Colton News

The City Council late Tuesday unanimously selected Rod Foster as city manager. Foster has spent the past four years as Upland's assistant city manager.

For Mustard Seed Tutorial Center, the fifth time was the charm. The Redlands nonprofit received a $200,000 grant from Bank of America Tuesday.

A local citizens group that doubles as a political action committee is asking the City Council to consider hiring an outside accounting firm to audit the city's finances.

HESPERIA A Riverside man was in critical condition Tuesday morning after his work truck smashed into the back of a tractor trailer that was stopped at a red light on Highway 395 and Main Street, officials said.

An 18-year-old Rancho Cucamonga woman remained hospitalized in critical condition this morning with injuries suffered Tuesday when her car was broadsided by a transient accused of speeding through red lights in a stolen car.

Increasing numbers of city employees could face layoffs if their labor unions don't accept a 15 percent pay cut proposed by city leaders - and fast, city officials said Wednesday.

Two suspected burglars led sheriff's deputies on a high-speed pursuit from Rancho Cucamonga to San Bernardino on Tuesday before being captured, authorities said.

The city is still negotiating concessions with employee labor unions, but based on comments from one City Council member Tuesday night, the talks aren't going well.

Residents here might soon be getting money back from their local government - and they can thank Uncle Sam.

HESPERIA A motorist struck and then dragged a motorcyclist before the rider was struck again and the two hit-and-run drivers fled, officials said Monday.

Hundreds of boxing fans and car aficionados brought toys, cash and plenty of holiday spirit to a combat sports gym on Sunday in a Christmas toy drive to help kids at two elementary schools.

There is perhaps no city locally that has been stung harder by the recession than Colton, which is projecting a $5 million deficit for the 2009-10 fiscal year.

The October moon ducked behind scudding clouds, casting silvery flickers on granite tombstones.

David Christian has passed the level of frustration at the lack of jobs. The Chino resident on Thursday was among the 2,000 job seekers competing for 1,500 openings at the Inland Empire West End job fair in the old Terminal 1 building at LA/Ontario International Airport.

Every municipal employee has been asked to take a 15 percent pay cut to help the city's projected $5 million revenue shortfall for the 2009-10 fiscal year.

Arrowhead Medical Center in Colton revamped an underground tunnel connecting two buildings to encourage employees to walk it for exercise.

A 20-year-old woman died early Saturday morning when her car was struck from behind on the 215 Freeway in Colton.

A barber shop owner whose arrest was caught on videotape by two eyewitnesses earlier this week has been absentee booked into jail because he remains hospitalized, authorities said today.

In a heavy hit to a major Mexican drug cartel trafficking drugs through the Inland Empire, authorities said they arrested 25 La Familia members and seized 156 pounds of methamphetamine in a raid on Wednesday.

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