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February 9, 2010By -Articles From Everywhere About Chino Hills and Chino

The Chino Valley Fire District issued a warning to alert local business of individuals and organizations suggesting they represent the fire department in order to perform expensive fire inspections. Fire officials have received information that several individuals and organizations are claiming "quarterly fire inspections" are necessary for businesses in Chino and Chino Hills, then charging high prices for the inspections. This has been followed by aggressive and professional colle >>

February 8, 2010By -Articles From Everywhere About Chino Hills and Chino

In the Chino Hills Marketplace Shopping Center, we have a new treasure called the mi Medical Rejuvenation Center, also know as "mi Med Spa" for short. Mi Med Spa is the brainchild of Dr. Albert Kim, a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine with a family practice in Ontario. Doctor Kim is board certified in anti-aging medicine and a Fellow of the American Academy of Anti-Aging. He is also Board Certified in Family Medicine and runs a family practice in Ontario. Dr. Kim attended the Wester >>

February 8, 2010By -Articles From Everywhere About Chino Hills and Chino

Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.), 77, a Vietnam veteran who staunchly supported military spending and became a master of pork-barrel politics, died today at Virginia Hospital Center following gallbladder surgery last month. Elected to Congress in 1974 from a southwestern Pennsylvania district that has been economically devastated by the decline of America's coal-mining and steel industries, the gruff and jowly Murtha was beloved by his constituents for tapping billions of dollars in federal funds to >>

February 8, 2010By -Articles From Everywhere About Chino Hills and Chino

Valentine's Day is always fun. Here are some ideas for a love-filled day for the whole family. Our friends at eHow have some nice Valentine's day ideas starting with the ones below... Instructions Step 1 Hugs and Kisses in your lunch bag Serve heart-shaped pancakes for breakfast. Then, add love notes to everyone's lunch bag, backpack or briefcase. A heart-shaped cake for supper dessert is also a nice touch after a supper of everyone's favorite dish. Step 2 Hugs and Kisses at w >>

February 8, 2010By -Articles From Everywhere About Chino Hills and Chino

CHINO AND CHINO HILLS, CA, February 17, 2010 - On Wednesday, February 17, 2010, executives and business leaders, known as "jailbirds", from Chino and Chino Hills will be "arrested" for "having a big heart for Jerry's Kids" at the Muscular Dystrophy Association's Executive Lock-Up. Members of the business community will join BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse in an effort to raise money for the Southeast Los Angeles/ San Bernardino County chapter of the MDA. The Chin >>

February 6, 2010By -Articles From Everywhere About Chino Hills and Chino

CHINO HILLS - A Hindu community here is closer to completing its religious center, but still has to overcome a city height restriction for the towers it wants to build as part of the temple. The Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanastha Hindu community of Chino Hills wants to begin construction on the mandir, or temple, at the complex on Fairfield Ranch Road near the 71 Freeway, which is nearing completion. The obstacle that has remained for the past few years has been the >>

February 6, 2010By -Articles From Everywhere About Chino Hills and Chino

Please review the following list for areas that will likely be closed or flooded during and after heavy periods of rain. Please avoid these areas until the water subsides. Likely Road Closures, Flooded Areas, and Areas to Avoid: -Peyton Dr. between Morningfield Dr. (south of Eucalyptus) and Bulldog Way at Ayala -Eucalyptus Ave. from Pipeline Ave. to Morningfield Dr. -Chino Hills Parkway and Pipeline Ave. -The 71 underpass at Pipeline Ave. -Lower Los Serranos area WATCH DOWNHILL S >>

February 5, 2010By Keisha Hosea

Chino Hills, CA Home Values and Home Sales for January 2010 The months of supply of homes for sale is extremely low for single family homes in Chino Hills. From January 2009 to January 2010 the supply of homes for sale has decreased by 53%. We currently have a 2.4 month supply of homes, thus making Chino Hills a seller's market currently. The supply and demand for single family homes shows us that the supply is down 50%, the demand for single family homes for sale is up 3%. Although deman >>

February 5, 2010By -Articles From Everywhere About Chino Hills and Chino

Last week, the state began implementing the worst law in 2009 that aims to cut the state's prison population by about 6,500 inmates over the next year. This law was part of the 2009 budget package that I strongly opposed, yet it passed through with a Democratic majority and was unfortunately approved by the governor. The stated goal of this plan was to reduce overcrowding and save money in the Corrections budget. Since this plan was first introduced, I have had no doubt that this new policy >>

February 4, 2010By The Editor

The speaker will be Dr. Elmer B Pineda who is a specialist in the field of Robotic Surgery. His talk will be an introduction on how robotic surgery will work. He will share the advantages of using robotic surgery in today's operating rooms. Dr. Elmer B. Pineda received his Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of California at Berkley and his Medical Degree from the University of California at Davis. He completed his internship and residency at Loma Linda University Medical Center >>

February 3, 2010By Ed Graham

So is it a 'good thing' that your family moved to Chino Hills? For Denise and I, our move to CH happened by accident back in '88. Our boys were starting elementary school, and we needed to escape downtown Anaheim and its underachieving schools. The move was unbelievably beneficial for our family. I just hope our sons can find the same quality of live as they grew up with here in our city. Time will tell if adulthood for Kyle (lives in Riverside), Jarad (condo hunting back in the OC), and Bre >>

February 3, 2010By -Articles From Everywhere About Chino Hills and Chino

from disclosure, keeping the address confidential when police run a license plate check. Confidentiality is rightly extended to the spouse and children of these officials, but when these family members are also convicted criminals, the confidentiality extended to the family members compromises officer safety. SB 938 will require disclosure of a spouse's or child's home address if they have been convicted of a crime and are on active probation or parole. "When a license check at a rout >>

February 2, 2010By -Articles From Everywhere About Chino Hills and Chino

Remember that stuff about hiding under a table or standing in a doorway. Is this ever an eye opener. Directly opposite of what we've been taught over the years! I can remember in school being told to, 'duck and cover' or stand in a doorway during an earthquake. This guy's findings are absolutely amazing. I hope we all remember his survival method if we are ever in an earthquake. EXTRACT FROM DOUG COPP'S ARTICLE ON THE: 'TRIANGLE OF LIFE' My name is Doug Copp. I am the Rescue Chief an >>

February 2, 2010By -Articles From Everywhere About Chino Hills and Chino

Senate Democrats this week passed a measure by Sen. Alan Lowenthal, D-Long Beach, to encourage cities and counties to take away badly-needed free parking spaces across the state. If this measure passes, the state would offer local government incentives to erect parking meters or eliminate parking spaces altogether. Senator Lowenthal even called free parking a "luxury" that has "significant social, economic and environmental costs," and argued, "it increases congestio >>

January 27, 2010By Lori Cunningham

Today Apple announced its newest, long anticipated and highly gossiped product, the Apple iPad. Rumors about the new iPad have been running rampant on the Internet as Apple fans and technology commentators quickly spread any gossip to help satisfy curious and die hard Apple fans. Steve Jobs presented the new Apple iPad to a packed room full in San Francisco. Reporters hung on every Steve Job's every word. Steve Jobs heralded the new iPad as "phenomenal," "unbelievably gre >>

January 25, 2010By Yole Moreland

"Cancer" is one of the scariest words in the english language. But with each passing year researchers are giving us ways to control and prolong our survival. In order to keep the momentive going, we as a community need to help support the fight against cancer. There are many ways to accomblish this and one of the must profound is to support the "Relay for Life - Chino Hills". Please join the American Cancer Society and your community on Saturday, January 30th from 4:30 >>

January 19, 2010By -Articles From Everywhere About Chino Hills and Chino

With three storm fronts expected to move through San Bernardino County over the next three days, Chino Valley Fire District Fire Chief Paul Benson asks residents to be prepared and maintain personal safety first. It is important to note that most cars can be swept away in 18-24 inches of moving water. Once a vehicle is swept downstream, it will often roll to one side or flip over entirely, giving the occupants only a few seconds to escape. Chino Valley Fire District firefighters ask everyone >>

January 19, 2010By Carol Roddy

Soroptimist International of Chino Hills/Inland Empire (SI-CH/IE) is hosting a New Member Induction & Membership Recruitment Social on Thursday, January 28 from 6:30 pm-8:30 pm. The event is being held at Assemblyman Curt Hagman's District Office, 13920 City Center Drive #260 at the Shoppes. This is an open invitation to area women who are encouraged to attend and learn about the organization. SI-CH/IE is an international organization of professional and business women dedicated to impro >>

January 18, 2010By -Articles From Everywhere About Chino Hills and Chino

CHINO - State corrections officials are expected to release a master plan this spring for converting the Heman G. Stark youth prison into a major expansion of adult housing operations. The transition of Stark into an adult facility is moving forward with the public environmental review process. A public meeting to introduce the plan is likely in the spring, said Bob Sleppy, deputy environmental services director for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Assemblyman C >>

January 17, 2010By -Articles From Everywhere About Chino Hills and Chino

Last August, a riot at the California Institution for Men in Chino demolished barracks and injured about 200 prisoners. Some prisoners claim they had to live outdoors for nearly a week after the riot. Others say the practice began months before the riot and hasn't stopped. Some say they were severely sunburned. Others claim they were denied blankets, showers and medical care. "Now, once an inmate went through a riot and they were stripped down to their boxers to make sure that they h >>

January 17, 2010By -Articles From Everywhere About Chino Hills and Chino

CHINO HILLS - It wasn't their Division I point guard or their 6-foot-7 senior who seized control in the fourth quarter, but two of the Chino Hills High School boys basketball team's 5-foot-10 role players who brought the Huskies back from a late five-point deficit against the No. 3 team in CIF-SS Division II-A. Michael Rodriguez and Erik Ligans scored all but the final three points of the fourth quarter in Division I-A No. 2 Chino Hills' 53-46 victory on Friday over Sierra League foe Damien, >>

January 17, 2010By -Articles From Everywhere About Chino Hills and Chino

In his final State of the State speech last week, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger raised the possibility of privatizing state prisons as a way of saving money for increased university spending. The state spends about $52,000 on each of its roughly 165,000 prisoners annually, in comparison to $32,000 in other states, officials said. Now the governor and state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation are looking into bringing the private sector in as a means of driving costs down. "Spend >>

January 17, 2010By -Articles From Everywhere About Chino Hills and Chino

Please join personnel from the Chino Police Department, the Chino Valley Independent Fire District, the Chino Hills Police Department, and the Cities of Chino and Chino Hills, as they unite forces on Thursday, January 21st to donate blood during the annual Battle of the Badges blood drive. The event, sponsored by the Chino Police Department, will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Carolyn Owens Community Center, located at 13201 Central Avenue in Chino. The blood collected by the America >>

January 16, 2010By Keisha Hosea

Is Saving the Commission Really Saving Yourself Money? It's no secret. Most of us love a good bargain and we especially love when we can save ourselves some money. Becoming a For Sale By Owner is one of those times where sometimes the first inclination is to sell the home on our own because we can cave money. Truth is, that sometimes we lose sight of the forest for the trees. Now let's be truthful... sure there are For Sale By Owners who have sold their own homes and saved money, but the oth >>

January 16, 2010By The Editor

were deployed with California Urban Search and Rescue Task Force 5 this morning at 6 a.m. to help look for survivors of the devastating earthquake in Haiti. Firefighter/Paramedic Tao and Andy are expected to be in Haiti with Task Force 5 for an extended period of time to assist victims of the earthquake and to help the people of Haiti. A US&R Task Force is made up of firefighters, paramedics, physicians, structural engineers and K-9 search dog teams, and extensive amounts of specialized >>

January 13, 2010By The Editor

On Tuesday night, January 13th, 2010, 70 women converged on Honolulu Harry's in Chino for the first Cyn in the City Night of the year. Special events manager Kristi Tisor prepared a special feast to treat all the gals and greeted them with some amazing specials and a Hawaiian lei. When everyone arrived, owner and proprietor, Dr. Lally, addressed and welcomed them all. The rest of the night was a chance for the gals to enjoy food and friendship and a break from the everyday chores. Th >>

January 12, 2010By Carol Roddy

Soroptimist International of Chino Hills/Inland Empire (SI-CH/IE) will feature Michele Duvauchelle and Amber Hood, co-authors of "Gal Pals Guide to the Universe" at the James S. Thalman Library on Thursday, January 21 from 6:30 pm-7:30 pm."Gal Pals Guide to the Universe: How We Used 'The Secret' to Transform Our Lives" is a first person experience of how they, two average women, used "The Law of Attraction" to achieve their personal goals and dreams of becoming a pu >>

January 11, 2010By Lori Cunningham

As many of you know, last week I visited the largest International Consumer Electronic Show (CES) in Vegas. The Las Vegas Convention Center, with its 2.3 million square feet of space, was packed full of companies showcasing their latest technology products from all over the world. In addition, CES spread out into the Las Vegas Hilton and part of the Venetian. I'm telling you, this was one BIG show. CES reported today that over 120,000 people were in attendance. I believe it because the walk >>