Barstow police officer shoots, kills man Sunday vvdailypress.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from vvdailypress.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Weiming Chen vows to restore ‘CCP Virus’ after fire destroys artwork in Yermo s Liberty Sculpture Park
Victorville Daily Press
Weiming Chen’s latest artwork, “CCP Virus,” which he unveiled at Liberty Sculpture Park in Yermo early last month, has been destroyed in a fire, photographs obtained by the Daily Press show.
In the photos, the sculpture which mocked China’s leader, Xi Jinping, and blamed the Chinese Communist Party for the coronavirus pandemic lies in a pile of charred rubble.
The base of the sculpture, as well as the bold red letters that spell the name of the artwork, are all that remain of the piece.
Economic decline fuels surge of building fires in Barstow vvdailypress.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from vvdailypress.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Victorville Daily Press
A fire that broke out in a Barstow apartment complex Sunday afternoon displaced 25 residents and put firefighters on the defensive after multiple HVAC units fell to the ground during a lengthy battle to contain the blaze, officials said.
On Monday, the Barstow Fire Protection District said no injuries resulted among its firefighters, and the American Red Cross was requested and arrived to assist the displaced residents of the May Lane Apartments in the 1000 block of May Lane.
The fire started around 2 p.m. Sunday in the rear of a two-story, eight unit complex, and thick plumes of brown smoke blew across nearby Interstate 15, south of the complex.