Recently added articles from The Sun, San Bernardino, Calif.:
Cabazon outlet mall employee robbed by men in ski masks
Dec 01, 2009; Melissa Pinion-Whitt ... Sheriff's deputies are looking for two people who robbed a storeemployee Monday outside the Desert Hills Factory Outlets in Cabazon. Riverside County sheriff's deputies received a call at 8:40 a.m.about the robbery at 48650 Seminole Dr. The victim left herbusiness, carrying a bank ...
Rubidoux jeweler shoots at would-be robbers
Dec 02, 2009; Melissa Pinion-Whitt ... A pair of armed robbers who attempted a jewelry store heist inRubidoux left empty-handed when an employee opened fire on thethieves. Riverside County sheriff's deputies received a call at 11:51 a.m.regarding a robbery in the 5500 block of Mission Boulevard. Deputies ...
Rancho Cucamonga 7-Eleven robbed by gunman
Dec 02, 2009; Melissa Pinion-Whitt ... Sheriff's deputies are looking for a man who robbed a 7-Elevenstore in Rancho Cucamonga on Tuesday. The robber, who had a handgun, walked into the store at 9638Milliken Ave. at 12:15 p.m. and demanded money from the clerk. Theman ran out of the store. He is a black man in ...
Historic Rialto home destroyed by fire
Dec 04, 2009; Melissa Pinion-Whitt ... A fire destroyed a historic home and displaced a family in Rialtothis morning. The fire was reported in the 600 block of South Campus Avenueabout 7:30 a.m., said Rialto fire spokesman Brian Park. Twenty Rialto and San Bernardino County firefighters kept thefire from spreading ...
Rialto sets fence policy
Dec 05, 2009; Josh Dulaney ... RIALTO - Six feet and no higher. The City Council has introduced an ordinance that caps at 6 feetthe height of hedges, walls and fences that can be seen through -such as chain link fences and wrought iron fences - in front yardsthroughout the city. Officials say they receive ...
San Bernardino council to decide on northside wall controversy
Dec 05, 2009; Andrew Edwards ... SAN BERNARDINO - An appeal of development plans that include atall retaining wall is scheduled to go before the City Council onMonday. The wall is part of a proposal for a 43-home development thatwould be built in the city's northern Verdemont area. The Planning Commission ...
Local families reacting to troop increase in Afghanistan
Dec 05, 2009; James Rufus Koren ... On Nov. 28, 2006, a roadside bomb in Afghanistan's Logar Provinceexploded, killing Barstow High School graduate and Army Spc. JeffreyRoberson. "We just celebrated the anniversary of his death a little whileago," said Mike Roberson, Jeffrey's father. "Celebrated - if you cancall ...
40th anniversary of the Altamont concert
Dec 05, 2009; Debbie Pfeiffer Trunnell ... For those who were around back then and those who wish they were,1969 was quite a year. Astronauts walked on the moon, thousands of flower childrendanced in the mud at Woodstock and Charles Manson directed a groupof drug-addled girls to go on a killing spree in the homes of ...
Fossil find in Beaumont fuels earth age debate
Dec 05, 2009; Josh Dulaney ... The discovery of a ground sloth skull west of Beaumont has stokedthe debate over man's origins and the age of Earth. Some scientistssay the fossil dates back 1.8 million years. "It's one more grain of sand on the beach of evidence forevolution," said Jim Blauth, a biology professor ...
Leaders don't point fingers
Dec 05, 2009; Anonymous ... Life at Colton City Hall these days is like a game of Chutes andLadders. The city's elected officials lept up the ladder a few weeks backwhen they showed real leadership by responding to residents andvowing to find a way to restore library services that had been cutto make up for ...
Bigger picture missed
Dec 05, 2009; Anonymous ... Ruben Navarrette Jr.'s column (Nov. 27) on the UC system's feehike fails to look at the larger picture. While Mr. Navarrette pointed out the UC system's budget deficitand its impact, he neglected to point out that UC has also cutenrollment, eliminated student programs, cut faculty ...
Seniors wary of changes, cutbacks in Medicare
Dec 05, 2009; Mediha Fejzagic DiMartino ... ONTARIO - Amid flowery patterns and slip stitches, members of theSenior Crotchet Group talked Friday about issues that were throwingthem for a loop. "If they cut Medicare, I will not get all my benefits," frettedHelen Olivas of Ontario to other ladies. "And if you don't ...
Police agencies look to fill posts
Dec 05, 2009; Melissa Pinion-Whitt ... It's a profession long thought to be stable and recession-proof. But the devastating effects of the economy haven't spared lawenforcement in many cities, forcing police and sheriff's agenciesinto layoffs and hiring freezes. The question is what will actively recruiting agencies ...
Grant to boost access to specialty care in county
Dec 05, 2009; Jim Steinberg ... Access to specialty care medical services for the uninsured andunderinsured has been a long-standing problem in San BernardinoCounty and around the nation. Oakland-based Kaiser Permanente has allocated more than $1million in grant funding to help alleviate that problem, taking ...
Shooting in Rialto leaves 1 dead, 1 in serious condition
Dec 05, 2009; James Rufus Koren ... A Bloomington man was shot to death early Saturday morning nearRuth Grimes Elementary School in Rialto, authorities said. Josue Romero, 19, and another man were found shot near theintersection of Grovewood Street and Idyllwild Avenue in Rialto,about two blocks from the school ....
Soldiers honored Saturday in Memorial Park
Dec 05, 2009; Sandra Emerson ... UPLAND - Soldiers from the Army and their families were honoredSaturday during a ceremony at Memorial Park. The soldiers, part of the Upland-based 426th Civil AffairsBattalion (Airborne), recently returned from Afghanistan where theyhelped rebuild the country's ...
Earthquakes, 12/5
Dec 05, 2009; Anonymous ... Earthquakes Beaumont; 0.9; 1:06:35 p.m. Beaumont; 1.1; 1:06:29 p.m. Mt. San Gorgonio; 1.3; 1:06 p.m. Ludlow; 1.6; ...
Abandoned mines pose threats
Dec 05, 2009; Dianne Feinstein ... On Nov. 1, a 30-year-old woman was exploring an abandoned minewith family members in Kern County. The woman had entered a dark,underground tunnel when the ground gave way and she fell at least 50feet to her death. Dangerous abandoned mines like Tungsten Peak, where this ...
Voters should not surrender right to checks and balances
Dec 05, 2009; Jim Penman ... I want to thank all of those who voted in last month's election. Unfortunately for our city, most of our fellow citizens chose notto exercise this fundamental right, one that has been defended bybrave men and women throughout our nation's history. To those who voted for me, ...
Have some Inland Empire Salad
Dec 05, 2009; John Weeks ... In a minute I'll tell you how to make Inland Empire Salad, whichis one of the recipes to be featured in the forthcoming "SanBernardino Bicentennial Cookbook." But first I want to say a few words about the book, which will bepublished as part of the city's 200th anniversary ...
