Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (Ontario, CA) articles from October 2003

Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (Ontario, CA) archives from October 2003

Ontario, Calif.-Area Businesses Lend Helping Hand to Fire Victims.
October 30, 2003... Byline: Mira Katz Oct. 30--Cheryl Clarke knows how hard it is to find plus-size clothing under the best of circumstances. For shelter occupants, it's nearly impossible. Clarke, owner of Plus Size Thrift in Upland, knew a way she...

Striking Union Fears Southern California Groceries May Withhold Benefits.
October 30, 2003... Byline: Michael Rappaport Oct. 30--Attorneys for striking and locked-out supermarket workers Wednesday filed requests for injunctions in federal court demanding that Ralphs, Vons and Albertsons make scheduled benefit payments late next...

Fire News Boosts Web Traffic at Ontario, Calif., Newspaper's Site.
October 29, 2003... Byline: Michael Rappaport Oct. 29--ONTARIO, Calif.--Traffic on the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin Web site -- www.dailybulletin.com -- has increased dramatically because of visitors to the site seeking information on the Southern...

Strikers Complain of Harassment by San Dimas, Calif., Albertsons Managers.
October 24, 2003... Byline: Jannise Johnson Oct. 24--SAN DIMAS, Calif.--Striking workers from a San Dimas Albertsons say the store's managers have used intimidation in efforts to break their morale. Mark Ramos, market share coordinator for the UFCW...

Upland, Calif., Sports Bar Dumps Risque Wrestling.
October 24, 2003... Byline: Lisa B. Mcpheron Oct. 24--UPLAND, Calif.--The Police Department and the owners of a sports bar in Upland, where live sex acts broke out on stage between female wrestlers, have figured out a way to keep the bar open and everybody...

Southern California Professional Team Enters Healthcare Reform Plan in Contest.
October 23, 2003... Byline: Brenda Gazzar Oct. 23--Dora Barilla refused to cross the picket line last week when supermarket employees protested a plan that would cut health benefits. The Rancho Cucamonga resident also refuses to accept America's...

California Insurance Commissioner: Workers' Compensation Plan Still Ill.
October 23, 2003... Byline: Michael Rappaport Oct. 23--ONTARIO, Calif.--Calling the first phase of workers' compensation reform significant, and saying it would save billions of dollars, California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi said the system is...

Developers Honor First Live-In Artists at Ontario, Calif., District.
October 21, 2003... Byline: Brenda Gazzar Oct. 21--ONTARIO, Calif.--Artists Judy Chicago and Donald Woodman were honored as the first artists in residence of the future Emporia Arts District on Monday night. Local artists mingled with city officials and...

Tempers Flare at Picket Lines during Southern California Grocery Strike.
October 21, 2003... Byline: Michael Rappaport Oct. 21--The exchange is brief, heard only by those within a few feet of the conversation. "Stater Bros. is right down the street," the young man with a picket sign says. "Please honor our picket line and...

California's Governor-Elect Names Bipartisan Transition Team.
October 10, 2003... Byline: Naomi Kresge Oct. 10--SANTA MONICA, Calif.--Gov.-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger named a bipartisan transition team Thursday including members of a range of political persuasions and backgrounds and at least four people with ties to...

California Democrats Question Promises Made by Governor-Elect.
October 9, 2003... Byline: David M. Drucker Oct. 9--SACRAMENTO, Calif.--Democrats are already throwing barriers in front of Governor-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger's agenda, specifically his campaign promise to repeal the 300-percent car-tax increase without...

Southern California Grocery Unions to Vote on Possible Strike.
October 9, 2003... Byline: Mike Rappaport Oct. 9--SAN BERNARDINO, Calif.--Kimberly Finch is 3 years old. She has a heart condition and a hearing problem, and her father Mark's insurance coverage as a veteran cashier at Albertson's in Riverside has...

San Bernardino, Calif., NASCAR Race Should Boost Local Economy.
October 9, 2003... Byline: Michael Rappaport Oct. 9--SAN BERNARDINO, Calif.--When the California Speedway acquired a second date in the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series for 2004, it meant an additional $85 million or so to the local economy, according to regional...

Fontana, Calif., Takes Issue with Rialto Decision about Target Trucks.
October 9, 2003... Byline: Naomi Kresge Oct. 9--Within a month, Fontana will challenge in court a decision by Rialto to direct a trail of trucks from a massive Target distribution center onto Fontana streets, city officials said Wednesday. The Rialto...

California Dairy Permit Fees about to Rise.
October 8, 2003... Byline: Joe Florkowski Oct. 8--Chino Valley dairy farmers will begin paying larger annual fees for state-required permits next month, additional costs industry officials are unhappy about. Dairies will not be able to recoup the costs...

Southern California Grocery Strike Looms.
October 8, 2003... Byline: Mike Rappaport Oct. 8--Twenty-five years ago, the last time Southern California grocery chains went on strike, Jack Brown was president of Pantry Markets. At that point, his chain had 20 stores and he was chairman of the...

Inland California Voters Heavily Favor Schwarzenegger.
October 8, 2003... Byline: Jason Newell Oct. 8--Inland Valley voters overwhelmingly favored both the recall and Arnold Schwarzenegger, exceeding the statewide support by more than 10 percentage points in both categories. Early election returns showed...

Upland, Calif., Car Dealership Acquires Property, Plans to Expand.
October 7, 2003... Byline: Mike Rappaport Oct. 7--UPLAND, Calif. -- Mountain View Chevrolet has acquired the property formerly occupied by Giant RV and will use it to double the size of its car lots. The property was vacated this summer when Giant RV...

Three Grocery Chains Brace for Strike in Southern California.
October 7, 2003... Byline: Mike Rappaport Oct. 7--With a strike vote scheduled to begin Wednesday, members of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union are strongly unified in their dispute with three grocery chains, a union negotiator said. The...

Popular Claremont, Calif., Site to Soon be Salon.
October 7, 2003... Byline: Mira Katz Oct. 7--CLAREMONT, Calif.--The hottest new property on the market in Claremont has been snatched up. Nicole and Jeffery Cross, who own Hair Expressions, 225 Yale Ave., will be moving to 123 Yale Ave., former home to...

California Temporary Agency Fears New Law Will Cause Businesses to Flee State.
October 7, 2003... Byline: Conor Friedersdorf Oct. 7--As she casts her vote in today's recall election, Vicki McCurry's mind will be on Pro-Active Staffing. She has owned the small temporary agency, which employs 150 people, for about three years. And...

Sickouts by Los Angeles-Area Deputies Close Six Courthouses.
October 3, 2003... Byline: Troy Anderson Oct. 3--Sickouts by sheriff's deputies shut down six courthouses Wednesday and disrupted legal proceedings before a judge barred union leaders from encouraging or influencing members to continue the job actions. ...

California Governor's Wife Reaches Out to Ontario, Calif.-Area Residents.
October 3, 2003... Byline: Brenda Gazzar Oct. 3--ONTARIO, Calif. -- Characterizing the recall election as a David vs. Goliath battle, California's first lady Sharon Davis made a series of stops in the Inland Empire Wednesday in an effort to shore up...

Possible Grocery Strike Against Southern California Chains Grows.
October 3, 2003... Byline: Mike Rappaport Oct. 3--With the deadline approaching rapidly, the possibility of a grocery strike against Southern California's three largest chains seems to be growing. The contract between the United Food and Commercial...

California Professor Helps Create New Internet Technology.
October 3, 2003... Byline: Mira Katz Oct. 3--CLAREMONT, Calif. -- Imagine a heart patient getting a checkup from a doctor 3,000 miles away. That could happen with new Internet technology being developed in part at Claremont Graduate University. The new...

Schwarzenegger Proposes Agenda for First 100 Days as California Governor.
October 3, 2003... Byline: David M. Drucker Oct. 3--SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Dismissing next week's historic recall election as a mere formality, Republican gubernatorial candidate Arnold Schwarzenegger announced Wednesday the agenda for his first 100 days in...

California Students Fear Measure Will Hurt Racial Mix at Universities.
October 3, 2003... Byline: Lisa C. Berghouse Oct. 3--During a typical lunch hour on a typical weekday at Cal Poly Pomona, dozens of people of different races and ethnicities fill the main quad on campus. That's an important reason why Malvina Velasco,...

Los Angeles Region's Pollutants Likely Linked to Brain Cancer; Study Coming.
October 2, 2003... Byline: L.C. Greene Oct. 2--LOS ANGELES--An internationally renowned neurosurgeon will explore a possible link between a dramatic increase in brain cancer and the kind of air pollution plaguing Western Riverside and Southwest San...