Woman is arrested for allegedly stealing thousands of dollars worth of fragrances from stores

Police made arrests related to a vandalism incident in Rialto, according to the Rialto Police Department. Officers responded to Rialto City Park and found four males during the investigation, the Rialto P.D. said in a Facebook post on Feb. 2. Two of the suspects initially fled from officers and discarded...

A 15-year-old boy was shot to death and a 17-year-old juvenile was hospitalized after being stabbed during an incident at the Montclair Place mall on Feb. 2, according to the Montclair Police Department. Officers responded to a call of a possible gunshot victim and located the 15-year-old in the east...

A Bloomington woman died in a traffic collision in Calimesa on Jan. 27, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff Coroner’s Division. At 2:39 a.m., the California Highway Patrol responded to Interstate 10, just west of Sandalwood Drive. A driver, Wendy Stapleton, 29, was pronounced deceased at Loma Linda...

The City of Fontana recently launched the new Fontana Eats program to help families that are struggling to put food on the table. The program will provide eligible Fontana households with a minimum $100 pre-paid card that can be used to purchase food at any Fontana grocer or restaurant. The...

The San Bernardino County Museum is presenting the exhibit “Handle with Care” by local Southern California photo-based artist Fred Brashear, Jr. “Handle with Care,” a special project of the MexiCali Biennial program, Land of Milk and Honey, researches and explores the use of the Opuntia, a genus in the family of Cactaceae that includes the prickly pear cactus (nopal), as an alternative resource in the struggle against climate change.

Warehouses. They have crept into every corner of the environment, changing the quality of the air, the noise in the streets, the traffic through town. In Fontana and other Inland cities, city councils approve warehouse projects over community objections, allowing industrial uses to encroach on the lives and lungs of residents.

The Fontana City Council voted on Jan. 24 to discontinue and abandon 9.96 acres of parkland in southern Fontana as part of a land swap that is being negotiated with a developer. The vote was 4-1, with Councilmember Jesse Sandoval opposing the idea. The property consists of mostly flat, rocky...

A fluffy otter skips across the playground, waving his arms to greet Sonia Vega, a health education specialist with the San Bernardino County Department of Public Health. The otter gives Vega a book and her bright, warm smile seamlessly transitions to the next scene, where she holds the colorful book in her hands and begins to read to her digital audience about the adventures of Potter the Otter. “Potter the Otter” children’s books feature an otter who teaches his friends about healthy eating, drinking more water, and exercising.

Wearing a dark face visor and yellow protective gear, California Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis aimed a cutting torch at a piece of steel and split it in two. And after the metal cooled, she proudly took her handiwork as a souvenir. The state’s second highest executive officer, who visited the...

We are writing to ask our neighbors to join us to help save Southridge Parklands and wildspace areas. At the Tuesday, Jan. 24 City Council meeting, Mayor Warehouse and her cronies on the council demonstrated that they will never listen to community members. Their 4-1 vote to "abandon" a busy...

Ramon Ayala will be performing on Thursday, Feb. 9 at Yaamava’ Theater in Highland. Ayala is a popular Mexican musician, composer, and songwriter of Norteño and Conjunto music. He is well-known to residents of the Inland Empire and has performed in the local area previously. Other top acts...

There will be a chance of rain in Fontana on Sunday, Feb. 5, according to the National Weather Service. Saturday, Feb. 4 -- Sunny, with a high near 70. Light and variable wind becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Saturday night -- A chance of showers, mainly...

The Fontana A.B. Miller boys’ soccer team concluded a terrific regular season by achieving an undefeated record and the Mountain Valley League championship. The Rebels were 8-0-2 in league action and 9-0-2 overall. In league competition, the Rebels defeated three teams twice. They conquered Pacific by scores of 13-0...

Dignity Health (California) announced on Jan. 31 that it has been recognized as one of America’s “Greatest Workplaces for Diversity 2023” by Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group. Dignity Health is a part of CommonSpirit Health, a nonprofit health system committed to advancing health for all people and...

The Fontana Chamber of Commerce will be holding its next meeting on Thursday, Feb. 9. The event will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Jessie Turner Center, 15556 Summit Avenue in Fontana. The guest speaker will be Ralph Lopez from Teamsters Local 1932, who will give...

The Fontana High School basketball team downed Notre Dame in 2023. At halftime, the members of Fontana's 2022 team received their CIF championship rings.

Fontana teams captured the top spots in the final regular season league standings in both boys’ and girls’ basketball. ----- IN THE boys’ competition, Jurupa Hills and Fontana tied for the San Andreas championship, each with 7-1 records. The Spartans were 17-8 overall and the Steelers were 16-8 heading into this week’s post-season league tournament.

Several wrestlers from Fontana A.B. Miller High School earned championships in Mountain Valley League individual competition recently. In boys’ wrestling, Griffin Hettinga was the 126-pound champion and was also named the league’s Lower Weight MVP. In addition, Austin Vasquez took first place in the 106-pound class and Ivan...