Barstow News

Monday Memorial Day service Bill Collins Post 2143 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will have a Memorial Day service at Mountain View Memorial Park at 11 a.m., on Monday.

A shallow magnitude 3.8 earthquake was reported Sunday morning 18 miles from Barstow , according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Speakers to include Fort Irwin Brig. Gen. Terry Ferrell, Col. Daniel Ermer of the Marine Corps Logistics Base, and Barstow Mayor Joe Gomez.

BARSTOW Pastor Joe Green never imagined the small Barstow church which once housed faithful worshipers decades ago would one day be used to illegally sell marijuana.

Since waking up around 6 – earlier still on some mornings – he’s read the morning paper, digested several blogs and websites, scanned transcripts of newscasts and political talk shows, and perused a summary of important stories on his BlackBerry that the White House compiled overnight.

Friday Events at Barstow Senior Center The Barstow Senior Center, 555 Melissa Ave., will be offering the following programs on Friday: The Mojave Valley Carvers get together from 8 to 11 a.m. Lunch is served from 11:30 to 12:30 p.m. Meatloaf, mashed potatoes, corn, roll and fresh fruit salad.

A man walks by a former church at 1271 W. Main St. that city officials believe is now an unlicensed medical marijuana dispensary.

The transit agency recently began operating buses between Barstow and Fort Irwin, providing a key link for employees seeking to reach the base.

BARSTOW a Desert Manna received $25,000 in county funding Wednesday at its Health and Information Fair, with both Barstow-area county supervisors arriving to present them with checks.

California Highway Patrol officers were called to the scene on Interstate 15 at the Lenwood exit around 2 a.m. Monday with reports a pedestrian had been hit by a vehicle, though this was found not to be true, said CHP Officer Mario Lopez.

Route 66 from Oro Grande, Calif., to the Arizona state line near Needles was designated a scenic route by the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors, according to a report today by The Sun Runner magazine.

BARSTOW In a Barstow gym adorned with balloons and streamers of blue, silver and white, Silver Valley High School graduated 97 beaming and hollering students Tuesday night.

Golden State Water Company announced Tuesday that it supports proposed tighter regulations on water utilities, which a state lawmaker said he crafted in response to complaints about the company.

BARSTOW Barstow is slated to be the end point for a 583-mile fiberoptic cable that will bring high-speed Internet to some of the most isolated areas of the state.

A Barstow man died after law enforcement officers used a Taser to subdue him early Monday morning, police said.

James Ramos has spent the better part of a decade investing himself in the community - as chairman of the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, a trustee for the San Bernardino Community College District and as an appointee to the state Board of Education.

The seven men seeking to replace Brad Mitzelfelt as 1st District supervisor for San Bernardino County during the June 5 primary are mixed on what, if anything, they'd do about how much property tax revenue comes back to Hesperians in the form of city services.

BARSTOW A bunker in a remote stretch of desert near Barstow is billed as a place where those wanting the ultimate in protection against a world-ending catastrophe can hunker down for the worst without giving up the comforts of home.

Monday Barstow Heights CSD meeting Barstow Heights Community Service District will hold its monthly meeting on Monday at 6 p.m., at 28075 Rimrock Road.

Things don't appear to be slowing down one bit in the contentious race for San Bernardino County's 3rd District supervisorial seat in the June 5 primary election.