Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (Ontario, CA) articles from August 2005

Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (Ontario, CA) archives from August 2005

Bass Pro, REI sporting goods stores complement each other, officials say.
August 23, 2005... Byline: Joe Florkowski Aug. 23--RANCHO CUCAMONGA -- An existing outdoor recreational equipment store should be able to survive and may even thrive when a mega outdoors store opens in early 2007, city officials and outdoor enthusiasts...

Water conservation measures remain.
August 23, 2005... Byline: L.C. Greene Aug. 23--MIRA LOMA -- Water conservation measures affecting residents and home builders in northwest Riverside County will continue until a water treatment plant is functioning and running reliably, a utility manager...

Toxins found at Norco schools.
August 23, 2005... Byline: Sara A. Carter Aug. 23--NORCO -- Low levels of cancer-causing chemicals have been found at three school sites near Wyle Laboratories, state officials announced Monday. The state Department of Toxic Substances Control, which...

Norco planning to start adult theater programs.
August 17, 2005... Byline: Sue Doyle Aug. 17--NORCO -- A cattle call may be coming to town, and this one doesn't include animals. A push to start a community theater, where residents could take the stage and entertain, is gaining momentum around town....

17 apply for Chino Valley Unified School District superintendent position.
August 17, 2005... Byline: Mason Stockstill Aug. 17--CHINO -- Seventeen people want to be superintendent of the Chino Valley Unified School District. The application period for the top position at the district ended on Friday, and the consultants...

Bass Pro Shops coming to Rancho.
August 17, 2005... Byline: Joe Florkowski Aug. 17--RANCHO CUCAMONGA -- A Missouri-based company will open its first mega-outdoors store in Southern California at Victoria Gardens. City officials announced Bass Pro Shops will start construction on its...

Caffeine Captives.
August 11, 2005... Byline: L.C. Greene Aug. 11--From Chengdu, China, to Chino, California, latte is trendy and mocha is cool. That's right -- there's a Starbucks in Chengdu. Coffee consumption is rising worldwide, and more Amercians than ever are...

New border program gets mixed reviews.
August 11, 2005... Byline: Brenda Gazzar Aug. 11--More than 18 months after the initial phase-in of a biometrics-based border inspections program, its effectiveness in deterring and intercepting ineligible foreign visitors, including criminals, remains...

It will be Macy's, not Robinsons-May.
August 11, 2005... Byline: Joe Florkowski Aug. 11--CHINO HILLS -- A 140,000 square-foot department store planned for the city's Shoppes project is still planned to open in fall 2007, according to the developers of the project. The store, originally...

Older laborer, 77, a uniting force at Pomona center.
August 8, 2005... Byline: Monica Rodriguez Aug. 8--POMONA -- At 77, Francisco Lopez, of Pomona, is the oldest worker at the Pomona Economic Opportunity Center on Mission Boulevard. Lopez, a modest man, said he doesn't get much work these days. ...

No small-time operation for Norco couple.
August 6, 2005... Byline: Sue Doyle Aug. 6--NORCO -- What started as their daughter's birthday wish for a horse turned into a career for Roger and Susan Swalin. The owners of Shamrock Ranch breed and sell miniature horses. Some keep them as pets....

Public disclosure of restaurant inspections differs by county.
August 5, 2005... Byline: Mason Stockstill Aug. 5--Health inspection reports for restaurants in Riverside, San Bernardino and Los Angeles counties are all available for public review. In Riverside County, however, it's a complicated process. Alone...

Vintage homeowners get repair tips.
August 5, 2005... Byline: Monica Rodriguez Aug. 5--POMONA -- Mitch Elias has a list of improvements he'd like to make to his 1914 Craftsman home that range from landscaping to treating wood floors. But at the top of the list is replacing window...

Hackers strike at Cal Poly Pomona; thousands notified after security breach.
August 5, 2005... Byline: Kenneth Todd Ruiz Aug. 5--POMONA -- Computer hackers added Cal Poly Pomona to a growing list of schools from which personal information has been accessed illegally. Notification went out to 31,077 people Thursday that their...

Growing train traffic causing environmental problems in area.
August 5, 2005... Byline: Sue Doyle Aug. 5--SAN BERNARDINO -- Standing in her front yard, Teresa Flores Lopez recalls a time when, as a child, she could wave to neighbors across the street. Not anymore. The train tracks were always there, the...

Regional airport decisions leave Ontario on outside.
August 4, 2005... Byline: Michelle Knueppel Aug. 4--ONTARIO -- Though city officials predict explosive growth at Ontario International Airport over the next few decades, much of its destiny lies with the mayor of Los Angeles. That's because he...

Planners OK proposal for limits on adult businesses.
August 4, 2005... Byline: Mason Stockstill Aug. 4--CHINO HILLS -- City officials are rather certain the proposed ordinance governing adult businesses won't allow such operations into the city. The ordinance is constitutionally sound, according to...

Resident takes city's animal ordinance to court.
August 4, 2005... Byline: Sue Doyle Aug. 4--NORCO -- In a town where camels, llamas and rhinoceros are not unusual backyard pets, it would seem tough to push the city's boundaries on animal keeping. But one breeder of chickens, pot-belly pigs, geese...

Expert urges caution as housing gap widens.
August 4, 2005... Byline: Michael Rappaport Aug. 4--Amid all the good news for home owners a hot sales market, rising prices, low refi rates is a word of caution. It's getting very late in an overheated cycle. Numbers released this week by the...

Insurance commissioner says costs call for universal system.
August 4, 2005... Byline: L.C. Greene Aug. 4--California's health-care system is collapsing under the weight of spiraling costs, and the state must pursue radical reform leading ultimately to universal health coverage, according to a report issued...

PUSD defends E-Rate spending.
August 4, 2005... Aug. 4--POMONA -- School officials defended their spending of millions of dollars of government technology funds intended to connect low-income areas to the Internet in a handout distributed at last week's school board meeting. Pomona...