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Aztecs move on
BAKERSFIELD • Opportunity knocked, and Barstow’s girls basketball team answered with a 73-62 victory at Ridgeview on Tuesday in the first round of the CIF State Basketball Championships.Barstow’s girls basketball team had been through with its...

Soccer Regionals: Cougars win, Sultans fall
CLOVIS • The Granite Hills girls soccer team traveled five hours for its CIF-Southern California Regional Soccer Championships Division II first round match on Tuesday.The Cougars (25-4-1) were able get the rust off the legs long enough to beat...

Area Roundup 3-9-2010: ’Rabbits come from behind
APPLE VALLEY • The Victor Valley baseball team scored two runs in the top of the seventh inning to come from behind and top Apple 6-5 on Tuesday.Randy Dickinson began the rally with a base hit. Mitchell Hobbs’ triple drove in Dickinson to tie...

Leading from the front
VICTORVILLE • When Yolanda Gutierrez learned her son was gong to be inducted into the Sgt. Audie Murphy Club, she was proud but asked, “Well, who’s Audie Murphy?”“Mom, you really need to get on the Internet and check out who this guy is....

Mall boosted by slight retail sales increase
VICTORVILLE • If necessity is indeed the mother of invention then the struggling economy has given the Mall of Victor Valley lots of time to flex its ingenuity.The economic downturn has hit retail especially hard, which is bad for everything else...

Who is Audie Murphy?
He had several strikes against him: A junior high school education, being abandoned by his father and losing his mother at a young age.But none of that stopped Audie Murphy from becoming the most decorated American soldier of World War II.“It’s...

Deputies bust Phelan pot delivery service
PHELAN • Investigators with the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Narcotics Division on Tuesday arrested one man and were seeking a second linked to a medical marijuana delivery service.Investigators made the arrest at 1:45 p.m. at a discreet...

CHP tracks 6,000 DUI scofflaws
California Highway Patrol officials will seek out and serve 6,000 warrants statewide to people who have been charged with driving under the influence but failed to appear in court, authorities said.Officers will actively seek out those with driving...

DCB halting business with money services customers
The decision by Desert Community Bank to stop servicing businesses that cash checks or make electronic money transfers for its customers leaves the owners of Mailbox Express in Apple Valley with a choice.Laurie and Tom Hutton say they must either...

U.S. Borax offers some concessions to union
BORON • U.S. Borax has offered a labor union some concessions aimed at resolving a bitter labor dispute.About 560 members of the International Longshore & Warehouse Union have been locked out of Rio Tinto Minerals’ borax mine in the Mojave...

Valley-Hi Toyota wins second straight award from automaker
VICTORVILLE • Valley-Hi Toyota has won a top award from the automaker for the second consecutive year.Valley-Hi won the President’s Award from the automaker, placing among the top dealers in a region that stretches from Santa Maria to San Diego,...

Development center holding employment tax law workshop
HESPERIA • Employers thinking about adding to their workforce can find out more about employment tax laws at a small business workshop.The Inland Empire Small Business Development Center in Hesperia will hold the workshop on March 24 from 9 a.m....

Traffic Tuner: Reader sparks action at Luna and Pacoima
Dear Traffic Tuner,With the recent rain storm washing out portions of La Mesa from Amargosa to Pacoima in Victorville, the resulting detours takes all traffic to either Luna or Northstar. At the corner of Luna and Pacoima, there is only a two-way...

Full Profile: Crystal Thurman
Daily Press Most Inspiring Women 2010 Questionnaire Your Name: Crystal Thurman Why do you think you were nominated to be a Most Inspiring Woman 2010?I believe I was nominated to be a Most Inspiring Woman because on Aug. 19, 2009 my husband...

Full Profile: Charlotte Kirk
Daily Press Most Inspiring Women 2010 Questionnaire Your Name: Charlotte J. "Chick" Kirk Why do you think you were nominated to be a Most Inspiring Woman 2010?I have no idea, someone else must have thought me worthy of such a distinction. I...

Full Profile: Debra Allen
Daily Press Most Inspiring Women 2010 Questionnaire Your Name:DEBRA ALLEN Why do you think you were nominated to be a Most Inspiring Woman 2010?If I inspire others to help others, nothing but good things will come from it. What...

Hazardous conditions lead to numerous crashes
There have been several crashes in the mountain communities due to icy road conditions and California Highway Patrol officials are warning motorists of strong winds through the Cajon Pass, authorities said.The most severe incident took place around...

T.V. ratings smile on Oscar as viewership rises
NEW YORK • An estimated 41.3 million people saw “The Hurt Locker” top the popular “Avatar” for best picture in the most-watched Academy Awards telecast since 2005.Oscar viewership was up 14 percent over last year, the Nielsen Co. said...

Lil Wayne begins year jail term
NEW YORK • After saying goodbye on concert stages and online video streams, Lil Wayne had nothing to add as he was sentenced Monday to a year in jail for having a loaded gun on his tour bus.The Grammy Award-winning rapper delivered only a brief...

Galifianakis shaves his beard while hosting 'SNL'
NEW YORK • While hosting “Saturday Night Live,” Zach Galifianakis covertly shaved his trademark beard.The 40-year-old comedian slipped backstage while the show’s musical guest, Vampire Weekend, performed. When Galifianakis emerged for the...

Disquieting research on toys
Are children’s toys getting louder? Parents who stroll through any large chain store might swear it’s true: Computer games, designed for ever-younger kids, emit an assortment of beeps, blips, peals and shrieks. Try to find a tractor or a...

Why pay for what you don't use?
David Wert, San Bernardino County’s Public Information Officer, tells us that the county’s Office of County Counsel has 77 employees — attorneys, paralegals, law clerks, and secretaries. Their client is the county, although they also represent...

Letters 03-09-10
No competency in sightRe: “State workers get windfall” (Press Dispatch, March 7).Will state employees ever be held to set rules? The very idea that employees are allowed to retire with as much as $815,000 cash payouts for unused vacation time...

Wednesday community events
Every WednesdayHigh Desert Singles Over 55Has been meeting since 1991. Call for next meting place and time or a calendar of events. (760) 961-8387, (760) 247-5545.• United Business Association7 a.m. Meeting. Apple Valley Country Club, 15200...