The Sun, San Bernardino, Calif. back issues from December 2008:
Awful timing
Dec 01, 2008 ... California is slicing deeply into its great system of highereducation by raising student fees and restricting access. Nowherewill this cause more harm than to the community colleges. The timing is awful. It is when unemployment rises and theeconomy is in upheaval that the ...
Seesaw story isn't without bright spot
Dec 01, 2008 ... Next to the weather and taxes, many of us who commute to workhave come to believe that there's nothing we can do about traffic,either. Even so, the first thing many commuters say when they get towork or return home is their observation on their commute, and itusually isn't pretty ....
Electricity, power come at a price
Dec 01, 2008; ... As we inch toward a new year in an economic slump, the price wepay for electricity, and whether or not that price will go up, hasbegun to generate questions and concerns in the Colton community.Your future electricity needs and our ability to deliver thatservice is a responsibility we ...
Playing it small
Dec 01, 2008 ... I write this letter as a way of asking for forgiveness and forsetting forth a new way of being for myself. I now realize that in not being the "whole" me, I have deprivedthe world of the beautiful, powerful, loving me - the one who canmake a difference, the one who says "Yes we ...
Juries see Cee Vee robbery video
Dec 01, 2008; ... SAN BERNARDINO - The surveillance video played over and overbefore the juries, showing the final moments in the lives of SteveHall and Brian Gregorio. The two were shot to death during a notorious robbery at CeeVee's Liquor and Couch Potato Video in Highland the night of ...
Neil Derry transitions to SB County post
Dec 01, 2008; ... Neil Derry was not often in the county's political spotlightduring his seven years on the San Bernardino City Council, but hestepped into a larger role by ousting longtime Supervisor DennisHansberger in the June 3 election. On Monday, Derry - who previously served on behalf of ...
Edison flips switch on Fontana solar project
Dec 01, 2008; ... Photo Gallery: Solar roof FONTANA - Thanks to more than 33,000 solar panels soaking upsunlight on top of a warehouse in Fontana, Southern CaliforniaEdison is now reaping 2 extra megawatts of juice on its electricitygrid. Local officials on Monday gathered to watch Gov ....
Children at LL hospital decorate gingerbread houses
Dec 01, 2008; ... Photo Gallery: Gingerbread house decorating LOMA LINDA - Alexis Davis has shown little interest in leavingher room at Loma Linda University Children's Hospital since beingdiagnosed with an abscess in her lower left lung two weeks ago. But on Monday morning, the little ...
Etiwanda High focuses on awareness during AIDS day
Dec 01, 2008; ... Photo Gallery: World AIDS Day RANCHO CUCAMONGA - Betsy Kowal is trying to educate her peersabout sexually transmitted diseases. During lunch on Monday, the Etiwanda High School junior stood ona bench yelling out statistics about STDs. "Every year, 3 million teens ...
SB County votes on contract to acquire foreclosed homes
Dec 01, 2008; ... The Board of Supervisors rolled out another program Monday aimedat stemming the foreclosure crisis in San Bernardino County. "Most likely, we're probably looking at another wave offoreclosures that are going to happen in the next few years aspeople recognize they are upside down ...
Police step up checkpoints during holidays
Dec 01, 2008; ... The holidays have arrived, meaning Inland Valley roads will soonbe bustling with motorists going to and from their Christmasshindigs and company luncheons. Also on the roads - police checkpoints. Knowing that drunken driving spikes this time of year, law-enforcement ...
Christmas parade comes to Colton this weekend
Dec 01, 2008; ... COLTON - The Colton Area Chamber of Commerce is looking to spreadsome Christmas spirit this weekend with its 34th annual ChristmasParade and Christmas in the Park celebrations. The parade starts at 10 a.m. Saturday outside of Woodrow WilsonElementary School. District 1 City ...
Officials key in curbing homelessness
Dec 01, 2008; ... The key to curtailing homelessness in San Bernardino County isthe involvement of elected officials, a federal housing officialsaid. And communities' ability to get federal money to help thehomeless will depend on how well-represented they are by the peoplethey elect. That ...
Holiday Inn eyed for Loma Linda
Dec 01, 2008; ... LOMA LINDA - Visitors won't have to look outside the city to findmajor hotel accommodations much longer. The city is moving forward with plans for a 111-room Holiday Innon Redlands Boulevard east of Anderson Street. The Planning Commission is expected to consider the project ...
SB County Board of Education elects new president
Dec 01, 2008; ... The San Bernardino County Board of Education elected David Stineas its new president of the five-member body on Monday. In addition, new board members Michael Tahan and Alen Ritchiewere sworn into office. In a unanimous vote, Stine takes over as board president andsucceeds ...
Passengers spend nine hours grounded at L.A./Ontario Airport
Dec 01, 2008; ... ONTARIO - Nearly 200 passengers on Monday spent nine hours aboarda grounded airplane at L.A./Ontario International Airport. The Airbus A-321 aircraft with 193 passengers was diverted toOntario International because of fog. The Taca flight from El Salvador landed in Los ...
Crime and Public Safety, December 2
Dec 01, 2008; ... VICTORVILLE Two shot, one fatally, on Fourth Street One person was killed and another wounded in a shooting Sundaynight, authorities said. San Bernardino County sheriff's deputies, called to the 15000block of Fourth Street just before 9 p.m., found Joseph ...
Motivating students
Dec 02, 2008 ... The cutbacks in the California State University system are beingportrayed as a bad thing, but maybe there is a silver lining. Ithink one of the most serious problems with our school systems is alack of motivation on the part of the students. It will only affect a small percentage ...
Firefighters in Wrightwood receive ice-rescue suits
Dec 02, 2008; ... WRIGHTWOOD - Every year, firefighters here brace themselves forthe inevitable tragedy at Jackson Lake. At least one person drowns every winter after the thin layer ofice covering the lake breaches and they fall through, said fireCapt. Steve Roeber. No one seems to pay much ...
The bottom line: compromise
Dec 02, 2008 ... The newly sworn-in Legislature, which looks disturbingly like theold one, with most of 11 new senators recycled from the Assembly,simply must get to work. The state will run out of money in March. For every week thebudget is delayed, the deficit will get bigger, which is why ...
American Legion fulfills the wishes of Yucaipa's abused
Dec 02, 2008; ... YUCAIPA - Christi Hays gives herself away easily.Her smile, her outgoing personality and her generous natureforetell that she's a giver - and a doer.For 10 years, Hays has spearheaded American Legion Post 426'sdrive to collect toys and gifts for some of the most ...
Kettle stolen from Salvation Army bell ringer in Upland
Dec 02, 2008; ... In trying to fulfill the needs of so many during difficulteconomic times, the Salvation Army itself became a victim in thepast two weeks. For the first time in three years, a donation kettle was stolenfrom a bell ringer. Nine days later, another bell ringer saidsomeone tried to ...
Imagine no religious debates
Dec 02, 2008; ... There I was, driving in Rancho Cucamonga not too long ago, and atthe intersection of Archibald Avenue and Foothill Boulevard I saw abillboard that said, "Imagine No Religion." I thought, now isn't it nice that some religious organization canafford to put up a big billboard with a ...
GT senior housing project delayed again
Dec 02, 2008; ... GRAND TERRACE - Construction on the city's first senior housingcomplex has been put on hold because of legal and financial issues. The 120-unit apartment complex, known as the Blue Mountain SeniorVillas, was supposed to open in February. Construction is abouthalfway completed on ...
Center offers family choices
Dec 02, 2008; ... SAN BERNARDINO - Children can now read, play and study in a newlearning center at the Family Resource Center while their parentstake classes on surviving the holidays or protecting themselves fromidentity theft. The newest First 5 San Bernardino Community Corner opened Tuesdayin ...
Contractor hired to prepare maps for SB redevelopment project
Dec 02, 2008; ... SAN BERNARDINO - A redevelopment project intended to replace aonce-troubled neighborhood with a new Home Depot took a small stepforward when the City Council approved a contract with a local firmto make maps for the planned shopping center. The City Council, acting in its role to ...
Fontana to vote on fireworks
Dec 02, 2008; ... FONTANA - Nonprofit groups say they're profitable. City officialssay they're costly. Voters next year will decide if so-called "safe-and-sane"fireworks are here to stay. The City Council on Nov. 25 voted unanimously to reject anordinance backed by Citizens for a Safe 4th of ...
Sen. Boxer calls for federal action at Inland Empire event
Dec 02, 2008; ... RIVERSIDE - Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., called Tuesday for aplan to develop alternative energy, create jobs throughtransportation projects and eliminate the need for foreign oil. "Goods movement is essential for our economy in the long run,"Boxer said at a news conference with ...
Group to hold car wash to benefit SB family
Dec 02, 2008; ... SAN BERNARDINO - The family of Anthony Ramirez has had a toughtime since the boy's death more than two years ago. But Westside resident Armida Salgado hopes to help them with acar wash from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday at 14th Street andMassachusetts Avenue. Michelle and Henry ...
Verdicts reached for one defendant in Cee Vee Liquor robbery, homicides
Dec 02, 2008; ... It took less than a day for a jury to find Christopher TurelleWhite guilty on all charges in the March 2005 robbery and deadlyshooting of Cee Vee Liquor store owner Steven Hall and clerk BrianGregorio in Highland. A separate jury was still deliberating about a second ...
SB County lawmakers say state budget agreement must be reached
Dec 02, 2008; ... Even with the declaration of a fiscal emergency in California andthe looming threat of a cash shortage by February, state lawmakersin San Bernardino County said Tuesday an agreement must be reachedbut hesitated to say exactly what compromises will be made. Assemblywoman Wilmer ...
Settlement reached in illegal campaign contributions case
Dec 02, 2008; ... Upland businessman Mark Anthony Leggio has tentatively agreed tosettle allegations of campaign contribution violations with thestate. However, any impact of the settlement on his criminal case in SanBernardino County remains to be seen, said Riverside Countyprosecutors who are ...
ARB seeks cleaner technology
Dec 02, 2008; ... ONTARIO - As consumers tighten their belts and businesses reduceinventories, trucking companies in the Inland Empire are feeling theeconomic pinch. Valerie Liese, president of Jack Jones Trucking in Ontario, saysthings might get worse if the state's Air Resource Board approves ...
Two routes identified for rail line extension to Ontario airport
Dec 02, 2008; ... A study has identified two feasible routes for extending theMetro Gold Line light rail system from Montclair to L.A./OntarioInternational Airport. After 10 months - and narrowing down the options from 13possibilities - the two best routes have been identified, said JerrySims, ...
Norco day-care operator pleads not guilty to counts
Dec 02, 2008; ... RIVERSIDE - A Norco day-care operator pleaded not guilty Tuesdayto felony charges that she abused and injured young children in hercare. Prosecutors accuse Connie Lynn Barrett, 40, of abusing andinjuring seven children - six who were less than 2 years old -dating back to ...
Music helps troubled youth change their tune
Dec 03, 2008; ... Jose Valerio was heading down a dangerous path. He'd beenexpelled from high school, involved in gang violence and hanging outwith the wrong crowd. Valerio was on the brink of self-destruction when he met JosiahBruny. "I was on my way to becoming a statistic," Valerio said ....
Reaching far
Dec 03, 2008 ... In the story of the first Thanksgiving, the Indians are the goodguys. So why is anyone protesting children dressing up as Pilgrimsand Indians? Those complaining are really reaching in order to beoffended by grade school children dressing up and play acting thisbit of American history ....
Correctional facility wards back on track
Dec 03, 2008; ... CHINO - Thanks to a new commercial partnership at the Heman G.Stark Youth Correctional Facility, six wards have the opportunity tolearn skills and earn money. The youth correctional facility has welcomed Irvine-based RamponeIndustries to open a retail shelving and rack factory on ...
Redlands police get drug-sniffing dog
Dec 03, 2008; ... Photo Gallery: Radar Video: Redlands' new drug-sniffing K-9 REDLANDS - Drugs may be serious business, but they're all a gameto the puppy whose job it is to sniff them out. The Redlands police force trotted out its newest member Wednesdaymorning - a 1 1/2-year-old ...
Colton to host county-sponsored 'Business Survival Workshop'
Dec 03, 2008; ... COLTON - This week's news confirming a national recession likelycame as no shock to the city's small business community. Several prominent businesses such as Moss Bros. Ford, La VillaRestaurant, Sassy Steer steakhouse and Berean Christian bookstorehave either closed or moved ...
SB Police work on Web site upgrades
Dec 03, 2008; ... SAN BERNARDINO - Police officers can look forward to having a newgeneration of technology in their patrol cars by the end of theyear. Michael Eckley, the Police Department's information technologymanager, said patrol cars will soon be equipped with systems thatwill allow ...
SB County foreclosure corporation plan nebulous
Dec 03, 2008; ... Details remain scarce surrounding San Bernardino County's latestprogram to stem the sweeping flood of foreclosures. The Board of Supervisors voted Monday to enter into a contractwith the Inland Empire Economic Recovery Corp., which would use apublic-private partnership to address ...
Ram on the lam goes on risky romp
Dec 03, 2008; ... REDLANDS - A big-horned ram faced off with a city spokesmanWednesday and caused traffic jams and accidents on the 10 Freeway ashe leaped across lanes following a short jaunt at Wal-Mart. Calls started pouring in around 3:30 p.m.: "Sheep in road atCalifornia Street and Redlands ...
Stimulus with benefits that last
Dec 04, 2008 ... Sacramento and other state capitals across the nation are besetby freefalling revenues as the nation's economic activity slows.Budget cuts are being considered that will be deep and painful. Against this economic backdrop, President-elect Barack Obamareceived quite a reception ...
Voice of the People, December 5
Dec 04, 2008 ... Grateful for support Now that most of the remaining votes have been counted, and ournation has celebrated Thanksgiving, it is time to reflect on mywonderful experience as the Democratic nominee in the 41stCongressional District. I am humbled and inspired by the countless ...
Community calendar, December 5
Dec 04, 2008 ... Arts & Crafts Spread a little holiday spirit with crafts: The Art Pod will behome to a Little Holiday Craft Show where 100 percent handmadeproducts will be available for purchase at the event. Begins at 11a.m. Dec. 13, The Art Pod Studio, 11996 Jack Benny Drive, RanchoCucamonga ....
Intoxicated Alabama man killed while crossing 15 Freeway in Victorville
Dec 04, 2008; ... VICTORVILLE - An intoxicated Alabama man was struck by a car andkilled while walking across the 15 Freeway late Wednesday. Kenneth Blackburn, 29, of Huntsville, Ala., had been drinkingbefore he walked across the southbound 15 at Bear Valley Road at7:54 p.m. A Hesperia man driving ...
Man sentenced in beating, shooting death case
Dec 04, 2008; ... SAN BERNARDINO - A man charged in the shovel beating and deadlyshooting of 22-year-old Jerry Ramirez in 2005 was sentenced Thursdayas friends and family of the victim, some of whom wore dark-coloredmemorial T-shirts, looked on.Judge Brian McCarville sentenced Edward Vincent ...
Crime and public safety, December 5
Dec 04, 2008 ... CIMA Grandson, 20, held in death of grandmother Sheriff's deputies have arrested the grandson of a Pomona womanwhose body was found dumped in a remote desert area off the 15Freeway in November. Arturo Hernandez, 20, left with his 58-year-old grandmother,Luisa ...
UC Riverside names Guze to new medical school posts
Dec 02, 2008; ... The nationally recognized physician-planner who has been leadingdevelopment of the new medical school at UC Riverside has been namedacting vice chancellor for medical sciences and dean of the Schoolof Medicine. Dr. Phyllis A. Guze, who is professor of clinical medicine in ...
Crime and Public Safety, December 3
Dec 02, 2008; ... VICTORVILLE Homeowner held in fatal shooting, injury Investigators have arrested a 28-year-old Victorville man inconnection with a double shooting over the weekend. David Chuck Boutieller was booked Monday at the Victorville jailon suspicion of murder and attempted ...
UC Riverside geneticist wins award
Dec 02, 2008; ... Research that could save tens of thousands of lives and feedmillions with flood-resistant rice has earned a prestigious U.S.Department of Agriculture award for UC Riverside geneticist JuliaBailey-Serres. The professor of genetics in the Center for Plant Cell Biologyand the ...
Crime and Public Safety, December 4
Dec 03, 2008; ... FONTANA Second victim of shooting dies A 27-year-old Baldwin Park woman died at a hospital Tuesdaynight, four days after a shooting in Fontana that killed a man. Francine Yessenia Figueroa was pronounced dead at ArrowheadRegional Medical Center in Colton, coroner's ...
Fontana residents tell officials they're tired of being soaked by rate hikes
Dec 03, 2008; ... FONTANA - The water-rate debate of 2008 continued Wednesday atthe Steelworkers' Auditorium, as residents and officials from theFontana Water Co. stood before an administrative law judge todiscuss the utility's proposed increases to monthly bills, startingin July. "We're all here ...
Ontario man re-enters not guilty plea in murder-for-hire case
Dec 04, 2008; ... RANCHO CUCAMONGA - An Ontario man accused of offering money to aco-worker to kill his ex-girlfriend and two other people re-enterednot guilty pleas to two felony charges Thursday in West ValleySuperior Court. According to prosecutors, Jason Corlew, 28, sent a series of ...
Friends to hold Ontario fundraiser for Chino girl with cancer
Dec 04, 2008; ... ONTARIO - Roz Jones' 9-year-old daughter, Cameron Brown, doesn'thave much time to live. But Jones said she knows if she feels sorry for herself, she'llmiss out on valuable time with Cameron. "I'll have plenty of time to fall apart when I no longer havetime with her," she ...
Ontario man pleads not guilty to rape and felony sex with minor charges
Dec 04, 2008; ... RANCHO CUCAMONGA - An Ontario man accused of raping a 14-year-old girl and carrying on a consensual sexual relationship with a 16-year-old girl pleaded not guilty to 14 felony sex charges Thursdayin West Valley Superior Court. Rudy Dalton Beltran, 28, faces up to 56 years in ...
Handful of Rubidoux residents express concern about chemical emissions
Dec 04, 2008; ... RUBIDOUX - It was a chance for community members to voiceconcerns they had about proposed amendments to a rule that requirescement facilities to reduce emissions of the airborne chemicalhexavalent chromium. But only a handful of the more than 70 residents who appearedmade ...
Mexican Players will return to Claremont's Padua Hills Theatre
Dec 04, 2008; ... CLAREMONT - The Padua Hills Theatre for 40 years was the home ofa dramatic group called the Mexican Players that performed songs anddances from Mexico.On Saturday and Sunday evenings, members of the group will returnhome. Members of the original Padua Mexican Players will ...
Sports park-like facility in Norco closer to reality
Dec 04, 2008; ... NORCO - Jeanine Adams has long awaited the day when more practicefields were in town. Her dream moved closer to reality this week when the permit tooperate a sports park-like facility on the Silverlakes propertyreceived approval from two of the city's commissions. It will ...
Librarian shares labor of love for Christmas
Dec 04, 2008; ... SAN BERNARDINO- It was close to Christmas two years ago thatBarbara Quarton came across several volumes of a very old magazinein the stacks at the university library. On that gray day in the quiet library devoid of students withnoses buried on books, she fell in love with the ...
Tamales a part of Christmas tradition
Dec 04, 2008; ... During the rest of the year, a tamale is part of a meal. But during the Christmas holidays, the tamale is a deliciouspresent from the past, a taste of family and a rich Latino heritageunwrapped with special joy. Every bite is a memory, of Grandma, Mom, your favorite tia, ...
Cal State San Bernardino has new emergency response chief
Dec 04, 2008; ... SAN BERNARDINO - The San Andreas Fault runs through the foothillsless than a mile from Cal State San Bernardino. Fires have scorchedneighboring hillsides and at times, wind gusts as high as 70 mphblow across the campus. It is a place where a natural or man-made disaster could ...
This is no time for bailout mania
Dec 04, 2008; ... I thought about pushing my way into line and taking advantage ofthis bailout mania that is going on. I mean, I don't know how long the window of opportunity willremain open, and I worry about missing out on my share of the loot. The failing banks have asked for, and received, ...
Inland Empire courts, December 5
Dec 04, 2008; ... Leggio to appear for arraignment Upland businessman Mark Anthony Leggio is scheduled to appeartoday in Superior Court for an arraignment on charges stemming fromalleged illegal campaign contributions. Charges against Leggio and three other men - Nicola Cacucciolo,63, Nick ...