Rialto News

A firefighter uses a drip torch to light a section of vegetation during a training fire along Sierra Avenue north of Summit Avenue in North Fontana May 23, 2013.

Three men were arrested on suspicion of grand theft Wednesday, May 22, 2013 after it was discovered their van was being used to siphon gas from a Fontana gas station's underground fuel tanks into large fuel containers.

Police say a 32-year-old male, who was driving while intoxicated, crashed into a home at the corner of Eucalyptus Avenue and Holly Street and was tackled by neighbors after he attempted to flee the scene on Sunday evening.

By a 3-2 vote, the school board has dismissed its attorney, Maribel S. Medina of the Los Angeles law office of Meyers/Nave. Fontana Unified school board member Leticia Garcia called the action irresponsible given the fact that the process to find a replacement has not begun and the district has large holes in its upper management.

Personnel from as far away as Fontana, Redlands, Upland, Rialto and other municipalities joined the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department Victorville Station in the operation, which kicked off the sheriff's crime sweep season.

Assistant City Manager Tom DeSantis was digging in his garden Friday, May 17, a furlough day for Moreno Valley employees, when a city-related call came in.

The wreck happened at 11:09 a.m. Saturday, May 4, near along a dirt portion of Duncan Canyon Road near Sierra Avenue.

Three members of a prominent Rubidoux-area family, including a World War I veteran, will have their names placed on the Veterans Memorial Wall in a ceremony on Saturday, May 18.

C.A.S.A of San Bernardino County is a nonprofit organization, working to improve the quality of life for foster youth and juvenile offenders with stable and consistent advocacy and mentoring provided through trained community volunteers.

Employees are seen Wednesday, May 15, the morning after Michelle Dawson was named Moreno Valley's new city manager.

San Bernardino County Chief Executive Officer Greg Devereaux presented the first budget projections for the next fiscal year to the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday.

Every month the city landfill gets the amount of citations other area landfills get in a year.

HESPERIA San Bernardino County officials helped to dedicate the new High Desert Public Safety Operations Center in Hesperia on Friday, a joint-agency emergency hub to deal with regional and countywide catastrophes.

Corrina Marie Wilson, 21, was pronounced dead on the westbound 10 at Riverside Avenue, San Bernardino County coroner's officials said.

The community of Fontana joined former Lt. Gov. Abel Maldonado in his fight to keep public safety top of mind.

Over 400 vintage cars, trucks, street rods and special interest vehicles will be showcased at the Rialto Rotary Club's 20th Run Whatcha Brung.

The Riverside County Transportation Commission on Tuesday, May 8, awarded a $632.6 million construction contract to add express lanes and a general purpose lane to Highway 91.

A dump truck enters San Timoteo County Landfill in Redlands on Tuesday. San Bernardino County and Los Angeles County have agreed to send at least 700,000 tons of waste into three local landfills.

"The Spitfire Grill" is a musical about a parolee, who follows her dreams to a small town in Wisconsin.

HESPERIA A Rialto woman led deputies on a high-speed chase down the Cajon Pass with two children in her car after her accomplice attempted to rob a Hesperia business at gunpoint, authorities said.