To all of our friends visiting us from the Commonwealth, have a pleasant Boxing Day. To all of our locals, have a great Day After Chrsitmas and enjoy your News Roundup:

Uneasy 2008 forecast - San Bernardino Sun

Managers at local manufacturing companies saw an upswing in production and sales for November, but it's going to take even better numbers to change negative attitudes about the economy, they say.

Major minus in state laws - SB Sun

The Legislature spent much of 2007 discussing rising health-care costs and dwindling water supplies, but none of the 750 bills signed into law delivered major reform on either front.

21-year-old fatally shot in SB - SB Sun

Merry Christmas from San Bernardino.

Rialto mulls levying a tax on large warehouse sites - SB Sun

City officials say they're open to the idea of levying a tax on the large warehouses filling up the last chunks of the city's empty land.

Escaped tiger kills man at S.F. Zoo - LA Times

Not Grrrreat!

Councilwoman joins Alzheimer's fight - SB Sun

A councilwoman is volunteering her time to help find a cure for Alzheimer's disease.

San Bernardino considers mobile library for Verdemont area - Riverside Press Enterprise

In an effort to make up for a shortage of services in San Bernardino's Verdemont area, city leaders are considering funding a mobile library that would tour the neighborhood.

Campaign to urge San Bernardino residents to approve Measure L - Press Enterprise

San Bernardino city voters will decide whether to approve technical changes to their telephone and video user's tax, a legal precaution that the City Council has sweetened by attaching a provision to the measure to slightly reduce the tax rate.