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| January 28, 2012 |
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TOP STORIES
 The nation’s on-and-off economic recovery has picked up its pace, the Commerce Department reported Friday, with the U.S. economy growing at an annualized rate of 2.8 percent for the end of 2011.
President Obama is proposing a financial aid overhaul that for the first time would tie colleges’ eligibility for campus-based aid programs, Perkins loans, work-study jobs and supplemental grants for low-income students.
Jessica Wilcox thinks her in-laws still view her ideas about childbirth as kind of out there, but it’s hard to argue with success: In the last five years or so, Wilcox has given birth to two boys and two girls, each weighing more than 10 pounds.
 ONTARIO – A final passenger count shows that 2011 was a dismal year for the Ontario-Los Angeles International Airport. Just over 4-and-a-half million travelers used the local airport.
 RANCHO CUCAMONGA – WeTip is celebrating 40 years of fighting crime. Since opening the first anonymous tip ‘hot’ line in February, 1972, co-founder Miriam Brownell says they have expanded from the West End of San Bernardino County to several states.
RIVERSIDE – Opponents of the proposed Liberty Quarry at Temecula are stepping up their rhetoric.
 PHELAN – A suspected robber has shot and killed himself after a police chase through the Cajon Pass. Ronald Peters, 21, was spotted early Thursday at the north end of San Bernardino.
 INLAND EMPIRE – If you like your winter weather warm, dry and windy, the weekend is made to order. Riverside forecaster Rob Krohn says another wind event has struck.
 RIVERSIDE – The dreaded citrus psyllid is spreading and all of Riverside County is under quarantine. It’s becoming widespread with hundreds of ‘finds’.
 JURUPA VALLEY – Rubidoux’ 340-ton boulder may soon be on a roll toward Los Angeles. It’s been tied up in red tape since last summer.
 VICTORVILLE – The death penalty phase of a parolee’s murder trial opens Tuesday. A Victorville jury has convicted Sherhaun Brown of Palm Springs in a brutal 2007 home invasion robbery.
 RIVERSIDE – The ‘Year of the Dragon’ will be celebrated Saturday in downtown Riverside. It’s the annual Lunar New Year Festival.
SAN BERNARDINO – A young Victorville man is being applauded for intervening in an attack on a woman and an infant that left him seriously wounded.
 Distribution of surplus food is set at the following locations during January by the Community Action Partnership.
INLAND EMPIRE – Radio listeners are finding more choices than ever. FM radio continues to grow as more low power stations sign on.
LOS ANGELES – The California Air Resources Board took a bold step Friday to mandate sharp reductions in smog-forming and greenhouse gas emissions from cars and light trucks.
PASADENA - Scientists have disclosed that an asteroid came to within 36,000 miles from Earth as it zipped by Wednesday.
 SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court ruled Friday that state Senate maps drawn by a citizens commission will be used in this year's elections.
 HOLLYWOOD - Actress Demi Moore was doing "whip-its", a type of nitrous oxide inhalant, when a friend called paramedics earlier this week, TMZ reports.
 SCOTTY'S CASTLE - An ancient volcano, named Ubehebe, could explode again at any time, say scientists who have used new techniques to determine just when that first huge blast sent the region shuddering.
 SAN FRANCISCO - Strong majorities of Californians favor Governor Brown's proposed tax initiative and oppose the automatic cuts that public schools will face if voters fail to approve the measure in November.
 LOS ANGELES – Two figures in the entertainment world have died. Actor James Farentino, whose private life was sometimes as dramatic as the roles he played in theater and on television was 73.
 SOUTHLAND – Warm, dry high pressure is exerting its influence on Southern California. Temperatures are approaching their highest marks of the month.
 GARDENA – Soul music legend Etta James will be laid to rest Saturday. A public viewing is scheduled Friday at the Inglewood Cemetery followed by Saturday’s private funeral in Gardena.
 SOUTHLAND – The DataQuick real estate information service says the number of California homes going into foreclosure dropped in the fourth quarter of last year to the second-lowest level in more than four years.
 LOS ANGELES – ‘Hugo’ is the film to beat in this year’s Academy Awards. It has eleven nominations. ‘Hugo’ is among the Best Picture nominees which include ‘The Descendants’, ‘Midnight in Paris’.
 SOUTHLAND – It’s no secret that Southern California is one of the most expensive places in the nation to live. Energy costs are a big component of the Consumer Price Index.
 SAN FRANCISCO - Waves and tidal currents could be the next energy source for California. The U.S. Department of Energy estimates they contain enough energy to generate over 140 terawatt hours of electricity per year.
A Riverside judge ruled Friday there is enough evidence to put Jose Guzman on trial for sexually assaulting two girls in their bedrooms and kidnapping a third from her bedroom last year. Guzman, a Mexican national, has denied the charges. Prosecutors are seeking a no-parole prison term. (INT) High winds forced the closure Friday of the Cal State-San Bernardino campus. Officials said the closure was necessary to protect the safety of students, faculty and staff. The winds were predicted to ease on Saturday after gusting to 65 miles an hour Friday. (INT) Search efforts are starting for the next president of California State University, San Bernardino. President Albert Karnig is retiring after serving as president of the university since 1997. A search committee will meet in open forum February 10th. (INT) In Indio, a woman has been struck and killed by a motorcycle. Brigitte Jasso, 44, was hit Thursday evening on Indio Boulevard. (INT) A pilot escaped injury Thursday in a crash landing near the Hemet Valley Airport. The single-engine plane was approaching for a landing when it lost power and came down in an open field about 100 yards from the airport. (INT) Hantavirus has shown up in Riverside County. Health officials said Thursday that two deer mice captured in the Sage area south of Hemet tested positive for the virus. There have been no documented human cases of the Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. (INT) Revitalization of Palm Springs downtown core officially began Thursday. That’s when demolition of the old Bank of American building started. It will take a week to complete. (INT) Residents of Riverside’s minority Eastside neighborhood are getting some help as they battle poor eating habits and a lack of physical activity. County health officials will be using a $1 million grant from Kaiser Permanente to promote healthy eating and active living. The Eastside’s population is estimated at 17,500. 58 percent of adults and 24 percent of teens who live there are considered overweight or obese. (INT) Melinda Guido, one of the smallest surviving babies ever born is home with her parents after her release from the USC Medical Cernter. She was born 16 weeks early and weighed only 9.5 ounces, as much as a can of soda. Now, five months old, she weighs 4.5 pounds and is growing. (INT) Funny money that surfaced at the Morongo Casino & Spa Resort has sent a North Hollywood man to jail. Authorities say that Movses Dermisyan, 22, had $2600 in fake $100 bills while playing blackjack in the High Limit Room. Secret Service agents said the incident was part of a larger ongoing investigation. (INT) A new program began Friday that’s aimed at reducing the backlog in civil cases before the Riverside County Superior Courts. Presiding Judge Sherrill Ellsworth will help settle those cases before going to trial. The courts are short 74 judges. (INT) A 37-year-old man is Riverside’s first murder victim of the year. The coroner says he was injured on the city’s Eastside late Thursday night and died minutes later at a local hospital of gunshot wounds. There were twelve homicides in Riverside last year, a 44 percent increase. (INT) A 2-year-old child has died after a drive-by shooting in Coachella. Two men were wounded in the same incident late Wednesday. Elijah Banuelos of Perris died later at the Loma Linda University Medical Center. Sheriff’s investigators did not detail the shooting, but said Thursday there have been no arrests. Accused ‘Old Fire’ arsonist Rickie Lee Fowler may have been on the verge of a plea bargain. But, it didn’t happen during his court appearance Thursday. Instead, another pre-trial motion was scheduled for February 16th. Fowler is also facing murder charges stemming from the heart attack deaths of five people during the destructive fire in 2003. (INT) The California Transportation Commission (CTC) Thursday allocated $347 million in new funding to 47 projects. Among them is $1 million to improve Foothill Boulevard, Route 66, through Upland. (INT) The City of San Bernardino has launched a new system that will provide improved financial reporting and transparency throughout the city operations. Department managers will become more accountable in tracking their budgets. (INT) The Riverside Transit Agency says its buses carried a record number of passengers last year, 8.4 million. That topped the previous record set in 2009. RTA claims it continues to be a low-cost transportation solution for more people faced with high gas prices and a troubled economy. (INT) |
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