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| August 20, 2008 |
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 WASHINGTON--Wholesale prices took another unexpectedly steep jump in July and shot up at the fastest year-on-year rate in 27 years, according to a government report Tuesday that is certain to fan fears about a surge in inflation.
BEIJING--Shawn Johnson of the United States won the final event in the women's gymnastic competition when she triumphed in the beam on Tuesday.
NAPLES, Fla.--Tropical Storm Fay made landfall on Florida's southwest coast early Tuesday, bringing soaking rains and gusty winds but nothing like the destruction last seen in the area during a 2004 killer hurricane.
RIVERSIDE – An early morning shooting outside a Denny’s restaurant involved at least two Highway Patrol officers.
RIVERSIDE – A freak accident involving a tilt-cab on a fire truck has killed a repair shop employee.
COLTON – A gang injunction filed against the Colton City Crips is the first in San Bernardino County seeking their “banishment”.
SAN BERNARDINO--Arrowhead Regional Medical Center is boasting success in helping former gang members remove the stigma of their previous lifestyle.
LOS ANGELES--Six Inland Empire men have been charged in a ‘kiddie porn’ network.
SAN BERNARDINO--County Assessor Bill Postmus failed to appear before the County Supervisors Tuesday to explain events in his office.
INLAND EMPIRE--The Metro area is being treated to abundant sunshine and moonlit nights as we coast into late summer.
INLAND EMPIRE--There are signs of early recovery in the beleaguered housing meltdown and Riverside and San Bernardino counties may be leading the way.
INLAND EMPIRE--The Chino Hills jolt last month rattled some nerves and Californians are making inquires about how they can better prepare for a larger quake.
INLAND EMPIRE--Local gasoline prices are slipping below the $4 a gallon mark for the first time in three months.
FONTANA--The nation’s largest solar panel installation is about to be plugged in.
REDLANDS--John Husing, the Inland Empire’s senior economist, is comparing our recession to that of the early 1990’s.
RIVERSIDE--Cal Fire has been issuing defensible space notices to homeowners, and counties are issuing weed abatement notices as the peak to the fire season approaches.
MALIBU – It’s finally happened. Cher is listing her house along Malibu's Pacific Coast Highway for $45 million.
HUNTINGTON BEACH--Beach homes are among the Southland’s slowest sellers.
INLAND EMPIRE--Four area hospitals are among 18 in California that were named Monday for making mistakes “likely to cause serious injury or death to patients.”
OAKLAND--Robert Grey, former acting chancellor at UC Riverside, has been appointed interim provost of the UC system.
SACRAMENTO--Lawmakers finally voted on a state budget Sunday, but it died a partisan death.
INLAND EMPIRE--At least two persons lost their lives in weekend traffic mishaps around the two-county region.
HOLLYWOOD--The R-rated comedy "Tropic Thunder" rolled onto movie screens with a chart-topping $26 million in box office receipts.
In Riverside, a drunken motorist is being accused of murder as the result of a Tuesday night car crash that killed his passenger. Police say that Steve Red’s car was speeding down Washington Street when it overturned. In baseball, Colorado wins four in a row beating the Dodgers 8-to-3. The Angels dropped their fifth straight at Tampa Bay losing to the Rays 4-to-2. Opening statements are planned Thursday in the Riverside trial of a former Marine for the killings of four detainees in Iraq. Jose Nazario, Jr., a one-time Riverside police officer, has denied the combat-related charges. Nazario is the first military veteran to face combat war crimes in a U.S. civilian court. Temporary help from retired judges has freed the gridlock of pending civil cases in the Riverside County Superior Court. Over half of the 625 cases set for trial the first seven months of the year have been settled and half of those were dismissed. Riverside County has the fewest number of judges per capita among California’s fifteen most-populous counties. A new report warns of increasing competition for water throughout Southern California and the Southwest. The State Department of Water Resources says climate change will result in increased warming and drying of the Southwest and northwestern Mexico. Marijuana eradication teams are still adding up all the pot plants that were found last week in a canyon near Lake Arrowhead and west of Big Bear Lake. The Forest Service says nine people are under arrest. Sixty-thousand plants have been seized. Earlier, another 40,000 marijuana plants were removed from the San Jacinto and Santa Rosa Mountains. Final adoption of San Bernardino’s budget for this fiscal year has been delayed another two weeks because not all the supporting documents had been prepared Monday. The City Council has adopted a resolution that allows the city bills and its employees to be paid. Four dollar-a-gallon gasoline is forcing Californians to drive less. They racked up 1.1 billion fewer miles in May than the same month a year earlier. A federal traffic volume report says that represents a 3.7 percent decline. A 3-year-old girl is at Loma Linda University Medical Center after a playground shooting in Coachella. Witnesses say they heard a gunshot and a white sedan driving off. The little girl suffered gunshot wounds to both her legs. It’s been nearly 7-years since community leader Hanna Jordan of Riverside was killed by car jackers in San Bernardino. Hector Aguirre went on trial Tuesday, more than 4 years after his arrest in Mexico. Aguirre’s alleged accomplice pleaded guilty. Mrs. Jordan was the wife of a prominent Riverside neurologist. San Bernardino County is stepping up its hospital preparedness for public health emergencies. County supervisors have approved a nearly $1 million allocation that will be distributed among local hospitals. A 100-acre brushfire east of Temecula has been contained south of Vail Lake. It’s being mopped up about 3-miles north of the San Diego County line. The California Supreme Court has ruled that doctors can't use their religious beliefs to deny treatment to same-sex couples. It said doing so violates the state's anti-discrimination laws. Two Marines stationed at the Twentynine Palms Air Ground Combat Center have been killed in Afghanistan. Corporal Anthony Mihalo and Lance Corporal Juan Lopez-Castaneda died last week. Riverside is expanding its red light camera program. Van Buren Boulevard at Dufferin Avenue has been added bringing to 18 the number of intersections where pictures of red light runners will be snapped. Applications for a new ‘First Time Home Buyer Program’ are being taken by the Riverside County Economic Development Agency. A family of four could earn up to $53,000 a year and still qualify. |
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