Chino Hills News

"? Lori Consalvo Nov. 25, 2009 -- As you fill your plate with Thanksgiving turkey, Christmas cookies and New Year's nachos, remember this fun fact -- studies show people gain one to three pounds on average during the holiday season.

Police believe a Riverside man is behind 10 or more car burglaries after they found other people's credit cards and IDs in the stolen sport utility vehicle he was driving.

A new survey of national crime statistics ranks this city as the 46th most-dangerous in the United States.

The planned reduction of 40,000 state inmates over the next two years to relieve overcrowding has lawmakers and law enforcement officials concerned over the impact on public safety.

California faces yet another massive budget deficit, this time to the tune of $21 billion over the next 18 months, and lawmakers say they will likely have to make further cuts to state programs.

Champion Newspapers ' newly launched website offers syndicated features. along with news highlights for Chino and Chino Hills, Publisher Bruce Wood reports.

It's time to show team spirit as the Chino Rotary Club prepares to host its biggest fundraiser of the year.

A business owner embroiled in a legal battle with the city said he lodged an ethics complaint against the mayor because he believes officials want to take over his bar before a proposed NFL stadium is built.

Twice in 2009, state lawmakers had to find ways to cut tens of billions from the state budget.

Three people are suspected of robbing several residents after San Bernardino County sheriff's deputies found stolen items inside a vehicle.

It hasn't been an easy road for 12-year-old Sarah Rose. At the age of 6 1/2, she was removed from her home because she was neglected by her parents.

Local law enforcement agencies have launched their holiday seatbelt campaign, encouraging drivers and passengers to buckle up for safety.

A married couple who own a tax preparation business have been convicted by a jury on four felony counts related to income tax fraud.

Chino and Chino Hills residents expressed mixed reactions to the potential for a new charter school to go into one of two closed school sites in the Chino Valley Unified School District.

A major US toilet tissue company is offering a $10,000 pay to five enthusiastic people willing to hang out at its Times Square restrooms for six weeks as its ambassadors during the holiday season.

Margaret Ramirez does not want to pay a license fee for her dog Jackie - because Jackie is dead.

Thousands of runners -- and walkers -- followed a course around historic Riverside on Sunday as part of the 32nd annual Mission Inn Run.

Kathleen Schneider of San Bernardino has been out of work for more than a year, unable to find even the kind of low-wage jobs that used to be easy to get.

The priorities of a particular community may vary by population density, location, business prospects, etc., but no matter where you reside, your local firefighters know that their chief duty within the community is to protect life first, property second, and then defend other resources.

If Jim Corbett's letter, "John Adams on religion" [Nov. 2], is an example of his teaching style for Advanced Placement History, I understand why he is controversial.