Barstow

But by the end of February, “things kind of dropped out on us,” said Rubio, owner and president of D’Place Entertainment, which operates theaters in California cities including in Barstow, Cathedral City and Bonsall.

Another widely felt quake, magnitude 4.9, struck on July 29 about 13 miles northeast of Barstow.

“Hundreds of square miles of good tortoise habitat is now being used for military maneuvers,” LaRue said, citing base expansions at Twentynine Palms and at Fort Irwin National Training Center near Barstow.

It’s not surprising that people by the epicenter near Barstow felt the strongest jolt.

On a recent trip to Vegas’ Chinatown Plaza, I spotted an advertisement announcing the grand opening of the Barstow Asian Food Court.