Lytle Creek News

INSIGHT: Stephen Rusher's art may seem nonsensical on the surface, but it taps into deeper thoughts.

The Fontana Water Company is seeking a 26 percent overall increase on user rates for its 44,000 meters effective July 1, 2009.

Seven officers pedaled bicycles 20 miles from town into the mountains surrounding Lytle Creek, finally reaching a dusty canyon where they lit up the looming darkness with the fiery muzzles of their .40-caliber ...

“Obviously we're concerned about existing areas and future development”

A proposal to build a 233-mile pipeline to carry nearly 200,000 barrels of petroleum a day to Las Vegas has some local officials nervous. via San Bernardino County Sun

“This is an exhibit for people of all ages and appeals to the architect in all of us”

The diverse and sometimes unique architecture of San Bernardino County is the focus of an exhibit titled "Sticks and Stones" at the county museum. via The Press-Enterprise

“The whole park got a complete face-lift”

In March, more than 500 volunteers gathered to build a new, state-of-the-art playground at San Bernardino's Lytle Creek Park. via San Bernardino County Sun

A controlled burn is being conducted by the US Forest Service near Lytle Creek Road and Lone Pine Canyon. via Victorville Daily Press

Billowing smoke seen in the hillsides northwest of San Bernardino is not a wildfire but a prescribed burn. via Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

“We'd like to see our property values go up.”

If neighborhood streets could talk, El Rancho Verde's roads would tell the story of change. via Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

“That's a very patient getaway driver”

Jose Navarro parked a vehicle on Monday morning a block away from the Jack in the Box in the 15200 block of Summit Avenue. via Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

“We never have to look back and wonder if what we did as members of the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department was worthwhile”

Sheriff Gary Penrod kept a proud, optimistic tone on Thursday, even as he warned that several noteworthy projects could be delayed. via San Bernardino County Sun

“It's nothing on the school campus, and it's not the students”

FONTANA _ The lockdown issued after a student was reportedly spotted carrying a belt with bullets has been lifted after the report was found to be erroneous. via Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

“When the primary suspect took a position of advantage and shouldered his weapon, the deadly force was imminent”

The manzanita bushes weren't thick enough to hide a pair of detectives from a gun-toting marijuana farmer standing above them on a fallen tree log in Lytle Creek, authorities said. via San Bernardino County Sun

“We are very fortunate there was no one else in that office area”

A 50-year-old Lytle Creek woman was trapped for 75 minutes Tuesday morning and two other people escaped with minor injuries when a second-floor mezzanine collapsed inside a Fontana industrial plant. via Press-Enterprise

“Locally, the ground water supplies will be recharged.”

Nearly three inches of rain fell on Devore and more than two inches drenched San Bernardino between Sunday and today as a powerful winter storm continued to sweep through Southern California. via San Bernardino County Sun

“He worked well with everyone and always tried to help people”

A veteran Forest Service ranger who worked closely with avalanche victim Darren Coffey, 32, said the Wrightwood resident "really cared about the forest and the work he was doing," City News Service reported ... via KNBC Los Angeles Channel 4

The Inland Empire received another soaking overnight, prompting a brief closure of the 15 Freeway in the Cajon Pass and a flood warning by the National Weather Service. via San Bernardino County Sun

“There was one collision, and they made the determination that it might get worse”

The largest storm to hit Southern California in three years created fewer problems than expected this weekend, although lingering rain and snow prompted road and school closures Monday. via San Bernardino County Sun

“Of particular concern are the Southern California burn areas”

San Bernardino County crews on Thursday patrolled channels and installed electronic message boards in flood-prone areas in preparation for a series of storms this weekend. via San Bernardino County Sun

A four-year project calling for additional lanes and bridges along the 215 Freeway is now under way, and motorists can expect lane closures and even full freeway closures during construction. via San Bernardino County Sun