NBA Champion James Worthy asks Quran Clayton, 3, of Rancho Cucamonga what he wants for Christmas Saturday during the 4th Annual Colonies Holiday Miracles event at the Colonies Crossroads shopping center in Upland. (James Carbone/Correspondent)

Mike Cruz, Staff Writer
Created: 12/17/2011 04:54:29 PM PST

UPLAND – More than 100 children from low-income families were treated to a $200 shopping spree and much more as part of the 4th Annual Colonies Holiday Miracles event at the Colonies Crossroads Shopping Center.

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By Chris Hawley Associated Press
Posted: 10/16/2011 08:57:16 AM PDT
Updated: 10/17/2011 12:22:48 AM PDT

NEW YORK — About 175 protesters who were part of a growing anti-corporate greed sentiment were arrested in Chicago early Sunday after they refused to take down their tents and leave a city park when it closed, somewhat of a contrast to demonstrators elsewhere, who have taken care to follow laws in order to continue protesting.

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Thursday, October 13, 2011 – 10:00 a.m.

As you open your pockets for the next natural disaster, please keep these facts in mind:

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Chad Firetag, left, Paul Grech, and Steve Harmon, right, high-profile defense attorneys in Riverside.(WILLIAM WILSON LEWIS III / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)

RICHARD K. De ATLEY
STAFF WRITER
rdeatley@pe.com

Published: 02 October 2011 06:41 PM

Chad W. Firetag, at age 34, has gained a standing as an Inland-area defense attorney that most lawyers don’t reach until later in their careers — a reputation for connecting to jurors in court and as a sought-after legal brief writer.

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By Mike O’brien
Last updated at 6:49 AM on 1st October 2011

Is Obama abandoning his bid for a second term in the White House and is giving Colonel Sanders a run for his money by opening a chain of fried chicken joints?

Now that’s change you can’t really believe in.

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Friday, September 23, 2011 – 10:00 a.m.

To view an immediate announcement on the impending crash of a NASA space satellite, click here: NASA Crash

Please keep in mind that as of this morning NASA has absolutely no idea as to when or where satellite debris will land.

Sunday, September 11, 2011 – 00:01 a.m.

In honor of those who lost their lives on a tragic day in American history.

Saturday, September 10, 2011 – 01:20 p.m.

An elderly man is stopped by the police around 1 a.m. and is asked where he is going at this time of night?

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You’ve got to love this Texas rancher’s outlook & commonsense approach to life…….

Sunday, September 4, 2011 – 12:45 p.m.

While suturing a cut on the hand of a 75 year old Texas rancher, whose hand was caught in the squeeze gate while working cattle, the doctor struck up a conversation with the old man. Eventually the topic got around to Obama and his role as our president.

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Atlantis lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Friday morning in NASA’s 135th and final space shuttle launch. Atlantis is due to return July 20, the 42nd anniversary of man’s first steps on the moon. (John Raoux/ ASSOCIATED PRESS )

“Light this fire one more time”

Posted: 07/08/2011 11:02:56 PM PDT

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – With a cry from its commander to “light this fire one more time,” the last shuttle thundered into orbit Friday on a cargo run that will close out three decades of both triumph and tragedy for NASA and usher in a period of uncertainty for America’s space program.

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Monday, June 13, 2011 – 05:00 a.m.

Congratlations to the NBA champion Dallas Mavericks, who defeated the Miami Heat on Sunday 105 to 95.

Supervisor Gary Ovitt
Posted: 05/29/2011 06:02:57 PM PDT

Memorial Day is a special day to honor those men and women who gave their lives in service to our country. We celebrate those brave Americans whose patriotism and love of country is echoed in our history – from the American Revolution to the current military conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Many paid the ultimate sacrifice.

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Hartwig

A calling to serve
Hartwig set out to be a physician
Lori Consalvo, Staff Writer
Created: 05/22/2011 08:46:53 PM PDT

SAN BERNARDINO – If you had asked Mark Hartwig what he wanted to be when he grew up, fire chief of the largest county in the continental United States would not have been high on his list.

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By Jim Sanders
jsanders@sacbee.com
Published: Tuesday, May. 17, 2011 – 12:00 am | Page 3A

Saying you don’t need a gun to order a cheeseburger, a California lawmaker Monday pushed through the Assembly a crackdown on carrying unloaded handguns in public places.

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Staff and Wire Reports
Created: 04/13/2011 07:47:11 PM PDT

The Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday added another overnight controller at L.A,/Ontario International Airport as well as at 25 airports and a radar facility.

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Monday, March 21, 2011 – 11:03 a.m.

Here is how one can help victim’s of the 9.0 magnitude earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster that has struck Japan.

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Gary Richards, San Jose Mercury-News
Created: 03/05/2011 07:07:14 AM PST

With thousands of California drivers unable to renew their licenses before they expire because of glitches with the new high-tech format, the Department of Motor Vehicles HAS announced that temporary licenses would be sent out to all affected drivers and would be valid for 90 days instead of 60.

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10:00 PM PDT on Friday, May 7, 2010

By KIMBERLY PIERCEALL
The Press-Enterprise

When an entertainer arrives to perform at a nearby casino or a corporate executive flies in to visit a local company, San Bernardino International Airport officials are hoping they taxi up to the doorstep of the just-opened $20 million Million Air terminal.

The two-story general aviation facility that caters to the pilots and users of corporate jets sits in the middle of two large hangars — each about 26,000 to 35,000 square feet — that will be leased to businesses chartering aircraft and managing jets that owners wish to pay rent to park at the airport.

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Wendy Leung, Staff Writer
Created: 02/21/2010 06:02:00 AM PST

RANCHO CUCAMONGA – Mayor Don Kurth, the newest member of the City Council, has been busy welcoming the newest member of his family.

Nearly two years into a sometimes emotional adoption process, Kurth and his wife, Dee Matreyek, have succeeded in bringing home a baby girl.

“I think it’s fair to say we’re both having the time of our lives,” Kurth said.

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I’m sure that is what the reporter who called me a little while ago regarding Former Assessor Bill Postmus’ and Former Assistant Assessor Jim Erwin’s early morning arrests was thinking.  Well, yes, as a matter of fact I do believe this is just another attempt by a desperate district attorney to be re-elected and a governor-wannabe-again feeling the pressure from Meg Whitman.

Ramos will do anything to deflect from his own misdeeds.  And time will prove these charges are as trumped up as the last ones.

One thing comes to mind here and that is something Postmus keeps telling me.  He claims this whole corruption scandal is the result of Mike Ramos wanting to get at Jeff Burum.  He thought Erwin would roll on Jeff the first time.  If anything, their friendship seems stronger.  I expect today’s event to strengthen it even more. Read the rest of this entry »

11:10 PM PST on Friday, January 8, 2010

By JANET ZIMMERMAN
The Press-Enterprise

All work on a controversial plan to route 80 miles of electrical transmission lines through undisturbed desert near Joshua Tree National Park has been suspended as part of cost-cutting measures by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.

The utility’s board on Tuesday approved a 29-page budget amendment that included only one reference to Green Path North. The hotly debated project would move geothermal, solar and wind power from the Salton Sea area of the Imperial Valley to an electrical substation near Hesperia en route to Los Angeles.

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News emerged this weekend related to a massive internal fraud, a portion of which was recently uncovered within the agency responsible for the delivery of San Bernardino County’s social services programs.

iePolitics has learned that hundreds of thousands of dollars in funds meant to provide aid for the disadvantaged has been illegally diverted by county personnel in an ongoing massive theft. It is believed that several schemes and abuses has been uncovered.

The San Bernardino County Human Services System, commonly referred to as HSS, administers the county’s various social services programs such as general assistance, Medi-Cal, and welfare. Annually, Hundreds of millions of dollars pass through HSS and into the hands of the needy who legitimately qualify for assistance.

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Staff Report
Posted: 11/27/2009 05:46:15 PM PST

Several local cities were listed on the 2009 City Crime Rate Rankings, a new survey of national crime statistics released recently.

Chino Hills was ranked as San Bernardino County’s safest city and the 13th safest place in the country, according to a Publishing house CQ Press release that came out Monday.

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Melissa Pinion-Whitt, Staff Writer
Posted: 11/26/2009 06:13:52 AM PST

ADELANTO – The new faces coming to the sheriff’s Adelanto station aren’t new to law enforcement. In fact, they aren’t even new to the High Desert.

Thirty-five patrol deputies, detectives and other employees from the Victor Valley sheriff’s station about nine miles away will be coming to Adelanto under a plan that will save the city more than $400,000 per year.

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Michael Kane
November 12, 2009

RUTH STRINGER: Counselor from Hell

Who or what is “evil” or “venal” is obviously a matter of personal opinion. So let’s look at the dictionary definitions and set a yardstick to measure some of our more important appointed public officials:

EVIL. (Defined): morally wrong or bad; immoral due to actual or imputed bad conduct or character; the wicked or immoral part of someone or something; anything causing injury or harm.

VENAL. (Defined): willing to sell one’s influence; bribable, corruptible.

Now let’s look at some of those high-level County officials and see how they measure up to the challenge to demonstrate integrity, act honestly, perform competently and truly serve the public interest to the exclusion of their own.

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Lewis Group of Companies buys land at bankruptcy auction

Matt Wrye, Staff Writer
Posted: 08/04/2009 08:00:53 PM PDT

The Lewis Group of Companies’ real-estate fiefdom just got bigger.

The Upland-based firm, owned by Lewis Operating Corp., announced this week that it has bought 800 single-family home lots in Reno, Sparks and Dayton, Nev., for about $6.5 million in a bankruptcy auction.

“The Nevada market has challenges just like the rest of the country, so we expect it will take a few years to sell all the lots,” Randall Lewis, executive vice president of the firm, said Monday. “We’re already getting phone calls from some of the local home builders expressing interest.”

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