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

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

Chino, Calif., Bank Achieved Profitability in 10 Months.
January 28, 2004... Byline: Andrew Moyle Jan. 28--CHINO, Calif. -- By definition, a de novo bank is a state member bank that has been in operation for five years or less. The average de novo bank achieves profitability on its initial capital investment...

High-Speed Rail May Stop in Ontario, Calif.
January 28, 2004... Byline: Charles F. Bostwick Jan. 28--LOS ANGELES -- High-speed trains may come to Ontario, Colton, San Bernardino, and Riverside if a statewide electric rail system is built, according to a report on the environmental effects of such a...

Study Predicts Wal-Mart Impact on Southern California Grocery Strike.
January 28, 2004... Byline: Michael Rappaport Jan. 28--LOS ANGELES -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is not an official participant in the 110-day-old Southern California grocery strike. What the world's largest retailer is, however, is the 800-pound gorilla...

California Governor's Privatization Proposal Aims to Improve Services.
January 26, 2004... Byline: Harrison Sheppard Jan. 26--SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's efforts to downsize state government and privatize some services challenges Sacramento's ultimate sacred cow -- the powerful public employee unions --...

Homework, Planning Necessary for Taxpayers to Capitalize on Tax-Code Changes.
January 26, 2004... Byline: Andrew Moyle Jan. 26--The old adage everyone knows ought to end with the phrase, "death and changes in the tax code." But, even then, people probably wouldn't learn. Last year the Internal Revenue Service received...

California Grocery Strikers to Visit Safeway CEO.
January 26, 2004... Byline: Michael Rappaport Jan. 26--They're off to see the wizard? Religious leaders, community figures and striking grocery workers from Southern California will board a bus Tuesday morning for a two-day trip to the Bay Area that...

Montclair, Calif., Boat Firm Shows Off at Los Angeles Boat Show.
January 23, 2004... Byline: Andrew Moyle Jan. 23--MONTCLAIR, Calif. -- Jim Reing first came across Cobra Performance Boats at last year's Southern California Boat Show. He enjoyed the experience of purchasing his 21-foot sport boat so much, he's tagging...

California Panelists Say Flexibility Became Key in NAFTA's First 10 Years.
January 23, 2004... Byline: Andrew Moyle Jan. 23--POMONA, Calif. -- Thursday was the first day of the Year of the Monkey, and China weighed heavily on the minds of those gathered at the North American Free Trade Agreement 10th Anniversary Seminar held at...

Hawaiian Airlines Drops Daily Nonstop Service to Ontario, Calif., Airport.
January 23, 2004... Byline: Brenda Gazzar Jan. 23--ONTARIO, Calif. -- Hawaiian Airlines decided this week to discontinue its daily, nonstop service to Ontario International Airport due to lack of passenger demand. The airline, which launched its service...

Three Ontario, Calif.-Area Businesses Are Ravaged by Fire.
January 23, 2004... Byline: Brenda Gazzar Jan. 23--Two separate blazes destroyed a historic fruit packing house in Ontario and a second vacant building in Upland early Thursday. A third Inland Valley fire tore through an attic of a Fontana dental...

Longshore Workers Pledge Aid to California Grocery Strikers.
January 22, 2004... Byline: Michael Rappaport Jan. 22--Fresh off their own strike in 2002, longshore workers pledged Tuesday to raise at least $1 million to help cover health-care costs for striking supermarket workers. At a press conference in...

San Bernardino County, Calif.-Area Real Estate Market Remains Hot, Survey Says.
January 21, 2004... Byline: Chris H. Sieroty Jan. 21--The industrial real estate market in San Bernardino and Riverside counties remained one of the hottest in Southern California last year, according to a survey released Tuesday. The 2003 Industrial...

Diamond Bar, Calif.-Area Dairies Face New Air Pollution Rules.
January 20, 2004... Byline: Joe Florkowski Jan. 20--DIAMOND BAR, Calif. -- Regional air quality officials are revising regulations to reduce pollutants from cattle waste in the wake of a new state law and input from other California agencies. South...

Riverside, Calif.-Area Emergency Rooms See Break in Flu Epidemic.
January 20, 2004... Byline: L.C. Greene Jan. 20--Inland Valley hospital emergency room doctors and nurses are finally getting a breather as this year's influenza epidemic appears to be on the decline. While some emergency rooms are still enduring...

New Book Tells How to Succeed in Business with Honesty.
January 18, 2004... Byline: Andrew Moyle Jan. 18--Who do you trust? A corporation's entire structure, from the lowest paid positions up to the highest executive offices, is a pyramid of fragile, gossamer-thin answers to that question. A frayed...

California Grocery Strike Reaches 100 Days.
January 17, 2004... Byline: Michael Rappaport Jan. 17--One hundred days. That's how long it has been since the evening of Oct. 11, when officials of the United Food and Commercial Workers union took their members out on strike against Vons and...

Ontario, Calif., Cook Aims for Poultry Perfection.
January 15, 2004... Byline: Andrew Moyle Jan. 15--ONTARIO, Calif. -- Around here, Raul Raigoza is the king of chicken. He took third in the 12th Annual El Pollo Loco Perfect Pollo Challenge Dec. 2 in Irvine, the sixth straight year the chicken cook at...

Southern California Scientists Debate Bush's Man-in-Space Proposal.
January 15, 2004... Byline: L.C. Greene Jan. 15--President Bush's notion of courageous space explorers once more riding fiery rockets to the Moon and eventually to Mars and beyond has been met with varying degrees of support. "I can't tell you how...

Legislative Analyst Sees $6 Billion Deficit for California in Next Fiscal Year.
January 14, 2004... Byline: David M. Drucker Jan. 14--SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's budget proposal, which calls for a number of one-time fiscal maneuvers and no new taxes in the fiscal year beginning July 1, won't prevent a $6 billion...

Food Product Makers Secure Supermarket Shelf Space by Paying Slotting Fees.
January 14, 2004... Byline: Michael Rappaport Jan. 14--Walk down any aisle in a major supermarket and look at the products on the shelves. If you wonder how they got there, it wasn't random luck, a clerk's decision or even the invisible hand of the free...

ANALYSIS: California Democrats Say Rich Win, Poor Lose in Governor's Budget.
January 13, 2004... Byline: David M. Drucker Jan. 13--SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Gov. Schwarzenegger's proposed budget reduces services to the poor while sparing the wealthy from paying higher taxes needed to close a $14 billion deficit, legislative Democrats...

Chino Hills, Calif., to Consider More Improvements to Sports Park.
January 13, 2004... Byline: Jason Newell Jan. 13--CHINO HILLS, Calif. -- More than $50,000 in improvements to the Big League Dreams Sports Park are expected to be approved by the City Council tonight. The latest work, which would include repainting and...

Chino, Calif., Officials Prepare for Expansion Boom along Area Road.
January 13, 2004... Byline: Joe Florkowski Jan. 13--CHINO, Calif. -- When Glen Durrington leaves a friend's business on Chino-Corona Road after getting coffee on weekdays, it takes him just a little bit longer to make a left turn onto Pine Avenue. ...

California Students Brace for Governor's Proposed Tuition Hikes.
January 13, 2004... Byline: Lisa B. McPheron Jan. 13--POMONA, Calif. -- Ajarrah Owens, who shares a Chino apartment with another college student, lives mostly off financial aid. The Cal Poly sophomore works eight to 12 hours a week as a tutor because...

Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., Seeks Flood-Control Funds.
January 13, 2004... Byline: Conor Friedersdorf Jan. 13--RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. -- City officials have requested federal funds for seven projects designed to protect property from rain runoff from fire-denuded slopes. The money would come from the...

California Supermarket Strike Now in Fourth Month with No Deal in Sight.
January 13, 2004... Byline: Michael Rappaport Jan. 13--Informal talks without a mediator were no more successful than formal negotiations with one, and the Southern California grocery strike continues. Representatives of the United Food and Commercial...

ANALYSIS: California Gov. Schwarzenegger Makes U-Turn, Seeks to Trim Services.
January 12, 2004... Byline: David M. Drucker Jan. 12--SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger sought in his budget proposal to reign in the state welfare policies that expanded continuously under Democrats since 1999, and signaled his commitment to...

Pedestrian Is Hit, Killed by UPS Tractor-Trailer in Ontario, Calif.
January 12, 2004... Byline: Jannise Johnson Jan. 12--ONTARIO, Calif. -- A 50-year-old man was killed after he was struck by a UPS tractor-trailer at 12:16 a.m. Saturday, Ontario police said. Cpl. David McBride said officers arrived at Haven Avenue and...

Upland, Calif., Financial Experts Help Consumers Solve Holiday Credit Crunch.
January 11, 2004... Byline: Andrew Moyle Jan. 11--Just like a morning after a night of too much egg-nog, many consumers are waking up from the holiday season with serious headaches. For some, the first pangs of panic come with a round of credit card...

Barr Labs' New 'Seasonale' Contraceptive Reduces Periods to Four Times a Year.
January 11, 2004... Byline: La Rue Novick Jan. 11--Ladies, how much would you pay to reduce your monthly periods from 13 to four times a year? How about the price of a new oral contraceptive recently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration...

Merrill Lynch Predicts Southern California Grocery Strike Will End in a Month.
January 9, 2004... Byline: Michael Rappaport Jan. 9--Three months into a strike that shows no signs of ending, things got a little more difficult for the United Food and Commercial Workers union this week. Most of the people who have been on strike...

Most Would-Be Home Buyers Can't Afford San Bernardino, Calif.-Area Market.
January 9, 2004... Byline: Michael Rappaport Jan. 9--Housing affordability in the San Bernardino-Riverside metropolitan area took another hit in November, dropping 10 percentage points from a year earlier as low-cost homes moved farther away from Los...

Many Immigrants in California Support Bush's Proposal.
January 8, 2004... Jan. 8--Many Latino immigrants in the Inland Valley -- both documented and undocumented -- say they support the idea of giving millions of illegal immigrants temporary legal status to work in the country. Some said they believe such a...

Building Plan Triggers Land-Use Review by Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., Council.
January 8, 2004... Byline: Conor Friedersdorf Jan. 8--RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. -- A proposal to build a neighborhood shopping center next to the Joseph Filippi Winery has yet to come before the City Council for approval, or even receive mention in a public...

Los Angeles Daily News Publisher Is Promoted to Newspaper Group's CEO.
January 8, 2004... Jan. 8--WOODLAND HILLS -- Daily News Publisher John Schueler was promoted Wednesday to president and chief executive officer of the Los Angeles Newspaper Group. The appointment was announced by Gerald Grilly, executive vice president and...

Upland, Calif., Window Manufacturer Makes Installation Process Painless.
January 8, 2004... Byline: Andrew Moyle Jan. 8--UPLAND, Calif. -- When Jim Lewis, Claremont's assistant city manager, needed to replace the windows in his 1,700-square-foot Claremont home in March 2003, he shopped for the best prices. When it came...

California Lawmakers to Address Workers' Comp Reform in Budget Debate.
January 8, 2004... Byline: David M. Drucker Jan. 8--SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Republicans and Democrats will re-ignite their annual fight over the state budget Friday, but this time with a key difference, when Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger unveils his 2004-05...

Claremont, Calif., School Officials Warn of Budget Cuts.
January 6, 2004... Byline: Mira Katz Jan. 6--CLAREMONT, Calif.--The superintendent of the Claremont Unified School District sent a letter warning parents and guardians of students about budget cuts that will mean bigger classes and smaller staffs during...

New Lawsuit May Impact California Grocery Strike.
January 6, 2004... Byline: Michael Rappaport Jan. 6--A lawsuit filed Monday accusing Ralphs markets of racketeering is "serious business" and could have major implications in the 88-day-old grocery strike, economist Jack Kyser said. The suit, filed...

California Earns Uneven Smoking Law Grades in Report.
January 6, 2004... Byline: Edward Barrera Jan. 6--SACRAMENTO, Calif.--Smoking laws earned California uneven grades, according to a national report from the American Lung Association released today. The state's tobacco prevention and control laws and...

Gov. Schwarzenegger's Compromises Make a Rocky Road for California GOP.
January 5, 2004... Byline: David M. Drucker Jan. 5--After five powerless years during which they could do little more than just say no to higher taxes, legislative Republicans have a new problem: a bend-but- don't-break centrist Republican in the...

Upland, Calif., Boutique to Relocate; Retailer Seeks 'Higher Profile' Site.
January 5, 2004... Byline: Lisa B. McPheron Jan. 5--UPLAND, Calif.--It's been a tough 12 months for business at Many Fine Things in downtown. After seeing her sales drop nearly 25 percent in the last year, shop owner Nancy Hendon of Alta Loma is...

The Inland Valley, Calif., David Allen Column.
January 4, 2004... Byline: David Allen Jan. 4--To be fair, it's the Southland Companies that's behind the three-story complex of offices, stores and condominiums at Mission and Garey that lured a Starbucks to downtown Pomona. But I'm here to give a pat...

Pomona, Calif., Center Tests Earth-Friendly Concepts.
January 4, 2004... Byline: Lisa B. McPheron Jan. 4--On a hilltop above the main Cal Poly Pomona campus is a place where environmentalism is the key to everything. From the architecture to the compost heaps and organic pesticides, the 16-acre site in...

Land Swap May Solve Environmental, Development Stalemate in Fontana, Calif.
January 2, 2004... Byline: Naomi Kresge Jan. 2--FONTANA, Calif.--After missing a second self-set deadline, talks over the future of endangered sand fly habitat in south Fontana did not see a resolution by the New Year. But city officials say a land...

Claremont, Calif., Printing Firm Embraces Digital Age.
January 2, 2004... Byline: Andrew Moyle Jan. 2--CLAREMONT, Calif.--When Phoenix Marketing decided to abandon cramped Pomona in August 2001, the printing company contemplated moving to Los Angeles to be closer to most of its local clients. The decision to...