Posted by: SB Insider | 10/25/2007 10:49 AM
Here is the San Bernardino County News Roundup for October 25, 2007:
Line of fire - San Bernardino Sun
Spirited firefighting saved Running Springs' downtown Wednesday from the Slide Fire as the blaze made repeated attacks on the historic community nestled along a ridge in the San Bernardino Mountains.
2 in custody tied to arson - SB Sun
Possibilities of arson amid the many blazes tormenting Southern California have police and fire officials on edge and on heightened alert.
A fighting chance - SB Sun
A merciful easing of the winds fueling Southern California's sprawling wildfires finally gave firefighters a chance to fight back against some blazes Wednesday, and weary residents could take solace in an overriding sign of hope: Just one person has died from the flames.
Saving his home - SB Sun
The Slide Fire found a foe in 95-year-old Julian Matika, who swore he'd fight the fire to his death before abandoning his home.
Nurse stays for patients, ensures safety - SB Sun
Lori Betcher cradled a newborn baby boy tenderly in her arms as ambulances arrived to evacuate the patients at Mountains Community Hospital.
Kim Meyer was alone with her thoughts, and the thoughts were dismal, clouded with loss. Her handmade quilts. Her photo albums. Her life as she's known it. All uncertain.
Smoke from the devastating wildfires continued to pour down from the mountains and settle over hundreds of communities, polluting air and making daily life difficult for tens of thousands of Southland residents.
More than 3,100 others from surrounding mountain communities, flocked to the Red Cross Shelter at the National Orange Show Events Center, where they've been since Monday.
About 1,000 people gathered outside of the new headquarters on the site of the former Norton Air Force Base, now San Bernardino International Airport.
City Treasurer Mike Reynolds was charged Wednesday on three felony counts related to the misuse of public funds.
KOA Corp. of Monterey Park and Ontario will conduct a $500,000 study of options for ending the Metro Gold Line at LA/Ontario International Airport, officials announced Wednesday.
Ontario employees have been driving around in five Toyota Prius converted to run on hydrogen fuel for the past year.
San Bernardino County 5th District Supervisor Josie Gonzales recently awarded $10,200 in grant money to seven after-school programs in San Bernardino, Muscoy and Rialto.
A drastic shortage of psychiatrists throughout the county has prompted Arrowhead Regional Medical Center to start a new residency program that proponents say will help relieve an overload of psychiatric patients needing services.
In the wake of millions of dollars in damage caused by wildfires leveling parts of the San Bernardino Mountains, District Attorney Michael A. Ramos is cautioning residents not to become victims a second time.
With smoke, ash and particulate matter from wildfires drifting through the Victor Valley on Wednesday, the Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District issued an ongoing health advisory.
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