Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

CLAREMONT - Twenty-one years ago, Pat Dye decided to try to help fellow visually impaired people. Full Story »

For the first time since Proposition 13 was passed in 1978, homeowners in Los Angeles County and the rest of the state will see a slight decrease in their property tax bills next year, thanks to a bit of deflation, officials said Wednesday. Full Story »

A Pomona man suspected in a rash of auto burglaries in three Inland Valley cities led Claremont police on a car chase and then spent at least an hour hiding from officers in a covered hot tub, authorities said. Full Story »

TORRANCE - Folded dollar bills and spare quarters, dimes and nickels are the traditional holiday fare dropped into the Salvation Army's red donation kettles. Full Story »

UPLAND - The Kare Youth League, a nonprofit year-round sports program for children, recently honored the Police Department for sponsoring kids who are part of the program during a special dinner at the Pacific Christian Center. Full Story »

MONTCLAIR - City officials are seeking the public's help in determining how to spend federal grant funds that will assist low- and moderate-income residents. Full Story »

CHINO - The state has placed the Chino Valley Unified School District in Program Improvement status - a situation that isn't helpful when further budget cuts are expected. Full Story »

LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Auto Show opens today with an unspoken theme: Less is more. Full Story »

CHINO HILLS City announces essay and poster winners The city has announced the winners of its 12th annual "Celebrate the Family" poster and essay writing contest. Full Story »

RIVERSIDE - A Jan. 4 trial date has been set for five local men accused of committing a string of armed robberies and shooting a clergyman in the course of a day-long crime spree in September. Full Story »

CHINO - La Veda Drvol is a survivor. Full Story »

Woman's Club plans special holiday lunch RANCHO CUCAMONGA - Rancho Cucamonga Woman's Club will have a rather special December luncheon on Wednesday. Full Story »

LA PUENTE - A Rancho Cucamonga-based construction company is working on one of the first major stimulus projects in the eastern San Gabriel Valley. Full Story »

UPLAND - The 17th annual Christmas Nativity Art and Music Festival is under way. Full Story »

RANCHO CUCAMONGA - The Terra Vista community will soon see landscape improvements in the public rights-of-way after property owners voted to raise fees but those improvements will not likely come to the Caryn and South Etiwanda communities. Full Story »

A group of Inland Valley members of Lions Clubs recently attend the three-day Lions Clubs International's USA/Canada Leadership Forum in Memphis, Tenn. Full Story »

LONG BEACH - Several millennia of culture will be on display as the popular Hmong New Year Festival -Nyob Zoo Xyoo Tshiab - kicks off this weekend at El Dorado Park. Full Story »

ONTARIO -- It may be winter, but that won't matter to fishermen on Dec. 12. Full Story »

ONTARIO - World War II has always had a special place in the heart of 14-year-old Amanda Scott. Full Story »

GLEN AVON Fast food restaurant robbed A man early Wednesday held up a Glen Avon fast-food restaurant. Full Story »

POLICE SHOULD place crime scene tape along Ontario's Euclid Avenue. Full Story »

ONTARIO - Councilwoman Debra Dorst-Porada wants residents to know that the city has no intentions of opening a bar at the city-owned Page One Cafe attached to the library. Full Story »

CHINO - At a time of new leadership and transition in the Police Department, the city is looking to hire eight police officers. Full Story »

It started with a simple vision: return to tradition. That was what the Ontario Kiwanis Club had in mind when it put in a proposal to organize the 27th annual Christmas on Euclid to be held this Saturday. Full Story »

UPLAND - Parents do make a difference. That was one of Michele Borba's messages to a group of parents of students enrolled in schools in the Upland Unified School District Tuesday at Upland High School. Full Story »