Barstow workers struggle with unemployment

27 January 2012, 3:33 pm

BARSTOW • Albertina Marquez has been looking for a job for three years. The 28-year-old Barstow mom has been unemployed since she was laid off from her job at Quizno’s Sub Sandwich after the restaurant closed its doors in 2009. Though she looks...... Read More »

Vets home sees leadership changes

26 January 2012, 4:18 pm

BARSTOW • The Veteran’s Home of Barstow is seeing changes to their top leadership as they wait for a replacement home administrator and say goodbye to their skilled nursing administrator, officials report. A new administrator will be appointed...... Read More »

BCC enrollment goes up, success ratings mostly unchanged

25 January 2012, 3:54 pm

BARSTOW • Barstow Community College demographics and success ratings have not changed much over the years except for an increase in enrollment, according to a college rating report. The Accountability Report for Community Colleges is published each...... Read More »

Two markets cited for supplying alcohol to minors

23 January 2012, 10:09 am

BARSTOW • Police cited two markets on Saturday in a sting operation to determine if they would sell alcohol to minors. Barstow Police, working with investigators with the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, arranged an operation...... Read More »

City moves forward with RDA closure

18 January 2012, 4:25 pm

BARSTOW • The Barstow Redevelopment Agency met for the last time Tuesday night before the City Council named the City of Barstow its successor agency. The controversial RDAs are forced to close their doors by Feb. 1 after the state Supreme Court...... Read More »

Deputy DA arrested for making threats

13 January 2012, 11:40 pm

BARSTOW - A deputy district attorney in the High Desert was arrested Thursday evening by Barstow police on suspicion of making criminal threats.... Read More »

Derry takes on new High Desert communities in 2012

13 January 2012, 4:44 pm

BARSTOW San Bernardino County 3rd District Supervisor Neil Derry said his main focus this year will be getting to know the High Desert communities now in his jurisdiction."My No. 1 goal is learning the new areas of my district, as I now serve the City of Barstow and Lucerne Valley,"...... Read More »

Derry says goals for 2012 include local projects funding

13 January 2012, 4:29 pm

BARSTOW • Barstow’s County Supervisor, Neil Derry, said his main effort this year is to get to know the new communities in his district, San Bernardino County 3rd District, which now includes Barstow. “My number one goal is learning the new...... Read More »

Trail begins in grandmother slaying case

11 January 2012, 5:00 pm

BARSTOW • Trial began Wednesday in the case of a Pomona man charged with murdering his grandmother and dumping her body in the Mojave Desert. Arturo Hernandez, 23, is accused of smothering to death his 58-year-old grandmother, Aguilar Ventura, and...... Read More »

Barstow 2011 in Review

30 December 2011, 2:38 pm

2011 was a year of the old and the new. In a town that values its heritage and yet embraces new direction, the crossroads of opportunity saw a year full of important anniversaries and a slew of new leadership. Barstow saw changes to leadership in the...... Read More »