The Sun, San Bernardino, Calif. back issues from October 2008:
Aleman appears briefly in Superior Court
Oct 01, 2008; ... SAN BERNARDINO - Former Assistant Assessor Adam Aleman appearedbriefly in Superior Court on Tuesday for a status hearing in hispolitical corruption case. The 25-year-old Aleman stood next to his lawyer, Grover Porter,in San Bernardino Superior Court as proceedings were delayed. ...
Chino resident injured in Iraq returns home
Oct 01, 2008; ... Even strangers at the L.A./Ontario International Airport terminalwere brought to tears when Army Spc. Christopher Koning was reunitedwith his family. It was the Chino resident's first trip home since being injuredby an improvised-explosive device June 20 while serving in Iraq ....
Report details services, gaps for SB County's 2-1-1 system
Oct 01, 2008; ... RANCHO CUCAMONGA - San Bernardino County's 2-1-1 system isbridging the gap between valuable information and people. "It's Google for social and health service information at yourfingertips," said 5th District Supervisor Josie Gonzales of the 24/7 toll-free phone information ...
Leave of absence expires, but San Bernardino County assessor still not back
Oct 01, 2008; ... County Assessor Bill Postmus won't be returning to work today. Postmus' leave of absence expired Wednesday. He had taken a paid10-week medical leave that began July 24. On Wednesday, his spokesman, Ted Lehrer, said Postmus isconsulting with his physician as to when he can ...
Parents at Upland Christian schools distraught over speculation
Oct 01, 2008; ... UPLAND - Parents of students at Upland Christian schools say theyare frantic over speculation that the property will be sold toWestern Christian Schools. A letter from school administrator Sue Chiappone this weekinformed parents that negotiations for the sale of the property ...
Experts urge public to stay calm during economic crisis
Oct 01, 2008; ... Bank failures, panic in the stock market and daily warnings oftotal economic collapse. When the financial headlines become nightmares, the phones startringing. Experts urge public to stay calm during economic crisis "We do a lot of hand-holding and counseling during ...
New SB County superintendent meets the press
Oct 01, 2008; ... SAN BERNARDINO - Closing the achievement gap and lowering thedropout rates among students in San Bernardino County are two of thebiggest educational challenges facing the county, said new countySuperintendent of Schools Gary Thomas on Wednesday. The issues of such importance to ...
HIgh-speed rail important to state
Oct 01, 2008; ... Every commuter has had the misfortune of sitting in traffic. Theflashing break lights and crawling cars can be almost hypnotic, andin those moments our minds drift to more pleasant thoughts. Like theflying cars from "The Jetsons," or a time machine like H.G. Wellswrote about; we all ...
Prop. 2 requires decent conditions for food animals
Oct 01, 2008; ... Americans could barely believe their eyes when shown thesickening mistreatment of downer cows at a Chino slaughter plantearlier this year.An investigator for The Humane Society of the United States wentundercover there and documented downed cows being brutalized inorder to get ...
Wildlife workers move bass from Colonies basin
Oct 01, 2008; ... UPLAND - The fish were really biting Tuesday. Employees from the state Fish and Game as well as San BernardinoCounty's Regional Parks Department and Flood Control District weresent this week to the Colonies basin to fish out largemouth bassthat were not supposed to be in the ...
Fed gang sweep nets 108 I.E. arrests
Oct 01, 2008; ... A four-month federal sweep targeting gang members and otherviolent criminals illegally in the country ended this week with morethan 100 arrests in the Inland Empire. "This operation far, far exceeded our expectations," said DebraParker, assistant special agent in charge for ...
Teaching legend lectures Rialto educators
Oct 01, 2008; ... RIALTO - A hall-of-fame teacher, principal and schoolsuperintendent packed several lessons into a one-hour speech Tuesdaynight before a group made up mostly of black educators at the SeniorCenter. "Whenever we talk about the gap in public education, we knowagainst whom that gap ...
SB Police union releases their poll on police chief
Oct 01, 2008; ... SAN BERNARDINO - The San Bernardino Police Officers Associationon Wednesday released polling results of 400 people that accordingto union leadership, show that a large swath of the city's voterssupport the association's effort to oust Police Chief MichaelBilldt. The union ...
13 sentenced for cigarette smuggling ring
Oct 01, 2008; ... A 13-member cigarette-smuggling ring that used counterfeit taxstamps to cheat the state out of more than $908,000 was sentencedthis week to federal prison. Seven of the men convicted of distributing more than a millionpacks of cigarettes bearing knockoff tax stamps between August ...
Colton's leaders keep city running despite slump
Oct 01, 2008; ... COLTON - The city's business community has been hit hard by thecurrent recession.Several prominent businesses this year, such as Moss Bros. Ford,La Villa Restaurant, Sassy Steer steakhouse and Berean Christianbookstore, have either closed or moved elsewhere. But city ...
Pomona Red Cross plans Halloween blood drives
Oct 01, 2008; ... POMONA - In the spirit of Halloween, Count Dracula will visitvarious American Red Cross blood donor centers across SouthernCalifornia on Friday and Saturday - including the one in Pomona. The Count will be at the Blood Donor Center within the AmericanRed Cross Blood Services ...
Traffic Report
Oct 01, 2008; ... POMONA: A motorcycle with a flat tire blocked the fast lane onthe eastbound 60 Freeway east of Highway 71 at 1 p.m. RUNNING SPRINGS: Two vehicles collided on Highway 18 atWilderness Road at 12:59 p.m. The vehicles blocked traffic. TheCalifornia ...
Crime and Public Safety 10-1-08
Oct 01, 2008; ... FONTANA Driver arrested after 100 mph chase A 39-year-old man who led police on a 100 mph car chase lateMonday was captured near Rubidoux. Leslie Sydner tried to run from his car and was shot with a Taserwhen he resisted arrest on Market Street in an unincorporated ...
Need new mayor
Oct 02, 2008 ... The Calimesa City Council election this Nov. 4 is very importanton a number of levels. First, we have a solution to the impasse on important issues suchas: an on-time budget, a good city manager, maintaining our police,improving our senior center and accountability from our ...
Politics in firings unethical, unacceptable
Oct 02, 2008 ... The firings of nine U.S. attorneys in 2006 was more thanimproper. It was potentially criminal. That's the upshot of an investigation released earlier this weekthat examined the reasons behind the Justice Department's dismissalsof U.S. attorneys during the tenure of Alberto ...
SB man shot, killed; former employee in custody
Oct 02, 2008; ... SAN BERNARDINO - A 74-year-old San Bernardino man was shot andkilled Tuesday night in a Jack in the Box parking lot and one of hisformer employees is in custody. Robert Henry Jackson Jr. was shot around 6:30 p.m. at the 1605 E.Highland Ave. fast-food restaurant. Jodie James ...
Accused MySpace predator to face psychological exam
Oct 02, 2008; ... RANCHO CUCAMONGA - A 32-year-old Riverside man accused of luringan underage Ontario girl for sex through a popular social networkingWeb site will undergo a psychological examination to determine hislikelihood to re-offend. Celestino Torres Paguyo appeared Wednesday morning in West ...
Price of Grand Terrace senior complex goes up
Oct 02, 2008; ... GRAND TERRACE - The first senior housing project is moving closerto reality, but the price tag is going up. City Council last week approved spending an additional $740,000in redevelopment funds to finish construction of the 120-unithousing complex known as the Blue Mountain Senior ...
Chaffey, CSUSB work out dual-admission program
Oct 02, 2008; ... RANCHO CUCAMONGA - Chaffey College and Cal State San Bernardinohave agreed on a dual-admission program guaranteeing qualifiedChaffey students admission to the university after two years at thecommunity college. The agreement gives focus to university-bound students and ...
Campaign lies
Oct 02, 2008 ... Sen. McCain has made patriotism an issue in his campaign for thepresidency. Patriotism is indeed a legitimate issue and Sen. McCain, shotdown, captured and imprisoned for years, suffered greatly.Patriotism, however, must extend beyond military service. Of the dangers ...
Freeways no place for video screens
Oct 02, 2008 ... OUR VIEW: Gov. Schwarzenegger's support of video billboardsstands in stark contrast to the state's hard line on eliminatingdriver distractions. Motorists can no longer drive in California with one hand andhold a squawking cell phone in the other. Why? Not because it's ...
Local governments share the blame
Oct 02, 2008; ... As the finger-pointing escalates among members of Congress, thepresidential candidates, the Treasury Department, media pundits, andthe public as to who should bear the most blame for the financialcrisis caused by unregulated mortgage lending, it seems that fewfingers are being pointed at ...
Teen gets four years for siccing dog on boy
Oct 02, 2008; ... FONTANA - A teenager who sicced his pit bull on an 8-year-old boyin January 2007, severely injuring him, was sentenced Thursday tofour years in a state correctional facility. Paul Hicklin III, who was 17 years old at the time of the attack,released the dog on a pair of young boys ...
Trial continues in Fontana killing
Oct 02, 2008; ... FONTANA - Officers arrived at an apartment complex to find a manlying dead on the ground, face down in a pool of his own blood, at3:52 p.m. July 19. This was the testimony Thursday in Fontana Superior Court byseveral Fontana police officers who arrived on the scene in responseto ...
Highland man dies in fight over his ex-girlfriend
Oct 02, 2008; ... HIGHLAND - A man was beaten into unconsciousness during analtercation outside his ex-girlfriend's mobile home Wednesday andlater died, authorities said. Paul Timothy Wolfe, 55, was rushed to St. Bernardine MedicalCenter in San Bernardino following the fight, where he died at ...
Land trusts sound too good to be true
Oct 02, 2008 ... Don't we ever learn? We are having a major financial crisis caused by financialinstitutions loaning too much money to people to buy homes theycouldn't afford, especially when the adjustable interest ratesstarted going up. Now I'm hearing advertising for a new scheme whereby ...
San Bernardino residents urge cleaner air immediately
Oct 02, 2008 ... SAN BERNARDINO - Air pollution reductions can't come soon enoughfor a number of people who live near BNSF Railway's yard. Westside residents crowded the council chambers at City Hall onWednesday night to demand air quality improvements around theirneighborhoods. State ...
Bailout raises debt to astronomical numbers
Oct 02, 2008; ... Holy Mother Macree and other powerful epithets registering shockand dismay. Hug your children and grandchildren for what may be the lasttime. Congress is about to take them as collateral for some high-finance repairs to the national economy. The magnitude of the impact of ...
Preschoolers read for a record
Oct 02, 2008; ... Thousands of San Bernardino County preschoolers were on the samepage Thursday. Children at child development centers and other locationscountywide participated in Jumpstart's Read for the Record, anational campaign designed to break the world record for the numberof adults and ...
San Bernardino campaign gets under way
Oct 02, 2008 ... SAN BERNARDINO - Fred Shorett, a self-employed salesman, is thefirst person to file papers for a possible City Council run when the4th Ward seat becomes vacant. The city's 4th Ward covers the northeastern section of the cityand is represented by Neil Derry. Derry will leave the ...
Colton gets energized over efficiency
Oct 02, 2008; ... COLTON - Unplug those appliances and turn off that A/C.Starting Monday, it's Public Power Week in Colton. Through Thursday the city will set up information tables atvarious locations to let the city's public-utility customers knowabout energy-efficiency programs ....
Countywide task force in Ontario provides resources to fight gangs
Oct 02, 2008; ... ONTARIO - San Bernardino Countywide Gangs and Drugs Task Force isproviding resources, intervention and prevention to help communitiesbe drug- and gang-free. Its annual School Safety Summit on Thursday at the Ontario PoliceDepartment featured speakers who talked about collectively ...
Republican Opinion: Message resonates
Oct 03, 2008; ... I have to admit that I was nervous about Gov. Sarah Palin'sperformance Thursday night considering the recent polls andinterviews. However, she blew me away. Her message of mavericks,reform and shaking up Washington resonates with the averageAmerican; especially in times such as these. ...
Study says number of illegal immigrants in the U.S. is down
Oct 03, 2008; ... The growth in the number of illegal immigrants in the country isslackening, according to a study released Thursday. The flow of illegal immigrants into the United States fellconsiderably in the past three years compared to the first part ofthe decade, the report by the nonpartisan ...
Democratic Opinion: Experience shines
Oct 03, 2008; ... At 6:03 p.m. Sarah Palin asked, "Can I call you Joe?" and thenthe rest of the evening danced her way across a "bridge to nowhere." Palin failed to do her job at the Thursday debate, because shebecame the presidential candidate rather than John McCain. It was obvious that this ...
Baca and Lewis weigh in on today's House vote
Oct 03, 2008 ... Rep. Jerry Lewis, R-Redlands "The Senate bill will help 21 million families avoid beinghammered by the alternative minimum tax and extends federal bankdeposit protections to $250,000. But the fundamental fact remainsthat this bill must be passed to avoid a credit freeze that ...
Joe Baca considering yes vote for second House bailout proposal
Oct 03, 2008; ... Rep. Joe Baca, D-San Bernardino, said he's leaning toward holdinghis nose and voting for the bailout proposal when it returns to theHouse today. "In light of the crisis we're in, we may have to do something tohopefully stimulate the economy," Baca said in an interview ...
Crime and Public Safety: 10-03-08
Oct 03, 2008 ... YUCAIPA 4.1 quake hits 5 miles northeast of city A magnitude 4.1 earthquake shook an area northeast of Yucaipaearly Thursday. The quake was reported at 2:41 a.m. about five miles northeast ofthe city, according to the U.S. Geological Survey and Caltech inPasadena ....
Veto mustn't end fight for clean air
Oct 03, 2008 ... OUR VIEW: Turbulent economic times are no excuse for Gov.Schwarzenegger's veto of a plan to pay for removing diesel poisonsfrom our air. The governor's last-minute vetoes Tuesday spared Californians aslew of burdensome legislation, which should be reason to celebrate.Instead, ...
Save health care
Oct 03, 2008 ... We have seen and are experiencing what deregulation has done toour financial markets. Well, now John McCain wants to reduceregulation and oversight in the health-care industry. We can't afford more deregulation, and we can't afford four yearsof McCain. RAQUEL BRAC, Redlands ...
Sergeant files claim against Billdt
Oct 03, 2008; ... SAN BERNARDINO - A police sergeant placed on paid administrativeleave this summer has filed a retaliation claim against Police ChiefMichael Billdt and other top police officials. Sgt. Steve Lowes, a 20-plus-year police veteran, has long been anoutspoken critic of Billdt and was ...
Cal State San Bernardino welcomes new home for education department
Oct 03, 2008; ... SAN BERNARDINO - For 40 years, members of Cal State SanBernardino's education faculty were nomadic by nature, moving todifferent locations on campus with the hope of finding a permanenthome. This fall, that place to call their own is a reality, with Fridaymarking the formal ...
San Bernardino carjack case nets pair prison
Oct 03, 2008; ... SAN BERNARDINO - A man considered to be high-ranking MexicanMafia associate was sentenced to state prison Friday on extortioncharges in connection with a 2006 carjacking case. Albert Amaya, who authorities say collected "taxes," or apercentage of drug sales from other local gangs, ...
Crime and Public Safety: 10-04-08
Oct 03, 2008 ... REDLANDS Robbers hit pair of fast-food restaurants A group of men who tried to rob Wendy's employees early Fridaymay have also robbed a McDonald's several hours later, policeofficials said. Police say several employees were exiting Wendy's in the 1900block of West ...
Traffic Report: 10-04-08
Oct 03, 2008 ... BAKER: A vehicle spun out in the center divider on the southbound15 Freeway at Zzyzx Road south of Baker at 1:36 p.m. RANCHO CUCAMONGA: A black vehicle struck a light post on theHaven Avenue on-ramp to the eastbound 210 Freeway, partiallyblocking lanes at 1:19 p.m. There were no ...
Crime and Public Safety 10-2-08
Oct 01, 2008; ... REDLANDS Band of 5 robbers hits Burger King Five armed robbers held up a Burger King restaurant earlyWednesday, forcing employees back inside to open cash registers andsafes, police said. Three employees were walking out of the fast-food establishmentat Colton ...
Traffic Report
Oct 01, 2008; ... HINKLEY: A vehicle overturned on the 58 Freeway west of LenwoodRoad. The vehicle came to rest about 40 feet off the road east ofSummerset Road at 12:12 p.m. RIMFOREST: A black Toyota 4-Runner ran out of gas on Daley CanyonRoad at the 18 Freeway, blocking southbound lanes at 12:03 ...
Rialto police baffled by case invovling gunfire, hand grenade and hatchet
Oct 01, 2008; ... RIALTO - A barrage of gunfire late Tuesday led police into abizarre case involving a man hit in the head with a hatchet, adisappearing woman, a cache of guns and a hand grenade. Several neighbors in the 500 block of North Park Avenue called 9-1-1 about 9 p.m. to report the ...
Testimony begins in shooting of Rialto man
Oct 01, 2008; ... FONTANA - Somber testimony filled the first day of witnessaccounts Wednesday for the man accused of killing his pregnantfiancee's brother at a birthday party in July. Carl Marion, 22, was arrested the same day as the shooting ofRahman Garrett, 34, of Rialto and has pleaded not ...
Accountability is the key to change
Oct 03, 2008 ... I have watched the mortgage debacle unfold with increasingdisillusionment. While there is plenty of blame to go around, whatseems to be lacking in this whole mess is accountability. No one isaddressing this very real problem plaguing our country. Home"owners" knowingly signed loans they ...
Ontario condominium project moves forward
Oct 03, 2008; ... ONTARIO - Things may have slowed down in the New Model Colony,but it is a different story a couple of blocks west on RiversideDrive. Recently, the Planning Commission approved a development plan forcondominiums on the northwest corner of Riverside Drive and CampusAvenue ....
Mammoth tusk makes its way to Riverside
Oct 03, 2008; ... RIVERSIDE - It took six people on Friday to carry a mammoth tuskinto the storage area of the Jurupa Mountains Cultural Center. The elongated 6-foot tusk of the long-dead Columbian mammoth wasstill encased in a solid block of plaster, altogether weighing 250pounds.The tusk ...
Recreational trail awaiting funding
Oct 03, 2008; ... FONTANA - City officials are looking to the state for help inextending the Pacific Electric Trail from Base Line at the 15Freeway to the Village of Heritage shopping center at Cherry Avenue. They have applied for a $200,000 grant toward the $1.2 millionsegment that will run about ...
Students, parents, staff pray for Upland Christian Schools
Oct 03, 2008; ... UPLAND - Hundreds of Upland Christian Schools' students, parents,staff and alumni joined hands Friday to form a prayer circlesurrounding the entire school property. The vigil was held in response to recent speculation of UplandChristian Schools being sold to Western Christian ...
Loma Linda University Medical Center starts pelvic center for I.E. women
Oct 03, 2008; ... LOMA LINDA - Relief is available for the multitude of women whosuffer from pelvic floor disorders. Loma Linda University Medical Center recently opened the InlandEmpire's only female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgerycenter. In the past, women have had to go to ...
First fall storm forecast for this weekend
Oct 03, 2008; ... The first storm of fall is expected to sweep into the InlandEmpire today, dropping temperatures about 20 degrees and sprinklinga bit of rain on some parts of the area. It's a large storm that will produce heavy rain in NorthernCalifornia, but only the tail will affect San ...
In their own words: Local representatives and their challengers respond to bailout
Oct 03, 2008 ... REP. JERRY LEWIS, R-Redlands"The American people are rightly furious that their tax dollarswill go to 'reward' the businesses and business people who theybelieve got us into this mess. Most who have called my officeforcefully said 'I've paid my bills. I shouldn't have to pay ...
Bailout package could help Fontana's Auto Club Speedway
Oct 04, 2008; ... FONTANA - Auto Club Speedway will benefit from pork packed intothe roughly $700 billion economic-bailout bill passed by the Houseof Representatives on Friday and signed by President Bush. A section of the bill revives through 2009 an expired tax policythat one budget watchdog says ...
Board to honor SB County teachers of year
Oct 04, 2008; ... Three San Bernardino County teachers who go above and beyond toensure their students are successful will be honored by the countyBoard of Education at its meeting Monday. The teachers are: Zach More, an eighth-grade algebra and Advancement Via IndividualDetermination ...
Traffic Report: 10-03-08
Oct 03, 2008; ... CORONA: A tractor-trailer and a black sport utility vehiclecollided on the northbound 15 Freeway north of El Cerrito Road,blocking the slow lane at 11:41 a.m. The California Highway Patrolsaid the crash left a large amount of debris in lanes. MONTCLAIR: A red pickup truck and ...