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The San Bernardino County News of Note from Around the Largest County in the Lower 48 States Friday, DecemberSentinel 20, 2013 A Fortunado Publication in conjunction with Countywide News Service 10808 Foothill Blvd. Suite 160-446 Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730 (909) 628-8436 Upland & Montclair Consolidate Fire Department Administrations Chino Hills Over the objections of proclaimed. subsidizing a portion of plated accompanying Consents To a contingent of Upland Across the city limits Montclair’s public safety dissolution of the ser- residents, the Montclair in Upland, a handful of services. vice boundaries between Yet Another and Upland city coun- residents and business Upland, the second the two agencies will be Secluded cils on December 16 em- interests and one dissent- most affluent of San Ber- postponed until July 1, barked on what has been ing city council member nardino County’s cities Montclair City Manager Neighborhood expressed concern that as measured by median Edward Starr said. touted as the wave of Furthering its reputa- the merger was one that household income, pays The cities will split the the future for local gov- tion as the most upscale benefited its smaller its firefighters higher compensation for Upland ernmental jurisdictions and exclusive of San Ber- neighbor far more than it wages and provides Fire Chief Rick May- when they separately ap- nardino County’s 24 in- did the City of Gracious slightly better benefits hew, who will now be proved the consolidation Rick Mayhew corporated cities, Chino Living, which under the than Montclair firemen fire chief for both cities, of their respective city’s Hills last week consent- model,” Montclair Coun- terms of the agreement receive. and a fire marshal, who fire administrations. ed to the creation of yet cilman Bill Ruh proudly would be essentially A previously contem- will likewise See P 2 “We are setting the another gated communi- CalPERS Succeeds In Getting Appeal Of SB Bankruptcy Ruling Certified ty within its 44.7-square mile confines. LOS ANGELES— off financial challenges, known by its acronym obligation to the re- city is looking down the Located in the ex- The California Public San Bernardino filed a CalPERS, contested the tirement system and it road at a longer-term so- treme southwest cor- Employees Retirement Chapter 9 bankruptcy city’s filing, maintain- withheld more than $14 lution that would include ner of San Bernardino System will get another petition in August 2012. ing San Bernardino has million in pension fund renegotiating the amount County and nestled bite at the apple in try- In its filing, the coun- hundreds of millions of payments from July of its commitment to the against Riverside Coun- ing to establish that U.S. ty seat asserted it had dollars worth of assets it 2012 until July of this retirement system, one ty to the south, Orange Bankruptcy Judge Mer- $180 million in ongo- could liquidate to make year. The city wants to that would indeed set a County to its southwest edith Jury erred when ing unfunded liabilities good on its responsibil- continue to make partial precedent in California and Los Angeles Coun- she ruled four months and a $49 million an- ity to its creditors. payments until such time of reducing the pensions ty to its northwest, the ago that the city of San nual operating deficit. CalPERS is San Ber- as it gets back on its feet of retired or soon-to-re- 74,799 population city Bernardino qualified for Shortly thereafter, the nardino’s largest credi- financially. Even more tire city employees. boasts the highest me- bankruptcy protection. state’s public employ- tor. The city currently alarming to CalPERS is In addition to oppos- dian income and highest After years of staving ees retirement system, has a $25 million annual the perception that the household median in- ing San Ber- See P 6 come among all cities in the county. Lame Duck SB Councilman Facing Financial Meltdown, Hi-Desert The gate is to be lo- Medical Center Promotes Tyk To CEO cated at the entrance to Jenkins Pleads Not Guilty the neighborhood on hospital’s chief financial Tyk came during a half thirty criminal charges Summer Canyon Road officer for the last 11 hour-log closed session lodged against him by at Canyon Hills Road, months, to the position in which Dianne Swella the Riverside County north of Carbon Canyon of chief executive officer. was not present but par- District Attorney’s Of- Road. The board’s action ticipated by the means of fice. This week, Irvine- follows by less than two a remote communication On October 17, Jen- based Forester Canyon months what was termed device. kins was charged with Hills had its plan to set a mutually agreed-upon The same secrecy that 18 felonies and 12 mis- off the 76 homes it has decision for current shrouded Tyk’s selection demeanors pertaining developed on Summer chief executive officer attended Chadwick’s de- to his use of the inter- Robert Tyk Canyon Road, Spring Lionel “Chad” Chad- parture. Throughout the Robert Jenkins net to place several per- Oak Way Rock Vista JOSHUA TREE — wick to depart at the end first nine months of 2013, sonal advertisements on Lane Viewcrest Road RIVERSIDE—San The Hi-Desert Medi- of the year. Chadwick appeared to be Craigslist seeking sex Hawk Canyon Road, Bernardino Second cal Center’s governing Tyk will officially working diligently on the liaisons and then divert- Feather Hollow Court, Ward Councilman Rob- board on December 11 take over the reins of the financial challenges facing responses to those Flint Hollow Place, ert Jenkins pleaded not voted unanimously to hospital on January 1. ing the hospital district. ads to his one- See P 3 Canyon Glen Road, and guilty on Tuesday to the promote Robert Tyk, the The decision to hire On October See P 5 Rock Ridge Way as a Ontario Airport Displays A Trove Of Diverse Art By SoCal Artists gated community which will be accessible only Travelers will have a group exhibition fea- intrinsic to working and to the residents of the another reason to utilize turing twelve Los Ange- creating in Southern neighborhood and public Ontario International les-based artists who de- California amidst an safety personnel. Airport over the next rive inspiration from the assemblage of people, According to find- five months as its two urban and natural worlds places, and ideas from ings first made by the main terminals will host to create photographs, across the world. planning commission in a display of the work by paintings, sculptures, Los Angeles World October and confirmed several contemporary and installations, which Airports, known by its by the city council this artists relating to inter- are on display at Ontario acronym LAWA, is the week, the vacation of national themes. International Airport, airport oversight and op- Untitled Chromogenic prints 16 x 16 inches each those roads as public Los Angeles World on the Departures Lev- erations department for thoroughfares is consis- Airports, in partnership els in Terminals 2 and by Yoichi Kawamura (on view in Terminal 2) the city of Los Angeles, (left and right) tent with the Chino Hills with the city of Los An- 4 through May 2014. which owns and operates General Plan and exempt geles Department of Cul- Curated by Ginger Van features a blend of origi- works reflecting the indi- Los Angeles Interna- from environ- See P 7 tural Affairs, announced Hook, Out of Thin Air nal contemporary art- vidual artistic processes tional Airport, See P 7 Friday, December 20, 2013 San Bernardino County Sentinel Page 2 Chabot To Run In 40th Assembly District The San Bernardino County Paul Chabot has tor effective December given indication he will 1. That senate seat will Morrell's 40th As- run for the lower house be filled in a special elec- sembly District includes Sentinel of the California Legis- tion next year. Rancho Cucamonga, the Published in San Bernardino County. The Sentinel’s main office is located at 10788 Civic lature if 40th Assembly Chabot, a Republi- foothills and mountains Center Drive in Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730 can who unsuccessfully around San Bernardino, District Assemblyman A Fortunado Publication in conjunction with Mike Morrell is obliged sought election to the and the cities of High- Countywide News Service to leave that post if he Assembly in the 63rd land, Loma Linda and Mark Gutglueck, Publisher achieves success in his District in 2010, touts Redlands. It is consid- bid to succeed bill Em- himself as a conserva- ered to be a relatively Call (909) 628-8436 merson, who resigned as tive, Navy veteran and to learn of locations where the Sentinel 23rd District state sena- anti-drug crusader. Paul Chabot Continued on Page 12 is available or to provide news tips Upland Montclair 10808 Foothill Blvd., Suite 160-446 both cities, augmented city employees and the engines, which stayed Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730 FD Management by a central administra- Montclair firemen will in service. Over the last [email protected] Consolidation tive staff consisting of remain as Montclair city year-and-a-half, what 909-276 5796 from front page an executive assistant, a employees. In Montclair, was a 27-firefighter de- devote his work week clerk and secretary. the merger was particu- partment has lost three tion of director of public the merger will also as- between the neighboring Not subject to the larly well-received. positions to attrition, and safety, following Jones’ sist his city’s fire depart- cities.73,732-population merger will be two dep- As a result of the state has not filled those va- retirement. de Moet will ment in reducing over- Upland, which hereto- uty fire chiefs, one for of California’s shuttering cancies, making up for continue to function in time costs. fore employed 36 full- each city. of municipal redevelop- the manpower shortage the role of Montclair fire Unlike Montclair, time firefighters staged For the time being, ment agencies through- with overtime. In Sep- chief until the merger which has been engag- out of four fire stations each department will out the state, toward the tember 2012, Starr, in a becomes effective, likely ing in a drawdown of its will cover 67 percent maintain its own identity end of the 2010-11 fiscal cost-cutting move that next month. service, the Upland Fire of the cost of employ- and retain responsibil- year, Montclair laid off saved the city a third of Starr projected that Department has been ing Mayhew and the fire ity for its own firefight- 10 employees as part of a million dollars a year Montclair will realize intensifying its level of marshal. 36,664-poula- ers below the command its effort to make up for in wages and benefits, el- $476,170 in operating service, including main- tion Montclair, which level. The two-year pilot its loss of redevelop- evated police chief Keith cost savings as a re- taining, over the past four now fields 24 firefighters program is being un- ment money. Through- Jones to the position of sult of the merger. The years, an air ambulance, operating out of two fire dertaken at this time, out much of 2010-11, director of public safety agreement will not result consisting of a paramed- stations, will pick up 33 with the stated intention one of the Montclair and gave fire chief Troy in any further layoffs of ic team stationed aboard percent of those salaries. of merging the depart- Fire Department’s para- Ament his two-week firefighters, Starr said, a helicopter based at Also subject to the ments entirely down the medic units was parked severance notice. In June but the department will Cable Airport. That en- merger will be battalion road. According to Starr, and the city’s paramed- of this year, police cap- from this point get by hanced level of service commanders sufficient the Upland firefight- ics functioned from the tain Michael deMoet was without filling any of its may in part explicate to cover each station in ers will remain Upland department’s remaining appointed to the posi- vacant slots. Starr said the discrepancy between the $476,179 in savings Montclair is to yield by the merger in compari- son to the $156,000 in savings Upland is projected to see. While there was marked enthusiasm for the limited merger of the two departments in Upland, where the city will likely see, according to city manager Ste- phen Dunn and Mayhew, $156,000 in savings, the approval of the consolidation, or at least its tim- ing, was not unanimous as it was in Montclair. The merger was op- posed by one city councilman, the chairman of the council advisory committee and a promi- nent city businessman. Upland City Council- man Glen Bozar cited salary increases to management staff and resul- tant future pension benefit costs as a major factor in his opposition. “There is no true savings in this,” Bozar said. “This is savings on paper only. This is not reducing our current operating expenses. Not enough scrutiny was given to Continued on Page 4 Friday, December 20, 2013 San Bernardino County Sentinel Page 3 GLIMPSE OF SBC’S PAST Historic Holiday Tradition: Christmas At SBC’S Indoor Shopping Malls

By Ruth Musser-Lopez to Christmas shortens. first time has become neighborhoods. storefront density as the patterns that would con- Despite recent The politely termed “ag- a holiday tradition for The Inland Cen- best way to contain ur- tain sprawl and preserve fears during the eco- ing monoliths” appear many families in San ter Mall near downtown ban sprawl by fending it the environment, shop nomic downturn that to have renewed energy Bernardino County who San Bernardino was the off from the natural en- by mail would also work. they could turn out to be this holiday season. want to preserve the first indoor mall to be vironment. Sources say No one could have envi- “white elephants,” our There’s no place moment by taking ad- built in San Bernardino nineteen across America sioned in the 1950s, 60s county’s oldest and soon like the heated indoor vantage of the camera County. It was con- had been opened by the or even the 70s, how to be historic (+50 years mall to get a snapshot ready, holiday backdrop old) indoor shopping of the young’uns meet- of Christmas tree and malls, the Inland Cen- ing Santa for the first brightly colored orna- time--making their first ments situated in the Christmas wish--mean- centrally located high while walking about eat- vault of the local indoor ing freshly baked salted shopping mall. pretzels, drinking hot Worth the drive when chocolate and poking in- the weather is cold outside wide open doorways side, the enclosed con- to find that special gift. course of the indoor mall The mall as is a nice, warm substi- a place for children to tute for chilly weather meet Santa for the very and long walks between

Shock turns to smiles J. C. Penney closed its longstanding store on Euclid Ave. in Ontario to after one or two holi- anchor the Montclair Plaza in 1968 along with the May Co. and Broadway. day seasons at SBC’s Despite its current decline in stock market share value, Penney’s is the only indoor shopping malls- one of the three big names still intact at Montclair. -little ones soon learn structed in the 1960s time of the concept’s computers and the in- Santa’s white beard and opened in 1966, ten peak popularity in 1990, ternet would transform and mustache means years after the very first but since 2006 not one American consumption red and green Decem- indoor regional shop- new mall hall has been behavior. ber toys and treats. ping mall in the nation, “decked with holly” and In Southern Califor- Santa at Inland Center Southdale Center, was some believe the reasons nia, the outdoor mall has Mall. In 1966, the Inland Center Mall was the first of the opened in Edina, Min- go beyond the recession. also posed considerable large monolithic indoor shopping malls to open in nesota. The Minnesota Online shopping is competition, as is the ter Mall and the Mont- San Bernardino County. Santa on the concourse mall was the archetypal exploding and is likely case for the second old- clair Plaza were bustling continues to be a holiday tradition here, almost 50 brainchild of Vienna what one face of the next est indoor mall in San with activity last week- years later. born, Victor Gruen, who generation of retail shop- Bernardino County, the end as the countdown newer stores at trendy sixty-one years ago, in ping looks like. As evi- Montclair Plaza. outdoor malls like retro- 1952, published his pro- dence, the United States Developed by con- vintage Victoria Gardens vocative plan in Progres- Postal Service is making tractor Ernest W. Hahn in Rancho Cucamonga sive Architecture. a huge comeback despite and opening on Novem- and The Shoppes in Chi- He wanted to trans- the competition from ber 5, 1968, the Mont- no Hills tactically and form American shop- private mail services. In clair Plaza seems to have ping patterns envi- terms of Gruen’s legacy more recently located Continued on Page 8 in economically upscale sioning centralized of ideas for consumption

Jenkins Pleads Not up by his former lover, San Bernardino Police ing to the district attor- Guilty from front who had a key to his Department memoran- ney’s office. page home and access to his dum was conclusively Jenkins, who avoided time boyfriend or the computer. shown to be the handi- arrest and being taken man whom Jenkins is But the Riverside Dis- work of Jenkins, inves- into custody when Blu- alleged to have believed trict Attorney’s Office tigators insist. Jenkins menthal arranged for his former boyfriend says evidence churned is said to have relied a bondsman to post to be involved with, as up during the course of upon his access, as a $25,000 bail on Jen- well as with forging a its investigation con- city councilman, to ma- kin’s behalf through the San Bernardino Police tradicts that version of terials unavailable to court on the day he was Department internal events. Investigators the two alleged victims charged, was neverthe- memorandum. Jenkins is traced the online ads to in the case. The forged less hurt by the negative represented by attorney Jenkins directly at loca- memorandum utilized publicity surrounding Virginia Blumenthal, tions beyond his home, the names of two depart- the affair. On November who has consistently linking the postings, ment employees, Sgt. 5, Jenkins failed in his proclaimed her client’s through IP, or Internet Tom Bielaszka and Lt. reelection attempt, los- innocence, as well as by protocol, addresses at his Dario Robinson, along ing to his only opponent attorney Jeff Moore. workplace at the River- with police department in the race, Benito Bar- Blumenthal previ- side Office of Education seals. The memorandum rios. Jenkins will remain 222 N. Mountain Suite 102 ously suggested Jenkins, and the home of his rela- was intended to make it in office until March, Upland, CA 91786 who once hid but now tives, where his former appear that Jenkins had when Barrios is to be (909) 202-4330 http://www.icrshop.com openly acknowledges his boyfriend had no access. also been a victim of on- sworn in. homosexuality, was set Moreover, the forged line harassment, accord- Friday, December 20, 2013 San Bernardino County Sentinel Page 4 Growing East LA Fixture Manufacturing Company Locates In Ontario A growing Southern over and over again as Hamilton Fixtures West, They specialized in pro- ployees and exceeded the ily supply. California Company has business owners are a manufacturer of dis- viding display racks and $3 million revenue mark. By late 2010, the expanded its manufac- learning that lower prop- play furniture located in cases for companies such The economic down- company experienced turing footprint, moving erty leasing and purchas- Brea, learning the vari- as Nabisco and Kraft turn that began the fol- a turnaround, with a 40 some two-thirds of its ing prices in and around ous aspects of the fabri- Foods as well as compo- lowing year took its toll, percent uptick in sales. operations into San Ber- San Bernardino County cation of both wood and nent parts such as shelv- however, and by 2009 And even as the reces- nardino County. represent a decided ad- metal furnishings and ing and case legs. the company brought sion’s grip on the local The expansion of vantage for entrepre- display racks. The company strug- in only $1.8 million and and national economy CELCO Manufactur- neurs. In 1994, the eleven gled initially as it sought was forced to shed 17 of persisted, the company ing, Inc. from what was Celco is is the corpo- Cortés brothers and sis- to break into a market its employees. continued to prosper. In formerly its main base rate personification of ters – who then ranged dominated by well- Beginning that year, 2010, the company had of operation in East Los the Cortés Family, who in age from 18 to 37 – established companies, the company intensified $2.6 million in sales. Angeles into the city of immigrated to the Unit- contributed to starting but forged a toehold in its marketing efforts, tar- This year, the compa- Ontario’s industrial dis- ed States from Mexico in Celco. They drew their the industry and grew geting furniture design ny is on track to hit over trict is the model that In- the mid-1970s. Seven of clients from both the re- steadily if slowly for a companies with needs $6 million, and it now land Empire officials are the eight Cortés brothers tail industry and display dozen years. By 1996, for the type of compo- employs 58, of whom, hoping will be repeated found employment with furniture manufacturers. Celco boasted 35 em- nents Celco could read- Continued on Page 9

City Council Advisory each of these battalion number of fire department. There has been a totally Upland Montclair Commission, told the chiefs means $18,000 a ment command positions “We did not give the inadequate discussion FD Admin Merger Sentinel, “One of the year more when they re- currently and what those committee, which is of how this will impact from page 2 things I had difficulty tire. I don’t think we can employees receive in sal- composed of top-tier the financial stability this 42-page document on was the creation of afford that. ary and benefits and the business people and of the city. Montclair is before the council gave the two assistant chiefs “I just wanted to make city’s total costs in em- residents of our city, an going to realize savings the mayor authority to positions and the cre- sure that the city council ploying fire department opportunity to weigh in of $470,000 on this and sign it, locking ourselves ation of a third position. looked at this all the way commanders after the on this,” Pattison said. Upland is going to sup- into an agreement with I was given a response to around before moving merger. Noting that the “What it boils down to posedly see a $156,000 our neighboring city we indicate there would ac- forward with it,” Mitch- city’s budget manage- is they have given us reduction. But Upland is cannot walk away from. tually be elimination of ell said. ment task force is cur- razzle-dazzle, not facts. putting two-thirds of the Montclair previously two existing command Albert Pattison, a res- rently considering the There has been no dis- horsepower into this and made substantial layoffs positions so that matter ident, businessman and city’s revenue enhancing closure to the public Montclair is providing in its fire department. was resolved. Another major property owner in and cost cutting options, on the detail needed to one third. I’m not sure How did those vacancies problem, I thought, was Upland, expressed con- Pattison said the coun- analyze this thoroughly. there is a cost-benefit there come to be? They the long term nature of cern that the council’s cil’s commitment to the They have not divulged equity in this deal. This did not fill those because this and were we en- action might be counter- command level staffing what is actually in the was not put on the bud- of budgetary problems.“ tering into a two-year productive and prema- numbers contained in contract. I have not seen get task force’s agenda Bozar continued, commitment we would ture. the merger agreement the contract and neither and now that the council “This agreement is going not be able to get out of Pattison said the city with Montclair did not has anyone else. They has ratified the agree- to expand the adminis- if problems developed. had not publicly released allow the task force to have not given this pro- ment, it is another ele- tration of the fire depart- It was stated that either a cost analysis of the bring forth proposals re- cess enough time. They ment that will contrib- ment. Our fire chief and city can terminate this consolidation, saying he lated to eliminating bat- rushed it through before ute to the confusion and three of our guys are go- with six months notice, wanted the public and talion chiefs within what the specially-appoint- retard the city’s ability ing to get very generous so that was resolved. the council to see a side- might be considered to ed budget committee to deal with its financial salary increases out of The one issue that for by-side accounting of the be a top-heavy depart- had time to consider it. challenges.” this. Where are we go- me remains unresolved ing to come up with the is what we are taking on money to give all these by the promotions of our raises? No one on the battalion chiefs who will council was informed of be getting a $20,000 per what the chief’s salary year pay increase. This will be or where this is could only make worse going to land in terms of the situation with regard the increases in our pub- to our pension require- lic employee retirement ments. Our responsibil- system costs for the fire ity to the state pension chief and at least two fund already is an un- others. This does noth- funded liability that we ing with regard to our have not resolved. Under ongoing issues with the the current retirement budget. This does noth- formula, firefighters can ing to control costs. Fig- retire at 55 and be eligi- ures available from the ble for a pension. There state controller’s office is a multiplier of three show that as a city we percent times the num- have 12 people on our ber of years worked, so payroll who are making at 55, a battalion chief more than the governor who has been with the of California. That was city for thirty years can as of 2012. This does not retire and be eligible for alleviate that and now 90 percent of his pay. we are going to be on the We are already under hook for additional pub- the gun and unable to lic employee retirement keep up or barely keep benefits.“ up with our pension fund Tom Mitchell, the payments. An increase chairman of the Upland of $20,000 per year for Friday, December 20, 2013 San Bernardino County Sentinel Page 5 Once-Influential Police Rights Law Firm Sued By Police Interest Group SANTA ANA—The surveillance techniques a reputation for dogged aspirations of one of the it was hit with a dev- Police Officers Research that had formerly been representation of its firm’s founding partners, astating rearguard ac- Association has sued the province of the law clients, prevailing in a Dieter Dammeier, as well tion when PORAC this the recently shuttered enforcement agencies majority of the cases as intensive scrutiny that summer alleged Lackie, Upland-based law firm that employed many of it handled, occasion- bordered on the verge of Dammeier, McGill & of Lackie, Dammeier, their clients. ally pursuing expensive invasions of privacy of Ethir had consistently McGill & Ethir, alleging Lackie, Dammeier, litigative strategies the elected and non-elected overbilled it. malpractice and fraud re- McGill & Ethir repre- unions had not endorsed government officials and On September 10, lating to alleged overbill- sented police unions, of- that more often than not police department ad- PORAC President Ron ing practices. ficers in legal actions or resulted in positive re- ministrators in an effort Cottingham informed Over the last 16 years, Dieter Dammeier defenses as well as pro- sults, either at trial or in to obtain negotiating le- his group’s legal de- Lackie, Dammeier, Mc- fessional law enforce- settlements short of trial. verage in legal cases or fense fund participants Gill & Ethir had grown Along that way, the ment interest groups A criticism leveled labor actions that were Lackie, Dammeier, Mc- to become what was firm had made a fair such as the Police Offi- at the firm was that it characterized by some Gill & Ethir had been arguably the most ag- number of enemies, in- cers Research Associa- routinely blurred the as intimidation tactics or removed from its panel gressive and successful cluding ones inside and tion of California, known distinction between an efforts at extortion. of approved providers of law firms in the state outside the law enforce- by its acronym PORAC, aggressive legal defense This year, even as the of legal services, based devoted to representing ment establishment, par- which maintained a legal and political activity, firm was experiencing on a finding of the legal police officers and their ticularly after the firm defense fund for officers. as was demonstrated in unprecedented success unions. made use of tactics and The firm established the unfulfilled political on several legal fronts, Continued on Page 6

announcement of Chad- patients, insurance car- A major portion of Hi- increases in the cost of other hospital service Chadwick Out, Tyk wick’s pending depar- riers and governmental Desert Medical Center’s delivering medical care. enhancements. Measure In At HDMC from ture cited “irreconcil- programs set up to cover financial travail is - at Chadwick had advo- N went down in defeat in front page able incompatibility of the medical costs of in- tributable to the persist- cated the aggressive use a mail-in ballot election. management approach” digent patients or those ing economic recession, of case management to The board, led by between Chadwick as otherwise eligible for discharge recovered pa- board president Korina 29, however, the district which has been accom- hospital CEO and the subsidized medical as- tients earlier and reduce Cole, is staking the hos- made an abrupt an- panied by the reduction board. “Dr. Chadwick sistance. the length of time they pital’s future on what it nouncement that Chad- of government payments has made meaningful Many of the services remained in the hospital hopes will prove to be wick would be leaving to hospitals, including and appreciated contri- rendered at the hospital consuming costly ser- the superior financial his position on December 25 percent cuts from the butions to the district's by doctors are not billed vices. This was of only management skills of 31. Despite statements to Medicare and MediCal mission and operations,” for by the hospital but limited success. Tyk, who boasts more the effect that all parties programs, entailing an according to the release. by the physicians them- In order to remain than three decades of were amenable to the de- annual loss of revenue “We thank him for his selves, who are not em- operational, Hi-Desert experience in the health- parture, an indication of to the institution exceed- many contributions and ployees of the hospital, Medical Center has for care industry, including the board’s discomfiture ing $500,000. Simul- wish him well in his fu- by law. The hospital the last three-and-a-half a stint as chief financial with Chadwick came in taneously, federal law ture endeavors.” does not now have clear- years burned entirely officer for Roswell Re- the form of the terms of mandates that hospitals The hospital district’s ly delineated revenue through its operat- gional Hospital in New his departure, which did deliver emergency care financial woes are var- sharing agreements with ing budgets and tapped Mexico and interim fi- not include the confer- whether or not patents iegated, consisting of local healthcare provid- into financial reserves. nancial management and ring of a severance pay- have medical coverage burgeoning patient care ers such as Oasis Health- Chadwick’s attempts to reform work at several ment. or the ability to pay for costs and dwindling care and the county of stem this hemorrhaging institutions while he was A terse press release that treatment. This has revenue from solvent San Bernardino. of red ink have failed, re- with Kaizen Consulting. that went out with the been coupled with steady sulting in the consterna- Tyk said he took pride tion of the board. Chad- in his selection by the wick’s efforts to directly board to “lead our health- lobby both state and fed- care district through eral legislators for relief, these challenging times. coupled with similar I look forward to work- requests of other civic ing with this board, our and community leaders physicians and staff to he had enlisted for that ensure the viability and cause were largely inef- future of our healthcare fective. district.” In a last-ditch effort to right the hospital’s listing financial ship before he was essentially forced out, Chadwick in September induced the board to vote to put a tax initiative on the Novem- Prudential ber 2014 ballot. California Realty That move was considered a long shot. In Richard S. Morda the less lean economic Realtor/DRE License atmosphere of 2005, the # 01734177 hospital sought voter ap- California Realty proval for Measure N, a 1063 W. Sixth Street tax bond that would have Suite 101 Ontario CA added $24 to individual 91762 Business 909 983 9933 Fax 909 984 5664 homeowners’ annual Cell 213 713 8849 property taxes to provide funding for emergency E-mail: richardmor- room improvements and [email protected] Friday, December 20, 2013 San Bernardino County Sentinel Page 6

PORAC Sues ing to have worked 4,275 once to a single destina- Orange County Superior earlier this year. owned by another city Dammeier Lackie hours, more than double tion to interview three Court, alleges legal mal- As tense contract ne- councilman, Gary Mo- Law Firm from page what a full-time attorney clients and then submit- practice, fraud, breach gotiations were proceed- nahan. Lanzillo followed 5 would bill for in a typical ted invoices to PORAC’s of fiduciary duty, neg- ing in 2012 between the Righeimer after he left year, and that she had ac- legal defense fund for ligence, unjust enrich- city of Costa Mesa and Skosh Monahan’s as the knowledged she had en- three separate trips, in- ment and unfair business the Costa Mesa Police mayor drove home, and defense fund’s board of gaged in not only double cluding time and mile- practices. It names as Association, the firm, en route called 911 to trustees “that the former billing, but “triple bill- age. defendants attorneys Di- which represented the report Righeimer was panel law firm Lackie, ing” on occasions where PORAC’s auditors eter Dammeier, Michael union, advised members drunk and driving errati- Dammeier, McGill & she had worked on three also accused Lackie, McGill, Peter Horton, to step up pressure on cally. When police came Ethir has committed se- client cases at the same Dammeier, McGill & and Kasey Sirody. the city’s elected leader- to Righeimer’s home, rious acts of misconduct time, billing PORAC for Ethir attorney Peter Hor- The Orange County ship. Shortly thereafter, they found that he ap- regarding their billing three hours of work dur- ton of billing for “phan- venue was an inauspi- a private investigator peared sober but subject- practices.” ing a single one-hour pe- tom trips” and that he cious one for the firm. It under retainer by Lack- ed him to a field sobriety Cottingham said au- riod. Ethirveerasingam generated “scores of in- was in Orange County ie Dammeie McGill & test, which he passed. ditors that had gone uses the professional voices” claiming travel where its aggressive tac- Ethir, Christopher Lan- Righeimer subsequently over the PORAC Legal name “Saku Ethir.” mileage and travel time tics in representing law zillo, began tailing mem- produced a time and Defense Fund books Auditors had also de- when he had never trav- enforcement officers bers of the Costa Mesa date-stamped credit found that Sakunthala termined, Cottingham eled at all. with regard to labor ac- City Council. On Au- card receipt for two Diet E. Ethirveerasingam, said, that another of the The lawsuit, filed tions came under sharp gust 22, 2012, Lanzillo Cokes he had consumed one of the firm’s thirteen Lackie, Dammeier, Mc- by the Police Officers scrutiny, which in turn followed Costa Mesa while at Skosh Monah- partners, in 2012 sub- Gill & Ethir attorneys, Research Association led to the demise of the Mayor Jim Righeimer to mitted invoices claim- Continued on Page 11 Kasey Sirody traveled (PORAC) on Nov. 26 in firm, which dissolved a bar, Skosh Monahan’s,

CalPERS Ap- San Bernardino is as in- the pension fund’s re- tion sessions involving whether public pension ton and Vallejo, those pealing SB Bank- solvent as it claims. In quest to appeal Jury’s the city and its creditors obligations are to be held cities have chosen to stay ruptcy Ruling from August, she ruled that findings directly to the before one of her col- as sacrosanct, no matter current on their obliga- how generous or reason- tions to CalPERS. front page the city’s bankruptcy 9th Circuit Court of Ap- leagues, U.S Bankrupt- should be granted pursu- peals. cy Judge Gregg Zive, able individual pensions Seven–ninths of the are, or whether troubled way across the conti- nardino’s bankruptcy ant to a pendency plan by Gee’s decision merely were making consider- municipalities can skip nent, in Detroit, the Mo- petition outright, CalP- which the city continues gives the California Pub- able progress and she out on their commit- tor City had its bank- ERS has asserted that the to pay its employees and lic Employees’ Retire- was concerned the ap- ments to continuously ruptcy petition granted pension fund system has other expenses critical to ment System permission peal would divert both fund the retirement ac- on December 3 as a con- a special status among its day-to-day operations to request that the 9th the city and the pension counts of their current sequence of having run the city’s creditors and but services its other Circuit hear the case. fund’s focus to non- pro- and past employees. up a monster debt so that it should go to the debts on the basis of the The 9th Circuit can turn ductive issues. San Bernardino is at humongous it could only front of the line when the limited financial means down the appeal request As it stands, the Zive- the forefront of that is- be estimated – at an un- city begins to pay those available to it. or agree to hear argu- led efforts to reach an sue, having sought to fathomable $18 billion. to whom it is in arrears. CalPERS wants out ments that Judge Jury accommodation will have its pension fund ob- The U.S. Bankruptcy Jury did not accept that, of Jury’s courtroom and was wrong in allowing continue while the 9th ligations categorized as Judge hearing that case, ruling that CalPERS previously pressed for the city to envelope itself Circuit considers wheth- indistinguishable from Steven Rhodes, threw has no greater or lesser leave to appeal the mat- in the blanket of bank- er to hear the appeal. its responsibilities to its public employee unions standing than the scores ter to another judge, a ruptcy protection. That appeal and the other creditors. and pension funds into of other entities the city request Jury denied. Jury had been reluc- mediation come in the In the cases of two paroxysms when he owes money to. CalPERS took a writ tant to allow CalPERS midst of a profound ex- other cities in California ruled that Detroit is not Moreover, Jury has to U.S. District Court to pursue the appeal amination of a basic pub- that have sought bank- only eligible for bank- consistently ruled that in Los Angeles, where because she was hope- lic financial and policy Judge Dolly Gee granted ful that ongoing media- issue, i.e., the question of ruptcy protection, Stock- ruptcy but can also cut pension benefits as part of its strategy to map its way out of the finan- Advertise in the Sentinel cial abyss it has found itself in. Pensions, just like any other contracts, can be altered, given the Reach 34,000 Readers Throughout San Bernardino County Weekly. exigency of bankruptcy, Rhodes ruled. Our Reasonable Rates Make Advertising Affordable. Rhodes’ ruling provides a precedent that outfits San Bernardino with more leverage in its match with CalP- Quarter Page Three Columns by Half Page $300 ERS, providing the city with the potential option Half Page Three Columns by Full Page $400 of abrogating a contract that CalPERS and the Half Page Six Columns by Half Page $400 city’s municipal employee’s unions considered Full Page Six Columns by Entire Page $500 absolutely ironclad. Like that of Jury, Rhodes’ ruling is now the target of an appeal All rates weekly Black and White in our print edition Color in our request. on-line version Friday, December 20, 2013 San Bernardino County Sentinel Page 7

Contemporary ers, making it accessible tern. Renée Foxcombi- ships with the environ- zons and Kaur’s diptych Airports is to educate Art On Display At only to ticket-bearing nesornate paintings and ment. Artworks by Scott of photographs captur- and entertain the travel- Ontario Airport passengers. sculpturesto depict mi- Griegeralter manipulate ing the Aurora Borealis ing public at Los Ange- The nine artists on croscopic occurrences, perspective using digital reference themes of in- les International, Ontar- Terminals from art and design. finity, vastness, and con- io International and the front page The three artists on ex- templation. Rousseau’s FlyAway Bus Terminal Ontario International hibit in Terminal 2, Siri combination of air show at Van Nuys Airport. Airport, and Van Nuys Kaur, Yoichi Kawamura, photographs creates a The program showcases Airport. Over the last and Anne Marie Rous- collage of intersecting local and regional artists several years, city of On- seau, use photography lines and open space. through temporary ex- tario officials have been hibitions and permanent critical of LAWA as public art installations, ridership at Ontario In- which enhance and hu- ternational has declined manize the overall travel from its peak of 7.2 mil- experience for millions lion passengers enplaned every year. Additional information is available there in 2007 to 3.9 DRIP, drip, drip Oil on canvas 16 x 20 inches at www.lawa.org. million this year. In re- (left) SMALL Drip, drip, drip Acrylic on wood Ontario International sponse, LAWA is seek- panel 11 x 10 inches (right) by Scott Grieger (on Airport is located near ing to attract passengers view in Terminal 4) to San Bernardino Coun- the confluence of the ty’s largest commercial exhibit in Terminal 4 use such as the propagation I-10 and I-15 freeways, airport, a medium-hub, a variety of media and of a flower or the power roughly 35 miles east of full-service facility with methods to survey their of a seed, while Shizuko downtown Los Ange- seven carriers offering Greenblatt incorporates les, and close to Orange surroundings. Raw Dynamism #2 Deconstructed plywood, stain, 14 daily nonstop flights synthetic and organic County, the San Ga- Kenneth Ober, Luke and sand 24 x 24 inches (top) Empty People / The to 13 major U.S. cities objects to reference Ike- briel Valley, and Palm Van Hook, Holly Tempo, Pits of Despair Deconstructed plywood, acrylic, plus seven daily non- bana, the Japanese art of Springs. making it the and Michael Giancristia- stain, and sand Dimensions variable (11-piece in- stops to Guadalajara, flower arrangement. Inland Empire’s pre- no demonstrate distinct stallation) (bottom) by Michael Giancristiano (on Mexico. Michael Massenburg ferred airport for non- approaches in examin- view in Terminal 4) Out of Thin Air is a ing and interpreting the and Mark X Farina mix stop flights throughout Initiated in 1990, the free exhibit on the sec- landscape, in its organic color, language, and ab- to explore the expansive the West. Information purpose of the Public Art ond floor of both termi- and artificial states, from stract forms to create a and limitlessness nature on flights and schedules and Exhibitions Program nals, beyond the airport’s intricate renderings to sensory experience and of the skies. Kawamura’s is available at www.fly- at Los Angeles World security screening barri- fields of color and pat- express human relation- images of distant hori- ontario.com. Volaris Confirms Ontario Airport Service To Guadalajara Starting Next Spring with ground transporta- ONTARIO—Volaris Ontario International rier at Ontario Airport.” a.m. Departures from the market of those who tion fares, while foster- confirmed a start date Airport’s manager Jess Tickets will be avail- Ontario International visit family and friends ing cultural, commercial, of April 13, 2014 for its Romo. “We look for- able through www.volar- Airport will continue on between Mexico and the and financial exchange previously announced, ward to partnering with is.com, Volaris’ Call Sunday and Thursday of U.S. “This market is the with the United States.” twice-weekly service be- Center at (866) 988-3527, each week. largest of its kind in the Other airlines cur- tween Ontario Interna- as well as through au- Volaris Chief Ex- world, which is why we rently serving Ontario tional Airport and Gua- thorized travel agencies. ecutive Officer, Enrique are committed to cov- Airport include Aero- dalajara. Starting April 13, the Mexico, Alaska, Ameri- “This is the first time schedule includes arrival can, Delta, Southwest, Volaris will serve Ontar- of the inagural flight to United and US Airways. io International, which Ontario International at International flights de- is great news for inter- 12:05 a.m. with a depar- part from Ontario Air- national travelers want- ture from Ontario at 1:20 Volaris and having an- port’s Terminal 2 with ing more options when a.m. Flights will arrive other international car- arrivals at International flying to Mexico,” said in Guadalajara at 6:45 Arrivals Terminal. The addition of Volar- is will raise the number Beltranena, spoke of the ering its connectivity of Ontario Internation- importance of arriving requirements, offering al’s carriers from its cur- in Ontario as a signifi- flights at affordable fares rent seven to eight. cant step in stimulating that allow us to compete

Gated Commu- As such maintenance tem consisting of switch of the streets will now overide capability. The nity In Chino Hills city also said the propo- from front page be the responsibility of a private homeowners as- nents of the gated community met minimum mental review as a minor sociation. setback requirements on alteration to land under According to the city, structures and provided the California Environ- “The gate will make it a a 40-foot radius turn- mental Quality Act. well defined neighbor- around on the roadway Vacating the streets hood. The surrounding to ensure unrestricted for public roadway pur- land and homeowners access from the gate poses, according to a city met design review and area. Putting in the gate, document “is a benefit to access standards.” the city said, “won’t in- the public because the To ensure emergency hibit the general public city will not be respon- response to the area is from access to parks and sible for the maintenance not interrupted the fire other public facilities.” and liability costs associ- department will be pro- ated with such roads.” vided with a key sys- Friday, December 20, 2013 San Bernardino County Sentinel Page 8 SBC’s Indoor on Euclid annually for a Cucamonga. work well in cold win- ney, Nordstrom, Sears, of San Bernardino, was ter climates like the first Macy's, and Barnes and to be key to the mall’s Shopping Malls regularly scheduled San- In the mild climate ta Claus to hold children of the Inland Empire of Gruen style mall in Min- Noble, though the old success and the city’s from page 3 on his lap while noting southern California and nesota and during the Macy’s store, formerly urban renewal project it their Christmas present San Bernardino County, holiday season in south- Robinsons May, is cur- was meant to jumpstart. survived the last reces- requests. Not to be out- it was soon realized that ern California when rently vacant (see Mont- Instead, location seemed sion and will reach the done, the Montclair Plaza density mall-type shop- temperatures turn cold. clair: Images of Ameri- to doom the mall and age of 50 years old in provided for a front door ping could be realized in Malls will continue to ca, Arcadia Publishing, neither it nor the revital- five years, meaning that Santa centrally located at an outdoor setting with be a warm place to push 2005). ization project was suc- it will officially meet the the central vaulted ceil- success. The conve- babies around in stroll- Fairing so well does cessful. age criterion as a nation- ing entry, immediately nience of easy curbside ers; the additional new not appear to be the case The multi-million al historic place—that is, in front of Penney’s. vehicle access and the indoor food courts are for the Carousel Mall in dollar multi level mall if it can continue to be Just before the height additional attraction of also a drawing card. the downtown City of opened in 1972 shortly competitive. According of mall popularity in the trolley cars to get around Despite its cur- San Bernardino. after the first burst of to David Allen (Inland 1990s, the Montclair Pla- in was a winning attrac- rent decline in stock When the Carousel success of indoor malls Valley Daily Bulletin, za was upgraded with a tion. At Victoria Gar- market share value, Pen- Mall opened in 1972 throughout the country. August 2, 2008) compe- second level that opened dens, secure walks under ney’s is the only one of as Central City Mall, it The investment repre- tition from Victoria Gar- on October 30, 1985; the canopies of palm trees in the three big names still boasted two stories, 52 sented the high hope of dens caused many of the first Nordstrom store in the sunny bright daylight intact at Montclair and stores, and 3 major an- city leadership to reverse stores at the Montclair San Bernardino County and the moonlit stars in it appears to be bustling chor stores. the declining economic Plaza to fail. opened at the Montclair typically mild and dry this season, providing a In the mind of city trend in downtown. J. C. Penney Plaza on May 2, 1986. inland evenings compro- characteristically ample leadership, the 3rd and The malls challenges closed its longstanding High paced development mised shopper interest in are said to have been store on Euclid Ave. in of restaurants, stores and enclosed malls. many, including the fi- Ontario to anchor the shops in the parking area Some think that at nancial interest of the Montclair Plaza along and along its access road age 60, the enclosed re- city leadership and mul- with the May Co. and corridors continued to gional shopping mall in tiple changes in manage- Broadway at the time of expand the mall’s offer- America is an idea that ment. Not only was the “The Plaza’s” opening ings and attractiveness. has run its course and mall location plagued at a cost of $50 million, To keep the they are trying to imag- with blight and a gath- with 69 stores on a single mall's popularity after ine ways to “repurpose ering place for local level. Penney’s storefront Victoria Garden’s open- these aging monoliths” gangs, it was to compete windows had faced the ing, the mall was reno- (see Emily Badger at with the previously es- segment of Euclid Av- vated during the summer “Urban Wonk” blog of tablished nearby Inland enue, which at that time of 2008 and re-opened TheAtlanticCities.com Center Mall, also just off Darkly lit Carousel Mall at night, now quarters an Interstate15 exit in the and today, is in itself an on November 9, 2008. site http://www.the- County of San Bernardino offices; the parking lot outdoor mall-like setting But the show had been atlanticcities.com/arts- same city. Though In- is a concourse for the holiday homeless and coun- land Center Mall is only accommodating life size stolen in San Bernardino and-lifestyle/2012/07/ ty vehicles. nativity scenes displayed County when the nou- shopping-mall-turns- one story, it was strate- annually during the holi- veau urban Victorian 60-and-prepares-re- gically situated nearer level of customer service. E Street location of the days in its central grassy setting with brand new tire/2568/). Interstate 10 making The “aging monolith” at Central City Mall, a median walkway corri- old fashion wall-to-wall Repurposing is access closer from sur- Montclair seems to be short distance from the I- dor. shopping structures went not likely in the plans rounding cities. making a comeback with 15E off ramp and the his- Then, as now, street side in the upscale for indoor mall struc- its anchor stores JCPen- toric downtown district Continued on Page 10 a setting was prepared neighborhood of Rancho tures that continue to Friday, December 20, 2013 San Bernardino County Sentinel Page 9 Z-Boy, United Furniture Fixture Manufac- percent of our operation pany’s fabricating ca- ily as a subcontractor handling and on order- Industries and Jonathan here. We chose to relo- pabilities, Cortés said to businesses that want ing raw materials. We turer Relocates To Louise. We have a couple cate here, first, because he would like his pro- to increase their sales have at our disposal ten Ontario from page 4 of customers who pur- we need a bigger place spective customers “to but find themselves too CNC [computer numeri- chase close to a million and, second, some of know that we are one of busy to complete new cal control] machines, dollars worth of mer- according to president our best customers are in just a few companies in job proposals. We offer two edgebanders, one chandise from us. We and CEO Cesar Cortés, this area. One important Southern California that fabricating outsourcing panel saw, a CNC dowel have had great sales for “27 are immediate fam- difference is it is almost has the machinery and that carries with it the inserter and ten con- four consecutive years, ily.” 30 percent less expen- capacity to meet high advantage of reducing ventional woodworking with each year exceed- The decision to set up sive here. Six out of eight capacity demand in a a company’s machinery machines. We have a shop in Ontario, Cortés of our supervisors live requirements and capital full-blown engineering said, was one that natu- nearby in Chino. Most of department that can do rally evolved as a conse- our suppliers are closer – volume engineering.” quence of the company’s San Dimas and Ontario. The consideration that success, the lower cost There is also the advan- Celco is a family-owned of functioning outside of tage of 45,000 square and operated business Los Angeles, the quality feet of enclosed yard provides the advantage of the manufacturing and at this location, which of cohesion and dedica- warehouse space avail- is very valuable for the tion that is not always able in Ontario, the near- type of business we do.” available elsewhere, by presence of a number Cortés gave a descrip- Cortés said. of the company’s cus- tion of the niche his com- “My brothers, includ- tomers and suppliers, as pany has found. ing myself, worked 103 well as the consideration “Our basic product combined years at Ham- that the new location is line is point of purchase ilton Fixtures West and much closer to where the displays – racks and we now have 83 more majority of Celco’s em- fixtures for department combined years work- ployees reside. stores such as Sears and ing together with Celco,” “We have a 17,000 Forever 21,” Cortés said. Cortés said. “We are an square foot building in “Our products include unusual family in that East Los Angeles,” Ce- some office furniture. we have been working sar Cortés told the Sen- We incorporate wood, together – the four of us tinel during an exclusive metal and plastic into All eleven Cortés siblings and their parents. who are the corporate interview at his compa- our production process. officers with Celco – for ny’s new 30,000 square- We provide wood prod- ing the last. In 2010, we very short turnaround investments, decreases 32 years. We occasion- foot plant, located at ucts for companies that predicted sales of $2.8 time. We have a proven its direct labor costs, and ally have differences of 1524 West Brooks Street fabricate or deal mostly million and the company track record fabricating saving not only time on opinion but we get along in Ontario. “We are go- in metal products. We hit $3.2 million. We are a quality product to our prefabrication cutting and we all take pride in ing to keep that facility do thousands of wood now up to six million.” customers’ specifica- and preparation of ma- meeting our customers’ open while we move 70 components for the La- In touting his com- tions. We work primar- terials but on material needs and expectations.” Friday, December 20, 2013 San Bernardino County Sentinel Page 10 San Bernardino County Coroner Reports

Coroner case #701309104 — On 12/14/2013, at approximately 1015 hours, San Bernardino County Sheriff Department and San Bernardino County Fire Depart- ment personnel were called to the 44000 block of Barton Lane, Sugarloaf, for the report of an unresponsive male. Upon arrival they found 43 year old Robert John Graner, a known transient in the Big Bear area, lying in a tent unresponsive. Graner was declared dead on scene by Fire Department personnel. The San Bernardino County Sheriff Coroner Department will be performing an autopsy to determine the cause of death.[12172013 0857 SY]

Coroner case #701309092 — On 12/13/2013 at 7:02 PM, Theodore Eugene Persell, a 39 year old resident of Rancho Cucamonga was driving a 2006 Acura 4-door sedan traveling southbound on Hermosa Avenue and collided with another vehicle at Cielito Street in Rancho Cucamonga. After the impact, the Acura lost control and collided with a tree. Paramedics responded and pronounced him dead at the scene. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the collision. [12142013 0640]

Coroner case #701309088 — On 12/13/2013 at 8:06 PM, Frank Sanchez, a 63 year old resident of Barstow, was a pedestrian attempting to cross the 600 block of Armory Road in the city of Barstow and was struck by a 2002 Ford truck. Paramedics responded and pronounced decease at the scene. The Barstow Police Depart- ment is investigating the collision. [12142013 0200 EM]

Coroner case 701309084: — On Friday, 12/13/2013, at 4:29 PM, while transferring a transport container within a granite and marble holding yard located in the 700 block of Taylor St. in Ontario, the driver of tractor-trailer rig was struck by the vehicle when it slipped into gear. Juan Manuel Gonzalez, a 56 year old resident of Los Angeles, was pronounced dead at the scene. The accident is under investigation by Ontario Police Department and the California Occupational Safety and Health (CAL-OSHA). [12/13/13 2230 VN]

Coroner case 701309068 — On 12/12/2013, at 1:47 PM, San Bernardino County Sheriff personnel were called to a residence in the 11000 block of Winterhawk Way, in Apple Valley. Upon arrival they found Robert Paul Stone, an 18 year old resident of Apple Valley, dead. Investigation continues to verify the cause of Stone’s death. Refer to the press release by San Bernardino County Sheriff Homicide Detail. [12/12/13 2345 VN]

The Coroner Reports are reproduced in their original format as authored by department personnel.

Malls from page 8 historic attractions, civil problems persisted. Despite Gruen’s in already established of designers will do with government facilities The safety issue hope that the indoor upscale neighborhoods historic downtowns, par- Planned for Central and of course, the shop- stigma is said to be re- shopping mall might easily accessed by those ticularly the city of San City was an aerial mono- ping mall. The tramway sponsible for the down- be the answer to world- with dollars to spend. Bernardino’s (that is, if rail tramway that could never happened and even town mall’s downward wide revitalization proj- Things do change how- the city itself survives its potentially transport with the 1991 addition of spiral. The Carousel ects by reversing urban ever. With a seeming present bankruptcy pro- consumers from resi- a large interior carousel, Mall now quarters coun- decay and blight, from fetish for the style trend ceedings). dential complexes and brightly colored paint ty of San Bernardino of- the examples seen in San celebrating the “urban transportation hubs at and a new name, “Car- fices; the parking lot is a Bernardino, it appears decay” look, it will be the bus and train depot ousel Mall,” the plagu- concourse for the home- that shopping malls do interesting to watch to various downtown ing reputation of gang less and county vehicles. best when constructed what the next generation Friday, December 20, 2013 San Bernardino County Sentinel Page 11 County Wildlife Corner Mule Deer: Odocoileus Hemionus Californicus tween the sexes remains deer can live longer than all mule deer. Their body In winter, mule deer Due to their large low year round most large mammals in Christmas brings us color provides a physi- forage on Douglas-fir, mule-like ears, that The "rut" or mating the wild. However, it's a the holiday tradition of cal camouflage in their cedar and juniper, and move constantly and in- season usually begins hard life for mule deer in welcoming a jolly, red habitat which disguises twigs of deciduous trees dependently, Odocoileus in the fall as does go California. Due to sea- suited gentleman with it from predators like and shrubs like aspen, hemionus are easy to into estrus. Males be- sonal licensed hunting his trusty herd of rein- cougars, coyotes, bears willow, dogwood, ser- identify. Brownish-gray come more aggressive, and vehicular accidents deer pulling his sleigh. viceberry and sage. in color for winter, they However, there are no Over much of the species have a white rump patch reindeer in California. range, snow and ice cov- and a small white tail So a local Saint Nick er many food sources and with a black tip. Their might prevail upon our the food that is accessi- summer coat is reddish- native Mule Deer, a spe- ble grows slower. So the brown. Inside their ears cies of black tailed deer, deer's metabolism slows and legs are white with living in mountainous and individuals become lower portions from areas, woodland chap- less active to survive in cream to tan. A dark V- arrals, deserts and open an environment with less shaped mark, extending coniferous regions of our food. During the winter, from a point between the state. mule deer often move eyes upward is typical of down from mountains, where the snow is deeper and golden eagles who and covers most of the Subscribe to will swoop down on a food, into valleys with the Sentinel fawn. According to the less snow. climate, the bucks' ant- Never miss an issue. Read it weekly from the lers (bone covered with Mountain populations comfort of your own home. competing for mates that greatly impact the keratin) start growth migrate to higher eleva- and does may mate with population of the herd, Ordering your one year email subscription is in spring and are shed tion in warmer months, more than one buck. many orphans become quick and easy. around fall and win- looking for nutrient-rich ter each year. Antlers Fawns are born in the prey for other animals, Send a check or money order for $30.00 pay- are positioned high and spring, staying with their or simply starve to death. able to the Sentinel, to: 10808 Foothill Blvd., mothers during the sum- Many wildlife rehabilita- Suite 160-446, Rancho Cucamonga, branch forward, forking CA 91730. Include your name, city of resi- equally into 2 tines with mer and being weaned in tors must deal with rais- dence, phone number and email address. a spread up to 4 feet. The the fall. Mule deer fe- ing fawns, hoping to re- males lose their antlers males usually give birth lease them back into the after breeding and grow to two fawns, although if wild. PORAC Sues book that advised police new ones yearly, with it is their first time hav- At Wildhaven Ranch, ing a fawn, they often our experience with Dammeier Lackie unions on how to intimi- each set becoming larger date and twist the arms than the previous one. only have one. Com- mule deer over the past from Law Firm of politicians and lobby Not running like other munication between 13 years, has includ- page 6 the public in a way that deer, they have a peculiar new-grown grasses, mule deer is performed ed fond memories of associates police pay and distinctive bound- twigs, and shrubs. They mostly through scents close interactions with an’s. Information then raises with higher levels ing leap (stotting) over maintain separate sum- (pheromones) emitted a highly intelligent and emerged that the police of public safety. In the distances up to 8 yards, mer and winter ranges, by glands on their legs, reactive animal. Bottle- association had also been brouhaha that ensued, with all 4 feet coming connected by a migra- hooves, tails and urine feeding orphans past the seeking, at Lackie Dam- Lackie Dammeier Mc- down together. In this tory pathway. In milder deposits that may signal spotted coat stage into meier McGill & Ethir’s Gill & Ethir removed way, they can reach a climates, they do not alarm, distress, or herd full fledged adults has suggestion, to entrap that posting. speed of 45 m.p.h. for migrate. They live in movement. been a privilege. Ob- Monahan and another The Orange County short periods. small social groups of Mule deer rarely trav- serving their playful be- council member, Steve District Attorney’s Of- Mule Deer are rumi- about three, except dur- el far from water or for- havior of running, jump- Mensinger. fice’s has opened up an nants and are capable of ing the winter, when age, and often bed down ing, boxing and chasing Soon thereafter, the investigation of Lackie, digesting highly fibrous large groups may come within easy walking each other, displays their Costa Mesa Police As- Dammeier, McGill & roughage. They have no together to feed in open distance of both. Young exuberance for life. This sociation ended its re- Ethir. On October 10, canine teeth and, like the meadows. Females tend generally forage to- stocky deer with sturdy lationship with Lackie investigators with the cow, have a multi-part to stay close to where gether in family groups; legs is 4 to 6-1/2 feet Dammeier but not before Orange County District stomach, the first two they were born. Males older bucks tend to trav- in length and 3 to 3-1/2 other Orange County Attorney’s Office, as- chambers of which act as disperse farther, estab- el alone or with other feet high at the shoul- municipal officials, in- sisted by Orange County temporary storage bins. lish their own territories, bucks. Most actively for- der. Their weight can cluding city council Sheriff’s Department Food stored here can be and compete for access aging around dawn and vary from 130 pounds members from Buena detectives and officers, digested later when the to females during the dusk, they usually bed in females to over 280 Park, Fullerton and Ir- served a search warrant deer chews its cud. Mule breeding season. down in protected areas pounds in males. Their vine, came forward to at the 367 N 2nd Avenue deer consume a wide va- Males disperse as in- midday, but will also for- formidable strength and tell how the Upland- Upland law office of the riety of plants and are dividuals or aggregate in age at night in more open beauty captivates us into based firm and its cli- law firm, which at that primarily browsers on groups of unrelated indi- areas, during full moons, believing that they could ents engaged in efforts point was in the midst of woody vegetation. They viduals. During winter or when pressured by be capable of pulling a to harass them as they decommissioning itself particularly live on cean- and spring, the stability hunters. Mule deer make sleigh though the snow! headed into elections and farming its cases out othus (which we call deer of female clans and male temporary beds which and contract negotiations to various of its former browse), oak leaves and groups is maintained are usually nothing more Wildhaven Ranch is a with their cities’ police partners or other law bark, manzanita, herba- with dominance hierar- than flattened areas of wildlife sanctuary in the unions, which were rep- firms. Ivestigators carted ceous plants and bushes chies. Increases in strife grass or leaves. They San Bernardino Moun- resented by Lackie Dam- off scores of boxes full like blackberry, blue- and alarm behavior, and will use their hooves to tains specializing in edu- meier McGill & Ethir. of documents and other berry and thimbleberry. decreases in play among scratch a level depres- cating the public about So brazen was the materials from the of- They have an affection fawns, occur as popula- sion into the cold earth, wildlife in our ecosys- law firm in its pro-police fice. for apples, acorns, and tion density increases. even in winter! tem. Visit them at www. union strategies that it to the annoyance of gar- The frequency of ag- Because of their abil- wildhavenranch.org or posted on its website a deners, rose bushes. gressive behavior be- ity to outrun most of call for tours at (909) political activity play- their predators, mule 337-7389. Friday, December 20, 2013 San Bernardino County Sentinel Page 12 California Style Seasons Greetings By Grace Bernal Santacon crowd. The celebration was felici- such a spontaneous event tous, and the crowd was photos. This year they it resembles a bunch of continually doing silly all road the metro bus hippies getting together things, It’s a day of mer- and called it the sleigh riment, drinking, and con has to offer in 2014. eating. ‘til then, Seasons greet- Santacon has been ings from Los Angeles! happening each year and I always thought it My very first Santa- would be fun to cover. con experience occurred in 2013 and proved wild, wacky, and silly. It took place in the city of Los Angeles. Santacon is a very and gathered hourly by random event where they cell phones. There was a with crazy antics and of- give out no pre-infor- nice crowd this past Sat- ride. Santacon started in fers a modernistic feel- mation. The location is 1994 in San Francisco. urday December 14th, "I stopped believing in Santa Claus determined, distributed Since then it has spread with some creative peo- when I was six. to Washington D.C., Los ing, with ple partici- My mother took me to a depart- Angeles, Philadelphia many of the pating. The ment store and he asked for MY au- and New York. This is participants fun started d r e s s e d tograph!" -Shirley Temple at El Merca- in unique dito in East Santa suits. Los Angeles. The cos- They rode tumes make into down- S a n t a c o n town Los fun and in- Angeles and teresting and China Town put you in a via Metro lighthearted passes and mood. Can’t headed west I didn't know where it wait to see to meet up was but I was able to fol- what Santa- with the west low them in my car and side L.A. that's how I caught some

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