Inland Valley Daily Bulletin back issues from September 2004:
West Nile Virus deaths and infections
Sep 01, 2004 ... NUMBER INFECTED: California - 370* San Bernardino County - 134* Los Angeles County - 134* Riverside County - 64* Orange County - 20* CONFIRMED DEATHS: San Bernardino ...
Top API Schools
Sep 01, 2004 ... 2004 School (District) API 1. Pantera (Pomona) 2. Westhoff (Wal. Val) 3. Evergreen (Wal. Val) 4. Country Springs (Chino Val.) 5. Golden Springs (Pomona) 6. Oak Mesa (Bonita) 7. Hidden Trails (Chino Val.) 8. Pepper Tree ...
Local delegate braves protests
Sep 01, 2004 ... The first thing to hit me as a native Southern Californian in NewYork City for the GOP convention is the humidity. It is the firstthing Californians commiserate with each other about as we wander thestreets of Manhattan. The second thing is the overwhelming police presence. There ...
Building industry opposes stricter standards for energy efficiency one line two lines
Sep 01, 2004; ... A plan to urge Southern California cities and counties to tightenstandards for energy efficiency in new construction has energizedsome building industry advocates. "I see it as a job killer," said Frank Williams, chief executiveofficer of the Building Industry Association's Baldy ...
Women's club to meet Thursday in Chino Hills
Sep 01, 2004 ... CHINO HILLS - The Carbon Canyon Women's Club of Chino Hills willmeet at 7 p.m. Thursday at the New Sleepy Hollow Community Building,off Carbon Canyon Road. New potential members are invited to attend the meetings which arealways held the first Thursday at 7 p.m ....
Natural hazards plan available for review
Sep 01, 2004 ... POMONA - A draft of the city 's natural hazards mitigation plan isavailable for public review and comment at the City Hall and library. It is intended for planning uses and i dentifies potential naturalhazards that could affect the city, such as earthquakes, landslidesand ...
Parents key in stopping gangs
Sep 01, 2004; ... For many working and single parents, prospects seem slim whentrying to find inexpensive after-school programs to keep theirchildren off the streets. Sometimes parents blame the schools for their children's failuresand other times schools blame the parents, particularly in ...
Acker set to address business fellowship
Sep 01, 2004 ... ONTARIO - Councilwoman Debbie Acker will speak to the ChristianBusiness Fellowship today at the Royal Cut Restaurant in ...
Local office market remains hot
Sep 01, 2004; ... The maturation of the Inland Empire as a financial market iscontinuing apace in 2004, according to a study by Marcus & MillichapReal Estate Investment Brokerage Co. With vacancy rates already among the lowest in the country - andpoised to go lower - and development activity at a ...
Rock the Vote nets many new voters
Sep 01, 2004; ... SAN BERNARDINO - Heat, sparse attendance and some technicalproblems plagued Tuesday's Rock The Vote event at San BernardinoValley College. But the full-day show, with comedians, bands and politicians, wasdeemed a success. Several hundred people registered to vote by ...
West Nile impacts food
Sep 01, 2004; ... Scientists are worried that mosquito and rodent populations aregrowing because the birds that eat them are dying off at an alarmingrate from West Nile virus. The ecological consequences are dire. The very predators that keep the mosquito population, as well asthe numbers of ...
First laser computer mouse on its way
Sep 01, 2004 ... SAN JOSE - Forget about a better mousetrap. Logitech Internationalthinks it has a better mouse. The Fremont-based maker of computing products will start todayselling the Logitech MX1000, the world's first mouse using a sensorbased on a laser. Logitech says the laser tracking ...
Ex-Enron exec pleads to conspiracy
Sep 01, 2004 ... HOUSTON - A former executive from Enron Corp.'s defunct high-speed Internet unit pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of conspiracyrelated to the scandal-choked company's collapse. Kevin P. Hannon, 44, chief operating officer for Enron BroadbandServices, was ordered to surrender ...
Ex-Qwest exec pleads innocent
Sep 01, 2004 ... DENVER - A former Qwest executive facing his second trial overallegedly fraudulent accounting pleaded innocent Tuesday to thefederal government's new indictment. Thomas Hall, a former senior vice president of sales, faces threecounts of wire fraud and one count of securities ...
Department plans to fire police officer
Sep 01, 2004 ... CLAREMONT - The Police Department intends to fire one of itsofficers, citing perjury, theft of utilities and violations ofdepartment policies as reasons, the officer and his attorney saidTuesday. Claremont police Officer Joel Wernke, a 21-year veteran with thedepartment, said he ...
WMARTINEZ
Sep 01, 2004 ... Mavericks 8, Quakes 3 QUAKES $ab$r$h$bi Aybar ss$3$0$0$0 Willits cf$4$0$2$0 Napoli c$4$0$0$0 Gates lf$4$1$1$0 Budde 1b$4$0$1$0 Abruzzo dh$3$1$1$2 Pavkovich 3b$4$1$1$1 Weed 2b$4$0$0$0 Sugden ...
API scores show most schools improved
Sep 01, 2004; ... Report cards and the beginning of school hardly go hand-in-hand,but this year as students head back to class, report cards arealready being mulled over. But these are not student report cards, rather it's the schoolsand school districts who are being graded. On Tuesday, the ...
EVENTS
Sep 01, 2004 ... - Volunteer fair: Citrus College will host a volunteer fair from10 a.m. to 1 p.m. outside the campus Center, 1000 W. Foothill Blvd.,Glendora. The fair offers active citizens a convenient way to find acompatible organization they can sign on with as a volunteer. Theevent is free and ...
Lights give race unique look
Sep 02, 2004; ... FONTANA --- Once the deci sion was made by Internation al SpeedwayCorp. that Cali forna Speedway would get a second NASCAR Nextel CupSeries race, serious thought was given on making it special andunique. The options were limited until a new light was shed on thesubject, ...
Test your bubble gum, hula hooping skills at the Fair
Sep 02, 2004 ... Break out the Hula Hoop, unwrap a wad of pink bubblegum. Pretendits 1958 and participate in some hometown fun that is Kinder.Simpler. Funner. Whatever your pleasure, there is bound to be acontest for you at the 82nd anniversary of the L.A. County Fair. Contests are great ...
Man in grave condition after being hit by truck
Sep 02, 2004 ... CLAREMONT - A man was in grave condition Wednesday after he wasstruck by a pickup truck. The man, a transient who had no identification, was flown toCedars Sinai Medical Center after the 7:49 a.m. crash, Claremontpolice Lt. Stan Van Horn said. The man was struck at the ...
Children of slain mother testify against Morales
Sep 02, 2004 ... RANCHO CUCAMONGA - Two children took the witness stand Wednesdayand described to jurors horrifying details of the June 9, 2001, nightwhen a group of armed intruders entered their Bloomington home andkilled their mother. The children testified in the trial of Johnny Morales, ...
Pit pass rules relaxed
Sep 02, 2004 ... FONTANA - For those attending Sunday's NASCAR Nextel Cup PopSecret 500, California Speedway is offering unprecedented pit roadaccess and the infield on the tri-oval. Pit passes have always been available for NASCAR events at theSpeedway -- an additional $45 to the grandstand ticket ...
School orders lead tests for water
Sep 02, 2004 ... NOVATO - Water from drinking fountains at a Novato elementaryschool was retested Tuesday after recent samples showed unhealthylevels of lead in two fountains. Novato Unified School District Superintendent Jan Derby saidresults from the new round of testing at Rancho Elementary ...
Convention protests rooted in history
Sep 02, 2004; ... A sea of shouting demonstrators swelled outside the conventionhall, loudly protesting a controversial war in the name of freespeech while police rounded up hundreds in an effort to maintainorder. If it seems like it happened only days ago, it did, in New York. But this more ...
Scheme to smuggle 50 immigrants foiled
Sep 02, 2004 ... LOS ANGELES Two men were arrested in an alleged attempt to smuggle50 Mexican nationals into the United States by crowding them into thesmall cabin of a rented luxury yacht, the Department of HomelandSecurity said Wednesday. The 44-foot yacht was intercepted by the U.S. Coast Guard ...
LA County Fair seeks auditions for video
Sep 02, 2004 ... POMONA - The Los Angeles County Fair will hold auditions forchildren between the ages of 8 and 11 for an upcoming marketingvideo. The production will take place during this year's fair, and noprevious ...
Sen.-turned-banker to give free lecture
Sep 02, 2004 ... CLAREMONT - Former U.S. Sen. Phil Gramm will give a free lectureat 6:45 p.m. Sept. 14 in Claremont McKenna College's Marian MinerCook Athenaeum. Gramm, who first represented Texas in the House of Representativesas a Democrat in 1978 and later became a prominent Republicansenator, ...
Farmer leads readers to orchard, and beyond Masumoto's farm books dabble in philosophy
Sep 01, 2004; ... DEL REY There are ghosts on the farm. You wouldn't notice them on a summer morning, under the white heatof the Central Valley sun. But David Mas Masumoto can read the scars they've left old pruningwounds carved like graffiti on the twisted trunks of the peach treesand ...
(FOR WED)
Sep 01, 2004 ... SPECIAL EVENT HED The NHRA Twilight Cruise will be tonight from 4 to 8 in the NHRAMuseum parking lot, 1101 W. McKinley ...
"Chino Living" interview show ready to hit airwaves
Sep 01, 2004; ... CHINO - Get ready for "Chino Living." Premiering either at the end of this month or early October,"Chino Living" is the name of a new half-hour cable show aimed atinforming residents about their city and government. The show is planned to be a casual interview show which ...
Home building rises in 2004
Sep 01, 2004; ... In spite of a seasonal drop-off in July, the Inland Empire isstill well ahead of 2003 when it comes to new home construction. A monthly report by the California Building Industry Associationshowed the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario area up 17.6 percent forthe first half of 2004 ...
Motorcyclist killed in crash with big rig
Sep 01, 2004 ... MONTCLAIR - A 40-year-old San Gabriel Valley man was killed in amotorcycle accident Tuesday afternoon. The man, whose name wasn't released because his family hadn't beennotified, died at St. Francis Medical Center in Lynwood, saidMontclair police Lt. Chris Weiske. Police said ...
Six Flags shares up nearly 25 percent
Sep 01, 2004 ... Pressure from Microsoft chairman and shareholder Bill Gates over asagging financial outlook and news that Washington Redskins ownerDaniel Snyder has bought nearly 9 percent of Six Flags, Inc. drovethe amusement park company's shares up nearly 25 percent Tuesday. In a Securities and ...
Letters to the Editor: September 1
Sep 01, 2004 ... Kerry hypocrite in Rumsfeld criticism I read that John Kerry is standing in moral judgment of DonaldRumsfeld, demanding that he take responsibility for the mistreatmentof Iraqi prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison, and that he resign assecretary of defense. After reading a ...
Anaheim more than willing to discuss NFL project
Sep 01, 2004; ... When Joe Manzella approached Anaheim officials several years agoabout re-opening The Catch, a landmark restaurant and bar across thestreet from Angel Stadium, he wasn t expecting much help based on hisexperience running an eatery in a nearby city. It turned out to be the biggest ...
Summer concert series comes to an end
Sep 01, 2004 ... POMONA - The Pomona Concert Band will present its final concert ofthe summer series at 8 p.m. Thursday at the G. Stanton SelbyBandshell in Ganesha Park. The event will honor all members of the military, current, ...
"Do-si-do' and swing your ... horse?
Sep 01, 2004; ... NORCO - Eleven riders on horseback stood side-by-side in the backof a Norco ranch home, then guided their equine partners to afamiliar square dancing tune. Cuing their horses, the women formed a moving wagon wheel as thehorses galloped counterclockwise to a different kind of ...
Weekly debates would be victory for electorate
Sep 01, 2004 ... The prevailing wisdom is that pre-election debates benefitchallengers more than incumbents. That may be true in normal electionyears. But in this year s especially close race, an honest discussionand exchange would ultimately benefit voters the most. Certainly, it would provide ...
Pearce returns to defend title
Sep 01, 2004; ... There s no clear-cut favorite this time. No dominant player like three-time winner Sal Enriquez of Uplandin the early 1990s or two-time champ Eric Fekin in later years; butat least 13 players have a legitimate shot at winning the 20th annualInland Valley Amateur Golf Championship, ...
Past time for reform
Sep 01, 2004 ... Although some question the data in the Center for ImmigrationStudies new report, which says illegal immigration cost the federalgovernment more than $10 billion a year, there s no denying itsoverall conclusion. America s busted immigration system is costing the country afortune ....
Seat belt violators to receive citation
Sep 01, 2004 ... CLAREMONT - Drivers caught not wearing seat belts will receivetickets, not warnings, during a national program Claremont police areparticipating in this week. Police plan to step up patrols targeting seat belt violators forthe Click It or Ticket program beginning Thursday, said ...
Judge mulls his removal from rape case
Sep 01, 2004; ... An Orange County Superior Court judge will spend the next 10 daysdeciding whether to remove himself from the statutory rape caseagainst Gregory Haidl. Judge Luis A. Rodriguez presides over a case charging that 19-year-old Haidl - who still faces rape charges in an unrelated case ...
Speedway to get sprayed for virus
Sep 01, 2004; ... FONTANA - Seeking to prevent a West Nile virus outbreak amongNASCAR fans, San Bernardino County health officials will spraypesticides around the California Speedway in the early morning hourstoday. The timing of this Sunday's race - the first to be run at dusk,when mosquitoes are ...
Fontana program helps change lives
Sep 01, 2004; ... FONTANA - Daniel Contreras is not used to being described as asuccess story. At 43 years old, he's already spent 16 years behind bars fornearly every drug crime imaginable. More than two decades of drug abuse left him clinging to thebottom rungs of society, dirt poor with few ...
Sobriety checkpoint set Friday night in Upland
Sep 01, 2004 ... olice will conduct a sobriety checkpoint Friday night, policesaid. The checkpoint will be at an undisclosed location between 4 p.m.and midnight. Drivers approaching the checkpoint will see signsindicating the checkpoint is ahead, police ...
State may seize child support agency
Sep 01, 2004; ... The county agency charged with collecting money from dead-beatparents is in danger of a state takeover for failing to improvecollections. The Child Support Services Department is the first such agency inthe California to be hit with Phase 2 sanctions of the state's three-part ...
Parents key in stopping gangs
Sep 01, 2004; ... For many working and single parents, prospects seem slim whentrying to find inexpensive after-school programs to keep theirchildren off the streets. Sometimes parents blame the schools for their children's failuresand other times schools blame the parents, particularly in ...
Fontana district to open new elementary school
Sep 01, 2004 ... FONTANA - After more than a month of construction delays, FontanaUnified School District's 27th elementary school will open Thursday. Built in a new housing development just west of Almeria Avenue,Dorothy Grant Elementary School will open with about 500 students,Principal Nelson ...
Finley's return a winner
Sep 01, 2004; ... PHOENIX - The giant airplane hangar in the desert isn't a veryexciting place to watch baseball these days. The home team stinks,the names on the scorecard belong mostly to guys who would still bein the minors if the big club didn't have so many injuries, and thebikinis in the swimming ...
Is Geen too gray?
Sep 01, 2004; ... FONTANA - Years of experience, of frustration, of dreams deniedallowed David Green to answer the question in mid-sentence. "Yes," said the driver of the Brewco Motorsports No. 37 TimberWolf Chevrolet in the NASCAR Busch Series before pausing to hear thecomplete question: Would you ...
Busch receives his reward for winning
Sep 01, 2004; ... FONTANA - Kurt Busch has two great passions in his life, driving astock car and baseball. Thanks to his victory at California Speedwayin 2003, the two have been intertwined. Speedway officials presented Busch during the annual Walk of Fameceremony with an original painting by ...
Qauakes routed, stay 2 back
Sep 01, 2004 ... ADELANTO - With their playoff hopes fading away and number ofgames left to try and make one last rally dwindling fast, the Quakes'offense had a game they would much rather forget. David Bradley limited Rancho to three hits over six innings andKennard Bibbs had two hits and two RBIs ...
A forgettable start
Sep 01, 2004; ... BOSTON - They had the platform to launch their sprint intoSeptember, a three-game series at Fenway Park that could have seenthe Angels vault into the wild-card lead while touting the MVPcandidacies of slugging outfielders Vladimir Guerrero and JoseGuillen. But after one game of ...
Quakes close the gap
Sep 02, 2004; ... ADELANTO - Just in time to give the Quakes fading playoff hopes aboost, the Rancho Cucamonga offense showed up. The Quakes pounded out 12 hits and routed the High DesertMavericks, 8-1, in front of 1,387 fans at Mavericks Stadium. The win, along with Lake Elsinore's 3-0 loss to ...
NUMBER INFECTED:
Sep 02, 2004 ... California - 370* San Bernardino County - 134* Los Angeles County - 134* Riverside County - 72 Orange County - 20* CONFIRMED DEATHS: San Bernardino County - ...
Studs to strut their stuff at Norco fair
Sep 02, 2004; ... NORCO - Dejado is 22 years old and is considered a stud. He hasblack hair and weighs 1,200 pounds. Dejado is a black Andalusian horse, one of several that will bemodeling at the Parade of Stallions, a feature of this year's NorcoValley Fair, on Saturday. Dejado and Emiliano ...
Witnesses look on in anguish at the scene of a
Sep 02, 2004 ... Wednesday-afternoon crash that killed a Rancho Cucamongamotorcycle deputy. Ronald Ives, 43, of ...
Ford sales drop; production is cut
Sep 02, 2004 ... DETROIT - Ford Motor Co. reported another poor month of U.S.vehicle sales Wednesday, prompting the nation's second-largestautomaker to cut planned vehicle production in the fourth quarter,which could hurt profits. Ford, the first major automaker to report August results, ...
NASCAR quotebook
Sep 02, 2004 ... "To me when you win a race it's all about victory. It's nevercrossed my mind to guard this or knock this off or do this or that.Personally, I think you're getting a little cocky when you do thingslike that." --- Rusty Wallace "I'll retire here. I love this place, and I love ...
FRIDAY
Sep 02, 2004 ... 7 a.m. -- Gates open 8:30 a.m. -- Busch Series practice (2 hours, 20 minutes) 11 a.m. -- Nextel Cup practice (1 hour, 50 minutes) 1 p.m. -- Busch Series qualifying (2 laps, all positions) 3:10 p.m. -- Nextel Cup qualifying (2 laps, all positions) 4:40 p.m ....
Panda delivers twins in China reserve
Sep 02, 2004 ... SAN DIEGO Less than a year after she was sent into a Chinesebreeding program, San Diego's native-born panda, Hua Mei, gave birthto twins on Wednesday. The 5-year-old giant panda delivered her first cub at 7:45 p.m.local time at China's Wolong Nature Reserve. The second cub ...
Patriotic plaques mounted in Oceanside
Sep 02, 2004 ... OCEANSIDE Plaques reading "Liberty" and "In God We Trust" havebeen mounted in the Oceanside City Council chambers. The plaques were installed Tuesday around the Oceanside city seal,two years after the concept was proposed by a city councilman. Councilman Jack Feller's proposal ...
Microsoft launches online music store
Sep 02, 2004 ... SEATTLE - On the face of things, Microsoft Corp.'s online musicservice looks a lot like the market leader, Apple Computer Inc.'siTunes. When the service launches today, songs will cost 99 cents the sameas Apple. The catalog will initially include about 500,000 songs, butthe ...
Chino school to host blood drive Sept. 2
Sep 02, 2004 ... CHINO - The Anna Borba Elementary School will be hosting a blooddrive and marrow screening for anyone who donates blood Sept. 2. The Blood Bank of San Bernardino and Riverside Counties ...