Loma Linda News

First- and second-graders from McKinley Elementary School in Redlands got hands-on practice on how to extinguish a fire during the 27th annual Children's Day at Loma Linda University Children's Hospital on May 16.

Redlands police arrested three people and cited three others late Sunday and early Monday during a checkpoint targeting impaired and unlicensed drivers, the city announced Wednesday.

Third District challenger James Ramos responded Tuesday afternoon to incumbent Supervisor Neil Derry's endorsement by the San Bernardino County Probation Officers Association.

Third District Supervisor Neil Derry's bid for re-election has been endorsed by the San Bernardino County Probation Officers Association, Derry's campaign announced Tuesday.

Rep. Gary Miller, R-Diamond Bar, who is seeking re-election in the new 31st Congressional District that includes Redlands and Loma Linda, has been endorsed by the California Association of Mortgage Professionals, his campaign announced Tuesday.

The financial condition of the Colton Joint Unified School District has deteriorated to the point that the California Department of Education, the San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools or both will intervene by June 2014 if the district's current spending patterns are not reduced.

Joan Lunden told graduates of Loma Linda University's medical school Sunday, May 27, how the institution helped mold her late father into an internationally known oncologist.

Sharon Weaver, acclaimed California artist and plein air advocate, will demonstrate an oil landscape from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, June 3, during the Loma Linda Cultural Arts Association monthly meeting in the Loma Linda Senior Center.

"It started really small, just baking for friends and family out of my house, and people really, really enjoyed it," said Sugarbird owner Heather Paul.

A chilly Friday evening didn't stop people from getting outside in Redlands and at the 97th National Orange Show Festival in San Bernardino.

A 30-year-old jogger was killed yesterday by a pickup truck along a highway in the San Bernardino Mountains, say California Highway Patrol and coroner's officials.

The 97th Festival at the National Orange Show Fairgrounds is under way in San Bernardino, offering Memorial Day weekend activities for Redlands and Loma Linda residents.

Winds are expected to increase overnight Thursday into Friday in wind-prone mountain and desert areas, and there's a 30 percent chance of rain Friday night for Redlands and Loma Linda, according to the National Weather Service.

During my formative years as a youth born, raised and educated in Los Angeles, California, basic Judeo-Christian morals were instilled in me and I was taught that it was an honor and privilege to serve God and country.A I took this obligation seriously.

A clarinet, cello and piano trio was featured when the Spinet music organization met May 15 in the home of members Philip and Joyce Reiswig.

More than 125 members and guests entered through vine-covered arbors to the annual Mothers Day Tea sponsored by Loma Linda University Drayson Centers Senior Wellness Program on May 4, 2012.

Editor's Note: Redlands-Loma Linda recently approached candidates seeking to represent the Third Supervisorial District of San Bernardino County.

"It started really small, just baking for friends and family out of my house, and people really, really enjoyed it," said Sugarbird owner Heather Paul.

A child playing with a cigarette lighter ignited a fire Saturday night that damaged an apartment in a two-story building in Redlands, a city spokesman said.

Authorities say a child playing with a cigarette lighter ignited a fire that gutted a second-story apartment in Redlands.