HARD Summer Music Festival Requests Move to Glen Helen Amphitheater from Auto Club Speedway
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San Bernardino County Sun (http://www.sbsun.com) HARD Summer Music Festival requests move to Glen Helen Amphitheater from Auto Club Speedway By Neil Nisperos, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin Monday, July 10, 2017 San Bernardino County on Monday was still considering a request by Live Nation for the Hard Summer electronic dance music festival to be held at the Glen Helen Amphitheater this year, according to a county spokeswoman. While a press release Monday from Hard Summer organizers announced the move, the decision from the county has yet to be made, said Felisa Cardona, spokeswoman for San Bernardino County, which owns and operates the amphitheater. “They made the request to hold the Hard Summer Music Festival there last Friday, and the county is considering the request,” Cardona said. “It would be a last-minute addition to the venue.” She did not have a timeline for a decision by the county. The event was held in 2016 at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana. Speedway spokesman David Talley referred questions about the change to the Hard Summer organizers. Sources close to talks said Live Nation’s decision to move the venue might have had to do with the number of tickets sold. A representative for the event did not immediately return a request for comment. “I think these concerts go by the number of tickets they sell, the size of the business,” San Bernardino County Supervisor Curt Hagman said in a phone interview Monday. “We have several facilities throughout the region. We have several events there a year and (Glen Helen Amphitheater) would be an appropriate place for it.” All tickets purchased for the Hard Summer music festival this year will allow the ticket holder admission to the Glen Helen Amphitheater, according to organizers. Ticketmaster will begin shipping tickets this week. The festival hasn’t been without its share of controversy; three people died at the 2016 festival. The San Bernardino County coroner’s office determined those deaths were caused by Ecstasy overdoses. Hard Summer had previously garnered negative attention for its 2015 event in Pomona, where two people died of drug overdoses, authorities said. In an effort to crack down on unruly conduct, heavy traffic and noise levels associated with raves at the amphitheater in Devore, the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors formed an Electronic Dance Music Task Force last year. Supervisor Janice Rutherford, in response to more than 100 resident complaints, proposed terminating the county’s contract with Live Nation last year to host the Nocturnal Wonderland rave and its sister events, which have been held annually at the amphitheater since the county entered into a three-year contract with Live Nation in 2013. But Rutherford’s proposal failed last year due to lack of board consensus. “The county is always concerned with safety, and we don’t want anybody to lose their life at any event,” Cardona said. “That’s why the county has assembled an Electronic Dance Music Task Force to look at these issues.” Hard Summer’s artist lineup and schedule that previously had been announced is expected to remain the same for the Glen Helen event, organizers said in a release. Doors would open at noon each day and the box office at 11 a.m., according to organizers. The music festival at Auto Club Speedway last year attracted 146,000 fans. One person hoping for a boost in business from the crowds is Jose Luis Gallegos, manager at Papa Tony’s Diner, the closest restaurant to the amphitheater, at 18291 Cajon Blvd. in San Bernardino. “When events like that happen and a lot of people come to the restaurant, it’s good for the business because a lot of people come,” Gallegos said. “It helps the restaurant and we just love having more customers come in.” Information: http://bit.ly/HARD10YRfbevent URL: http://www.sbsun.com/arts-and-entertainment/20170710/hard-summer-music-festival-requests-move-to-glen-helen-amphitheater-from-auto-club-speedway © 2017 San Bernardino County Sun (http://www.sbsun.com) San Bernardino County Sun (http://www.sbsun.com) Survival of key Colonies case charges on the line this week By Joe Nelson, The Sun and Richard K. De Atley, The Press-Enterprise Monday, July 10, 2017 Attorneys in the Colonies bribery case in San Bernardino County continued their arguments Monday for and against dismissal of charges in the trial, after the prosecution rested its case late last month. Judge Michael A. Smith did not issue any rulings during the court session, and he will hear more arguments Tuesday. The dismissal motions are procedural, coming at the end of the prosecution’s presentation and before the defense offers its witnesses. At stake is whether some of the case’s key charges, including counts of aiding and abetting in the receipt of a bribe and agreeing to receive a bribe, will proceed to jury deliberations. Smith last week dismissed a forgery charge against defendant and former county Assistant Assessor Jim Erwin and also tossed out a charge alleging Mark Kirk, the former chief of staff for Supervisor Gary Ovitt, had asked for or received a bribe. The hearings in Smith’s San Bernardino courtroom this week are taking place outside the presence of the 7- month-old trial’s two juries. Prosecutors allege three county officials each took $100,000 bribes, which were reported as campaign contributions, from Rancho Cucamonga developer Jeff Burum to gain approval for a $102 million court settlement over flood control work at Colonies Partners’ 434-acre residential and commercial development in Upland. Defendants include Burum, Erwin, former county Supervisor Paul Biane, and Kirk. All the defendants have denied any wrongdoing, saying the contributions, which were from Colonies Partners, where Burum is one of the managing members, were public donations to legal political action committees and were part of the Colonies’ attempts to mend fences after the contentious legal dispute and were available online for public review. URL: http://www.sbsun.com/general-news/20170710/survival-of-key-colonies-case-charges-on-the-line-this-week © 2017 San Bernardino County Sun (http://www.sbsun.com) San Bernardino County Sun (http://www.sbsun.com) 3 hikers rescued in 2 days from Lytle Creek and Deep Creek areas By Beatriz Valenzuela, San Bernardino Sun Monday, July 10, 2017 San Bernardino County sheriff’s officials were recently busy rescuing injured and stranded hikers including a woman who became sick after drinking river water, officials said. A man called sheriff’s officials from a person’s home Friday evening after he became separated from his sister during a hike in the Lytle Creek area, according to a news release. Authorities used a helicopter to search for the woman, Louisa Guillen, 29, of Bloomington and found her along the mountainside near where the siblings became separated, officials said. A flight officer was lowered about 125 feet down to Guillen. She was hoisted up to the helicopter and flown to an awaiting ambulance along Lytle Creek Road. Paramedics then took her a hospital, according to the release. Officials learned after the two became separated “the victim became disoriented and unclothed herself while suffering from heat exhaustion and dehydration,” the statement said. She then became ill after she drank water from a river creek bed, officials said. She is expected to recover. The same day as Guillen’s rescue, a Hesperia woman became dehydrated while returning from a hike down to Deep Creek Hot Springs near Apple Valley, sheriff’s officials reported. Luzelena Velasquez, 19, was also airlifted after San Bernardino County Fire Department responded and requested an air rescue due to the remote location she was in. Air rescue units were also called to Deep Creek Hot Springs Thursday for a man who was having a diabetic emergency on a trail, sheriff’s officials said. The crew spotted the hiker, Scott Erickson, 55, of Maryland and flew down to an area where a deputy was able to hike down to the man. “The crew determined the quickest way to get Erickson out of the area would have been to conduct a hoist rescue,” according to the sheriff’s release. Authorities hoisted Erickson up to the helicopter, which then flew him to an awaiting ambulance. Sheriff’s officials remind hikers to always be prepared when embarking into the wilderness. They advise people bring plenty of food, water, clothing and medication. They also suggest people check weather reports and prepare accordingly. URL: http://www.sbsun.com/general-news/20170710/3-hikers-rescued-in-2-days-from-lytle-creek-and-deep-creek-areas © 2017 San Bernardino County Sun (http://www.sbsun.com) San Bernardino County Sun (http://www.sbsun.com) Victoria Gardens demolishes building to make room for new store. Here’s what’s coming By Neil Nisperos, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin Monday, July 10, 2017 RANCHO CUCAMONGA >> A building at Victoria Gardens has been demolished to make way for another along South Main Street, mall officials said. Construction will continue through summer 2018 in a space near the Apple Store. The outdoor mall has already signed a tenant for the space: Zara, a clothing and accessories retailer with headquarters in Spain. The Rancho Cucamonga store, expected to open in 2018, will be Zara’s first in the Inland Empire. Its nearest locations are in Arcadia and Pasadena. Online reviews are mixed, with shoppers loving the clothes if not the shopping experience. The fashion retailer has more than a dozen locations in Los Angeles and Orange counties, and a distribution center in Redlands. The company has about 2,100 stores worldwide across 88 countries, with flagship locations on Fifth Avenue in New York City and Oxford Street in London.