Diamond Bar News

Fire officials say that this year, fire conditions will be critical as soon as July.

But it's tough to get large infrastructure projects going when they're blocked by overly stringent environmental laws and state regulations that slow and sometimes halt the process.

When Sen. Mark Leno , D-San Francisco, introduced a motion in the Senate on Thursday to move the budget trailer bills to the floor, it sparked heated debate from several Republican senators.

The Ontario/Chaffey Community Show Band will present its final concert of the 2013 season, "Disney Razzle Dazzle" on Monday, but it will also mark another special event.

Science can be lots of fun, just ask kids attending summer classes at the Youth Science Center in Hacienda Heights.

Known for his detailed cartoon-styled animal characters, Scribe created a moustached, bare chested, tough guy design, featured in the series in both a standard and rare edition.

Mayor Jack Tanaka and his wife, Wanda, visit Medina family at Relay For Life in Diamond Bar.

Former Maranatha standout Dylan Covey was taken in the fourth round by the Oakland A's in Friday's First-Year Player draft.

The Relay For Life of Diamond Bar will be held Saturday and Sunday at Lorbeer Middle School at 501 Diamond Bar Blvd. The community event begins with an opening ceremony at 9 a.m. Saturday to celebrate the lives of those who have battled cancer.

"I've been waiting for this news for the longest time," she said. She survived an Aug. 8, 1985, attack by Ramirez in which her husband, 35-year-old Elyas Abowath, died at the family's home on Pinehill Lane.

The sheriff's Walnut/Diamond Bar station got a call around 10 a.m. about a possible dead person in a car on East Walnut Drive South.

Firefighters and deputies responding to a call about smoke coming from a house discovered 565 marijuana plants inside the residence Tuesday, officials said.

Authorities issued these images of the so-called "Midnight Bandit" holding up gas stations in Diamond Bar on April 19, 2013, left, and in Lakewood on Feb.

Jake Payton, an All-Area running back last season, has left the San Dimas High School football program and likely will transfer to Upland for his senior season.

Southern California Students in the 2013 Scripps National Spelling Bee: Hannah Silvestro, Pomona: Hannah, a sixth-grader and St.

Correspondence to Hiro Yamasaki, MD, Cardiovascular Division, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan.

File - Foothill Transit's Silver Streak double bus pulls into the El Monte Bus Station June 4, 2012.

Tomorrow is the unofficial start of summer - Memorial Day. Besides honoring those who gave their lives for their country, it means barbecues and picnics.

Jimmy Lee, 82, joins his grandaughter Audris Fan at Rowland Adult School. Jimmy Lee's education ended when the Imperial Japanese Army overran Indonesia in March of 1942.

Anyone who has ever put together a wedding knows how much it takes, and finances aren't the only concern.