Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (Ontario, CA) articles from August 2004

Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (Ontario, CA) archives from August 2004

California Air Resources board to hold meeting on emissions.
August 26, 2004... Byline: Joe Florkowski Aug. 26--CHINO, Calif. -- The state Air Resources Board will hold a public workshop today at 10 a.m. to receive comments about how to define a large confined animal operation. The state is seeking input about...

Ontario, Calif., Maglite flashlight plant to expand.
August 26, 2004... Byline: Brenda Gazzar Aug. 26--ONTARIO, Calif. -- While other manufacturers are fleeing the state and even the country, Anthony Maglica of Maglite flashlight fame is not only staying in Ontario, he's readying for a major expansion. ...

BAE's lab in Pomona Calif., marks construction of 10,000th infrared lamp.
August 25, 2004... Byline: Andrew Moyle Aug. 25--POMONA, Calif. -- BAE and the 10,000 Lamps. Sounding like some postmodern, acronymic fairy tale, a luncheon Tuesday at BAE Systems' Infrared Countermeasures Lamp Laboratory heralded the 10,000th infrared...

San Bernardino, Calif., housing development nears construction.
August 25, 2004... Byline: Ben Schnayerson Aug. 25--SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. -- A development for roughly 2,000 single-family homes and an elementary school north of Rialto moved a big step closer to construction. The San Bernardino County Board of...

Riverside County, Calif.-area real estate market still strong.
August 25, 2004... Byline: Michael Rappaport Aug. 25--The frenzy may be over, but home prices are still climbing and sales are still strong in Southern California. The California Association of Realtors' survey for July 2004 showed the median price of...

Permits for building multifamily housing up in San Bernardino County, Calif.
August 24, 2004... Byline: Michael Rappaport Aug. 24--Need and opportunity have found common ground in San Bernardino County this year. According to the Construction Industry Research Board, builders are pulling permits for multifamily housing more...

Most in California get priced out of home ownership.
August 23, 2004... Byline: Michael Rappaport Aug. 23--When folks think of the American Dream, it usually involves a husband or wife, 2.3 children, a dog named Freckles and a house with a white picket fence. If the fence was built by hand, the house...

Ontario, Calif., chemical explosion injures 4.
August 20, 2004... Byline: Jannise Johnson Aug. 20--ONTARIO, Calif. -- A chemical explosion at a sterilization plant injured four workers, blew a large hole in the roof and forced the evacuations of area businesses Thursday afternoon. The Ontario Fire...

Experts to serve at Pomona, Calif., hospitality school as endowed chairs.
August 20, 2004... Byline: Lisa B. McPheron Aug. 20--POMONA, Calif. -- Two hospitality specialists will lend their expertise to the Collins School of Hospitality Management at Cal Poly Pomona as the program's first endowed chairs. Cathy Hsu, who is a...

Majority in Riverside, Calif., area can't afford housing.
August 20, 2004... Byline: Michael Rappaport Aug. 20--Affordable alternative? Not any more. Would-be home buyers in the Riverside-San Bernardino metropolitan area amount to barely one-fifth of the local population, and that's if they have nearly...

Walnut, Calif., college offers computer security training.
August 20, 2004... Byline: Lisa B. McPheron Aug. 20--WALNUT, Calif. -- Mt. San Antonio College is adding more sections of classes that comprise a new certificate program aimed at training information security professionals on how to protect their...

Norco, Calif., wants federal health study on Wyle Laboratories.
August 20, 2004... Byline: Blanca E. Sanchez Aug. 20--NORCO, Calif. -- The city will ask the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry to conduct a health study to determine if there is a significant amount of toxic exposure to the city. The...

Ontario, Calif., airport's growth plans might include some baggage.
August 19, 2004... Byline: Brenda Gazzar Aug. 19--ONTARIO, Calif. -- Paul Hofer III has big plans to develop 105 acres of his ranch south of Ontario International Airport for air cargo and industrial-related facilities. So he was surprised to discover...

Fontana, Calif., transfers control of incomplete retail center to developers.
August 19, 2004... Byline: Naomi Kresge Aug. 19--FONTANA, Calif. -- The city formally transferred ownership of the Empire Center to developers this week, ending a decade of financial loss and stillborn development in that area of south Fontana. Dealing...

Event to offer 3,000 positions at new mall in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.
August 19, 2004... Byline: Andrew Moyle Aug. 19--RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. -- If you build it, they will come. Come get a job, that is. With just more than nine weeks to go before Victoria Gardens opens Oct. 28, nearly half of the more than 100...

Hearing set on expansion plan for Ontario, Calif., airport.
August 17, 2004... Byline: Brenda Gazzar Aug. 17--ONTARIO, Calif. -- Inland Valley residents will get a rare chance to voice concerns about Ontario International Airport's imminent expansion tonight at the Ontario Convention Center. At a community...

Fontana, Calif.-area , motorists brace for spike at gas pumps.
August 17, 2004... Byline: Andrew Moyle Aug. 17--FONTANA, Calif. -- Tammy Romero was through getting jerked around by gas prices. Even though the Southridge resident had a good job working as a statement clerk at a Foothill Independent Bank location in...

High gas prices don't slow sales of RVs.
August 17, 2004... Byline: Michael Rappaport Aug. 17--Oil may be at record highs, but the price of getting around isn't scaring off potential RV buyers. In fact, factory-to-dealer deliveries of recreational vehicles are up 20 percent for the first half...

Planners table golf course housing in Norco, Calif.
August 12, 2004... Byline: Blanca E. Sanchez Aug. 12--NORCO, Calif. -- Despite seeing its density reduced, and its pad and lot sizes increased, a housing project at Hidden Valley Golf Course on Wednesday was tabled by the city's Planning Commission. ...

Citi Card plans 1,140 layoffs at Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., call center.
August 11, 2004... Byline: Andrew Moyle Aug. 11--RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. -- Carmen Medina slipped out the back of the Citi Card call center in the middle of an early afternoon meeting called by her managers, having already learned the news of the day. ...

San Bernardino, Calif.-area home sales surge 14.5 percent in quarter.
August 10, 2004... Byline: Michael Rappaport Aug. 10--With sales of existing homes soaring, new home builders are getting into the act in the Inland Empire as well. In a recent report by the Meyers Group, a Costa Mesa-based real estate think tank,...

Ontario, Calif., land deal stirs debate among city officials.
August 10, 2004... Byline: Brenda Gazzar Aug. 10--ONTARIO, Calif. -- Councilwoman Debbie Acker's latest battle centers around a real estate deal that she says should have made the city more money. After the Redevelopment Agency sold the former Citrus...

Government contracting forum in Ontario, Calif., to help small businesses.
August 10, 2004... Byline: Naomi Kresge Aug. 10--ONTARIO, Calif. -- The Inland Empire Center for Entrepreneurship and Rep. Joe Baca, D-San Bernardino, will host a conference Friday to teach small business owners how to compete for government contracts. ...

Group calls for more open state government at Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., forum.
August 10, 2004... Byline: Conor Friedersdorf Aug. 10--Richard McKee and Terry Francke believe you ought to know about every action taken by your government -- its proclivities for backroom deals and secret documents notwithstanding. The...

Gas station sale clears way for school in Pomona, Calif.
August 9, 2004... Byline: Monica Rodriguez Aug. 9--POMONA, Calif. -- Before the end of the year, a gas station on Murchison Avenue near Dudley Street will disappear as part of plans by Pomona Unified School District to build a new school campus. Plans...

Democratic Party win is likely to boost stock market, history shows.
August 9, 2004... Byline: Andrew Moyle Aug. 9--Republicans, good. Democrats, bad. Ask any investment adviser or political science professor, and he or she will tell you that this age-old mantra pervades the investing class. According to the...

Norco, Calif., rezones street for heavy commercial use to attract business.
August 9, 2004... Byline: Blanca E. Sanchez Aug. 9--NORCO, Calif. -- A southern portion of Hamner Avenue has been rezoned heavy commercial to better suit the businesses already there and to attract new businesses, with the goal of generating additional...

Pomona, Calif., council drops bid for sales tax measure on ballot.
August 5, 2004... Byline: Monica Rodriguez Aug. 5--POMONA, Calif. -- With the prospect of competing tax-related initiatives appearing on this year's ballot, City Council members have tabled plans to place a sales tax increase before voters in November....

Kansas extends library software deal with Pomona, Calif., firm.
August 5, 2004... Byline: Andrew Moyle Aug. 5--POMONA, Calif. -- Kansas' state library system has opted to extend its software contract with Pomona's Auto-Graphics Inc., and will add a new unified search portal module to its contract. Valued at $2...

Pomona, Calif., man to serve in alcohol control department.
August 4, 2004... Aug. 4--A Pomona native will serve as deputy division chief for the Northern California Division of the state Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. Department officials announced the appointment of David Gill late last week. The...

BAE Systems lands two new avionics contracts for Los Angeles-area plants.
August 4, 2004... Byline: Andrew Moyle Aug. 4--ONTARIO, Calif. -- Avionics equipment maker BAE Systems has landed contracts to develop a high-tech bad weather landing system for the Air Force and flight control equipment for the Republic of Korea. The...

Panel to discuss health concerns about Norco, Calif., weapons testing lab.
August 4, 2004... Byline: Blanca Sanchez Aug. 4--NORCO, Calif. -- The Community Advisory Group will have a meeting Monday to provide residents with information about toxins and health concerns related to Wyle Laboratories. The meeting will be at 7...

Pomona, Calif., city council votes for downtown improvement tax district.
August 4, 2004... Byline: Monica Rodriguez Aug. 4--POMONA, Calif. -- A tax district aimed at improving downtown is closer to reality, but still likely to face challenges from disappointed property owners. The City Council voted to create the district...

Norco, Calif.-area school district faces overcrowding.
August 4, 2004... Byline: Blanca E. Sanchez Aug. 4--Every school in the Corona-Norco Unified School District is swamped with children, and the district is doing what it can to make everyone fit. But in 2006, although some schools may still be...

Economist: California home-building market continues to excel.
August 4, 2004... Byline: Michael Rappaport Aug. 4--New home production was up in June, and California builders may be on track to start 200,000 new homes for the first time since 1989. That prediction reflects data released this week by the...

Chino, Calif., approves first 130 of 10,000 new homes.
August 4, 2004... Byline: Joe Florkowski Aug. 4--CHINO, Calif. -- Construction crews will start to build the first of nearly 10,000 homes as soon as fall as part of the city's master-planned community, the Preserve. The city's Planning Commission...

Weapons found hidden in carry-on baggage at Ontario, Calif., airport.
August 4, 2004... Byline: Brenda Gazzar Aug. 4--ONTARIO, Calif. -- Two men have been arrested at Ontario International Airport in recent days for possessing concealed weapons in their carry-on baggage. Both men were caught by federal airport screeners...

California gasoline prices cool off.
August 3, 2004... Byline: Andrew Moyle Aug. 3--FONTANA, Calif. -- Danny Chan seemed to deflate slightly as he pulled the credit card receipt from the gas-pump printer. His 1999 Honda CRV gets good gas mileage for an SUV, and prices in the Inland...

San Bernardino, Calif., Purchasing Managers Index strong for 11th month.
August 3, 2004... Byline: Michael Rappaport Aug. 3--The Purchasing Managers Index for the Inland Empire is in positive territory for the 11th consecutive month, extending its record. Meanwhile, a comparable national report also released Monday was...

EPA lists Norco, Calif., lab hazard among nation's worst.
August 3, 2004... Byline: Blanca E. Sanchez Aug. 3--NORCO, Calif. -- The Wyle Laboratories site has been named one of the most hazardous sites in the nation by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. In a report released Friday, the site was...

Chino, Calif., school board president considers wage cuts.
August 3, 2004... Byline: Edward Barrera Aug. 3--CHINO, Calif. -- Chino Valley teachers might have to take a pay cut in order to save jobs, some board members said Monday. The salary rollback is one option for a revised 2005-06 fiscal year budget,...

Rising land prices send dairy farmers scurrying from Riverside County, Calif.
August 2, 2004... Byline: Joe Florkowski Aug. 2--CORONA, Calif. -- Unlike his neighbors, Harold Tillema plans to hang on for just a little bit longer. Tillema, a 59-year-old dairy owner, has watched homes sprout up along Archibald Avenue in Riverside...