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  • 15 Freeway through Cajon Pass reopens in both directions after heavy snowfall

    The Press-Enterprise
    The agency had announced closure of the lanes just before 6 a.m., but drivers had already been caught in stopped traffic as the snow fell. There also was snow in the San Bernardino Mountains and it was expected to intensify Thursday afternoon. “The mountains have been hit hard, and it’s going to get worse,” Caltrans spokeswoman Terri ...
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  • Northbound 15 Freeway through Cajon Pass closed, heavy snow blankets roadway

    The Press-Enterprise
    There also was snow in the San Bernardino Mountains and it was expected to intensify during Thursday afternoon. “The mountains have been hit hard, and it’s going to get worse,” Kasinga said. Some mountain resorts in the area were also closed Thursday, including Mountain High in Wrightwood, since roads to get to them were inaccessible.
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  • Hesperia Hotel hosted a special impromptu concert in 1920s

    The San Bernardino Sun
    San Bernardino County went through a population boom in the 1880s, thanks to the arrival of the railroads. Very much aware of the mostly year-round, dry mild climate, promoters would say or do many things to attract those from the east who were tired of cold winters and humid summers. These “real-estate agents” began proposing new ...
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  • Christmas typhoon leaves 20 dead in Philippines

    The San Bernardino Sun
    MANILA, Philippines— A strong typhoon that barreled through the central Philippines left at least 20 people dead and forced thousands to flee their homes, devastating Christmas celebrations in the predominantly Catholic country. Typhoon Phanfone stranded many people in sea and airports at the peak of holiday travel, set off landslides ...
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  • 23-year-old man arrested on suspicion of impersonating a police officer on the 15 freeway

    The San Bernardino Sun
    Franklin Lopez Alas was driving a maroon 2012 Mercedes Benz C250 with after-market red and blue strobe lights attached to the front grille on the I-210 east, a news release by the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department said. At one point, he drove up behind an off-duty El Monte police detective in an unmarked vehicle. Alas flashed the lights to ...
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  • Speeding driver arrested after flashing cops with fake police lights

    Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
    Franklin Lopez Alas was driving a maroon 2012 Mercedes Benz C250 with after-market red and blue strobe lights attached to the front grille on the eastbound 210 Freeway, a news release by the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department said. At one point, he drove up behind an off-duty El Monte police detective in an unmarked vehicle. Well…when you ...
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  • Meet the G-Crew at San Bernardino’s San Gorgonia High

    The San Bernardino Sun
    Meet 16 puppies, soon to be available for adoption through Yucaipa Animal Placement Society 3,000 kids get shopping spree at Rancho Cucamonga Target San Bernardino-area boxers capture latest gold medals at USA Boxing National Championships How a whole school in Pomona got behind this homeless holiday project ‘Nutcracker’ performance at ...
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  • Riverside County home prices jump 5% as SoCal median hits record high

    The Press-Enterprise
    Orange County: 2,800 sales, up 5.1%. Median? $735,500 — a 2.5% increase. San Bernardino County: 2,364 sold, up 2.3%. Median? $350,000 — a 6.1% increase. San Diego County: 3,180 sales, up 8.4%. Median? $594,455 — a 5.2% increase. Ventura County: 809 sold, up 14.6%. Median? $580,000 — a 0.9% increase.
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  • Neighbor’s pounding on burning mobile home saves Hemet woman from serious injury

    The San Bernardino Sun
    A Hemet woman suffered smoke inhalation when her mobile home caught fire Tuesday, Dec. 24, but she escaped more serious injury because a neighbor woke her up, the Hemet Fire Department said. The fire was reported about 7:45 a.m. at a mobile home park at 1910 N. Palm Ave., Battalion Chief Kevin Kuhlman said. Firefighters arrived to find heavy ...
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  • Rancho Cucamonga man arrested on suspicion of stealing packages from porches

    Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
    Ryan Siler, 27, of Rancho Cucamonga, was arrested on suspicion of stealing packages from people’s porches. (Photo courtesy of the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department) Deputies with the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department responded to the 10800 block of Church Street at around 3:30 p.m. after getting calls about a person ...
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  • Fontana, San Bernardino men admit to 2011 Bay Area killing

    Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
    Fontana resident David Mitchell, 36, and San Bernardino resident Willie Gary Venable, 69, pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter Monday in San Mateo County Superior Court for the 2011 slaying of Klaus Gachter, 71. The plea deal — which nixes the murder charges against the two men — resolves a winding, complex case that began in a ...
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  • Voters were promised high-speed rail, not a boondoggle

    The San Bernardino Sun
    The California High Speed Rail Authority has a new plan to complete the necessary construction for 119 miles of track in the Central Valley by 2022, as required by federal grant agreements. They’re going to build the track in non-continuous 5-mile segments. Just when you thought nothing could be more ridiculous than the plan to run the bullet ...
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  • When exactly did Tastee Freez in La Verne close? Good question

    San Gabriel Valley Tribune
    Frank Zappa zig-zagged around downtown Ontario in early 1960s ‘Ford v Ferrari’ made pit stops in Ontario, Fontana, Pomona for filming Smoothie shop Podge’s to close after 23 years of blending into Claremont Village Some ‘Tastee’ campus trivia on history tour at University of La Verne Commuting from San Bernardino in the 1870s ...
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  • Bills protecting March Air Force Base jobs, banning burn pits signed into law

    The Press-Enterprise
    Raul Ruiz targets military burn pits, blamed for sickening veterans in Iraq, Afghanistan More than 200 jobs at March Air Reserve Base at risk, congressman warns Letter to save 200-plus jobs at March Air Reserve Base signed by senators, Inland House members Students at CSUSB are working in cybersecurity – San Bernardino County Sun Media Center ...
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  • Can you sell your organs for money? Ask the lawyer

    The San Bernardino Sun
    A: EBay does not allow the selling of one’s kidney (or anyone else’s kidney for that matter). The National Organ Transplant Act, enacted in 1984, disallows either the sale or purchase of human organs. Doing so can be punishable by as much as five years in prison or a fine of $50,000. There are some body parts, however, that can be legally ...
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