Inland Valley Daily Bulletin back issues from August 2006:
Redlands man still in the dance mix in reality show
Aug 01, 2006; ... This summer's most popular reality TV show has a local residentamong its top three male competitors. Last week, Benji Schwimmer of Redlands, who specializes in WestCoast Swing, made it to the next round on Fox-TV's ''So You ThinkYou Can Dance.'' Schwimmer, 22, did a fun, ...
Hot August nights at San Manuel
Aug 01, 2006; ... So far this summer, San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino has been booking at least one ''must-see'' show each month. Both Jamie Foxx and Velvet Revolver appeared there recently, while Stevie Wonderarrived for a VIP celebration honoring the Highland venue's 20thanniversary. The ...
Chino Hills High School receives accreditation for UC
Aug 01, 2006; ... CHINO -- Chino Hills High School received accreditation fromWestern Association of Schools and Colleges for providing studentswith academic skills on par with University of California standards. David Brown, WASC executive director, said UC campuses lookfavorably at students' ...
Recall effort to be aimed at special election
Aug 01, 2006; ... POMONA - A group trying to recall four Pomona school board membershas dropped plans to qualify the measure for the November generalelection and will aim instead for a special election early nextyear. The shift will give the group more time to collect 10,000signatures it ...
At last, public able to review Gumport reports
Aug 01, 2006 ... The long-awaited Gumport reports are out -- finally released bythe San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors for public viewing . .. more than eight months after they were completed. And now that the public canwade through all 165 pages,plusexhibits, County ...
Stabbing suspect has long history
Aug 01, 2006; ... POMONA - A man charged last week with four stabbings, includingonethat killed a guest at the Pala Motel, may be responsible forat least twomore stabbings, bringing his total victim count tosix, police said this week. Detectives said they believe JasonTroy Edmon, a career ...
Daily Bulletin names Kuta as publisher
Aug 01, 2006 ... ONTARIO -- Dave Kuta took the reins Tuesday as publisher andpresident of the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin. Kuta, 57, previously was publisher of Long Beach's GazetteNewspapers, which includes the Grunion Gazette and DowntownGazette. The papers are owned MediaNews Group, ...
Ovitt: County 'spanked' in Colonies case
Aug 01, 2006; ... Incompetent legal advice, a faulty judgment, leaked informationand a sensationalistic media are just a few of thereasons that county officials are using to explain ajudge's damning ruling Monday. Superior Court Judge Christopher Warner roasted San ...
City of Fontana has part-time jobs open
Aug 01, 2006; ... FONTANA -- The city is hosting a job fair Aug. 12 and offeringpart-time jobs in the city's Community Services Department. Those interested will need to fill out an application for thepositions of community assistants. The positions pay up to ...
Contaminant shelters sought for airport
Aug 01, 2006; ... ONTARIO - Ontario International Airport officials are looking for new mobile decontamination shelters. Los Angeles World Airports, which operates ONT, acquired a mobilemasscasualty decontamination system in 1999. The system isdesigned to be used inthe event of exposure to ...
Mission Tiki Drive-In is thrivin'
Aug 01, 2006; ... REVIVING THE Mission Drive-In in the 21st century would seem to be"Mission: Impossible." After all, drive-ins are the rotary phones of the theaterbusiness. Even plush modern cinemas aren't doing so hot thanksto DVD players and crummy movies. Photo Gallery: Mission ...
Babysitter finds 2-year-old child dead in Upland pool
Aug 01, 2006; ... UPLAND - A 2-year-old boy died Monday after he was found floatingin a swimming pool by his baby sitter, according to a coroner'snews release. Firefighters responded about 3 p.m. Monday to a 911 call at aresidence in the 1400 block of Winston Avenue. On arrival, ...
Police gather with residents for evening of fun and games
Aug 01, 2006; ... Pomona police cars lined Angela and Chanslor streets Tuesdaynight, but officers weren't responding to a crime or making anarrest. Instead, they gathered at the Renacimiento Community Center totalk with residents, enjoy music and play games withneighborhood children ...
Smoothie store owner has high hopes
Aug 01, 2006; ... COVINA -- La Tanya Sharp is making a smoothie transition tobusiness owner. Sharp opened Juice It Up! at 3646 S. Nogales St. in West Covinaabout a month ago. The store offers smoothies, fresh-squeezed juicesand shakes. The Chino woman wanted to open a business that would ...
Toyota outsells Ford in U.S. for first time
Aug 01, 2006 ... DETROIT - Amid steep gas prices, Toyota Motor Corp. rode its reputation for fuel-efficient cars to a double-digit sales increasein July and outsold Ford in the United States for the first monthever. Honda Motor Co. also reported robust sales. U.S. automakers experienced a ...
Honda manual hooks up owners with adult hot line
Aug 01, 2006 ... WASHINGTON - A toll-free number listed in more than a millionHonda owners' manuals was supposed to direct callers to agovernment hotline not to another number where the conversation isprobably about anything but auto safety. Honda Motor Co. said it incorrectly published an ...
Chino Hills high gets accreditation
Aug 01, 2006; ... CHINO - Chino Hills High School received accreditation from Western Association of Schools and Colleges for providing studentswith academic skills on par with University of Californiastandards. David Brown, WASC executive director, said UC campuses lookfavorably at students' ...
Claremont Dems holding talk on women
Aug 01, 2006; ... CLAREMONT -- The Democratic Club of Claremont will hold a discussion on "Rewriting the California Democratic Party's PlatformonWomen." Dr. Laurie Shrage of Cal Poly Pomona will ...
Firm selected for ONT canopies project
Aug 02, 2006; ... ONTARIO - A construction firm has been selected to buildextensions for the overhead canopies outside terminals at OntarioInternational Airport. 2H Construction will handle the project, which will extend theoverhead coverings so they are attached to the terminals -- ...
State lawmakerstour Chino prison
Aug 02, 2006; ... CHINO -- Two state legislators toured the California Institutionfor Men on Wednesday, seeking a firsthand look at one of the state'smost troubled prisons before the start of a special legislativesession on the correctional system. Special Section: Criminal Neglect Sen. Gloria ...
Pomona meeting on city housing services
Aug 02, 2006 ... POMONA - Residents can learn at a 10 a.m. meeting today abouthousing services available in the city. Topics expected to be discussed include mortgage assistance, homerehabilitation, first-time home buyer programs and dealing withcontractors. City ...
Chino Hills paving will now begin Aug. 14
Aug 02, 2006 ... CHINO HILLS - Department of Transportation will begin repavingCarbon Canyon Road and Chino Hills Parkway on Aug. 14, instead of onFriday as previously announced. Repaving from the San Bernardino andOrange counties border to the 71 Freeway ramps is expected to last 30days, said Traci ...
Hearing examines border proposal
Aug 02, 2006; ... SAN DIEGO - Illegal immigrants cost local communities millions ofdollars each year in public safety, health-care costs and educationcosts, House Judiciary Committee members were told Wednesday at thelatest in a series of government field hearings about immigration. But the panel ...
Postmus pushes effort to settle in land feud
Aug 02, 2006; ... Board of Supervisors Chairman Bill Postmus -- still upset over ajudge's preliminary ruling Monday -- said it's time for SanBernardino County to settle with the developers of the Coloniesproject in Upland. Postmus said past attempts to end the legal battle with ColoniesPartners ...
Supervisors split on Gumport's work in report
Aug 02, 2006; ... San Bernardino County paid Leonard Gumport $160,000 to investigatequestionable county land deals. Top officials can't agree on what itgot in return. Bill Postmus, chairman of the Board of Supervisors, calls thereport Gumport produced "sensationalistic" and full of ...
Judge to Diamond Bar: Revise nightclub suit
Aug 02, 2006 ... DIAMOND BAR - A judge told lawyers for the city Wednesday torevise a lawsuit if they want to proceed with a bid to stop arestaurant from being used as a once-a-week nightclub. A Los Angeles Superior Court judge ruled Diamond Bar does not havelegal standing to sue for a restraining ...
Woman on bike killed on Euclid in Chino
Aug 02, 2006 ... CHINO - A bicyclist was hit and killed by a car Tuesday on EuclidAvenue near Kimball Avenue. Kelly Jo Purcell, 34, was headed southbound at 7:30 p.m. on EuclidAvenue when a Honda Civic hit her from behind, said Michelle Van DerLinden, Chino public information officer. A ...
Brief power outage disrupts Rancho
Aug 02, 2006 ... RANCHO CUCAMONGA - A brief power outage left more than 1,000customers without power Wednesday night. Equipment failure was to blame for the outage that began at 7:30p.m. and ended at 8:50 p.m. once all customers' power was restored,said Rupely Conde, Southern ...
Three suspected of school vandalism
Aug 02, 2006 ... RANCHO CUCAMONGA - Two adults and one 17-year-old boy werearrested Tuesday on suspicion of vandalizing schools throughout thecity. San Bernardino County Sheriff's investigators suspect ArtoYlikangas, 19, Jason Riley, 19, and the 17-year-old used severaldifferent colors of paint ...
Stolen property found in Glen Avon
Aug 02, 2006 ... GLEN AVON - Motorcycles, watercrafts, trailers and other vehiclesfound in the 4200 block of Avon Street on Monday shared something incommon - they were all stolen property. Riverside County sheriff's deputies located a stolen motorcycle inthe front yard about 12:19 p.m., according ...
Man, 37, dies in crash on 10 Freeway
Aug 02, 2006 ... ONTARIO - A man died after being involved in a collision with atractor-trailer Wednesday at 2 a.m. on the 10 Freeway. The victim, Bernard Arnold Bennett, 37, a resident of Redlands,was traveling eastbound in a 2001 BMW and struck ...
Fire in Chino displaces two
Aug 02, 2006 ... Fire gutted a home in the 13000 block of Bunker Hill Place inChino on Wednesday, killing a dog and displacing a couple. Firefighters arrived at the scene about 11 a.m., and the single-story house was already filled with heavy smoke and heat, said RyanDacko, spokesman for the Chino ...
Rialto streets to close for new traffic signals
Aug 02, 2006 ... RIALTO - Five intersections will be affected at different timesthis year by temporary street closures as workers install new trafficsignals. Work began July 25 and is expected to be completed by theend of the year. The schedule is staggered so only one or two intersections ...
Chino OKs $47 million in bonds for park expansion
Aug 02, 2006; ... CHINO - Youth sports teams and local residents may soon get theirwish. Ayala Community Park is about to get bigger. The City Council authorized the sale of $47 million inredevelopment bonds Tuesday to pay for several city projectsincluding building more ballfields and a stadium at ...
Therapy pool pays off for children
Aug 02, 2006; ... SAN DIMAS - For a project that took four years and more than$500,000 to finish, the swimming pool doesn't appear to match theprice tag. There are no breathtaking waterfalls, no elaborate rockformations, no infinity edge. It's not surrounded by lush landscapingor set atop a hill ...
Norco OKs speed limits
Aug 02, 2006; ... NORCO - Norco residents and equestrians have long been at oddswith the vehicles that zip recklessly through neighborhoods andstreets designed with rural intentions and a small-town state ofmind. Six more Norco streets are facing slower speed limits in anordinance the City Council ...
Man becomes 'person of interest' after wife vanishes during Las Vegas trip
Aug 02, 2006; ... ONTARIO - Detectives investigating a missing person are nowlabeling the case a murder. Ontario police detectives looking into the disappearance ofEverilda Duran Watson, 50, now believe the woman has been a victim offoul play, according to a police statement. ONLINE ...
Rialto streets to close for new traffic signals
Aug 01, 2006; ... RIALTO - Five intersections will be affected at different times this year by temporary street closures as workers install new trafficsignals. Work began July 25 and is expected to be completed by theend of the year. The schedule is staggered so only one ...
Contractor chosen for ONT security upgrades
Aug 01, 2006; ... ONTARIO -- Airport officials have chosen a contractor to constructnew perimeter security measures at Ontario International Airport. Stronghold Engineering was the lowest bidder for the project,which includes replacing more than eight miles of fencing as well a airfield and a ...
Letters to the Editor: Aug. 2
Aug 01, 2006 ... Make English official language of U.S.I read with great interest Thomas Elias' column in the DailyBulletin July 25 titled "English as official U.S. language is notracist."I am a first-generation American whose mother was born in Mexicoin 1924. She migrated to the United ...
How the Gumport controversy got to its present state
Aug 01, 2006 ... Things were heated among San Bernardino County supervisors. A little more than a year ago, 3rd District Supervisor DennisHansberger publicly criticized attempts by colleagues Bill Postmusand Paul Biane of the 1st and 2nd districts, respectively, to settlea lawsuit with an Upland ...
Report: Granlund, Platinum had other conflicts
Aug 01, 2006; ... Two investigative reports released Tuesday answer many questions,but they also raise a rather large one: Why did San Bernardino Countylast week renew its contract with Platinum Advisors, LLC?Allegations that one of the firm's lobbyists, former stateAssemblymanBrett Granlund of ...
Recall plans pushed back
Aug 01, 2006; ... POMONA - A group hoping to recall four Pomona school board membershas dropped plans to qualify the measure for the November generalelection and will aim instead for a special election early nextyear.The shift will give the group more time to collect the10,000 signatures it ...
Complex views toward U.S.
Aug 01, 2006; ... (Editor's note: This is a twice weekly column written ConorFriedersdorf, who is managing the Daily Bulletin's blog, or specialWeb site, on immigration issues. The blog is designed to providea forum for opinions and information on immigration. The blog isat ...
Claremont to try bond to fund pasture purchase
Aug 01, 2006; ... CLAREMONT -- The City Council agreed to another funding source to purchase Johnson's Pasture, giving open-space preservationists hopethat the hillside may be saved from development. The Council Tuesday unanimously approved a bond for the Nov. 7elections, and appropriated ...
Gumport reports finally released
Aug 01, 2006; ... SAN BERNARDINO - After nine months of refusals, county leaders onTuesday released two investigation reports into allegations land sales.County leaders initially refused to release the reports, citingconcernsover employee privacy, potential litigation ...
Supervisors approve raise, term limits amendment
Aug 01, 2006; ... Asking for a raise can be an awkward thing. Same goes with facinga layoff -- in 12 years. On Tuesday, the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors didboth, unanimously approving an amendment to the county's charterthat imposes a three-term limit on supervisorial service ...
Voters to decide on new Diamond Bar library
Aug 01, 2006; ... DIAMOND BAR -- The decision whether to establish a new Diamond Barlibrary was turned over to the people Tuesday, as the City Councilvoted to place the measure on the November 7 ballot. Supporters of the new library cheered at Tuesday's meeting whenthe council unanimously approved ...
Former S.B. Co. employee convicted of worker's comp fraud
Aug 01, 2006; ... SAN BERNARDINO -- A former San Bernardino County employee has beenconvicted of worker's compensation fraud for working while shecollected disability payments. Martha Ramirez, who worked for the San Bernardino County ChildSupport Services, pleaded no contest to felony charges of ...
Traffic worries surround schools
Aug 01, 2006; ... Two new schools opened last month in Eastvale, with another due toopen next month. But the surrounding infrastructure in the booming Riverside Countycommunity has been much slower to accommodate the new EastvaleElementary, River Heights Intermediate and Roosevelt High ...
FUSD mulls next step in chief search
Aug 01, 2006; ... FONTANA - Now that the deadline for applications has passed, school board members are set to meet later this week to decide how togo about choosing the next superintendent.There are 11candidates for Fontana Unified School District's top post. A closed-door meeting is set for ...
Tourists Flee Strengthening Tropical Storm
Aug 02, 2006 ... SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Tourists evacuated two small islands offthe coast of Puerto Rico on Wednesday as Tropical Storm Chris gainedstrength in the eastern Caribbean and was expected to become thefirst hurricane of the Atlantic season. The storm had top sustained winds of 65 mph ...
Info sought to ID woman struck by car
Aug 01, 2006; ... CHINO -- The Chino Police Department is asking for help inidentifying a white female who was struck by a car while riding herbike around 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The woman was riding southbound on Euclid Avenue near KimballAvenue, when a Honda Civic came up behind her and struck ...
Newspaper's fight for Gumport reports pays off
Aug 01, 2006; ... Why did The Inland Valley Daily Bulletin hassle the county forthese reports? Yes, we hassled San Bernardino County officials over their refusalto release investigation reports they said were confidential. You might even say we've been relentless about ...
Riverside County judge accused of misconduct
Aug 02, 2006; ... RIVERSIDE -- A Riverside County judge has been accused ofmisconduct by the California Commission on Judicial Performance. The commission, which investigates complaints against judges,alleges Judge Robert G. Spitzer backdated orders, allowed cases tolinger in his courtroom for ...
Pomona meeting to teach residents about housing
Aug 02, 2006; ... POMONA - Residents here can learn at a 10 a.m. meeting today abouthousing services available in the city. Items expected to be discussed include mortgage assistance, home rehabilitation, first-time home buyer programs and dealing ...
Missing person case now being investigated as murder
Aug 02, 2006; ... ONTARIO - The case involving a missing city resident last seenvacationing in Las Vegas has now become a murder investigation. A ''significant amount of blood'' was found in the vehicle thatEverilda Duran Watson, 50, and her husband, John Watson, drove toLas Vegas in July, ...
Claremont council selects apartment project builder
Aug 02, 2006; ... CLAREMONT - In a contentious City Council meeting Tuesday,Enhanced Affordable Development was selected to build thecontroversial Towne Avenue and Base Line Road apartment project, butwith a twist. The developer must first conduct neighborhood outreach, inparticular, with ...
Construction firm selected for ONT canopies
Aug 02, 2006; ... ONTARIO -- A construction firm has been selected to buildextensions for the overhead canopies outside terminals at OntarioInternational Airport. 2H Construction will handle the project, which will extend theoverhead coverings so they are attached to the terminals -- ...
Carbon Canyon Road and Chino Hills Parkway repaving delayed
Aug 02, 2006; ... CHINO HILLS -- Department of Transportation will begin repavingCarbon Canyon Road and Chino Hills Parkway on Aug. 14, instead ofFriday as previously announced. Repaving from the San Bernardino and Orange counties border to the71 Freeway ramps is expected to last 30 days, said ...
Letters to the Editor: August 3
Aug 02, 2006 ... Why is U.S. government silent on Israel and terrorism? My family and I greatly appreciate the letter headlined "Medianeeds to tell the truth about Israeli terrorism." This reflects the voices not only of us but many others who areastonished by our government's silence and ...
Microsoft: Reporter faked interview
Aug 02, 2006 ... OSLO, Norway - Microsoft Corp. said Wednesday a Norwegianjournalist fabricated an interview with Bill Gates. The interview, printed in the Norwegian magazine Mann and top-selling Swedish tabloid daily Aftonbladet, was "totally fake," saidEirik Lae Solberg, spokesman for Microsoft ...
Experts watching energy's effect on housing market
Aug 02, 2006; ... Southern California's housing market remains basically strong, butexperts are keeping a close eye on the cost of energy and its effectson the economy. That's the thrust of Metrostudy's second quarter 2006 report onthe housing industry, with the real-estate think tank saying ...
Chino fire causes over $300,000 worth of damage
Aug 02, 2006; ... CHINO -- A fire gutted a home on the 13000 block of Bunker HillPlace on Wednesday, killing a dog and displacing a couple. Firefighters arrived at the scene about 11 a.m., and the single-story house was already filled with heavy smoke and heat, said RyanDacko, spokesman for the ...
San Dimas family gets their pool
Aug 02, 2006; ... SAN DIMAS -- For a project that took four years and more than $500,000 to finish, the swimming pool doesn't appear to match theprice tag. There are no breathtaking waterfalls, no elaborate rockformations, no infinity edge. It's not surrounded by lushlandscaping or set atop a ...