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| February 5, 2012 |
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BREAKING NEWS
TOP STORIES
 DENVER - A record 12½ inches of snow fell at Denver International Airport, breaking an 80-year record, but the storm is winding down, a weather expert says. The brunt of the storm, which began Thursday evening, is over, and temperatures are starting to climb.
The battle for the Vince Lombardi trophy won’t begin until the New England Patriots and New York Giants face off in Super Bowl XLVI on Sunday, but the contest over bragging rights is underway.
ONTARIO - Congressmen Jerry Lewis and Ken Calvert warn that Ontario International Airport is on a downward spiral toward failure unless federal and local officials focus much more attention on its operation.
 INLAND EMPIRE – Local groundhogs may have been right. There is a chance of winter. For the first time in a couple of weeks, there’s a hint of rain in the forecast.
 SANTA ANA – A Corona couple and a Riverside man have been arrested on bribery and embezzlement charges stemming from an unemployment insurance scam.
 SAN BERNARDINO - Police Chief Robert Handy has called a town hall meeting to discuss efforts to find suspects in a pair of shootings that left three people dead.
 SAN BERNARDINO – It’s a ‘first’ for the city – a run-off election for the job of City Clerk. Voters have until Tuesday at 8pm to get their ballots to the County Registrar of Voters in order to be counted.
 INLAND EMPIRE – Black History month is being celebrated throughout the region. Saturday features the 16th annual Black History Parade at Cajon High School in San Bernardino.
 SAN BERNARDINO - County Democrats have endorsed resolutions in support of three issues critical to the economy and health of Inland Empire residents.
 RIVERSIDE – California voters may be seen as bystanders in the presidential primaries. Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich are the front runners.
 INLAND EMPIRE – Distribution of federal food commodities have been scheduled throughout February in San Bernardino County.
 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.
INLAND EMPIRE – Radio listeners are finding more choices than ever. FM radio continues to grow as more low power stations sign on.
NEW YORK – Actor Ben Gazzara has died of pancreatic cancer, the New York Times reported.
BRIDGEPORT – A propane explosion at a military housing complex in the Eastern Sierra killed one person, injured two others and damaged several homes.
 LOS ANGELES - A second teacher has been removed from the South Los Angeles school where Mark Berndt, the accused child abuser, taught.
 LOS ANGELES - A distraught "Soul Train" creator Don Cornelius called his son early Tuesday, shortly before he is believed to have fatally shot himself, law enforcement sources said.
 LOS ANGELES - Five Southern Californians have been indicted for operating a human smuggling scheme that relied largely on non-Spanish speaking African-Americans.
 SACRAMENTO – State Controller John Chiang says the state will run out of money by March 1st if no immediate action is taken to reduce spending.
 ROSEMEAD – The California Public Utilities Commission took Southern California Edison to task Wednesday for its response to last November’s windstorm damage.
 SACRAMENTO – California’s mountain snow pack has dipped to its lowest point for this time of winter since 1991. State water officials are still holding out the hope of winter conditions in the coming weeks.
 SAN FRANCISCO – Single mothers in California have been hit with a double whammy. The economic downturn and the state’s budget crisis have cut an assortment of programs.
 LOS ANGELES - Brazilian artist Sergio Mendes is celebrating 50-years of music and his first Oscar nomination. Mendes has recorded more than 35 albums.
 HOLLYWOOD – At the movies, the Liam Liam Neeson survivalist action film ‘The Grey’ claimed $20 million in its opening putting it at the top of the box office charts.
In Temecula, an 11-year-old boy was revived after being rescued from a tunnel he was digging collapsed. The victim and another boy were playing in a dry riverbank near Long Canyon Creek Park when the tunnel caved in burying him from his head to his legs. Two adults heard one boy’s call for help and freed the other. He was taken to a San Diego hospital in critical condition. (INT) Inquiries to Riverside’s 311 Call Center have hit the 1 million mark. It was activated in 2004 to handle non-emergency reports and requests for city services. (INT) The Riverside City Council holds a Tuesday workshop on proposed changes to the city charter. Some concern runoff elections, powers of the City Manager, City Clerk, City Attorney and the public utilities board. (INT) The former mayor of Rosemead was charged Friday with soliciting and accepting bribes from a real estate developer in exchange for city approval of a development project. John Tran, 36, has agreed to plead guilty to the felony offense. (INT) A woman alleged to have operated a “cash for keys” scam in Rancho Cucamonga has been charged with burglary, forgery and grand theft. Quddusa Lynette Anderson, 38, of Highland and an accomplice conspired to defraud mortgage giants, Freddie Mac and Bank of America by illegally occupying foreclosed homes and applying for relocation assistance known as "Cash for Keys.” (INT) The Denver Nuggets ended the Clippers 4-game win streak with a 112-91 victory. Tonight, the Lakers take on Denver. (INT) Redlands city officials say the city has been recommended for a $5 million grant for improvement of a flood control project. It’s designed to protect downtown Redlands and other areas, including the University of Redlands and Redlands High School. (INT) Dumpster diving has become a quality of life issue in Riverside. Police cited 13 persons Thursday for raiding curbside trash containers in search of recyclables. (INT) Senator Bob Dutton of Rancho Cucamonga says it’s time to ask voters if they want to go ahead with California’s high speed rail project. Dutton says it’s a ‘train to nowhere’ and that the public has been mislead on the true costs of the project. If passed at Sacramento, Dutton’s bill would put the project on the ballot. (INT) Inland Empire residents and businesses will gleam red on Friday. It’s National Wear Red Day to help build awareness of heart disease, the Number 1 killer of women. (INT) A traveling World War I exhibition makes a local stop this weekend. ‘Honoring Our History’ is on a 75-city tour. The exhibit will be at the March Field Air Museum Saturday. Admission is free. (INT) Several hours of testimony is likely during Monday’s closing public hearing before Riverside County Supervisors decide the future of the proposed Liberty Quarry near Temecula. Granite Construction is appealing last fall’s denial of a permit by the County Planning Commission. The hearings are being held at the Riverside Convention Center. (INT) A new App for the online traffic service IE511 is available and it’s free at both the iTunes Store and the Android Market. The service specializes in traffic and commuter information. (INT) San Bernardino County Supervisors will consider Tuesday the appointment of Theresa Kwappenberg to the County Planning Commission. She previously served on the commission for 9-years and is the nominee of Supervisor Neil Derry. (INT) Bales of marijuana worth $500,000 have been found floating off the coast of Marina del Rey. It’s the latest in a string of nautical marijuana. Last weekend, a fishing boat washed ashore in Malibu carrying about 1,500 pounds of marijuana. (INT) Gas prices continue moving upward in Southern California even as the price of crude oil dropped nationally and worldwide. In the Inland Empire, the average per gallon price is $3.77, 14 cents higher than last month, and 42 cents more than last year. (INT) Dan Richard has been elected chairman of the California High-Speed Rail Authority, succeeding Thomas Umberg who resigned that position last month. Richard, co-founder of an infrastructure finance firm, says he’s committed to high-speed rail in California. (INT) Two owners of a Southern California toy manufacturing company were sentenced Tuesday to over three years in federal prison for their roles in a cash “structuring” scheme that prosecutors say was linked to the “Black Market Peso Exchange”. It allowed drug cartels to launder the proceeds of their narcotics trafficking. Prison-bound are Meichun Cheng Huang, 58, of Irvine, and Huang’s sister, Ling Yu, 53, of Arcadia. (INT) Angelo Dundee, Muhammad Ali’s longtime trainer, died Wednesday at age 90 in his apartment in Tampa, Fla. Dundee was considered a brilliant motivator and coached hundreds of young men in the art of a left jab and an overhand right. (INT) UC Riverside undergraduate students are generous with their extra time. They average 3.5 hours of volunteer or community service work per week, the most in the UC system. A survey also showed that 57% of UCR students served as volunteers, compared to a system-wide average of 51%. (INT) Health researchers at the Loma Linda University Cancer Center are urging passage of the California Cancer Research Act or Proposition 29. It would increase tobacco taxes by $1 per pack of cigarettes. (INT) |
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