Calimesa News

A Yucaipa man suspected in a botched carjacking dove through a car window Wednesday evening and attacked an 83-year-old man behind the wheel, sheriff's officials said.

A fast-moving brush fire burned about 100 acres Monday in San Timoteo Canyon north of Moreno Valley and southwest of Calimesa.

A fire today just southwest of Calimesa burned 100 acres and was 70 percent contained by early evening.

The monthly meeting of the Yucaipa-Calimesa Democratic Club will be Saturday, June 13, at Bob's Big Boy restaurant in Calimesa.

Nadim Bolous is one of a kind. Of the 1,141 students at Park View Middle School in Yucaipa, he is believed to be the only one whose first language is Arabic.

A Calimesa man was awakened by a strange racket this morning; he got up, looked out the window, and found a large bear rummaging through his trash cans.

A year after opening West Coast Whoopies & Cupcakes in Calimesa, owner Alisa Evans wants people to know the business does much more than the name implies.

She calls them "my kids." Her rewards are hugs, high fives, and smiles - lots of smiles.

Margarita Meza received $100,000 from the city of Banning in 2007. It was a grant to make improvements to the facade of the former Ramsey Street Herb House, which Meza and her husband had purchased.

Sheriff's deputies from Calimesa arrested two men Tuesday and recovered $10,000 in property stolen in several burglaries.

A 30-acre fire burned in Calimesa on Tuesday, but no homes were threatened and there were no reported injuries.

Isaac Kim stood on the fertile ground of the 4.7 acres of land on south Avenue L that the Calimesa Seventh-day Adventist Church owns.

Burgeson's Heating and Air Conditioning is hosting a 60th anniversary open house 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 30.

The Old West is alive and kicking in Oak Glen. Weekend visitors to the Oak Tree Village might see a few characters roaming around, including the notorious Jack Slade, Frank James -- most people know his brother Jesse -- and the flirtatious Madame Dyna Moe to name a few.

The Citrus Belt Quilters of Redlands held their Home Tour and Quilt Festival Saturday, displaying more than 200 quilts, handcrafted by their members.

With Mother's Day just past, some local seniors were asked about their mothers: Was there a special memory about a past Mother's Day? What do you remember especially about your mother? Angelina Cosme of Redlands said she cooks on Mother's Day.

The City Council formally accepted the resignation of Loma Linda City Manager Dennis Halloway during a brief moment at its Tuesday night meting, with a hint of tributes to come and decisions to be made about who will replace him.

The school boards of the Yucaipa-Calimesa, Beaumont and Banning districts have finalized how many teachers and other certificated employees will be laid off due to budget constraints.

Firefighters are investigating the cause of a 10-acre brush fire that burned Tuesday in Calimesa.

A 29-year-old man is accused of cashing state checks totaling more than $3,700 at businesses in Banning, Beaumont, Yucaipa and Calimesa over the last year, police said.