Inland Valley Daily Bulletin back issues from October 2006:
Area shoppers happy with ban on too-thin models
Oct 01, 2006; ... News that some fashion show models were banned from the catwalk inSpain for being too thin struck a positive note with some InlandEmpire shoppers. While the world's fashionistas shook in their Manolo Blahniks overthe recent debate about too-thin models, the long-term impact of ...
Woman's venture: Go-kart racing
Oct 01, 2006; ... FONTANA - They climb into the cars, get strapped in, put the pedalto the metal and race around the track. But Pam Foreman envisions ordinary residents, not NASCAR drivers,behind the wheel - driving go-karts instead of stock cars. Foreman, a former Fontana resident of 22 years, ...
Truck Parking banned on Mountain Avenue
Oct 01, 2006 ... SAN ANTONIO HEIGHTS - Commercial vehicle parking on Mountain Drivefrom Mountain to Euclid avenues will be prohibited. San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors last week approved theresolution, which applies to commercial vehicles over 10,000 pounds.Residents had expressed safety ...
S.B. supervisors buck state GOP on property rights initiative
Oct 01, 2006; ... San Bernardino County's conservative Board of Supervisors isbucking the state Republican Party's line in opposing a far-reachingproperty rights ballot initiative. Instead, the board favors a far more narrow prohibition on the useof eminent domain to transfer property from one ...
Church tackles IRS 'opportunity'
Oct 01, 2006; ... PASADENA - Rev. Ed Bacon's springboard of choice to nationalprominence for All Saints Church would not necessarily have been anIRS investigation. But now the rector and his wealthy, liberal 3,500-member congregation have enthusiastically taken center stage in theexpanding debate: When ...
Candidates' operatives tinker to turn disinterested voters into interested
Oct 01, 2006; ... They know who you are, what you do, how many people are in yourfamily and where you live. They are political operatives and as more and more voters areturned off by politics with each passing year, they have beenexploring new technologies and techniques to win them ...
Pomona's civic center plan dreams big
Oct 01, 2006; ... POMONA - The colorful diagram of the Pomona Civic Center thatshows tree-lined streets, parking structures, new governmentbuildings and housing is a dream on paper. The concept, which is being referred to as the Civic Center SouthMaster Plan, was recently reviewed by the City ...
2006 Fair winds down under Big Red Barn
Oct 01, 2006; ... POMONA - The cows were mooing, the kettle corn was popping and thecrowds were as large as ever on Sunday as the L.A. County Fairwrapped up its 2006 installment. Whether it was panning for gold in the California Heritage Square,sampling artery-clogging delicacies such as deep-fried ...
Work camp escapee still at large
Oct 01, 2006 ... CHINO - Chino police have concluded their search for a 58-year-old man who escaped Saturday from a minimum security work camp. Bloodhounds from the Orange County Sheriff's Department trackedthe scent of Eugene Vestesen on Saturday to an area where it seems helikely got into a ...
Man killed in Ontario shooting
Oct 01, 2006; ... ONTARIO - A 21-year-old man was fatally shot early Sunday morningduring a party for students of a nearby high school. Ontario police officers responded at 12:03 a.m. to a shooting callin the 2100 block of South Helen Avenue, according to an OntarioPolice Department ...
Observing Yom Kippur
Oct 01, 2006 ... Yom Kippur is the last of 10 days of repentance started by theJewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah. Yom Kippur began at sunset Sunday and ends at sunset today. Photo galllery: Yom Kippur, 10/02/06. The central theme of Yom Kippur is atonement and ...
Woman killed, teen hurt in crash
Oct 01, 2006; ... CHINO - A woman was killed and her 14-year-old passenger severelyinjured Saturday evening after a suspected drunken driver plowed intoher car. The Chino Police Department and Chino Valley Independent FireDistrict responded to a hit-and-run traffic collision call at 10thand C ...
CHP help in San Bernardino to end soon
Oct 01, 2006; ... SAN BERNARDINO - October marks the final month CaliforniaHighway Patrol officers are scheduled to assist the city inpatrolling its most crime-ridden areas in its fight against violentcrime. Since the eight CHP officers and one sergeant joined sheriff'sdeputies and police ...
Officials support routine AIDS test proposal
Oct 01, 2006; ... Physicians and AIDS activists alike are lauding a proposal fromthe Centers for Disease Control that would make HIV testing a moreroutine part of health care. The proposal would eliminate written consent and pre-testcounseling as requirements for HIV testing. Both have been ...
Red, stop. Green, go. Flashing red, stop. But flashing green?
Oct 01, 2006; ... Question: A few Monday mornings ago, as I passed Ontario HighSchool and approached an intersection, I realized that the greensignal light was flashing. I looked again, thinking I was seeingthings (as I think other drivers were doing, since all the trafficcame to a halt). In the 20-plus ...
Passport requirement approaching fast
Oct 01, 2006 ... ONTARIO - The Upland/Ontario office of the Automobile Club ofSouthern California is reminding people that as of Jan. 8, 2007,American citizens traveling outside the country are required to havea valid passport for all destinations. This includes popular vacation spots for which ...
Wendy's completes spinoff of Tim Hortons
Oct 01, 2006 ... DUBLIN, Ohio - Tim Hortons became an independent company Friday asparent Wendy's International Inc. completed its spinoff of theCanadian coffee-and-doughnut chain. Wendy's, the third-largest hamburger chain in the U.S.,distributed to its shareholders the remaining 160 million ...
Gas prices fall for sixth consecutive week
Oct 01, 2006 ... LOS ANGELES - Gas prices in every Southern California metropolitanarea fell for the sixth consecutive week last week and have fallenbelow $3 a gallon everywhere, according to the Automobile Club ofSouthern California's Gas Watch. The price of self-serve gas in the Riverside-San ...
Coroner identifies teen shot dead Saturday night
Oct 02, 2006 ... POMONA - A 13-year-old shooting victim who lost his life Saturdayevening in a residential area of Pomona was identified Sunday. Pomona Police Department officers responded to a shots fired callat 7:50 p.m. in the 2400 block of Wilkie Drive, Pomona police Lt.Mark Warm said. On ...
Drier OKs examining ties to Foley
Oct 03, 2006; ... WASHINGTON -- Glendora Republican David Dreier on Tuesday endorseda "full investigation" into when and how much his GOP colleagues knewabout former Florida Rep. Mark Foley's sexually explicit e-mails toteenage boys. But Dreier, a top member of the House GOP leadership himself, ...
Two arrested in Upland slaying
Oct 02, 2006; ... UPLAND -- Police have arrested two people on charges theymurdered a man whose body was found at Memorial Park on Sept.23.Ivan Pierce, 20, was arrested Friday, according to bookingrecords. Detectives also arrested a 17-year-old girl, althoughthey refused ...
Chino escapee caught out of state
Oct 02, 2006; ... Authorities in Missouri have caught a 58-year-old man whoescaped Saturday morning from a minimum security work camp inChino. U.S. marshals captured Eugene Laverne Vestesen, 58, at 4:30a.m. Monday at a bus depot in Springfield, Mo., where his wifelives, said ...
Inland schools have violence plans in place
Oct 02, 2006; ... As deadly violence erupted at yet another of the nation'sschools Monday, Inland Valley education officials said manylocal campuses have security plans in place to keep studentssafe from dangerous situations.Photo Gallery: Man storms into Amish school, ...
Fair turnout highest in 15 years
Oct 02, 2006; ... POMONA -- Sad as it was to see the thrill rides,livestockand fatty foods disappear for another year, L.A.County Fairofficials had plenty to smile about Monday. Figures releasedMonday put this year's turnout amongthe largest in the fair'seight-decade ...
Edgewater not only a name
Oct 02, 2006; ... CHINO -- Developers hope to build close to 1,000 homes in thesouth part of the city, part of which is designated in the floodplain for the expanded Prado Dam, according to a proposal made tothe city recently.Some of the 993 single-family homes and condominiums in ...
R.C. organizes annual parade
Oct 02, 2006; ... RANCHO CUCAMONGA -- The city is seeking businesses, schools, youth groups and other organizations to submit entries for the Founders Day Parade scheduled for 9 a.m. on Nov. 11. The parade marking the 29th anniversary of the city's foundingwill have the theme ...
Ontario man arrested for evading police
Oct 02, 2006; ... UPLAND -- A man was arrested on suspicion of felony evadingand driving under the influence after his car slammed into alight pole and tree early Saturday. Upland Police Department Officer Curtis Hankins tried to stopa car driven by Eulice Evans, 30, of Ontario, for ...
Letters to the Editor: Oct. 3
Oct 02, 2006 ... One woman's memorial to 9/11 attacks on U.S. Iturned on the radio that morning of 9/11 and stood frozen for amoment in disbelief. Then I switched on the television in time to seethe second plane smash into the World Trade Center. It seemed only a few seconds had passed when the ...
Loans becoming a need to college students, families
Oct 01, 2006; ... Rancho Cucamonga resident Robert Bray wanted his sons to go tocollege. But when his older son Matt became a high school junior,Bray realized he needed to get his finances in order to help pay forit. "Reality hits you," he said. "Eighteen years goes by quickly." Bray was in a ...
Letters to the Editor: Oct. 2
Oct 01, 2006 ... Fight to the death no sporting event The Daily Bulletin published a letter Sept. 21 from a gentleman inUpland regarding the folly of bringing a knife to a gunfight. Sen. John McCain seriously needs to have a chat with this man.When will people realize that a fight to the death ...
Region needs united front on traffic, pollution
Oct 01, 2006 ... Aunited Inland Empire front is forming to deal with issuessurrounding the movement of goods through the region - and that's avery good thing. Last week supervisors, mayors and other leaders from SanBernardino and Riverside counties got together in San Bernardino todeclare that ...
I-15 crash kills two drivers
Oct 02, 2006 ... BAKER - Two drivers who collided along Interstate 15 on Sundaywere killed when both of their vehicles flipped several times on thehighway. San Bernardino County coroner's officials said one of the driverschanged lanes, triggering the crash, but it was unknown which driverchanged ...
Authorities capture man who escaped from Chino work camp
Oct 02, 2006; ... CHINO -- Authorities have caught a 58-year-old man who escapedSaturday from a minimum security work camp. U.S. Marshals caught Eugene Laverne Vestesen, 58, at 4:30 a.m.Monday waiting at a bus depot in Springfield, Mo., where his wifelives, said Prado Conservation Camp Lt. Michael ...
Body found in burned mobile home
Oct 02, 2006 ... SAN BERNARDINO - Firefighters discovered a body inside a homeafter extinguishing an early-morning fire today. San Bernardino firefighters came to the home in the 3700 ...
Pomona community group to review draft of a youth and family master plan
Oct 02, 2006; ... POMONA -- A draft of the Pomona Youth and Family Master Plan willbe reviewed Wednesday morning by members of the group that hasworked for more than a year to create the document. Members of the Pomona Youth and Family Master Plan Community Boardhave been working since July 2005 ...
Vons' parent joins group to reduce emissions
Oct 02, 2006; ... ARCADIA -- Businesses are often reluctant to make changes intheir operations for environmental reasons. But Safeway Inc., parent company of Arcadia-based Vons/Pavilions, is moving on several fronts to comply with a new lawthat calls for a 25 percent reduction in ...
Rialto ought to seek cooperation on perchlorate
Oct 02, 2006 ... Rialto may have a case against San Bernardino County in expectingit to help resolve the issue of perchlorate contamination pollutingcity wells. But it is going about the process of seeking compensationfor its efforts entirely the wrong way. Rather than suing the county once again, ...
Euclid has right angle on exercise
Oct 02, 2006; ... On any given Saturday morning, people can be found walking,running or cycling on the dividing lane of Euclid Avenue in Uplandwith friends, dogs or iPods. The 15-mile stretch spans just south of the 60 Freeway in Chinothrough Ontario and Upland. At Foothill Boulevard, the ...
Students remember longtime school teacher, patriot
Oct 02, 2006; ... RIALTO - Bill Thornburg was the type of teacher who tookhomework to the home of a student suffering from brain cancer andwho never ever settled for mediocrity in the classroom. So well-liked was Thornburg in his 23 years with the ColtonJoint Unified School District that ...
Identity thefts cases skyrocket in L.A.
Oct 02, 2006; ... Identity theft in Los Angeles County soared to morethan 25,000cases last year and is on pace to surge evenmore this year as oneof the region's fastest-growingcrimes.The volume has overwhelmed investigators, who say theycaninvestigate only about 10 percent of the ...
Rancho REI hosts cleanup, advocates for trails
Oct 02, 2006; ... New stomping grounds are sprouting up all over the Inland Empirefor horseback riders, cyclists and joggers. The outdoor equipment and clothing store Recreational EquipmentInc. - a regular mecca for active, outdoor gear-heads - spendsmillions of dollars annually to support ...
Jurupa to hold community event
Oct 02, 2006; ... GLEN AVON -- A Coming Together of Communities will be held at6:30 p.m. Oct. 11 at the Jurupa Community Center, 4810 Pedley Road,Glen Avon. The event will bring people together to improve ...
Riverside sponsors dog adoption event
Oct 02, 2006; ... The Riverside City and County Animal Services will sponsor dogadoption days at PetSmart in Corona at 573 N. McKinley from 10 a.m.to 4 p.m. each Saturday in October. Cat adoptions will be conductedevery day at the store. A license, vaccination and microchip ...
Chino road gets name change
Oct 02, 2006; ... CHINO HILLS -- A portion of Los Serranos Road will get a namechange to make it easier for people to locate it. City Council member approved a request last week to rename theroad, just northeast of the Los Serranos Club on the other side ofthe 71 Freeway. That segment of the ...
Chino hosts Halloween costume exchange
Oct 02, 2006; ... CHINO HILLS - Parents can help the community as well as savemoney on their children's Halloween costumes. A Halloween costume exchange event Thursday morning, sponsoredby ChinoHillsParent.com, will take place that day at the Chick-fil-A restaurant on Grand Avenue ....
City, school district inform public of Wyle investigation
Oct 02, 2006; ... NORCO -- Norco and the Corona-Norco school district have agreed tomake a few changes after being publicly criticized last month forneglecting to stay involved and inform the public about the Wyle Labsinvestigation and cleanup process. Community Advisory Group Chairwoman Celeste ...
D.A. Ramos reorganizes staff, divisions
Oct 02, 2006; ... San Bernardino County District Attorney Michael Ramos has tappednew leadership for a special division that handles sexually violentpredators and workers compensation fraud, as well as other regionaldivisions. Ramos on Monday named Chief Deputy Richard Maxwell, who ...
Two men shot, hospitalized in Pomona incidents
Oct 02, 2006; ... POMONA -- Two men were shot in separate incidentsin the citywithin hours of each other Sunday. At 4:38 p.m., Andrew Mejia, 20, of Pomona, was walkingin thearea of Hamilton Boulevard and Wilson Street whenan older modelvehicle approached him, a Pomona policenews ...
Three arrested at Victoria Gardens
Oct 02, 2006; ... RANCHO CUCAMONGA -- Two sheriff's deputies escaped injury aftera vehicle with suspected burglars backed into their motorcyclesMonday at Victoria Gardens Mall. The incident took place about 7:30 p.m. at Macy's RanchoCucamonga, at 7855 Kew Ave., said San Bernardino County ...
Panel unveils youth plan
Oct 02, 2006; ... POMONA - A draft of the Pomona Youth and FamilyMaster Plan,designed to create an environment wherechildren, youth and theirfamilies can thrive, will bereviewed for the first time Wednesday by the group that worked for more than a year tocreatethe ...
Chino police seek suspect in fatal crash
Oct 02, 2006; ... CHINO -- A second suspect involved in a hit-and-run collisionthat killed a woman Saturday night is being sought by Chino police. The suspect, described as a male in his 20s, was the passengerduring a 9:25 p.m. collision at 10th and C streets, a Chino policenews release ...
Suspect sought in Fontana robbery
Oct 02, 2006; ... FONTANA -- Police are searching for a man who robbed a motoristof his money and car keys on Friday. Police said the robber wore a blue baseball cap, white long-sleeve T-shirt and baggy blue jeans and used a black semi-automatic handgun in the robbery. The man is ...
Man beaten in Fontana, robbed of pants
Oct 02, 2006; ... FONTANA -- An El Monte man was assaulted in a Fontana alleywayby six men who punched and kicked him before taking his pants andhis money. Pedro Gonzalez, 27, of El Monte, walked in the back of the 8500block of Bennett Avenue at 10:17 p.m. Friday when the six menassaulted ...
Whistle-blower let go
Oct 02, 2006; ... An immigrant application screener who spoke outearlierthis year about his agency's security failures haslosthis job, despite a recent decision to extend thecontractsof hundreds of other employees like him.Sultan Farakhan, an immigrant benefits ...
Father accused of killing infant pleads not guilty
Oct 03, 2006; ... LA VERNE -- A man accused of killing his 3-month-old son pleadednot guilty Tuesday to one count each of murder, assault on a childcausing death and child abuse, court officials said. Anthony Pevehouse, 27, was arraigned at Pomona Superior Court. Hiswife, Amanda Pevehouse, 24, ...
Hit-and-run suspect pleads not guilty to murder
Oct 03, 2006; ... CHINO -- A suspected drunken driver accused of killing a woman ina crash Saturday night pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges ofvehicular manslaughter and hit-and-run causing death. Police say Emiliano Ramos, 20, ran his truck through a stop signat 10th and C Streets at about ...
Etiwanda School District seeks feedback
Oct 03, 2006; ... ETIWANDA -- A meeting for parents and interested residents of theEtiwanda School District to make comments on the development of thedistrict's Strategic Plan for 2007-12 ...
Chino organization promotes healthy living
Oct 03, 2006; ... CHINO -- In an effort to promote healthy living, residents areinvited to participate in walk on Oct. 14 at Prado Regional Park. Hosted by the Healthy Chino Coalition, "Walk Through the Park" isopen to walkers of all levels. Participants will walk from 8 to 11a.m., and nutritional ...
Carl Rausch, RV dealer, dies at 90
Oct 03, 2006; ... ONTARIO -- Carl Rausch, whose Mission Boulevard RV and trailerdealership has been an Ontario landmark for decades, died thisweekend, his son said. He was 90.Rausch died Saturday after falling asleep, said son Larry Rausch.Though his father had turned over most of the ...
Cement truck overturns, shuts down 60 Freeway
Oct 03, 2006; ... RUBIDOUX - A cement mixer overturned on the 60 Freeway Tuesdaymorning, forcing the California Highway Patrol to shut down two ofthe westbound lanes. The driver was heading west near Valley Way at 7:38 a.m. when hecrashed the ...
Fire burns six acres in Pomona
Oct 03, 2006; ... A brush fire burned six acres in the Phillips Ranch area of southPomona on Tuesday afternoon. The fire started about 3:15 p.m. for an unknown reason, said LosAngeles County Fire Department inspector Rick Dominguez. It was alongthe westbound 60 Freeway east of Phillips Ranch Road ....
Upland to conduct driving checkpoint
Oct 03, 2006; ... UPLAND -- The Upland Police Department will hold a daytime safetycheckpoint at an unannounced location in the city Thursday from 10a.m. to 6 p.m. Drivers who approach the checkpoint will see a sign that warns ofa checkpoint ahead, an Upland Police ...
Rubidoux senior center holds dinner
Oct 03, 2006; ... RUBIDOUX -- A candlelight dinner will be held at 4:30 p.m. Oct.15 at the Eddie Dee Smith Senior Center, 5888 Mission Blvd.,Rubidoux. The dinner is being sponsored by the Upton family ...
La Verne council considers revised park master plan
Oct 03, 2006; ... LA VERNE -- City sports teams are hopeful that deteriorating fieldconditions will be improved based on recommendations from the revisedParks and Community Services Master Plan. "I like what I saw," Margaret Rasmussen, co-All-Star commissionerwith the La Verne Girls Softball ...
Flat tire causes crash, kills Montclair woman
Oct 03, 2006; ... CORONA - A Montclair woman driving on a flat tire was killed earlyTuesday when she swerved her car across the 91 Freeway and was struckby another motorist. Jennifer Catalan, 20, was pronounced dead at the scene near GreenRiver Road at 12:35 ...