Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (Ontario, CA) articles from January 2007

Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (Ontario, CA) archives from January 2007

Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Calif., business briefs column.(Column)
January 31, 2007... Jan. 31--ONTARIO -- LOCAL MCDONALD'S GETS UNIQUE MAKEOVER: A local McDonald's restaurant recently unveiled its one-of-a-kind look created by world-famous interior designer Carleton Varney. The restaurant, located at 1170 Philadelphia...

Rising foreclosures rip families.
January 31, 2007... Byline: Andrea Bennett Jan. 31--Communities throughout the Inland Empire are experiencing the effects of the real estate frenzy of recent years -- when houses were snatched off the market at record rates and everyone seemed to have a...

Tips for those facing foreclosure.
January 31, 2007... Byline: Michael Rappaport Jan. 31--Foreclosure happens. People fall behind on their mortgage payments, can't keep up and wind up losing their homes. Other than a death in the family, a serious illness or finding Carrot Top in...

Brokers: It's a buyer's market.
January 31, 2007... Byline: Michael Rappaport Jan. 31--The first half of 2007 could be a good time to purchase a home, at least from the standpoint of getting a mortgage. That's the word from the California Association of Mortgage Brokers, which polled...

Norco, Calif., files for injunction to close marijuana dispensary.
January 30, 2007... Byline: Andrea Bennett Jan. 30--NORCO -- The city has filed a complaint and a motion for a preliminary injunction against Collective Solution, a medical marijuana dispensary that opened its doors in December. Bill Litvak, special...

Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Calif., business briefs column.(Column)
January 30, 2007... Jan. 30--IRVINE -- HANLEY BROWN BREAKS IE RECORDS: Hanley Brown Group Real Estate Advisors announced Monday Edward B. Hanley of Hanley Brown Group represented the sellers in the sale of two single-tenant NNN Washington Mutual bank buildings...

Business school symposium to focus on the region's dynamic development.
January 30, 2007... Byline: Michael Rappaport Jan. 30--CLAREMONT -- The Drucker School has discovered the Inland Empire. That may not be completely accurate. After all, a business school like the Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of...

Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Calif., Six Questions column.
January 28, 2007... Byline: Michael Rappaport Jan. 28--AFTER TEN YEARS, DEVEREAUX KNOWS ONTARIO: If you visit the city of Ontario's Web site and click on the city manager, you shouldn't be surprised to see that you won't learn any personal information about...

Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Calif., David Allen column.
January 26, 2007... Byline: David Allen Jan. 26--Smogdance is the Inland Empire's answer to the Sundance Film Festival -- although the actual question has yet to be determined. This weekend, the two titanic events go head to head. Smogdance begins...

Home sales down in region for '06.
January 26, 2007... Byline: Michael Rappaport Jan. 26--If the local housing market has been the dog that didn't bark in recent months, Inland Empire homeowners may be about to hear some noise. Home sales were off nearly 41 percent in the Riverside/San...

Man charged with insurance fraud.
January 26, 2007... Byline: Wes Woods II Jan. 26--RANCHO CUCAMONGA -- A Rancho Cucamonga man was charged with insurance fraud on Monday. San Bernardino County District Attorney's office investigators took Neguse Gebremikael, 40, of Rancho Cucamonga,...

Last 15/215 interchange closure set for tonight.
January 26, 2007... Byline: Andrew Silva Jan. 26--The last big freeway closure in the Cajon Pass area begins tonight but about two months of work remain before the barriers and construction workers are gone. When the work is finished, long-suffering...

Job numbers growing faster inland.
January 26, 2007... Byline: Michael Rappaport Jan. 26--It ought to be apparent to anyone who travels the roads of the Golden State, but inland counties have been growing a great deal faster than coastal ones for the past 15 years. In fact, inland...

PUSD praised for posting E-rate audit on Web site.
January 26, 2007... Byline: Mark Petix Jan. 26--POMONA -- It was not business as usual, at least not what critics of the Pomona Unified School District had come to expect. On Wednesday, the district released a consultant's report that confirmed the...

Pitzer student wins Jeep in ad contest.
January 26, 2007... Byline: Will Bigham Jan. 26--CLAREMONT -- In the opening shot of Pitzer College student Zach Miller's prize-winning Jeep Compass ad, an unpictured object travels across rugged hillside terrain, kicking up clouds of dust in its wake. ...

Pomona Unified School District seeks more E-rate funds.
January 25, 2007... Byline: Mark Petix Jan. 25--POMONA -- An audit that could cost the Pomona Unified School District and its former technology vendor $2.3 million will not prevent the district from obtaining federal E-rate money in the future. The...

San Bernardino County, Calif., board seeks bond to repay developer.
January 24, 2007... Byline: Jeff Horwitz Jan. 24--SAN BERNARDINO -- By unanimous vote Tuesday, the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors approved laying the groundwork for a $102-million, 30-year bond to pay off the county's debt to developer Colonies...

Firm says fraud not Pomona, Calif., Unified School District's intent.
January 24, 2007... Byline: Mark Petix Jan. 24--POMONA -- A consulting firm hired to review claims the Pomona Unified School District misspent $2.3 million in federal funds to buy laptop computers found no evidence the district intended to defraud the...

Platinum Advisors' lobbying contract extended.
January 24, 2007... Byline: Jeff Horwitz Jan. 24--SAN BERNARDINO -- The San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday committed to a three-year extension of its lobbying contract with Platinum Advisors. The Sacramento firm will be paid up to $20,000...

100 years and many film cameos later, family furniture business standing strong.
January 23, 2007... Byline: Michael Rappaport Jan. 23--RANCHO CUCAMONGA -- T.K. Hopper never made it to California, but his store did. Hopper owned a furniture and hardware store in Harris, Saskatchewan -- on the Canadian frontier -- selling everything...

Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Calif., business briefs column.(Column)
January 23, 2007... Jan. 23--ONTARIO -- CVB REPORTS RECORD RESULTS: CVB Financial Corp. and its subsidiary, Citizens Business Bank, reported record net income of $71.9 million for the year ended Dec. 31, 2006 -- an increase of $1.3 million over the previous...

CSSB features annual career fair.
January 23, 2007... Byline: Sahra Susman Jan. 23--Cal State San Bernardino's Career Development Center will host its annual Education Job Fair on Feb. 3 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Coussoulis Arena. The job fair will feature more than 60 school...

Meal prep stores take families back to the table.
January 23, 2007... Byline: Wendy Leung Jan. 23--RANCHO CUCAMONGA -- Chances are, the answer to the age-old question "What's for dinner?" is not Jack Daniels beef medallions or romantic raspberry pork. But some of the city's newest shop owners want to...

Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bjork among Coachella headliners.
January 23, 2007... Byline: George A. Paul Jan. 23--After weeks of speculation and rumors, preliminary details for the 2007 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Indio have been announced. This year's Coachella, held at the Empire Polo Field, will...

New passport rules in place today.
January 23, 2007... Byline: Monica Rodriguez Jan. 23--Want to take a trip to Cabo San Lucas? Better have your passport with you. Starting today travelers flying to and from places in the Western Hemisphere will need to have the document ready when they...

WoodWorks comes to Ontario.
January 23, 2007... Byline: Mason Stockstill Jan. 23--ONTARIO -- The WoodWorks Show will bring woodworking demonstrations and seminars to the Ontario Convention Center in February. The event features workshops such as "Making Traditional Handmade...

LA/Ontario International Airport beats LAX in concession revenue.
January 22, 2007... Byline: Mason Stockstill Jan. 22--ONTARIO -- LA/Ontario International Airport might be dwarfed by its bigger neighbor to the west in most ways, but there's one category in which ONT tops LAX: concession revenue. According to the...

End to Maverick Steakhouse conflict in sight.
January 22, 2007... Byline: Andrea Bennett Jan. 22--NORCO -- Maverick Steakhouse might be able to keep its doors open and end its battle with Norco if owner Rob Koziel agrees to a list of demands drafted by the city. The establishment has been plagued...

Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Calif., business briefs column.
January 19, 2007... Jan. 19--SAN BERNARDINO -- COUNTY INVESTMENT POOL HITS RECORD HIGH: San Bernardino County Treasurer-Tax Collector Dick Larsen's record high property tax collections and conservative investment policies have helped the county's investment pool...

Stater Bros., union reach accord.
January 19, 2007... Byline: Michael Rappaport Jan. 19--If there was one thing unionized grocery workers fought harder than anything in the last contract battle, it was the two-tier wage system. They lost that fight, but with the contract signed in 2004...

Rancho council to offer live Web streams of meetings.
January 19, 2007... Byline: Wendy Leung Jan. 19--RANCHO CUCAMONGA -- City Council followers, who find themselves chained every other Wednesday to cable television or the council chambers, will soon be freed. This fall, the city will offer live streaming...

Victorville eyes new goods facility.
January 19, 2007... Byline: Michael Rappaport Jan. 19--VICTORVILLE -- BNSF Railway Co. and the city of Victorville have agreed to a memorandum of understanding to explore development of a major intermodal logistics facility at Southern California Logistics...

Chino considers developing airport land.
January 19, 2007... Byline: Shelli Derobertis Jan. 19--CHINO -- The City Council voted on Tuesday to pay almost $24,000 to hire a consulting firm to study how to best develop land at Chino Airport. San Bernardino County owns the land, which was annexed...

Ontario sees sale as a plus for mall.
January 19, 2007... Byline: Michael Rappaport Jan. 19--ONTARIO -- City officials are excited about the news out of Toronto that Brookfield Asset Management has agreed to purchase the company that owns Ontario Mills. If nothing else comes from the $1.3...

State sees foreclosure relief.
January 18, 2007... Byline: Michael Rappaport Jan. 18--Foreclosures weren't a huge problem in California in December, according to a report released Wednesday by a data-tracking service. RealtyTrac, the leading online marketplace for foreclosure...

Pot shop to pay $500 per day to Claremont.
January 18, 2007... Byline: Will Bigham Jan. 18--CLAREMONT -- City Hall has begun fining Darrell Kruse, owner of the city's medical marijuana dispensary, $500 per day for remaining open despite being found guilty last week of operating without a city-issued...

University of La Verne's 10-year campus plan OK'd.
January 17, 2007... Byline: Will Bigham Jan. 17--LA VERNE -- A University of La Verne campus master plan that lays the groundwork for significant expansion and renovation was granted approval Tuesday night by the City Council. The plan, which acts as a...

Mixed bag for Southern California housing.
January 17, 2007... Byline: Michael Rappaport Jan. 17--It was another good news, bad news story Tuesday when DataQuick Information Systems released its December 2006 Southern California Housing Report. Home prices in San Bernardino County are still...

Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Calif., business briefs column.
January 16, 2007... Jan. 16--STATER BROS. EMPLOYEES CONSIDERING OFFER: COLTON -- The United Food and Commercial Workers, the union representing Southern California grocery workers, reached a tentative contract agreement with Stater Bros markets. Details of...

CES offers snapshots of the future.
January 12, 2007... Byline: Redmond Carolipio Jan. 12--With all the sights you can see at the Consumer Electronics Show -- not to mention you ARE in Las Vegas -- cameras and camcorders are a must. What happens in Vegas (or any other pic-worthy place)...

Construction continues for fire station.
January 12, 2007... Byline: Jason Newell Jan. 12--FONTANA -- For now, it's just an angular skeleton of beams luring the stares of motorists stuck in traffic on the 15 Freeway. But come summer, the conspicuous construction project just west of the...

District halts liquor sales near school.
January 12, 2007... Byline: Sahra Susman Jan. 12--RUBIDOUX -- An aspiring liquor store owner may be out of options, now that the Jurupa Unified School District board has adopted a resolution to keep him and others from selling alcohol too close to district...

Ontario looks west for renewal project.
January 12, 2007... Byline: Mason Stockstill Jan. 12--ONTARIO -- The dust has barely settled on the first phase of the city's efforts to revitalize the east side of downtown, and now officials are turning their attention to the west. City planners will...

Stunning TVs grace show.
January 11, 2007... Byline: Redmond Carolipio Jan. 11--LAS VEGAS -- There's no place like home -- especially if you have a high-definition TV or wicked home theater setup waiting for you. My third day at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas was...

'Property not for sale,' says Rep. Miller.
January 11, 2007... Byline: Jason Newell Jan. 11--RANCHO CUCAMONGA -- A local congressman who wants to build a housing development on his hillside property emphatically denied speculation this week that his proposal is actually part of a scheme to get the...

City to seek injunction on pot outlet.
January 11, 2007... Byline: Will Bigham Jan. 11--CLAREMONT -- The City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to seek a court injunction to force the operator of a medical marijuana dispensary to shut down. Darrell Kruse had pledged to keep Claremont...

Ontario Mills to stay, but even if it didn't, it wouldn't be so bad.
January 11, 2007... Byline: Michael Rappaport Jan. 11--ONTARIO -- Anyone concerned that the woes of parent Mills Corp. might affect shoppers at Ontario Mills can relax. It isn't going to happen. Despite reports of accounting irregularities, overly...

Cal Poly Pomona professors protest.
January 11, 2007... Byline: Sahra Susman Jan. 11--About 40 Cal Poly Pomona professors took up pickets early Wednesday to protest prolonged contract talks with California State University executives. The protest could become a preview of a future strike if a...

Jurupa district again breaks rules on water testing.
January 11, 2007... Byline: Sahra Susman Jan. 11--The Jurupa Community Services District has once again violated the state Department of Health Services testing requirements for water quality. The district has not been fined. However, unlike last...

Show highlights gadgets for drivers.
January 10, 2007... Byline: Redmond Carolipio Jan. 10--LAS VEGAS -- If you live in SoCal, you're spending a lot of time in the car. That's just how it works, and given the nature of today's on-the-go society, the car-life relationship isn't going to change...

Disappearing act in Chino.
January 10, 2007... Byline: Shelli Derobertis Jan. 10--CHINO -- Councilwoman Eunice Ulloa is sad to see the agricultural land in her city giving way to development. She expressed her disappointment at a council meeting last month, sighing and rolling...

Med pot operator unfazed by ruling.
January 10, 2007... Byline: Will Bigham Jan. 10--POMONA -- The operator of Claremont's medical marijuana dispensary was found guilty Tuesday of operating without a license, but the business will remain open because the city did not seek a court injunction...

Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Calif., business briefs column.
January 6, 2007... Jan. 6--ONTARIO -- ONTARIO CHAMBER PLANS CHINA TRIP: The Ontario California Chamber of Commerce in coordination with Citslinc International Inc. is offering a nine-day trip to China from Nov. 2-10, 2007. A pretrip meeting with details is...

Ignore flashing lights, pay $35.
January 3, 2007... Byline: Wes Woods Ii Jan. 3--Freeway drivers who don't slow down or move over for an emergency vehicle parked on a roadside with its lights flashing risk being ticketed. The new "Move Over, Slow Down" law, signed by Gov. Arnold...