
By Jason W. Armstrong
Daily Journal Staff Writer
RANCHO CUCAMONGA - It didn't matter if he was stopping for gas, grabbing groceries or making a deposit at the bank. As the only judge presiding over cases at the remote Needles courthouse along the Colorado River, Joseph R. Brisco was guaranteed to bump into a former high school classmate, a local attorney, or somebody he had just sentenced.
Though he enjoyed his job and constantly ran into familiar fa... (continued)