Inland Valley Daily Bulletin back issues from March 2008:
Bringing your bag now trendy
Mar 01, 2008; ... Reusable bags have become trendy, with companies and groupshanding them out for free at festivals and other events to promotethemselves. The popularity of reusable bags has created a niche industry ofsuppliers. In September, Manhattan Beach resident Doug Lober began ...
Responsibility gap presents a call to action
Mar 01, 2008; ... I'll never forget last year's Business Week story naming the 30greatest entrepreneurs of all time. One name stood out to me from all the other greats such as BenFranklin, Andrew Carnegie, Thomas Edison, Bill Gates and Andy Grove.It was Muhammad Yunus, the man who had founded a ...
Take time to stop and smell the wildflowers
Mar 01, 2008; ... AMBOY - This time of year, most drivers speeding through thedesert at 75 mph probably don't notice the colorful wildflowerserupting from the sand. But one man does, and when he spots an unusual blossom, he stops. Filmmaker Peter Rhalter has been documenting desert blooms ...
Paper or plastic? Shoppers saying, 'No, thanks'
Mar 01, 2008; ... Education consultant Johnetta Fleming searched for butternutsquash with caramelized onions at a Whole Foods Market deli counter,while carrying in her shopping cart her contribution to the planet'swelfare: three reusable shopping bags. The Baldwin Hills resident keeps the bags in ...
Bracero laborers seeking wages
Mar 01, 2008; ... SAN BERNARDINO - Juan Rojas considers himself lucky. The former Mexican migrant worker saw many of his fellow fieldhands crumble under 120- degree temperatures while toiling decadesago in the desert. "They just fell over and didn't get up," said Rojas, recalling co-workers ...
Graffiti tracker pays off with arrests
Mar 01, 2008; ... MONTCLAIR - In the past month, police have arrested three taggerswith the help of new tracking technology. Each of the people arrested caused about $4,000 in damage, CrimeSuppression Unit investigator Steve Griffin said. He said the two adults and one juvenile are members of ...
Wickes stores in final stages
Mar 01, 2008; ... SAN BERNARDINO - It took an hour and a half on Saturday afternoonfor Angel Barajas and his crew to hang two black and yellow "GoingOut of Business" banners at the Wickes Furniture store.Barajas had already hung banners that morning at the Riversidestore. As part of its ...
City council, commission get in sync
Mar 01, 2008; ... NORCO - In an effort to clear the air about future projects, thePlanning Commission held a joint meeting with the City Councilrecently to discuss the city's strategic plan for the next twoyears. "Our first goal is to attract development to enhance city revenuebase," Jim Daniels, ...
Parking parameters posed
Mar 01, 2008; ... CLAREMONT - A program to set parameters for establishing permitparking zones was discussed last week by the city Traffic andTransportation Commission. The commission decided that permit parking zones could beestablished if two-thirds of residents in an area approved. In a ...
Cancer patient gets her dream cruise
Mar 01, 2008; ... ONTARIO - Michelle Solares smiled as she held her 3-year-olddaughter and cancer patient, Giselle, in her lap the day before theyleft for a Disney cruise in the Bahamas. Giselle earned her trip after battling a cancer that attackschildren's nerve cells. The Make-A-Wish Foundation ...
Letters to the editor: 3-02-08
Mar 01, 2008 ... Recall hurt Chinoans I am writing in response to the article "Beef recall tarnishesChino's image," (Page A1, Feb. 28), and I absolutely agree that thenegative publicity that links the meat recall to Chino is nothelping Chino at all. The recent beef scandal at the ...
Shannon Lin scores a win
Mar 01, 2008; ... DIAMOND BAR - After more than two hours of competition, 13-year-old Shannon Lin came out victorious Saturday in the inaugural InlandValley Regional Spelling Bee. Photo Gallery: Inland Valley Regional Spelling Bee Diamond Bar Web Site: Spelling Bee Video The ...
Search crews look for hiker
Mar 01, 2008; ... MT. BALDY - San Bernardino County search-and-rescue teamscontinued searching Saturday for a missing hiker in Icehouse Canyonand smaller canyons in the area. Robert Brunner, 48, of Chino was expected home by Wednesdaynight. He was reported missing by his girlfriend at 1 p.m ....
Visits welcome at depot
Mar 01, 2008; ... SAN BERNARDINO - The Station Host Program gained full steamSaturday morning at the Santa Fe Depot. Photo Gallery: Santa Fe Depot Museum Mayor Pat Morris and San Bernardino County officials joinedrepresentatives from the city's historical and railroad societies tocelebrate ...
Policies involving invocations vary
Mar 01, 2008; ... RIALTO - City Council meetings here begin with the Pledge ofAllegiance and a religious invocation that typically mentions JesusChrist. That doesn't sit well with longtime resident Bob Minick, anatheist who used to be a Pentecostal minister in Arkansas. "I just think that ...
Schools plan for cuts I.V. districts wrestle with budget priorities
Mar 01, 2008; ... Inland Valley school districts are bracing for what could be oneof the sharpest education cuts to the state budget since the late1970s and are weighing their options: hiring freezes, schoolclosures, early retirement incentives and layoffs. Facing a projected $16 billion budget ...
On the block
Mar 01, 2008; ... POMONA - It's the first foreclosure auction of the day, and EricGrabli makes it clear he's just the warm-up act. "This won't take long," he said. At 11:15 a.m., he takes his regular spot outside the PomonaCourthouse and rattles off six addresses. All in foreclosure ....
U.S. must get fiscal affairs in order
Mar 01, 2008; ... James M. Anderson is a member of the Daily Bulletin EditorialBoard and a retired Chaffey College vice president and professor. Helives in Rancho Cucamonga. Is the United States going bankrupt? Every household knows what happens when you spend more money thanyou earn ....
Budget fight looms for teachers
Mar 01, 2008; ... On one side, there is Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, a formerbodybuilding champion and movie star who now leads the nation's mostpopulous state. On the other side, there are the state's teachers, instructors tomillions of California children and teens and, when acting inconcert, a ...
Clergy take role at school Black kids get tutors, friends
Mar 01, 2008; ... POMONA - A dozen black ministers are on a mission at BarfieldElementary School. The volunteers will be tutors, mentors and friends to as many as70 black students at the north Pomona campus. Ministers have never had the chance to work alongside educators,parents and others ...
Colony wins section title
Mar 02, 2008 ... Colony High School's girls basketball team capped their seasonSaturday with a 57-53 victory over Mt. Baldy League rival ChaffeyHigh School in the CIF-SS Division III-A title game at the WalterPyramid in Long Beach. In addition to three other ...
Letters to the editor: 3-03-08
Mar 02, 2008 ... My first vote Turning 18 just recently, I am naturally excited about voting inmy first presidential election. So I have been doing my research andmy reading to find out who I believe would be the best candidate forme. There are so many articles that I have read concerning ...
Native American women suffer
Mar 02, 2008; ... In today's America, it is still about the realities that faceeach racial and ethnic group in terms of the opportunities they findin their own socioeconomic, financial and political situations. In today's America, it is still about the realities of racialadvantage and ...
District to pick new member
Mar 02, 2008; ... FONTANA - The school district is accepting applications for avacancy caused by the death of board member Arlene Piazza lastmonth. Candidates will be interviewed by Fontana Unified board membersin open session on April 23. The appointed person will serve until the November ...
Making new friends
Mar 02, 2008; ... RANCHO CUCAMONGA - The option to play a game of hangman waspitted against bingo during a recent lunch period at Pomona HighSchool, and the democracy inside Ethel Anumba's classroomoverwhelmingly favored the word game. This brought out unbridled glee as students raised their ...
Hospital improving after report
Mar 02, 2008; ... In the 9-foot-by-9-foot restraint rooms at Patton State Hospital,the leather straps for a patient's wrists, waist and ankles aretucked beneath the bed sheets while not in use. In some of the rooms, the walls are no longer the empty white ofyears past, but a soothing blue with ...
Stolen property recovered
Mar 02, 2008; ... NORCO - Riverside County sheriff's deputies discovered severalitems of city property after they served a search warrant Saturday. Deputies searched in the 2500 block of Reservoir Drive at 7:30a.m., according to a sheriff's news release. Investigations over the past year ...
Coalition forms to protect, help kids in Pomona
Mar 02, 2008; ... POMONA - A new coalition of leaders from the city's schools,Police Department and nonprofit organizations has formed in anattempt to offer youths alternatives to drugs and violence. Much of last week's meeting of the Coalition to Reduce SubstanceAbuse Among Youth was spent ...
Protect seniors from rip-offs
Mar 02, 2008 ... OUR VIEW: The Legislature should adopt measures to shield ourelderly moms and dads from financial scams. Two local Republican lawmakers have introduced two pieces ofreasonable legislation this year, but the chances of getting thebills past Democrat-controlled committees are slim ....
Group: Save lives with enforcement
Mar 02, 2008; ... Advocates for victims of domestic violence hope recommendationsto tighten restraining-order rules will improve protection for abusevictims. The state Judicial Council last week recommended betterenforcement of firearm prohibitions, creation of a statewide systemto view scanned ...
Wards united with abused dogs
Mar 02, 2008; ... CHINO - It was love at first sight when ward Brandon met his 2-year-old border terrier mix, Sparky, for the first time Oct. 30.Photo Gallery: Wards united with abused dogs "I'm bummed out," Brandon said in a Thursday interview at theHeman G. Stark Youth Correctional ...
Pumping pain
Mar 02, 2008; ... A clerk at the Costco gas station in Montclair is getting to knowStephen Gravely on a first-name basis. He doesn't mind that, but he's not crazy about why the clerkknows him better. "I'm spending more time at the filling station than on the road,"said the Upland business ...
Man shot in carjacking
Mar 02, 2008 ... POMONA - A 19-year-old man was hospitalized with a gunshot woundafter an acquaintance carjacked his truck early Sunday morning. Police responded to a call about a shooting victim at 2:12 a.m.in the 1100 block of West Grand Avenue, according to a police newsrelease. When ...
Chino hiker found dead
Mar 02, 2008; ... MT. BALDY - A man missing since Wednesday in the mountains aboveClaremont has been found dead. Robert Bruner, 46, of Chino was found by two hikers about 2 p.m.Sunday, according to a San Bernardino County sheriff's news release. The hikers told authorities at the sheriff's ...
Barrio in transition
Mar 02, 2008; ... We've all seen them: tiny barrios strewn over county pockets ofland, where hungry mongrels roam the streets and pot holes are adime a dozen. San Bernardino County is in transition, no doubt, and JuanitaStreet in Loma Linda is surely a case in point. Surrounded by gigantic ...
Our kids deserve nature's legacy
Mar 03, 2008; ... The measure of any society is what it bequeaths to thegenerations that follow. We are more than just the sum of ourmaterial wealth. Our greatness and goodness lies in our values, ourcreativity and the paths we choose to follow. Are sprawling developments, mega-stores and ...
Letters to the Editor: March 4
Mar 03, 2008 ... Stop mudslinging As a high school senior, I am a part of the so-called future ofour nation - young, naive, impressionable, and allowed to vote forthe first time in the 2008 presidential election. Doing my duty as an American, I have paid close attention asthose competing ...
It's your turn to help shape future
Mar 03, 2008 ... Ontario and Rancho Cucamonga residents will have a chance to hearfrom the experts - and to weigh in themselves - on the best way toextend the Gold Line light-rail system from Montclair to L.A./Ontario International Airport. Gold Line authorities will be on hand Wednesday and ...
Police partners
Mar 03, 2008; ... In their quest to solve crimes, some Inland Valley policedepartments are sharing information and resources. In February, the Upland police Impact Team and the Montclairpolice Crime Suppression Unit worked together on a graffiti-relatedarrest as well as a major parole and probation ...
Wind topples pine in R.C.
Mar 03, 2008; ... RANCHO CUCAMONGA - The Woodbend apartment complex felt the fullforce of gusting Santa Ana winds Sunday night when a 70-foot pinetree fell onto one of its buildings. The tree was pulled up at the roots and damaged roof tiles,gutters and stucco siding of one group of apartments. No ...
Clinton gets chance to close gap
Mar 03, 2008; ... Could today be the end of the Clintons' legacy? All eyes are on Texas and Ohio, where Sen. Hillary Clinton, theformer Democratic front-runner, might need to win both to save herstruggling campaign. Polls in both states show a tight race between Clinton and Sen.Barack Obama, ...
Rape, killing trial begins
Mar 03, 2008; ... POMONA - A Pomona man went on trial Monday on charges he murdereda Cal Poly Pomona student who disappeared on her way to a fraternityparty more than six years ago. James Winslow Dixon, 35, could face the death penalty ifconvicted in the 2001 slaying of Christina Burmeister ....
Upland's Musser plans another run for mayor
Mar 03, 2008; ... UPLAND - Ray Musser has been planning his comeback for fouryears. The Upland councilman has decided to run again for mayor, achallenge he lost by 1,923 votes in 2004 to incumbent JohnPomierski. But Musser said he is putting that behind him and placing hisfocus on the ...
Man wounded in shooting
Mar 04, 2008 ... MONTCLAIR - A man was shot in the leg outside of an apartmentMonday morning, police said. The victim was standing outside his apartment in the 10300 blockof Vernon Avenue at 1:40 a.m. when two men approached him, saidpolice Capt. Chris Weiske. The men asked the victim where ...
Four arrested at cockfight
Mar 04, 2008 ... GLEN AVON - Animal- control officers found nearly 30 deadroosters and seized 35 live birds during a raid at a cockfightSunday. Deputies and members of the Inland Valley Task Force - a group oflaw enforcement, agriculture, code enforcement and other officials -discovered the ...
Dead hiker had gear, no partner
Mar 03, 2008; ... MT. BALDY - Search and rescue experts Monday said 46-year-oldRobert Bruner, who died while hiking in the mountains, broughtalmost everything he needed to safely go ice-climbing. "This gentleman had all the equipment he should have had - exceptfor a partner," said Richard Wingate ...
For Coffee Nutzz, big plans
Mar 03, 2008; ... Christian Carrizales is a small fish in a big pond. You'd never know it, though. Owner of Coffee Nutzz in Rialto, you'll find the 25-year-oldentrepreneur brewing ground coffee beans from Central and SouthAmerica every morning in a town boasting six Starbucks within a ...
Deadly outcome
Mar 04, 2008; ... CLAREMONT - A man shot and killed himself Tuesday morning aftershooting and wounding his wife and later barricading himself in thefamily's two-story home. New Video: SWAT Standoff in Claremont; 1 dead, 1 injured Photo Gallery: SWAT Stand Off Kenneth Maurice James III, ...
Woman robbed of purse
Mar 01, 2008; ... MONTCLAIR - Police are looking for two men who robbed a woman onFriday outside a department store at Montclair Plaza. The incident was reported about 4:20 p.m. at 5015 Plaza Lane,according to a police news release. Two men approached two women leaving the store and grabbed ...
Bills target green energy
Mar 01, 2008; ... SACRAMENTO - State lawmakers have unveiled a package of billsdesigned to spur investment in clean energy research and helpCalifornia compete with other states and nations for green jobs. Several of the bills, however, are costly or would involveincurring billions of dollars in ...
Old Spanish Trail commemorated
Mar 01, 2008; ... SAN GABRIEL - The marking of the Old Spanish Trail, which runs bythe San Gabriel Mission, was celebrated Saturday with a dedicationand a monument being placed. The trail was forged between 1829 and 1848 and stretched fromSanta Fe, N.M., officials said. It ends at a church on ...
3:52 p.m.: Big Bear Lake recognized by National Firewise Communities Program
Mar 03, 2008; ... BIG BEAR LAKE - It's been more than a century since a majorwildfire struck the Big Bear Lake area. But local officials aren't taking any chances. Devastating blazes in nearby mountain communities in 2003 and2007 are vivid reminders that it's only a matter of when, not if, ...
Tent City test
Mar 03, 2008; ... ONTARIO - The nearly 400 homeless people living on a vacant lotjust west of the airport may provide San Bernardino County'sHomeless Partnership with its first major real-world test. The Office of Homeless Services, created in September tocoordinate private and public resources to ...
Wind topples pine in R.C.
Mar 03, 2008; ... RANCHO CUCAMONGA - The Woodbend apartment complex felt the fullforce of gusting Santa Ana winds Sunday night when a 70-foot pinetree fell onto one of its buildings. The tree was pulled up at the roots and damaged roof tiles,gutters and stucco siding of one group of apartments. No ...
Older students help young ones on "Read" day
Mar 04, 2008; ... POMONA - Before the first bus arrived this morning, Ganesha Highlibrarian Gabriela Villasenor gave her charges some final marchingorders. Cat in the Hat bows? Check. Thing 1 and Thing 2? Putting thefinal touches on their pink hair. "Let's walk up to them, very cheery, very ...
Black ministers should get an 'A'
Mar 04, 2008 ... OUR VIEW: It's a smart move by the school district to bring inmentors and role models. A partnership between Pomona schools and a dozen black ministerspromises to pay dividends to everyone involved - especially theyoung students who will have mentors in their lives. The ...
Tent City: 'I see people who have been forgotten'
Mar 04, 2008; ... My father, a longtime Ontario resident, has been volunteering atTent City for several months, and what he and I have seen is a crashof politics, egos and money slamming together like a car wreck. The victims will not be the politicians, the social servicesprograms or the people ...
Letters to the Editor: March 5
Mar 04, 2008 ... Tent City hypocrisy Ontario's Tent City is an affront to human dignity. Goodintentions and faux compassion do not justify this bad publicpolicy. It is outrageous that public officials support and even encouragethese substandard living conditions, which inevitably produce ...
Dissent stalls L.V. bond
Mar 04, 2008; ... LA VERNE - One council member's opposition to a proposed public-safety bond has the rest of the council questioning if they shouldmove forward with the measure. The City Council was expected to decide Monday night whether toplace a $20 million general-obligation bond before ...
Council, activists quarrel
Mar 04, 2008; ... POMONA - Monday night's City Council meeting deteriorated intoaccusations and name-calling between council members and a handfulof anti-illegal immigration activists. Both sides said Tuesday that the comments made at the meetingwere shocking and slanderous."They were no ...
Longtime Pomona school trustee dies
Mar 04, 2008; ... POMONA - Nancy J. McCracken, a longtime member of the schoolboard, died Tuesday, officials said. McCracken, 80, died at Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Centerfollowing a brief illness, said Jim Popovich, McCracken's companion. In an e-mail message to Pomona Unified School ...
Dixon trial looks at DNA
Mar 04, 2008; ... POMONA - Jurors received a lesson in DNA science on Tuesday atthe trial of a man charged with the 2001 murder of a Cal Poly Pomonastudent. Prosecutors presented the testimony in the trial of James WinslowDixon to help the jury understand the evidence that they say linksDixon to ...
Auto sales going south
Mar 04, 2008; ... Inland Empire auto dealerships appear to be driving the wrong waylately, with slumping sales and some filing for bankruptcy orclosing down. Sales at auto dealerships in Claremont, Ontario and Pomona haveslowed, and a Loma Linda Saturn dealership announced Monday it wouldclose ...
Pomona taps interim city manager for post
Mar 04, 2008; ... POMONA - Interim City Manager Linda Lowry was appointed thecity's top administrator at Monday night's City Council meeting. City Attorney Arnold Alvarez-Glasman made the announcementimmediately after council members emerged from closed session. Lowry, who joined the city in ...
Time to clean up
Mar 04, 2008; ... ONTARIO - "Trucker bombs" are expensive. The urine-filled bottles heaved onto freeways throughout SanBernardino County are hazardous waste that could cost offenders -usually truck drivers, according to authorities - up to $25,000 ifthey're caught in the act. Officials from ...