Participants build job skills through B.E.S.T. Opportunities
BARSTOW • Tuesday was just another day for Sonny, Yolanda, Cody and their aide, Luz. Like every weekday at B.E.S.T. Opportunities, there’s lots of laundry to do and that keeps them happy. Sonny knows a...
View ArticleMy Barstow
The Desert Dispatch is asking our readers to show why they live in and love Barstow by submitting photos. Please submit your photos to klovato@desertdispatch.com. If possible, send a brief description...
View ArticleMan arrested after Wednesday night crash
BARSTOW • Barstow Police Department officers arrested a man on suspicion of driving under the influence after his car crashed into the fence of a residence on Wednesday night, police said. According to...
View ArticleLocals react to minimum wage hike bill
The state Senate approved a measure Thursday that would raise California’s minimum wage to $13 an hour in 2017, much to the displeasure of some local residents. The bill was approved on a 21-12 vote...
View ArticleHay spill closes onramp
BARSTOW • A tractor-trailer hauling a load of hay overturned as it entered Interstate 15 on Thursday afternoon, forcing authorities to shut down the on-ramp at Barstow Road. California Highway Patrol...
View ArticleYoung girls learning to Bee Confident
BARSTOW • When 12-year-old Vanessa Martinez of Barstow was made fun of because of her supposedly odd-shaped ears, she went to her mother who encouraged her to embrace her uniqueness. She did, and in...
View ArticleTaking privacy too far
One of the public services that most newspapers provide is alerting readers to good things going on in their community. There are seemingly an endless number of organizations and individuals who make...
View ArticleLook for the union label
In an op-ed piece in the March 27 Wall Street Journal spotlighting the Veterans Administration’s mishandling of patients at its far-flung web of hospitals, Hal Scherz, a pediatric urological surgeon...
View ArticleUPDATE: Deceased man identified in bus crash
FORT IRWIN • A Barstow man died and eight people suffered injuries early Monday morning when a Victor Valley Transit Authority bus headed to Fort Irwin hit a tractor-trailer that was stopped in the...
View ArticleExperts predict low voter turnout
VICTORVILLE • Many local experts are predicting a low voter turnout in Tuesday’s statewide primary election. Multiple candidates are vying for positions in the 33rd Assembly District, 8th Congressional...
View ArticleMartindale follows her Rainbow
Mindy Martindale rediscovered her dream. All she had to do was look toward the rainbow. Thirty years ago, Martindale was a young bride who opened a flower shop in Barstow. But a divorce followed years...
View ArticleSTEM Academy to open soon
BARSTOW • While preparations have been in works for many months, the launch of the Barstow STEM Academy is just two months away. On Aug. 14, the principal of the new Barstow Unified School District...
View ArticleA senseless crime
A Barstow holiday tradition may never be the same. Lions Club member Ed Hignett filed a report at the Barstow Police Department last Tuesday after five of the club’s American flags were stolen. That’s...
View ArticleBarstow police arrest trio at Tanger Outlets
LENWOOD • Barstow police arrested two men and a woman after an Australian woman’s purse was snatched as she shopped at the Tanger Outlets on Friday, authorities said. According to Barstow Police...
View ArticleEditor's notebook: Exercise your right to vote
It’s Election Day, but experts say only about one-third of registered voters in California will head to their polling places to cast ballots. In some elections, turnout is even worse. I’ve seen city...
View ArticleHinkley men busted for $7.2M meth lab
HINKLEY • Federal agents arrested two Hinkley men suspected of operating a methamphetamine conversion lab valued at roughly $7.2 million, California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris announced Monday....
View ArticleVVTA official unable to access more video in Fort Irwin bus crash
FORT IRWIN • A Victor Valley Transit Authority official said Tuesday the agency has been unable to watch additional video of Monday’s fatal bus crash on Fort Irwin Road and has contacted the...
View ArticleMan pleads not guilty to domestic violence charges
VICTORVILLE • A man who was tased by police officers and then arrested for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend in Barstow pleaded not guilty to two felony charges in a Victorville courtroom Tuesday,...
View ArticleBackward glances: Main Street in 1917
When you look at history you generally have two resources at your disposal: Pictures and the words of people who lived at the time. The problem is that sometimes both resources leave small gaps in the...
View ArticleTuesday's election results
Unofficial Election Night results for San Bernardino County were released at 12:33 a.m. with 100 percent of precincts reporting. Governor results updated at 03:08 a.m. with 100 percent of precincts...
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