October 21, 2007 News Roundup
Posted by: SB Insider | 10/21/2007 11:39 AM
Here is the San Bernardino County News Roundup for October 21, 2007:
Neighborhood on edge - San Bernardino Sun
Tensions are running high on the narrow street where a Rialto SWAT officer was killed during a drug sweep on Thursday.
Little that Jaranard Thomas, the man accused of causing a Rialto SWAT officer's death, has told police is true.
Despite flattening enrollment and anticipation that San Bernardino City Unified School District will imminently qualify for state hardship money, Assistant Superintendent John Peukert has floated the possibility that the district still might need to go for yet more money via a bond next year.
A budgeting error has led top San Bernardino County sheriff’s officials to immediately halt unapproved overtime for all personnel in the county, stretching local law enforcement to dangerous staffing levels, according to an internal memo obtained by the Daily Press.
An apartment manager held in connection with the killing of a Rialto SWAT officer during a drug raid last week said in a jailhouse interview Saturday he was too busy defending himself from police Tasers to have shot anyone.
Remodel of S.B. County government center to begin - Press Enterprise
The top floors of the San Bernardino County Government Center will get a $1.1 million facelift in coming weeks.
Redlands' balancing act - Redlands Daily Facts
The city is facing a $3.2 million shortfall in 2008. In 2009, that number will climb to $4.1 million, putting the city more than $7 million in the red.
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News Roundup - 2007
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