Self chooses career path after calling 911
BARSTOW • Kevin Self realized he wanted to be a firefighter when as a youngster he had to call 911 when his sister needed emergency help. Self said he was only 9 or 10, and he was panicking and...
View ArticleBarstow graduates improvise, show determination
BARSTOW • Improvising and determination came up a lot during Barstow Community College’s Commencement 2014 ceremony inside the James R. Parks Gymnasium on Friday night. As “Pomp and Circumstance” was...
View ArticleOutgoing Chili’s manager expects restaurant boom
BARSTOW • Son Huynh foresees a lot more chain restaurants coming to Barstow. The manager of the Chili’s restaurant in the outlet mall area off of Lenwood Road has been monitoring restaurant trends in...
View ArticleBarstow takes time to remember
My first visit to Barstow City Hall made quite an impression. I went to hear about the proposed aluminum plant that promises to bring more than 2,000 jobs to town if the city and Scuderia Development...
View ArticleSupervisor Lovingood to host veterans resource fair
San Bernardino County 1st District Supervisor Robert Lovingood will host a a special High Desert Veterans Resource Fair on June 5 at the Spring Valley Lake Community Center. Rep. Paul Cook, R-Yucca...
View ArticleFormer POW shares his story
For many, Memorial Day is an American holiday that includes vacation trips, family reunions, barbecues and alcohol consumption. Often times, the significance of the holiday is lost in the midst of the...
View ArticleSheriff’s Department moves to the cloud
The San Bernardino County Sheriff ’s Department has become the first county in the nation to make a shift to cloud-based technology while also introducing tablet computers in patrol cars, sheriff's...
View ArticleBarstow ceremony stresses remembrance
BARSTOW • Veterans clad in full dress uniforms from decades past crowded under the shade of trees from the unrelenting afternoon sun at Mountain View Memorial Park on Monday. Meanwhile, families...
View ArticleFour ejected in rollover crash on Highway 395
Four people, including three children, were airlifted to local trauma centers after being ejected in a single-vehicle rollover accident on Monday afternoon on Highway 395 near Red Mountain. The...
View ArticleFew DUI incidents over Memorial Day weekend
BARSTOW • Local authorities beefed up enforcement over the holiday weekend but made just a handful of drunk driving arrests in the area. The Barstow area California Highway Patrol conducted a Maximum...
View ArticleMagnitude 3.0 quake shakes Newberry Springs
NEWBERRY SPRINGS • A magnitude 3.0 earthquake shook the desert just east of Barstow on Tuesday afternoon, but there were no reports of injuries or damage. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the...
View ArticleYermo speller competing in national spelling bee
Sixth-grader Victoria Phillips, of Yermo School, has landed in Washington D.C. for the Scripps National Spelling Bee and will be competing for a spot in the finals throughout this week. Phillips got...
View ArticleMy secret to a healthy body
When in high school, I experimented, not with drugs, but with something quite different. My interest was not the norm. I wanted to see how long I could focus on divine concepts throughout the day. Why?...
View ArticleMany offices are at stake, low turnout is expected
The primary balloting for this off-year election presents High Desert voters with multiple choices, including nine statewide offices, four district offices, four county offices and (blessedly) only two...
View ArticleConference will help girls and raise money
BARSTOW • The Greater Hope Foundation in Barstow was looking for a way to give back to children who need some guidance, and at the same time, raise funds its main mission. The nonprofit organization,...
View ArticleMemorial Day flags missing
BARSTOW • Lions Club member Ed Hignett went down to the Barstow Police Department on Tuesday to file a report of five U.S. flags stolen on Memorial Day. “I know the police can’t watch over all the...
View ArticleLocal agencies join up to fight alcohol, drug abuse
Local organizations have teamed up and are aiming to address problems related to alcohol and drug abuse. Barstow’s Substance Abuse-Free Environment Coalition and Victorville’s High Desert Community For...
View ArticleBarstow man pleads no contest in street-racing crash
BARSTOW • A Barstow man is scheduled to be sentenced for his involvement in a 2013 Barstow Heights street-racing collision. Yoshimar Rodriguez pleaded no contest to driving under the influence with a...
View ArticleNonprofit spotlight: BEST Opportunities Inc.
BEST Opportunities Inc. assists disabled adults in finding employment opportunities in the community by teaching them interview skills and working with community employers to hire them. They also teach...
View ArticleCommittee to form new BUSD tattoo policy
BARSTOW • Despite a last-ditch warning from President Ben Rosenberg, the Barstow Unified School District Board of Trustees officially terminated a controversial tattoo policy on Tuesday night. The...
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