4 February 2012, 11:12 pm
Red-light cameras boost coffers, rile driversSan Francisco ChronicleBut he's facing quite an uphill fight against officials hungry for the cash the cameras sweep in and police who are convinced they make the roads safer. Anyone in California snapped violating a red light pays a fine of $480, and... Read More »
4 February 2012, 5:51 am
AF, firms seek UAV flights in civil air spaceAirForceTimes.comNorthrop Grumman and its Scaled Composites unit in Mojave, Calif., flew their optionally piloted Firebird at the 2011 Empire Challenge intelligence-sharing demonstration in Arizona, albeit in the piloted mode. Having a pilot aboard would ... Read More »
1 February 2012, 6:55 pm
KASAOfficial's vehicle found; body nearbyKASAThe identity of the body has not been confirmed, police said. The vehicle and body were found Wednesday in northwestern Arizona in Mojave County. Debbie Dusenbery had resigned as executive director of the Farmington Convention and Visitors Bureau last... Read More »
30 January 2012, 11:09 am
Bakersfield NowFiancée pleads guilty in stripper's 2004 killingBakersfield NowBAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — A exotic dancer was killed, her body dumped in the Mojave Desert in San Bernardino County some six to eight miles from the Kern County line. More than seven years after Azita Nikooe... Read More »
29 January 2012, 9:23 pm
Asheville history columnist Rob Neufeld on the journey of Forrest JarrettAsheville Citizen-TimesRob Neufeld / Special to the Citizen-Times Forrest Jarrett of Rector Corner, Madison County, jumped down into the turret of an artillery tank at Camp Irwin in the Mojave Desert. The loader in his crew had... Read More »
28 January 2012, 9:14 pm
Weekly weird newsNews SentinelBAKERSFIELD, Calif. — A Swiss artist plans to bury an intact Boeing 727 jetliner in California's Mojave Desert and build a tourist tunnel to give visitors a chance to view the underground project. Christoph Buchel has applied for a Kern County ...and more &ra... Read More »
27 January 2012, 3:04 am
Jockstrip: The world as we know it.UPI.comMadison Police said the 43-year-old man and a 38-year-old woman told them they sped away from the restaurant shortly before 11 pm Wednesday and drove directly to a police station about a mile from the Gammon Road restaurant, The (Madison) Capital Times ...an... Read More »
26 January 2012, 2:54 pm
Grand Jury releases reports on Sheriff's Dept. Tehachapi Sub-Station and ...Tehachapi NewsThese agencies are: Tehachapi Police Department, Stallion Springs Police Department, Bear Valley Police Department, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad Police, and the California Highway Patrol. C. The Su... Read More »
18 January 2012, 3:49 pm
Grand Jury issues report on City of TehachapiTehachapi NewsThe Committee met at City Hall, located at 115 South Robinson Street, Tehachapi, CA 93561. Present were the City Manager, Airport Manager, Community Development Manager, Finance Director, Utility Manager and Public Works Director. The Police... Read More »
18 January 2012, 12:56 am
Daily MailCalifornian city of Lancaster pipes BIRDSONG from England on to the streetsDaily MailPolice say minor crimes in Lancaster, a city of 157000 people which sits on the edge of the Mojave desert, have since fallen 15 per cent and serious crimes by six per cent. A personal injury lawyer with an... Read More »