Inland Valley Daily Bulletin back issues from April 2007:
Smooth soaring: Paraplane takes to the sky
Apr 01, 2007; ... APPLE VALLEY - As we ascend higher into the air, I repeat tomyself, "Altitude is your friend. Altitude is your friend." I look down at the teeny tiny cars and buildings and shiver. Ifeel like there's not much holding me up. I'm attached by a seat beltto a dune-buggyish vehicle ...
In brief
Apr 01, 2007 ... WORLD OF BUSINESS Quick takes ... Enterprise Rent-A-Car announced late Friday it has agreed to buyVanguard Car Rental Group Inc., which operates the Alamo and Nationalchains ... General Motors is taking a serious look at building low-cost mini cars capable of achieving as ...
CARES in great deal
Apr 01, 2007 ... Ontario Mayor Paul Leon calls it his favorite city program. Weagree. Ontario CARES, the program that spruces up older houses for low-and moderate-income families, is about to expand into two more of thecity's neighborhoods. Families of four earning up to $69,000 can gettheir ...
The Local Scene
Apr 01, 2007 ... RANCHO CUCAMONGA Shopping strip sells for $2.35M Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Brokerage Co. recentlyannounced the sale of Cucamonga Center. This 8,314-square-footshopping strip sold for $2.35 million. Drew Wetherholt and Sid Kitisakkul, investment ...
Subprime home loans a prime fiasco
Apr 01, 2007 ... Let the buyer beware, and let them lose their home - the modusoperandi, it seems, for many a subprime mortgage lender looking tosnare unsuspecting customers with pixie dust. Naive or not, the many homeowners who have fallen victim to thesubprime-loan scandal and are now facing ...
Letters to the Editor: April 2
Apr 01, 2007 ... Bishop's spin control unravels at St. Joseph's The front-page headline to your newspaper March 25 declared"Priests say more Catholics returning to confession." As a lifelong practicing Catholic, I found that choice ofheadlines a bit odd for the newspaper, and I found myself ...
Amid the violence, prayer for peace
Apr 01, 2007 ... Ministers, residents and others gathered in Pomona on Saturdayafternoon near Karesh Avenue and Abbey Lane for a prayer rally inmemory of a man and woman who were recent victims of a shooting. Special Section: Neighborhood Watch Ending Violence: Visit our solutions blog ...
Melissa Etheridge: Pomona to Oscar
Apr 01, 2007; ... Melissa Etheridge, the pop singer who recently won an Oscar forher song from "An Inconvenient Truth," began her career by performingsolo at women's bars in Pomona, Long Beach and Altadena, making up to$100 a night, according to online biographies. A reader named Elaine e-mailed me ...
Mayor: Fontana the place to be
Apr 01, 2007; ... FONTANA - Take a look around the community right now. Fontana is home to 180,000 people, including those annexed to thesecond-largest city in the county.Under construction downtown is a $60 million regional library nownamed the Lewis Library and Technology Center after the ...
Vaudeville show closes, but those learned lines linger on
Apr 01, 2007; ... FONTANA - I can't believe it's over. The Fontana Mummers' show "Gaslight Revue - A Night of Vaudevilleand Melodrama" ends today, after three weekends of performances andseveral weeks of rehearsal. We'll do our last circle before the showwhere we hold hands, say a quick prayer and ...
Citrus Harvest Festival
Apr 01, 2007 ... Each year, the geographically small but character-rich city ofHighland at the base of the San Bernardino Mountains circles itswagons downtown to dance, eat, gab and bargain for quirky trinkets. The 2007 installment of the Citrus Harvest Festival in and aroundMain Street was a ...
Minuteman group calls off rally
Apr 01, 2007; ... RANCHO CUCAMONGA - An illegal-immigration protest organized by theMinuteman Project on Saturday morning was foiled by the arrival ofmembers of the Ku Klux Klan. Beyond Borders Special Section: Complete immigration news &Multimedia Photo Gallery: Minutemen Protests ...
Klan's presence in I.E. dates to the 1920s
Apr 01, 2007; ... The presence of the Ku Klux Klan at a Minuteman Project protestSaturday in Rancho Cucamonga might seem out of place to thoseunfamiliar with the history of the Inland Empire. But for those who know, it's likely not a surprise. KKK members regularly held marches until the ...
Baca backing migrant measure
Apr 01, 2007; ... Rep. Joe Baca wants to help President Bush improve his image. It might seem strange that a Democratic congressman from Rialtowould willingly choose to boost the deteriorating public perceptionof a Republican president. But looking at the wry grin on Baca's face might help ...
Firefighters corral blaze
Apr 01, 2007; ... HESPERIA - A brush fire that consumed about 4,100 acres and forcedthe evacuation of 230 homes was 95 percent contained Sunday evening,officials said. Full containment was expected by 3 p.m. today. The Las Flores Fire, which began Saturday morning in the SanBernardino ...
Father accidentally backs vehicle over 3-year-old daughter
Apr 01, 2007 ... POMONA - A 3-year-old girl suffered head injuries Saturday eveningafter her father accidentally backed over her in his vehicle. Pomona police responded to a call at 7:36 p.m about a childinjured in a traffic collision in the 200 block of West Orange GroveAvenue. Police found ...
News from around the Inland Valley
Apr 01, 2007 ... Plan strategy goes to Pomona council POMONA - A proposed implementation strategy for the city's Youthand Family Master Plan will go to the City Council tonight forapproval. The strategy was developed by the Pomona Youth and Family MasterPlan Steering Committee, a diverse ...
Interplay between charter, traditional schools often gray
Apr 01, 2007; ... Fifteen years ago, many local educators felt Sacramento was agiant school board in the sky, dictating what districts hundreds ofmiles away could or couldn't do. There were too many rules. There wasn't enough freedom. Former state Sen. Gary Hart says that lack of flexibility ...
Fugitive gets 33 years for trying to kill wife
Apr 02, 2007; ... NORWALK - A 28-year-old South Gate man wanted by Fontana policefor allegedly killing his father-in-law was sentenced in absentiaTuesday by a Norwalk Superior Court judge to life in prison fortrying to kill his wife. Daniel Perez has not been seen since Aug. 26, the day that ...
Murder suspect may be extradited
Apr 02, 2007; ... FONTANA - A Fontana murder suspect could become the first personto be extradited from Mexico to the United States under new Mexicanlaws that make it easier for American police to get their hands onsuspected killers hiding across the border. Daniel Perez, 34, was captured Monday in ...
Trial continues after suspect Perez disappears
Apr 02, 2007; ... NORWALK - Twelve jurors who began deliberating an attempted murdercase against Daniel Perez on Monday do not know that he is the primesuspect in the murder of a witness who testified before them onThursday. Perez, 28, of South Gate, is missing after the Friday morningshooting ...
Perez guilty of attempted murder
Apr 02, 2007; ... A South Gate man suspected of killing his father-in-law in Fontanaon Friday for testifying against him in court was convicted inabsentia Tuesday of trying to kill his wife. A Norwalk Superior Court jury took less than a half-day to convictDaniel Perez, 28, of five counts related ...
At last, task force to study hillside hazard
Apr 02, 2007 ... Better late than never, the Alluvial Fan Task Force finally looksto be getting under way with a deal that has the state partneringwith Cal State San Bernardino's Water Resources Institute to studythe risks of building on flood plains. As more and more people move into foothill ...
Letters to the Editor: April 3
Apr 02, 2007 ... ACLU behind Boy Scouts' woes I am writing about an important matter concerning the Boy Scoutsof America. For many years I have been in Scouting. I started as aTiger Cub in Cub Scouts, and I'm now a Life Scout in Troop 730 inDiamond Bar. I am writing to you about our ...
Suspect enters not-guilty plea
Apr 03, 2007; ... FONTANA - The man accused of fatally shooting his father-in-law asretaliation for testifying against him in court pleaded not guilty tomurder Monday. (Warning: Graphic Content) 911 CALL: Hear Anabella Vara's Chilling 911 Call For Help LETTER: Read Daniel Perez's hand ...
Underpass dedicated to late Pomona mayor
Apr 02, 2007 ... About 150 people gathered in Pomona on Monday morning in the areaof First and Reservoir streets to mark the completion of a railroadbridge and underpass and to dedicate the project in memory of thecity's former mayor.The late Eddie Cortez was the city's first Latino mayor and ...
The Buzz: April 3
Apr 03, 2007 ... Palms to ashes Ever wonder what happens to the palm fronds from the Sunday beforeEaster - known to Christians as Palm Sunday? They're used in adifferent way in the ceremony that begins the following year's Lentenseason. Palm fronds have been symbolic for Christians for many ...
ExpressJet soars on ONT maiden voyage
Apr 03, 2007; ... ONTARIO - Michael Baumgartner walked to his gate at LA/OntarioInternational Airport on Monday morning expecting to simply board aflight to Omaha. Instead, the Lake Elsinore man found himself surrounded byballoons, catered food and a small sea of smiling people in suits. His ...
Health officials link E. coli outbreak to SoCal restaurant
Apr 03, 2007 ... SANTA ANA, Calif. - An E. coli outbreak in Orange County has beentraced to a Souplantation restaurant, health officials said Monday. The seven people who tested positive for the dangerous bacteriumdined at the same Souplantation in Lake Forest, six of them on March23 or March 24, ...
Release of Iranian diplomat suggests movement in freeing British sailors
Apr 03, 2007 ... TEHRAN, Iran An Iranian diplomat seized two months ago in Iraqby uniformed gunmen has been released a move that suggestedprogress today in British efforts to win the freedom of 15 sailorsand marines held by Iran. Neither British, U.S. nor Iraqi officials would say if the ...
Friends Among Demons band interview and concert date
Apr 03, 2007; ... The four members of the band Friends Amongst Demons are getting ajump start into the music industry. FYI: Concert "Friends Among Demons WHEN: 7:30 p.m, April 14 WHERE: Biacci's, 775 N. Central Ave., Upland INFORMATION: (909) 946-0990 Photo Gallery: ...
Redistricting reform has no appeal to pols
Apr 03, 2007 ... When the Public Policy Institute of California asked the state'svoters what they thought about plans to water down term limits forstate legislators, only 29 percent were in support. But when PPIC asked voters what they thought of taking awaylegislators' power to draw their own ...
Letters to the Editor: April 4
Apr 03, 2007 ... Immigration story left out flag desecration Once again the Daily Bulletin shows its bias when it comes toillegal immigration. ("Minuteman group calls off rally," April 1) Is there a reason that you chose to omit the tearing up of theAmerican flag by a masked female? ...
Progress in mayor's forecast for Montclair
Apr 03, 2007; ... MONTCLAIR - Based on Mayor Paul Eaton's recent speech, the city isin the midst of building its future. Progress was the theme of this year's state of the city address asEaton discussed Montclair's ambition to improve the area throughconstruction, development and safety ....
Mayor says Upland is looking up
Apr 03, 2007; ... UPLAND - Names and numbers were thrown around quite loosely duringthe recent state of the city address. In an interactive speech, Mayor John Pomierski reported thatservices and budgets throughout the city were up and that there was along list of housing developments and retail ...
City's youth plan nears action stage
Apr 03, 2007; ... POMONA - With the implementation strategy for the Pomona Youth andFamily Master Plan adopted by the City Council this week, those whocreated it are now preparing to put it all in place. "Now it's all about putting the raw action" onto the plan, saidJim Henwood, president of the ...
Orozco laughs at jury
Apr 03, 2007; ... A convicted cop killer laughed Tuesday after hearing a Norwalkjury's ruling that he be put to death. Jose Luis Orozco showed almost no emotion throughout the three-week trial, in which he was convicted for the 2005 murder of LosAngeles County sheriff's Deputy Jerry Ortiz, a ...
Pomona wrestles its way into 'Borat'
Apr 03, 2007; ... Watching "Borat: Watching "Borat:Cultural Learnings of America forMake Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan," many of us weren't surewhere to look during the movie's naked wrestling scene. The lankyBorat and his fleshy manager grappled awkwardly in their hotel roomfor what seemed like ...
College homework the real deal
Apr 03, 2007; ... CLAREMONT - College life is an adjustment for most students. On their own for the first time, many struggle simply to keeptheir rooms clean and stay ahead of their laundry whilesimultaneously meeting the demands of a full class load. Students at Harvey Mudd College raise the ...
Sunny, warmer days ahead
Apr 03, 2007; ... SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY -- Daytime temperatures are expected toslowly climb this week, bringing the region mostly sunny, warm days,forecasters say. Today's high will be about 80, with temperatures dipping to 51tonight, ...
Deputies evacuate burning house
Apr 03, 2007; ... LOMA LINDA -- Sheriff's deputies saved several elderly peopletoday who were sleeping inside their home when it caught fire,officials said. Deputies arrived at the home in the 11000 block of HillcrestStreet around 7 a.m. and they found the side of the house on fire.When there was ...
House in Pomona latest in string of raids, seizures
Apr 02, 2007; ... POMONA - Police confiscated more than 150 pounds of marijuanaSaturday after discovering an indoor grow operation at a house in thecity. The house is in the 1600 block of El Camino, an upscale area inthe foothills. The discovery of the indoor marijuana operation marks the ...
Cutting off drunken driving
Apr 01, 2007; ... Tighter monitoring of DUI offenders on probation is not just aboutputting people in jail. Three San Bernardino County probation officers, who now focusprimarily on drivers convicted of getting behind the wheel whileunder the influence of alcohol or drugs, are also bringing help ...
I.E.'s Best Teen Chef advances to national cook-off
Apr 01, 2007; ... FONTANA - Her interest in cooking was piqued when she climbed atopa stool in her kitchen at age 4 and looked over her dad's shoulder tosee what he was making for breakfast. "I would help him make the pancakes," said Lizeth BenitezTalavera. She also took the bacon and eggs out the ...
DUI charges are nothing to laugh about
Apr 01, 2007; ... QUESTION: I look forward to reading your column each week andoften find myself getting a good chuckle at your insights. But I havea question for you about something that is not very funny. Read more columns: DriveTime My fiancee and I traveled to a party at a friend's house ...
Debate over fate of farmhouse
Apr 01, 2007; ... NORCO - It is one of the city's oldest remaining farmhouses andthe former homestead of the esteemed Moreno family - for which theIngalls Park Moreno Arena in Norco was named. But to its new owner, Frank An, the weathered, cedar-shingledPalmer-Moreno house has been more of a burden ...
Meet 'Mack,' safe truck driver extraordinaire
Apr 01, 2007; ... RIALTO - Driving on local freeways can be like playing a game of"Frogger," with irritated drivers darting between all the trucks. But that's not how Dellonzo McAdory, or "Mack," views the truckson the road. The 39-year-old trucker was recently named to an elitenational group of 16 ...
Free-ride service helping family mourn loss
Apr 02, 2007; ... RANCHO CUCAMONGA - Sue Plummer wants the whole world to realizewhat a big mistake it is to drive drunk. More importantly, she wantsto hammer in the message that getting in a vehicle with a drunkendriver is just as deadly. Her message stems mainly from grief. Last year, just ...
Marijuana farms moving indoors
Apr 02, 2007; ... Ten million dollars, $4 million, $2 million. Growing marijuana is a business in which having a green thumb canmean a lot of green down the line. Marijuana growers are increasingly moving their operations indoorsin an effort to extend the growing season and make more ...
Passover begins at sundown
Apr 02, 2007 ... Tonight marks the beginning of Passover, an eight-day Jewishholiday that commemorates the deliverance of the Israelites fromslavery in Egypt. Jews across the Inland Valley will celebrate with Seder meals,complete with symbolic foods and prayers. Many will retell the storyof the ...
Council OKs implementation strategy for Pomona youth plan
Apr 02, 2007; ... POMONA - With a vote of 6-0, the Pomona City Council gave itsapproval Monday night of the implementation strategy that will beused to carry out the city's Youth and Family Master Plan. Special Section: Neighborhood Watch Ending Violence: Visit our Solutions ...
Father backs car over daughter, 3
Apr 02, 2007 ... POMONA - A 3-year-old girl suffered head injuries Saturday eveningafter her father accidentally backed over her in his vehicle. Pomona police responded to a call at 7:36 p.m about a childinjured in a traffic collision in the 200 block of West Orange GroveAvenue. Police ...
Four suspected in SoCal ID theft
Apr 02, 2007 ... SANTA ANA - Prosecutors say four people used the databases of thethree major credit reporting agencies in a large-scale identity theftscheme that victimized at least 100 people in five SouthernCalifornia counties. Michael Alexander Hartsell, 50, and Patricia Ann McIntosh, both ...
3-year-old hit by car, hospitalized
Apr 01, 2007 ... POMONA - A 3-year-old child was injured Saturday evening afterbeing struck by a car. The collision occurred at 7:37 p.m. in the 200 block of WestOrange Grove Avenue, Los Angeles County fire supervisor ...
The Buzz: April 4
Apr 04, 2007 ... Clear sailing AHEAD MOJAVE DESERT - There's good news for those who go to the ColoradoRiver for recreation and are tired of delays caused by repairs to 12deteriorating Interstate 40 bridges about 80 miles east of Barstow.On Monday at Marble Wash, Caltrans contractors made ...
Service earns volunteer a presidential visit
Apr 04, 2007; ... CLAREMONT - Volunteer work with little kids has earned one PitzerCollege student a visit from a powerful grown-up: President Bush. During a brief visit to Los Angeles today, Bush will personallypresent Hannah Locke, 22, with the President's Volunteer ServiceAward. During ...
Injured man dies after fight with officers
Apr 04, 2007; ... MONTCLAIR - A man apparently under the influence of drugs andbleeding profusely after putting his hand through a bedroom windowdied early Tuesday after fighting with police. Montclair police Capt. Chris Weiske said three officers respondingto a call from a home in the 11000 block ...
Man gets 15 years for wife's stabbing
Apr 04, 2007; ... RANCHO CUCAMONGA - A former truck driver was sentenced to morethan 15 years in state prison Tuesday for stabbing his wife more than60 times during a bloody struggle inside an Ontario motel room. Luis Santoyo Uribe received the sentence at the end of a tear-soaked hearing in West ...
Residents urged to conserve
Apr 03, 2007; ... One million customers in the Inland Valley will be asked to cutback on their water use after officials discovered severe damage in asection of a major water pipeline. The shutdown of the Rialto Feeder pipeline, which providesimported Northern California water to nine Inland Valley ...
Chief: Fire crews at greater risk on CIM calls
Apr 03, 2007; ... CHINO - Being a firefighter is hazardous enough, but members ofthe Chino Valley department take greater risks when they get calledto the California Institution for Men, the fire chief says. Special Section: Criminal Neglect In addition to serving the area's almost 162,000 ...
Minuteman group wants to shake racist image
Apr 03, 2007; ... Minuteman Project members are working on a policy that wouldprovide identification cards to members in an effort to distancethemselves from white supremacy and separatist groups. Beyond Borders Special Section: Complete immigration news &multimedia Minuteman Project ...
B-17 gives a glimpse of WWII
Apr 03, 2007; ... CHINO - Harry Selling was flying one when he was shot out of thesky over Berlin. Bill Gibson flew formation in one at PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt's funeral. And after his own aircraft crashed,Col. Eugene Wallace was rescued with the help of one of these after10 months of evading ...
Interim police chief gets permanent job
Apr 03, 2007; ... CLAREMONT - Paul Cooper, a Police Department veteran who hasserved as interim chief since August, was named the department'spermanent chief Monday. City Manager Jeff Parker said he selected Cooper for the jobbecause "bottom line, he's the best fit for the community of the ...
Firefighters working to control blaze
Apr 03, 2007; ... CAJON PASS -- Firefighters battling a 1.5-acre vegetation blaze onLone Pine Canyon Road are expected to bring it under control by noon,officials said. The blaze, which started around 4 a.m. between Clydes ...
Pot busts unprecedented
Apr 03, 2007; ... POMONA - One month, five major busts and tons of marijuana worthmore than $36 million. Photo Gallery: Diamond Bar pot bust Photo Gallery: Pot bust in Chino Hills The amount of marijuana seized by Inland Valley and Los AngelesCounty law enforcement since March 7 is ...