa Doss is excited she is the “last woman standing” for tonight’s final episode of “Jim Henson’s Creature Shop Challenge.” The Fort Irwin resident has survived seven episodes and just has to beat...
View ArticleThere are differences between the political parties: it’s in the book!
The “Official Voter Information Guide” provides genuine assistance for Californians as they prepare to cast their ballots in the June 3 primary election. All state executive offices, Assembly and House...
View ArticleCouncil OKS clean energy program
BARSTOW • City staff and council members are hoping a California program launched by the San Bernardino Associated Governments (SANBAG) will offer property owners another option to help finance clean...
View ArticleCounty issues heat advisory for deserts
County Health officials have issued a heat advisory for San Bernardino County due to high temperature forecasts for the inland and desert regions. Residents are urged to take precautions that will...
View ArticleSoldier accused of sexual assault in Barstow
BARSTOW • A soldier stationed at Fort Irwin is accused of sexually assaulting a woman at his girlfriend’s apartment over the weekend, authorities said. Thomas Madrid pleaded not guilty to four felony...
View ArticleMojave River Valley Museum celebrating area history with 50th anniversary...
BARSTOW • Bootlegging was big business in the Mojave Desert during the Roaring ‘20s, according to Barstow author Cliff Walker. The bootleggers wanted “to get far away from the sheriff and federal...
View ArticleStargazing in Mojave National Preserve
Pasadena’s Old Town Sidewalk Astronomers will set up huge telescopes to show the moons of Jupiter, the rings of Saturn, star clusters and much more on May 31 at Black Canyon Group Campsite in the...
View ArticleSeeing red over China trip
This letter is addressed to the Barstow City Council: Hello? Is anybody there? When has it ever been necessary to make special preparations for any foreign dignitaries before they can visit Barstow?...
View ArticleBUSD tattoo policy stricken
BARSTOW • After listening to more testimony from teachers, especially from one particular employee reporting she was sent home without pay, Barbara Rose made her motion. The Barstow Unified School...
View ArticleWoman convicted after grabbing, kissing teen
VICTORVILLE • A Hesperia woman was convicted Tuesday of misdemeanor battery after she allegedly grabbed and kissed a teen girl in Barstow earlier this month. Pamela Sims pleaded no contest in a...
View ArticleRancho Mirage man killed in collision with big rig
KELSO • A Rancho Mirage man was killed in a traffic collision on Kelbaker Road early Wednesday morning, authorities said. The California Highway Patrol received a call of a collision involving a car...
View ArticleDoss falls short in finals
Melissa Doss says she’s known “for last minute-miracles.” The Fort Irwin resident was looking for that miracle that would propel her to the top spot on “Jim Henson’s Creature Shop Challenge” on the...
View ArticleSchool district adopts development fees
BARSTOW • City Council member Carmen Hernandez, attending Tuesday’s Barstow Unified School District meeting, said she had one question from constituents. “Why now?” Members of the BUSD board shot back...
View ArticleCHP aims to raise motorcycle safety awareness
BARSTOW • The California Highway patrol and the Office of Traffic Safety are aiming to curb a “disturbing trend”, an increase in fatal collisions involving motorcyclists. Barstow-area CHP spokesman Don...
View ArticleAuthorities search for three taken children
VICTORVILLE • Three children were taken by their mother from a McDonald’s on Wednesday night while having a supervised visitation, according to San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department authorities....
View ArticleFort Irwin employee appears on Queen Latifah show
Renita Wicks hasn’t taken a vacation in a “very long time” but thanks to Queen Latifah, she will soon go on a seven-day trip to Australia. Wicks, a community relations officer at Fort Irwin, was...
View ArticleBlaze burns outbuilding but firefighters save vacant home
HARVARD • With limited water, firefighters extinguished a outbuilding fire Thursday afternoon, preventing the flames from spreading to nearby vegetation and a vacant home, officials said. The San...
View Article16 Barstow Community College students honored
BARSTOW • Sixteen students from Barstow Community College received President’s Volunteers Service Awards on Friday. The students received the awards at the Black Student Union’s End of Year Celebration...
View ArticleState jobless rate lowest since 2008
SACRAMENTO • In one of the strongest signals yet of a rebounding economy, California’s unemployment rate has dipped below 8 percent for the first time in nearly six years, the state Employment...
View ArticleFort Irwin soldier not guilty
VICTORVILLE • One of the soldiers accused of being a member of the Vagos motorcycle gang and stabbing a Barstow man during a bar fight was acquitted of two charges on Thursday. Richard Rivero was found...
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