Recently added articles from Inland Valley Daily Bulletin:
Gas consumption dropping as prices continue to be high
Sep 01, 2008; Matt Wrye ... Statewide, we're burning less gas - and it's a fair bet the sameis true for Inland Empire commuters. Californians bought 65 million gallons less last May than in May2007 - a 5 percent drop, according to a report released last week bythe state Board of Equalization. That's ...
Surfing the Net can be dangerous
Sep 01, 2008 ... If you're wondering why cyber thieves and other jackals have beengetting away with their crimes, consider this: Some corporate firewalls are about as effective at stoppingInternet hackers as your toy poodle is at stopping a burglar fromentering your home. And ... Big ...
Master speaking
Sep 01, 2008 ... My compliments to the writer of "Beware this, ya know, meme," forpointing out the incessant use of "ya know" and other memes. (Letterof the Day, Aug. 8.) The writer is totally correct, people use terms like this and"have got" all the time without even realizing they are saying ...
Keep those tires properly inflated
Sep 01, 2008; KC Johnson ... Keeping your tires properly inflated, engine tuned, and filtersreplaced does help your vehicle run better on less gasoline. So doesdriving slower, and smarter. NASCAR says so. The Auto Club agrees. Republican governors Cristand Schwarzenegger declare it is true and the federal ...
Coalition demands an investigation of police conduct
Sep 01, 2008; Arturo Jimenez ... Editor's note: Below is the text of the formal complaint sentAug. 25 by Pomona Speaks/Pomona Habla Coalition to Pomona's mayor,council members and police chief, with copies to the city managerand city attorney. The Pomona Speaks/Pomona Habla Coalition supports effective ...
Siblings reunited after 4 decades
Sep 01, 2008; Canan Tasci ... After 40 years, Audrey Dewberry's family is finally complete. The 60-year-old Montclair resident was reunited this year withher five half brothers and sisters who were put up for adoption in1968. "I never anticipated that day would ever come," Dewberry said offinally ...
War's costs
Sep 01, 2008 ... In a Aug. 16 story, "Nuaimi optimistic for Fontana," Mayor MarkNuaimi states that Fontana is dealing with 1950s infrastructure andthat we need 21st century infrastructure. He says we have twoantiquated 10 Freeway interchanges at Cherry and Citrus avenues. Hesays that we need an ...
Fair gems in works
Sep 01, 2008; Mark Petix ... POMONA - The soda fountain won't assemble itself. So Sal Abarca works in the midday sun, tinkering with the nozzleswhile an assistant hooks up the CO2 tanks. With the L.A. County Fair starting Friday, this Pink's Hot Dogstand is a work in progress. So is the ...
Water project expects disaster
Sep 01, 2008; Andrew Edwards ... A costly 44-mile pipeline project designed to help carry waterfrom Northern to Southern California will probably break one day. That's not a surprise. The Inland Feeder Project, recently givena share of the spotlight when a technological beast called a tunnel-boring machine ...
Eyes in the sky
Sep 01, 2008; Lori Consalvo ... ONTARIO - Seven hundred feet in the air, patrol officers have abird's-eye view of crime. Any suspicious activity - a car speeding down an alley, a personfleeing - can be spotted, either through a daytime camera thatallows them to get as close as 100 feet or an infrared device ...
Pitzer dorms benefit from 'green' distinction
Sep 01, 2008; Wes Woods II ... CLAREMONT - Grimaces, smiles and some nervousness were all ondisplay as Pitzer College students arrived for the start of the fallsemester, which begins today. Parents and students grimaced, dragging large luggage up thesteps of Pitzer Hall last week, but smiled after they were ...