By Jim Steinberg Staff Writer
Posted: 01/24/2012 08:43:11 PM PST

The Fontana and Rialto city councils scrambled on Tuesday night to approve measures paving the way for a Feb. 1 deadline for the dissolution of their redevelopment agencies.

Meanwhile, because of the complexity of what needs to be accomplished in a short time frame, two bond-rating agencies have taken negative actions toward billions of dollars in California bonds secured by redevelopment tax increment revenue.

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By Jim Steinberg Staff Writer
Posted: 12/27/2011 08:31:41 PM PST

Rialto City Council Tuesday night unanimously voted to approve sweeping increases in development impact fees, many for the first time in more than a decade.

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George Harris to take Rialto position
December 26, 2011 1:21 PM
Natasha Lindstrom, Staff Writer

ADELANTO • George Harris, Adelanto’s finance director, is leaving one of the city’s top posts to take over as director of administrative and community service for the city of Rialto. His resignation takes effect Jan. 5.

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Jim Steinberg, Staff Writer
Posted: 12/23/2011 06:38:05 PM PST

RIALTO – The city of Rialto will hold a public hearing Tuesday on a proposal to raise development impact fees for general civic facilities, such as police, fire, park, storm drain and water and sewer facilities.

Increases could be approved at the conclusion of the public hearing.

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Repairs driving up price
Sandra Emerson, Staff Writer
Created: 12/10/2011 06:07:27 AM PST

Significant water rate hikes in San Bernardino and Los Angeles County cities since the beginning of the year has caused many angry ratepayers to speak up.

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Neil Nisperos, Staff Writer
Posted: 11/11/2011 04:37:50 PM PST

Members of Occupy Wall Street-inspired groups from throughout region will protest together today as Occupy Inland Empire for the first time in a rally in San Bernardino.

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Montes

Jim Steinberg, Staff Writer
Posted: 10/26/2011 06:40:35 PM PDT

RIALTO – For five years, Rialto Unified school board member Edgar Montes has had twin boys improperly enrolled in Fontana Unified School District.

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Jim Steinberg, Staff Writer
Posted: 10/06/2011 07:44:41 PM PDT

RIALTO – The city on Thursday laid off 20 full-time employees, the first time such action has been taken in a decade.

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Associated Press
Posted: 09/27/2011 10:33:32 AM PDT

WASHINGTON – In a case stemming from Rialto, the Supreme Court will decide whether private lawyers hired as outside counsels for governments can be sued.

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Jim Steinberg, Staff Writer
Posted: 09/26/2011 07:47:46 PM PDT

RIALTO – One well serving residents more than a decade ago might have delivered concentrations of perchlorate high enough to affect the development of fetuses, infants and children, state officials say.

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Jim Steinberg, Staff Writer
Posted: 09/14/2011 09:55:59 PM PDT

RIALTO – Rep. Joe Baca, D-San Bernardino, asked a congressional subcommittee Wednesday to act on his legislation requiring the U.S. Geological Survey to conduct a study of the Rialto-Colton water basin that focuses on its perchlorate plume.

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Jim Steinberg, Staff Writer
Posted: 08/17/2011 02:01:00 PM PDT

RIALTO – Mike Story has lived here since 1980.

He raised two children, coaching softball and soccer in the process.

For 27 years he has worked for the city of Rialto.

This week he became city administrator and is already at work to come up with recommendations to trim the city’s budget and reorganize city departments.

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Rep. Joe Baca

By Jim Steinberg Staff Writer
Posted: 08/11/2011 12:45:03 PM PDT

RIALTO – Rep. Joe Baca, D-San Bernardino, is seeking to remove two animal species from protection under the Endangered Species Act, which he said is stalling the development of more than 8,000 residential units here.

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City will pay $6 million to state to maintain agency
Jim Steinberg, Staff Writer
Posted: 07/27/2011 03:35:43 PM PDT

RIALTO – The City Council has voted unanimously to stay in the redevelopment game and pay the state what was described as a $6 million “ransom” early next year.

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Even with one-time fixes city facing a $5M deficit
Jim Steinberg, Staff Writer
Posted: 07/13/2011 08:18:15 PM PDT

RIALTO – Two weeks ago, residents flooded the Council Chambers when the controversial contract with American Water Works Co. Inc. was up for a vote.

Sharp rate increases were at stake and public input forced a decision that ended a move to contract out the city’s water department.

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Sunday, July 10, 2011 – 07:00 p.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, July 10, 2011 – 10:40 p.m.

The City of Rialto may as well give The Lewis Group of Companies and Hillwood Development the Rialto Municipal Airport property on a platter and throw in whatever money they want and desire.

Of course, you guessed it!

Once again, this lop-sided public-private partnership has reared it’s ugly head on the Rialto City Council agenda. And of course it’s now time to renegotiate the already renegotiated deal to redevelop the Rialto Airport.

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Jim Steinberg, Staff Writer
Posted: 07/09/2011 10:19:24 PM PDT

RIALTO – The public disclosure that Rialto’s water system needs $42 million in upgrades and renovations is symptomatic of a national trend that civil engineers have long called alarming.

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Jesse B. Gill, Staff Writer
Posted: 06/08/2011 06:10:31 PM PDT

RIALTO – The police officer arrested Monday by FBI agents and indicted federal grand jury has been put on unpaid leave pending a Rialto Police Department internal affairs investigation.

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Deadline for pink slips

Doubt again faces teachers
Debbie Pfeiffer Trunnell, Staff Writer
Posted: 05/15/2011 07:02:32 AM PDT

Joyella Beuler spends five afternoons a week teaching reading, writing and math to enthusiastic kindergarten students.

But like thousands of other teachers statewide, the Lytle Creek Elementary School teacher faces an uncertain future.

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By Jim Steinberg Staff Writer
Created: 05/12/2011 04:48:40 PM PDT

RIALTO – The school board on Wednesday night approved final layoff notices for 85 teachers and 11 counselors as part of a plan to avoid a $9.5million revenue shortfall for the next school year.

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Project could provide 5,000 jobs
Jim Steinberg, Staff Writer
Posted: 04/16/2011 10:12:59 PM PDT

RIALTO – Developer Timothy J. Howard calls the Rialto Commerce Center project “a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to do something big and get it right.”

But for the many residents of the unincorporated Bloomington community, the 164-acre warehouse project – which is to include six buildings ranging in size from 64,000 to 1.6 million square feet – is a threat to their lifestyle, health and safety.

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Proposal would lease out city’s facilities
Jim Steinberg, Staff Writer
Posted: 04/10/2011 08:08:54 PM PDT

RIALTO – As negotiations continue with a private water company, the city will hold its third workshop Thursday on a proposal to lease the city’s water and wastewater facilities.

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Rialto official seeks review
Jim Steinberg, Staff Writer
Posted: 03/14/2011 05:18:00 PM PDT

RIALTO – Interim City Administrator Mark Kling has fired Rich Scanlon, a contract employee at Rialto Municipal Airport, and has asked the District Attorney’s Office to investigate hangar rentals at the airport.

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By Debbie Pfeiffer Trunnell Staff Writer
Posted: 03/11/2011 05:09:24 PM PST

The county’s school districts issued hundreds of preliminary layoff notices to teachers and other certificated staff this week, prior to Tuesday’s state deadline.

In the San Bernardino City Unified School District alone more than 200 notices were sent as the district faces another year of deep budget cuts.

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By Jim Steinberg Staff Writer
Posted: 02/02/2011 08:57:29 PM PST

COLTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday announced it would move forward with the development of regulations for perchlorate, reversing a Bush Administration decision.

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Michael J. Sorba, Staff Writer
Posted: 02/01/2011 09:16:56 PM PST

Top officials from Rialto and Colton have made plans to soon meet and discuss mutual concerns such issues as traffic planning and perchlorate contamination as well as possibly settling ongoing litigation.

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Plan by Gov. Brown may prevent developments
James Rufus Koren, Staff Writer
Posted: 01/23/2011 09:18:23 PM PST

RIALTO – A state plan to take local tax dollars could cancel an expansion of Pepper Avenue and alter a plan to bring an In-N-Out Burger to the city.

Last week, city officials said Gov. Jerry Brown’s plan to shut down local redevelopment agencies likely would not hurt a redevelopment project that would help build an In-N-Out on Riverside Avenue just south of the 210 freeway.

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Council member objects to move
Michael J. Sorba, Staff Writer
Posted: 01/17/2011 08:34:50 PM PST

RIALTO – The city has brought three recently retired employees back on a part-time basis, but given the city’s financial constraints one City Council member has questioned the move.

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Neil Nisperos, Staff Writer
Created: 01/08/2011 07:07:29 AM PST

The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office has charged the city attorney of Chino and Rialto with two misdemeanor counts of driving under the influence of alcohol.

Jimmy Gutierrez is expected to be arraigned at 8:30 a.m. Thursday in the Los Angeles Superior Court in West Covina.

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Josh Dulaney, Staff Writer
Posted: 12/28/2010 09:46:13 PM PST

RIALTO – Residents can expect to see a handful of grand openings as the city celebrates 100 years of incorporation next Nov. 17.

In the meantime, city officials will continue to juggle the budget.

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Josh Dulaney, Staff Writer
Posted: 12/28/2010 09:46:13 PM PST

RIALTO – This city has had its fair share of controversy over the years, and 2010 was no different, with concerns over the size of public pensions, opposition to a new residential development and an alleged sex scandal that led to two city police officers leaving the force.

Right out of the gate, officials warned that sweetened pensions kicking in this month could place the city’s finances in peril.

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Joe Baca Jr.

By PE Politics
on December 3, 2010 2:34 PM

Rialto City Councilman Joe Baca Jr. said Friday that he will run for his old Assembly seat in 2012.

The current occupant of the 62nd Assembly District, Wilmer Amina Carter, D-Rialto, is beginning her final two-year term in office. She replaced Baca in 2006 after Baca unsuccessfully ran for the overlapping 32nd Senate District after one term in the Assembly.

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06:49 AM PST on Tuesday, November 23, 2010

By IMRAN GHORI
The Press-Enterprise

Two Rialto police officers have quit and four others have been disciplined following an internal investigation into allegations that officers had sex with strip club employees at a police union building.

Rialto Police Chief Mark Kling said he had been pursuing the termination of the two officers believed to have engaged in sex while on duty, but they ended up resigning.

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Josh Dulaney, Staff Writer
Posted: 11/20/2010 09:50:28 PM PST

RIALTO – The police union president on Friday slammed charges of negligence made by the attorney for a strip club worker at the center of an alleged sex scandal involving Rialto police officers.

A lawsuit filed against the city by Danuta W. Tuszynska on behalf of Spearmint Rhino bartender Nancy Holtgreve says the Rialto Police Benefit Association “maintained no safeguards nor security nor monitoring of the building” where Holtgreve alleges she had sex with police officers.

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Office of lawyer in Rialto scandal hit
Josh Dulaney, Staff Writer
Posted: 11/17/2010 04:24:12 PM PST

The attorney for a Rialto strip club worker at the center of an alleged sex scandal involving Rialto police officers said Wednesday her office was broken into last weekend.

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Josh Dulaney, Staff Writer
Posted: 11/12/2010 07:38:20 PM PST

PDF document: Holtgreve civil suit

RIALTO – A strip club worker at the center of an alleged sex scandal involving police officers has filed a $500,000 lawsuit against the city and Police Chief Mark Kling.

Nancy Holtgreve, who describes herself as a bartender at the Spearmint Rhino in the lawsuit filed this week in San Bernardino Superior Court, alleges in the suit that she suffered emotional and physical abuse, and violations of her civil rights in the wake of her relationships with Rialto police officers, which she says frequently included sex with the officers while they were on duty.

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Josh Dulaney, Staff Writer
Posted: 11/08/2010 04:08:32 PM PST

RIALTO – A master-planned community proposed for the north end may take another step forward Tuesday night.

That’s when the City Council is scheduled to consider approving the draft environmental impact report for the Renaissance Rialto project.

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Josh Dulaney, Staff Writer
Posted: 11/05/2010 04:05:00 PM PDT

RIALTO – An internal investigation into an alleged sex scandal involving a handful of police officers could be wrapped up in a week, authorities have confirmed.

“We’re reviewing the possibility of disciplinary policies with the effected employees as this investigation comes to a conclusion,” Police Chief Mark Kling said Friday.

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Rialto police announce departure
Josh Dulaney, Staff Writer
Posted: 10/31/2010 09:46:26 PM PDT

RIALTO – Another officer allegedly connected with a sex scandal involving strip club workers has left the Police Department, authorities have confirmed.

“Effective Sept. 25, I had another officer that was in the investigation that is no longer with the department,” Police Chief Mark Kling said.

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Neil Nisperos and Josh Dulaney, Staff Writers
Created: 10/26/2010 06:14:13 PM PDT

CHINO – The city attorney of Chino and Rialto was arrested early Saturday morning on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol.

California Highway Patrol officers from the Santa Fe Springs station arrested Jimmy Gutierrez at 1:52 a.m. on Fairway Avenue, just south of the 60 Freeway, in the City of Industry, officials said.

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Rialto school chief gets $250K salary plus pension
Josh Dulaney, Staff Writer
Posted: 10/18/2010 08:44:34 PM PDT

RIALTO – Critics of the state’s pension system on Monday blasted the school board’s recent decision to extend Superintendent Harold Cebrun’s contract to the tune of $225,000 a year, plus benefits, through November 2014.

Cebrun will earn the salary on top of an annual pension listed at $150,134 by the California Foundation for Fiscal Responsibility, a nonprofit group that collects retirement information and posts online the pensions of public employees in the state who take in more than $100,000 a year.

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Nelson

10:58 PM PDT on Monday, October 4, 2010

By JEFF HORSEMAN
The Press-Enterprise

Just five city managers in California — and only one in the Inland area — earned more than Temecula City Manager Shawn Nelson in 2009, according to a survey.

Nelson, 51, earned $336,288 last year, an amount that includes his base salary, deferred compensation and other payouts, according to the survey released last month by the League of California Cities, an advocacy group for cities and towns. Nelson’s base pay is $291,571 a year, according to Temecula.

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Josh Dulaney, Staff Writer
Posted: 10/04/2010 03:31:01 PM PDT

RIALTO – An environmental group has joined with a neighborhood organization on the north side in a lawsuit against the city to stop part of a massive development approved by the City Council in July.

The Endangered Habitats League and Save Lytle Creek Wash have filed a California Environmental Quality Act lawsuit in opposition to three of the four neighborhoods proposed for the Lytle Creek Ranch project, saying the neighborhoods encroach on a delicate flood plain and will endanger the San Bernardino kangaroo rat as well as other species.

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Josh Dulaney, Staff Writer
Posted: 09/28/2010 05:10:16 PM PDT

RIALTO – The attorney for Nancy Holtgreve, a strip club worker at the center of an alleged sex scandal involving on-duty police officers, is moving forward with a lawsuit against the city after it recently rejected a $500,000 claim.

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Josh Dulaney, Staff Writer
Posted: 09/27/2010 09:39:44 PM PDT

RIALTO – The union representing city Water Department employees says the City Council will put jobs at risk and lose control over the city’s water rates if it approves an agreement with a private company to run its water, wastewater and recycled water systems.

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Josh Dulaney, Staff Writer
Posted: 09/09/2010 06:35:45 PM PDT

RIALTO – An internal investigation into an alleged sex scandal involving on-duty officers and workers at the Spearmint Rhino strip club has been completed and a report is under review, Police Chief Mark Kling has confirmed.

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Debbie Pfeiffer Trunnell, Staff Writer
Posted: 09/03/2010 05:23:18 PM PDT

SAN BERNARDINO – During the two months she was laid off, San Bernardino teacher Joyella Beuler worried about paying bills and what to do next.

It didn’t take long for her to get an answer.

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Josh Dulaney, Staff Writer
Posted: 08/30/2010 05:08:58 PM PDT

RIALTO – Two incumbents are defending their seats on the school board against four challengers, one of whom is a self-described white nationalist.

Joanne Gilbert and John Kazalunas said Monday that Rialto Unified School District needs continuity in its leadership.

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Rialto Unified schools
Repairs due, officials say
Josh Dulaney, Staff Writer
Posted: 08/28/2010 07:33:56 AM PDT

RIALTO – Temperatures hitting the 100-degree mark greeted students returning to physical education classes last week inside Eisenhower High School’s gym.

And those usually start by 10:30 a.m.

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Cities look at using deputies
Melissa Pinion-Whitt, Staff Writer
Posted: 08/22/2010 09:45:41 PM PDT

Rialto police Sgt. Richard Royce says an uncomfortable subject has been popping up a lot lately during police union conferences: Outsourcing.

“We all get fed the same lines from the city about problems with the economy,” he said.

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Josh Dulaney, Staff Writer
Posted: 08/20/2010 09:03:29 PM PDT

RIALTO – The police officer allegedly at the center of a sex scandal that has rocked the Rialto Police Department is off the force, police officials said Friday.

“I can confirm that James Dobbs is no longer employed by the Rialto Police Department,” Police Chief Mark Kling said Friday. Kling confirmed that Dobbs’ last day was Aug. 12, but would not confirm if Dobbs resigned or was fired.

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Josh Dulaney, Staff Writer
Posted: 08/20/2010 04:24:03 PM PDT

RIALTO – Come Tuesday night, the City Council election scheduled for Nov. 2 may find its place among bad TV shows, magazine subscriptions and other things that get canceled.

Because Councilman Joe Baca Jr. and Councilwoman Deborah Robertson are running unopposed for the two council seats up for vote this year, the city has the option to cancel the election and appoint the incumbents to office. The city stands to save $75,000 in election costs if it doesn’t hold the election.

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Baca

Josh Dulaney, Staff Writer
Posted: 08/13/2010 11:50:26 AM PDT

RIALTO – In a city of 100,000 residents, not one has stepped forward to run against the two incumbents seeking re-election on Nov. 2.

Councilwoman Deborah Robertson and Councilman Joe Baca Jr. are the only two candidates to qualify through the City Clerk’s office.

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10:00 PM PDT on Thursday, August 12, 2010

By DARRELL R. SANTSCHI
The Press-Enterprise

Voters in San Bernardino County will elect a county supervisor, three mayors and a host of city council and school board members Nov. 2.

The election filing period ended Friday for most races, and on Wednesday for those races in which one or more incumbents did not seek re-election.

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Rialto says request was late
Josh Dulaney, Staff Writer
Posted: 08/09/2010 05:37:10 PM PDT

RIALTO – The city has returned a $500,000 claim to the Riverside lawyer representing a strip club worker at the center of a sex scandal involving Rialto Police Department officers.

“We’re sending her letters saying the claim is untimely,” City Attorney Jimmy Gutierrez said.

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Rialto official says no outside counsel needed
Josh Dulaney, Staff Writer
Posted: 08/08/2010 07:03:12 AM PDT

RIALTO – City Administrator Henry Garcia said Friday he doesn’t expect the city to bring in outside attorneys to handle a $500,000 claim filed against the city by a woman who says that she had sex with Police Department officers while they were on duty.

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11:43 PM PDT on Saturday, August 7, 2010

By IMRAN GHORI
The Press-Enterprise

A woman who raised allegations about Rialto police officers having sex with strippers at a police union building has filed a $500,000 claim against the city.

The claim by Nancy Holtgreve, a waitress at the Spearmint Rhino strip club, describes police officers engaging in group sex at the police union building with female employees from the club. She accuses the city of fostering and perpetuating a culture of sexual harassment by police officers.

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Cities seek wage concessions as they face severe shortfalls
Andrew Edwards, Staff Writer
Posted: 08/07/2010 03:46:19 PM PDT

Colton and Pomona in recent weeks have discussed disbanding their police departments and contracting with their county sheriff’s departments.

San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputies along with officers in Fontana, San Bernardino and Rialto have been asked to make painful concessions on pay and benefits.

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Josh Dulaney, Staff Writer
Posted: 08/05/2010 09:07:39 PM PDT

Online extra: Read the claim (.PDF file) Editor’s note: Contains mature language and subject matter

RIALTO – Police officers engaged in group sex with female workers from the Spearmint Rhino strip club, according to a $500,000 claim filed by a woman at the center of a sex scandal that has sent shock waves through the Police Department and city.

“The claims that we have made are simply the tip of the iceberg and we have substantial proof to back up these claims, and my client will move forward with a lawsuit should the city not take her claims seriously,” said Danuta W. Tuszynska, a Riverside-based attorney representing Nancy Holtgreve.

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Josh Dulaney, Staff Writer
Posted: 08/05/2010 04:25:04 PM PDT

RIALTO – An avowed white supremacist who often drops racist fliers on residential lawns and driveways is seeking election to the school board.

Dan Schruender, a past president of the California chapter of an Aryan Nations group, filed nomination papers Monday with the San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters.

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Josh Dulaney, Staff Writer
Posted: 07/28/2010 05:30:35 PM PDT

RIALTO – Another woman has come forward in connection with an alleged sex scandal involving police officers and employees of the Spearmint Rhino strip club, authorities confirmed Wednesday.

“Last Friday, we had a woman file a complaint against one of the officers that we’ve identified in the investigation,” Police Chief Mark Kling said.

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Josh Dulaney, Staff Writer
Posted: 07/27/2010 08:04:56 PM PDT

RIALTO – The sex scandal that has rocked the Police Department and attracted widespread attention has not shaken officials’ faith in rank-and-file officers or Chief Mark Kling, based on remarks they made at Tuesday night’s City Council meeting.

“My confidence in Mark is high,” said City Administrator Henry Garcia. “This is a small step backward.”

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Scandal a threat to Rialto gains
Josh Dulaney, Staff Writer
Posted: 07/25/2010 08:27:08 PM PDT

RIALTO – Police Chief Mark Kling has described his department as embarrassed and frustrated over allegations that some of its officers were involved in a sex scandal connected to the Spearmint Rhino strip club.

“They don’t deserve that type of recognition,” Kling said. “It doesn’t represent the hardworking people of this department.”

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Wednesday, July 21, 2010 – 07:40 am

Here is an update in the ongoing investigation into alleged inappropriate sexual conduct between members of the Rialto Police Department and employees of the Spearmint Rhino Gentlemen’s Club.

Two more officers have been placed under investigation according to Police Chief Mark Kling.

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Josh Dulaney, Staff Writer
Posted: 07/19/2010 04:58:37 PM PDT

RIALTO – Internal investigators are probing claims that police officers were having sex on duty with employees of a popular strip club on Riverside Avenue, authorities said Monday.

“We’ve got confirmation that employees of the Spearmint Rhino were involved with officers in our department,” Police Chief Mark Kling said.

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06:47 PM PDT on Monday, July 19, 2010

By PAUL LaROCCO
The Press-Enterprise

Four Rialto police officers have been placed on paid administrative leave after allegations surfaced that they had sex while on duty with Spearmint Rhino waitresses at a police union building.

The officers, whose names were withheld because the personnel investigation is not complete, are among six being investigated, Rialto Police Chief Mark Kling said.

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The developing sex scandal involving at least one, if not several officers within the ranks of the Rialto Police Department, is gaining momentum this evening.

News coming out of Rialto tonight says employees of the Spearmint Rhino club are involved.

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Josh Dulaney, Staff Writer
Posted: 07/18/2010 06:49:11 PM PDT

RIALTO – A woman’s allegations that she had sex with a police officer while he was on duty has led Police Chief Mark Kling to place four officers on paid administrative leave while the Police Department investigates misconduct within its ranks.

Nancy Holtgreve, a 37-year-old waitress, said she had sex with Officer James Dobbs three times last year at the Rialto Police Benefit Association’s union building after she clocked off work in the early morning and while Dobbs was on shift for the department.

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Josh Dulaney, Staff Writer
Posted: 07/13/2010 07:39:51 PM PDT

RIALTO – The City Council on Tuesday night voted 4-0 to approve a massive development on the north end.

Lytle Creek Ranch is a 2,447-acre project between the 15 and 210 freeways along Riverside Avenue that will feature parks, schools, retail and more than 8,400 residential units in a development that could see more than 25,000 new residents over the next three decades.

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Rialto asked to consider large housing project

10:00 PM PDT on Monday, July 12, 2010

Cassie MacDuff

Rialto tonight will consider a housing project along Lytle Creek Wash that it rejected more than a decade ago as leapfrog development that would strain city resources.

The council is poised to vote on Lytle Creek Ranch, a 2,447-acre tract that would quadruple the number of homes allowed south of Glen Helen Regional Park.

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10:00 PM PDT on Friday, July 9, 2010

By IMRAN GHORI
The Press-Enterprise

The runway at Rialto Municipal Airport is deserted, with no signs of airplanes landing or taxiing to takeoff.

The only activity is a San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department helicopter lifting off, a couple of mechanics working on an airplane in one of the hangars and three stray dogs running around.

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Rialto voters sent a strong message to City Hall last night. The message was no more taxes.

Residents defeated Measure “RR” an advisory referendum asking voters if they would support new taxes to fund employee retirement and benefit costs. The vote puts the city’s budget under pressure in 2012.

This is likely to become a growing trend as voter anger continues to build and the economy weakens further.

Josh Dulaney, Staff Writer
Posted: 06/07/2010 05:05:05 PM PDT

RIALTO – The economic recovery is welcome to show up here anytime soon, as the city is still fighting a budget shortfall.

Officials are estimating a $3.8 million deficit under a revised General Fund budget for fiscal 2009-10 ending June 30.

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Developer gets more time

Josh Dulaney, Staff Writer
Posted: 05/26/2010 07:35:12 PM PDT

RIALTO – It took about 60 seconds Wednesday night for the Planning Commission to anger more than 150 residents already upset over plans for a controversial development on the north end.

A public hearing on the Lytle Creek Ranch development was continued to June 2 at the request of Ron Pharris, chairman of the Lytle Development Co., who told the commission in a letter that the company needs more time to prepare the project’s final environmental impact report.

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10:00 PM PDT on Tuesday, May 25, 2010

By SANDRA STOKLEY
The Press-Enterprise

Residents straddling the Riverside-San Bernardino county border are organizing to protest a warehouse/business park project proposed for the defunct El Rivino golf course property.

The Rialto Commerce Center calls for 3.6 million square feet of warehouse space — about 75 football fields — on 164 acres including the 129-acre golf course, surrounded on two sides by residential properties and next door to Green Acres Memorial Park and Mortuary.

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