Travel & Experiences
Herman Bazel (Buster) Burris spent 50 years building what he hoped would be a boom town in the barren desert northeast of Palm Springs, but the boom never came.
Oct. 1, 1989
World & Nation
Crime: Joseph Burris, 16, was convicted on murder charge in classmate’s killing.
Oct. 4, 1997
For 53 years at this fleck in the Mojave Desert, Buster Burris and Roy’s Motel-Cafe have held out against drought, gas embargoes, economic oscillations of three wars--and the dismantling of Route 66.
Sept. 27, 1992
N.C. serial killer suspect fatally shot by police
July 7, 2009
Trapped by a surging wall of flames, 13 federal firefighters were killed and three others were missing late Wednesday while battling a swift-moving forest fire near Glenwood Springs, about 180 miles west of here, authorities said.
July 7, 1994
A bus carrying teenagers home from a Michigan church camp crashed Saturday afternoon on a busy Indianapolis thoroughfare, killing three people and sending multiple passengers to the hospital, fire officials said.
July 27, 2013
Bus carrying teens from church camp crashes in Indiana, killing 3
A Granada Hills teenager has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for murdering a classmate at a southeast Missouri boarding school for troubled youths.
Jan. 9, 1998
California
Courts: It turned Joseph Burris, convicted of murder in Missouri, to delinquency, according to testimony.
Oct. 5, 1997
Crime: Joseph Burris, 16, of Granada Hills, faces life in prison without parole if found guilty of killing a boy at a Baptist boarding school for troubled youths.
Sept. 30, 1997