The Sun, San Bernardino, Calif. back issues from August 2007:
Showers in High Desert, mountains
Aug 01, 2007; ... SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY -- Scattered showers are expected for theHigh Desert and mountains, while the rest of the Inland Empire willbe cloudy and warm through tomorrow. The National Weather Service said temperatures today and Thursdaywill be between ...
Golden Triangle plan unveiled
Aug 01, 2007; ... HIGHLAND -- City officials, retailers and developers got theirfirst glimpse Tuesday of a master plan for a stretch of GreenspotRoad between Interstate 210 and Boulder Avenue, in the GoldenTriangle. City planners prepared the Greenspot plan based on future trafficprojections and ...
Power plant workshop today
Aug 01, 2007; ... GRAND TERRACE -- Residents can get their questions about aproposed 300-megawatt power plant answered today. The California Energy Commission is hosting a six-hour workshop toinform residents about plans for the natural-gas-fired "peaker" plantslated to be built north of the ...
Museum hosts Egyptian art workshops for children
Aug 01, 2007; ... Eva Kirsch will set the stage, transporting children backthousands of years to the fascinating world of ancient Egypt, whenpharaohs ruled the land along the Nile. Eva, director of the Robert V. Fullerton Art Museum at Cal StateSan Bernardino, helps kids use their imaginations to ...
Red-light cameras, with $391 tickets, coming to Grand Terrace
Aug 01, 2007; ... GRAND TERRACE -- Smile for the camera. The city has approved red-light camera systems at theintersections of Barton Road and Michigan Avenue and Barton and MountVernon Avenue. The technology will be operational starting Aug. 6. But there willbe a 30-day ...
Rialto downtown makeover in store
Aug 01, 2007; ... RIALTO -- Maybe you've noticed a new look downtown. Three buildings on Riverside Avenue are getting a total makeover.The Rialto Redevelopment Agency is spending about $350,000 - half ingrants and half in loans - to make major facade improvements tobuildings as long as ...
Saving energy - one third-grader at a time
Aug 01, 2007; ... SAN BERNARDINO -- Attention Southern California Edison customersand parents of recently promoted third-graders. You may be eligible to receive a credit on your monthly bill forsaving electricity on particular days if your child attends ...
Driver killed on Highway 91
Aug 01, 2007 ... RIVERSIDE - A box truck driver was killed this morning after heslammed into another box truck that was parked on the shoulder ofHighway 91. The California Highway Patrol shut down one lane of the eastbound91 at Buchanan Street on the border of Riverside and Corona for morethan ...
Route 66 Rendezvous arrives soon
Aug 01, 2007; ... SAN BERNARDINO -- This year's 18th annual Route 66 Rendezvousshould be better than the last, organizers say, despite one troublinglittle detail.There are going to be fewer cars. Due to concerns with congestion in recent years, this yearorganizers with the Convention and ...
Eager teams arriving for Little League tourney
Aug 01, 2007 ... By John Murphy and Louis Amestoy Staff Writers SAN BERNARDINO -Despite all of the long hours, constant phone calls and worries,Little League Western Regional Director Jim Gerstenslager is in avery good mood. Thanks to some help from a movie production crew, Al HoughtonStadium is ...
Parolees bane of communities
Aug 01, 2007 ... There's no denying that San Bernardino has more than its share ofparolees, with more than 1,700 at last count - many of them livingunmonitored in squalid, ramshackle housing. Though state law says they must be released to their county oflast residence, a great majority of parolees ...
All taxpayers' money
Aug 01, 2007 ... Don Balderrama of Rialto, who criticized the Rialto City Councilfor its lawsuit against corporations such as B.F. Goodrich, and Blackand Decker (re: "Can taxes be next?" Voice of the People, Aug. 1), isnot only inaccurate, but misguided.First of all, we have not spent $18 ...
Crime and Public Safety 8-1-07
Aug 01, 2007; ... YUCAIPA Second suspect arrested in man's fatal beating A second man was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of fatally beatinga Big Bear City man last month at a party. Kelly Lucien McLeod, 19, of Yucaipa was arrested immediately afteran interview with San Bernardino County ...
More support for pair of agents
Aug 01, 2007; ... WASHINGTON - A leading Democrat joined the chorus of mostlyRepublican lawmakers on Tuesday in calling for the release of twoformer Border Patrol agents convicted of shooting an unarmed drugdealer in the buttocks. Rep. Bill Delahunt, D-Mass., chairman of the House Foreign ...
Store hit by armed robbers
Aug 01, 2007; ... UPLAND -- Armed robbers stole cash from a Circle K store lateTuesday, police said. The robbers, one armed with a sawed-off rifle and the other with ashotgun, came to the store at 460 S. Campus Ave. at 10:48 p.m., saidUpland police Sgt. Eleno Arriaga. Police said the men ...
Forum today for SBVC candidates
Aug 01, 2007; ... SAN BERNARDINO -- Today the final four candidates for SanBernardino Valley College president will meet with the community. Youcan attend the forums at the SBVC Auditorium. College president Denise Whittaker announced her retirement inJanuary. She'd been at the college four years ....
Play ball!
Aug 01, 2007; ... SAN BERNARDINO -- Hooray! It's baseball season! That means teams, fans and families are arriving for the 2007Little League Western Regional Tournament, which begins heretomorrow. Close your eyes and take a deep breath. You can almost smell thehot dogs smothered in mustard ...
Wilson named to state post
Aug 01, 2007; ... SAN BERNARDINO - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced today theappointment of Kurt Wilson, a former Rialto councilman and directorof San Bernardino's Office of Community Safety and ViolencePrevention, to chief of external affairs for the Department ofCorrections and Rehabilitation ....
Plant a flower picture
Aug 02, 2007 ... FONTANA -- Flowers are blossoming at the Open Studio at the ArtDepot. A history lesson on Georgia O'Keefe's technique in synthesizingabstraction and representation in paintings of flowers will be givenfollowed by an art project ....
If these chairs could talk
Aug 02, 2007; ... SAN BERNARDINO -- Ten of the original chairs from the historic SanBernardino Opera House have been obtained by the San BernardinoHistorical and Pioneer Society, and will go on display soon.The Opera House was built in the city's fledgling downtown in 1882-- four years before Los ...
Free jazz concert in the mountains
Aug 02, 2007; ... BIG BEAR LAKE -- Local jazz fave "Catz in the Hatz" will beperforming from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday at Veterans Park, the latest inthe city's Music in the Mountains Summer Concert Series. Attendees are encouraged to bring the family and a picnic lunchand enjoy the music. The concerts ...
Coming soon: Shakespeare
Aug 02, 2007; ... SAN BERNARDINO -- Actors from all over the Inland Empire will soonbe flocking to Arroyo Valley High School's theater for the school'supcoming performances presented by Fictitious Theatre Company. Under the direction of Professor Tom Provenzano and other theaterprofessionals, the ...
Pair lived in corrections van, police say
Aug 02, 2007; ... REDLANDS -- A man and woman who had been living in a stolenDepartment of Corrections van were arrested late Wednesday. Police received a call about a van parked in front of a home inthe 600 block of Lawton Street about 11:30 p.m. Two people weresleeping inside. Officers ...
Little Leaguers weigh in on Bonds drama
Aug 02, 2007; ... Heroes. For many people, they come in all types of personalities. But for 12- and 13-year-olds playing in the Little League WesternRegional Tournament, heroes wear hard hats, hit home runs and playgood defense in the infield and outfield. In between taking team ...
Redlands PD creates surveillance camera advisory panel
Aug 02, 2007; ... REDLANDS -- The Police Department is creating a Privacy Council toadvise officers on its use of surveillance cameras. Chief Jim Bueermann said he expects the new group to begin meetingin about three weeks. The panel will not have authority to craftsurveillance policies -- that ...
Crafton Hills College holds event for prospective students
Aug 02, 2007; ... REDLANDS -- If you're thinking about hitting the books this fall,check this out. Crafton Hills College -- located in Yucaipa -- has scheduled anoutreach event for prospective students. People considering attendingthe East Valley Campus can learn more about the school by dropping ...
Around the world in 95 days
Aug 02, 2007; ... SAN BERNARDINO -- On Monday, a team of 20 international athleteswho have been running around the world nonstop for the past twomonths will touch down in San Bernardino in their journey across thecontinent. The purpose of the international event known as the 2007 BluePlanet Run ...
Kiwanis Noon Club takes 46 students on a shopping spree
Aug 02, 2007; ... Matthew got three pairs of shorts, two shirts, a pack of socks andwas still shopping. The 8-year-old Thompson Elementary School student walked alongwith Marty Steinbrecher, a Highland Kiwanis Noon Club member, to shopfor new clothes for the new school year. Mathew was among ...
Police plan to use new tech to find missing persons
Aug 02, 2007; ... Redlands Police Chief Jim Bueermann discussed plans recently fornew technology to be used as a part of the department's Never AloneSafely Back Home program that was started in 2006.The database enrollment program is free to Redlands residents.Photographs, thumb prints, ...
Lugonia Elementary students get geography lesson at U of R
Aug 02, 2007; ... REDLANDS - If Sean Morris needed a reminder of where his mindshould've been all day, all he had to do was look at the back of hisT-shirt. There, a unique coordinate was silkscreened across his back: 30degrees and 27 minutes south latitude; 70 degrees and 42 minutes ...
Gym's owner has a personal touch, hosts fundraiser
Aug 02, 2007; ... For those of us feeling a little saggy in the derriere or skinnyin the biceps, Saturday was the day to start up the road to fitness. That's when Powerhouse Gym owner Ian VanGuilder hosted the firstSummer Fest Bike and Car Show, which included a weight-liftingcompetition. Co-hosts ...
Business leaders learn tips regarding fire safety
Aug 02, 2007; ... Always be prepared. That was the advice of Les Howitt, deputy fire marshal of theHighland Fire Department, to the city's business community. "Fires at times could be the result of an unforeseen circumstancethat perhaps could have been avoided through prior fire ...
Station brings the newspapers to the visually impaired
Aug 02, 2007; ... It's a radio station, but not just any radio station. This oneprovides the news of the day to the visually impaired. For 16 years, Audio Vision Radio Reading Service for the Blind hasbeen providing on-air readings of The Sun and other SouthernCalifornia newspapers and national ...
Teen drivers arrested
Aug 01, 2007; ... VICTORVILLE - Two teenage boys who stole a pair of Hondas werearrested this morning after they raced each other in the cars andcrashed, sheriff's deputies said. The boys, both 17, were booked into San Bernardino County JuvenileHall on suspicion of grand theft auto, possession of a ...
Traffic Report
Aug 01, 2007; ... MOUNTAIN PASS: A sport-utility vehicle rolled several times at12:24 p.m. onto the right shoulder of the northbound 15 Freeway atNipton Road. The area is just west of the Nevada state line. BIG BEAR CITY: Three vehicles blocked traffic after a noon crashon Highway 18 at Smarts ...
Fix for beat streets
Aug 01, 2007; ... COLTON - You've heard of No Child Left Behind, President Bush'ssignature education initiative. Now get ready for No Streets Left Behind, the city's new programto fix failing roads. While Bush aims to reform troubled schools, Colton wants toimprove driving conditions on ...
Tree falls after woman's repeated calls to SB for trimming
Aug 01, 2007; ... SAN BERNARDINO - She saw it coming. Sharon Thurman knew the trees in front of her house were ripe fora "timber" moment. She'd been eyeing the oaks lining the city-owned property in frontof her home, their canopies bowing downward under their own immenseweight. She ...
Wedding wish came true before nurse lost battle
Aug 01, 2007; ... COLTON - When Carla Colunga was diagnosed with leukemia last year,she told her then-boyfriend Ruben Colunga that her one regret mightbe she would die an unmarried woman. So he and the nurses who cared for her at St. Bernardine MedicalCenter worked to ensure that wouldn't happen, ...
Emaciated horses taken away
Aug 01, 2007; ... Photo Gallery: Abused horses FONTANA - San Bernardino City Animal Control seized at least twohorses and a colt on Tuesday that were being kept at a Fontanaresidence. Kenneth Childress, animal control director, said that in 25 yearsof being in the business the incident was ...
Expert seeks boost in menus' content
Aug 01, 2007; ... LOMA LINDA - Placing nutritional information on the menus offeredby chain restaurants would give diners a chance to make more informedchoices when ordering, said an expert pushing for menu labelingmandates. Margo Wootan, the nutrition policy director of the Washington,D.C.-based ...
Yucaipan charged with falsifying court records
Aug 01, 2007; ... RANCHO CUCAMONGA - A West Valley Superior Court clerk has beencharged with illegally altering court records. Prosecutors say Eva Woods, 47, of Yucaipa eliminated fines ordismissed traffic tickets three times for a boyfriend and an ex-husband. Deputy District Attorney John ...
Community Events
Aug 01, 2007 ... PROGRAMS/MEETINGS/SERVICES Project Life Impact Inc., a program run by Celebration CityChurch, 863 N. Mountain View Ave., San Bernardino, offers a year-round after-school learning center for children from 3 to 6 p.m.weekdays. The program also provides job training, placement ...
NOS plans rolling along
Aug 01, 2007; ... SAN BERNARDINO - So far, so good. National Orange Show Events Center officials said this week thatan agreement with a major developer to overhaul the 130-plus-acregrounds is all but imminent. The news follows a private meeting last week in which topofficials from Lewis ...
In fifth year, Amber Alert shows 100% success rate
Aug 01, 2007; ... When the safety of children is at stake, people pitch in. That's the beauty of the state's Amber Alert system, whichcelebrated its fifth anniversary Tuesday with a 100percent successrate intact. Since 2002, San Bernardino County has sent out 13 alerts - secondonly to Los ...
Fees for new city projects on hold
Aug 01, 2007; ... RIALTO - It's not going to be cheap to accommodate the 65,000residents expected to move here in the next 20 to 25 years. But plans to update fees to pay for all these new residents havestalled. "Sometimes it's smarter to be prudent than to make rashdecisions," Councilman Ed ...
'Alice' comes alive
Aug 01, 2007 ... Photo Gallery: Alice in Wonderland It's not exactly Shakespeare, but it is a classic, fancifulEnglish tale and it's being told on stage during warm summer nightsthrough Saturday."The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland" is enacted nightly in thehistoric Roosevelt Bowl ...
Fontana growth stalling?
Aug 01, 2007; ... FONTANA - Just a few years ago, this city was among the top 10fastest-growing in the nation. Retail development increased behind aflood of home building. Nowadays, Fontana ranks high on a different top 10 list - it's No.2 in home foreclosures in San Bernardino County, nestled ...
Couple take plunge at Knott's
Aug 01, 2007; ... BUENA PARK - When Mentone residents Nicole Crabtree and NathanVanderweit got married Tuesday morning, the minister told the coupleto wait for a while before sharing their first kiss as husband andwife. It was going to take about a minute or so for the roller coasterto climb its ...
SB safety official appointed to state corrections position
Aug 01, 2007; ... SAN BERNARDINO - When Kurt Wilson came aboard the mayor's stafflast summer, the city was gripped in a crime wave that had a homiciderate on pace to be one of the deadliest in recent history.Mayor Pat Morris created a new position for him, head of theOffice of Community Safety ...
Plan's unveiling faces rough crowd
Aug 01, 2007; ... HIGHLAND - City officials, retailers and developers have takentheir first glimpse of a master plan for a stretch of Greenspot Roadbetween the 30 Freeway and Boulder Avenue. City planners prepared the plan for the area known as the GoldenTriangle based on future traffic ...
Alleged gang member pleads guilty in killing
Aug 01, 2007; ... A Duarte man will be sentenced later this month after pleadingguilty to manslaughter in the shooting death of a 15-year-old boy inRialto. Defendant Andrell Cawon Barney, identified by Rialto police as agang member, changed his plea, under the terms of a plea bargain ...
Residents fight 'peaker' plant plan
Aug 01, 2007; ... GRAND TERRACE - Residents on Wednesday criticized plans for a 300-megawatt power plant near the site of a proposed high school. Opponents said the plant would pose a health and safety risk tostudents and faculty as well as the surrounding neighborhood. "This is scary. Who ...
Animal control: Man had issues with horses before
Aug 01, 2007; ... FONTANA - The director of San Bernardino Animal Control said thereare other incidents involving the owner of several horses seizedTuesday from a city residence. Director Kenneth Childress said Leonardo Benito, 37, of Fontanaowned a horse that went into traffic and died as well as ...
Needles gets emergency aid for flooding recovery
Aug 01, 2007; ... NEEDLES - As the city continues to repair and recover from a July25 monsoonal storm, the Governor's Office of Emergency Servicesannounced it will provide financial assistance. "Even the little guy gets noticed," City Council member RebeccaValentine said. The announcement of ...
Artists hold court at VisionQuest 'show off and fiesta'
Aug 02, 2007; ... The sun was setting, jazz was playing and art of all forms wastaken in by the many who stood looking and admiring a piece of art,then wandering off to admire another. It all happened on Saturday when the Yucaipa VisionQuest Centerfor Creativity, held its second annual Artists Show ...
Children get special day at ballpark
Aug 02, 2007; ... On July 26, many kids that normally wouldn't have an opportunityto attend a baseball game got that chance. Thanks to a partnership between San Bernardino-based KVCR TV andradio and the Inland Empire 66ers, 3,500 free tickets weredistributed in the Inland Empire with the specific ...
It's 101 here - and we're not talking temperature
Aug 02, 2007; ... The number 101 doesn't really startle most San Bernardinoresidents - whether it's the temperature, the speed of driverspassing on the freeways, or even the number of minutes it takes toget to work during rush hours some days. While many may be used to the number 101 in those ...
Dogs get a night out at the ballpark
Aug 02, 2007; ... The 11-5 winning score came halfway through the eighth inning, andInland Empire 66ers fans cheered and barked all across the stadium. "A dog in a baseball stadium tends to stand out," said JimRuester, executive director for the Humane Society of San BernardinoValley. The ...
Mural revamps Union Pacific Railroad bridge
Aug 02, 2007; ... Once a San Bernardino eyesore, the Union Pacific railroad bridge -between State Street and Riverside Avenue and spanning across therecently completed 210 Freeway - has been transformed into a work ofpublic art. For years the bridge and the three concrete walls that support ithad ...
Inland Empire Job Corps prepares youth for jobs
Aug 02, 2007; ... From the street corner, you could see them moving in droves fromone tent to another on a large grassy field. On this "casual dress" day at the Inland Empire Job Corps, the hotmorning sun beat down on teenagers and young adults who got a breakfrom their morning routine of class ...
A lifetime in education: Man spends more than 50 years
Aug 02, 2007; ... In 1952, Charles Terrell was hired for his first teaching job.Over half a century later he still keeps in touch with a student fromthat first sixth-grade class."I became his mentor," said Terrell when describing hisrelationship with his, then 11-year-old, student Roy Lucero ....
San Bernardino ACT helps in patients' recovery
Aug 02, 2007; ... In January of 2003, the county decided to take a differentapproach in the treatment of mental health patients. They hired Alameda-based mental-health care corporation Telecareto team with their Department of Behavioral Health. The goal: Better recovery rates for people ...
Course helps people get out of debt - for free
Aug 02, 2007; ... Most people are quite skilled at spending money, but few show thesame talent when it comes to saving. Whether it be the latest high-tech gadget, a new pair of shoes orthat Gilligan's Island DVD anthology, it's hard to keep your pocketsfrom burning up in a society driven by ...
Fire in SB heading near the outline of the Old Fire
Aug 02, 2007; ... SAN BERNARDINO -- A grove of eucalyptus trees is burning, emittinghuge clouds of white smoke. Fire officials are uncertain how large the blaze is, but areconcerned it is heading into the foothills close ...
Racer needs to pay consequences
Aug 02, 2007 ... Rialto man Monty Gill, whose street racing a decade ago put hiscrash victim in a vegetative state until she died last year, wasfound guilty last week of vehicular manslaughter with grossnegligence. But the big question now is what the consequences willbe, and how much time, if any, Gill, ...