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A Pomona man who decapitated his older brother with pruning shears in 1993 and was committed to a state psychiatric hospital "went AWOL" from an outpatient program last week, but was captured four days later in Ontario. What's known is that Charles Henry Bowshier, 50, who has been in outpatient trea

Catherine Campos went outside her Ontario home on the afternoon of Oct. 13, and saw several Ontario police vehicles on her usually quiet street and a helicopter circling overhead. Always curious about the goings-on in her neighborhood, she pulled out her cellphone and started recording when she saw

Ontario Mills mall will be holding its annual job fair on Wednesday, Oct. 25, to help applicants apply for seasonal and permanent employment with various retailers. The event is from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. in the Fashion Alley extension of Ontario Mills, at 1 Mills Circle, according to a news release. In

ONTARIO >> Bruce Atlas has fielded hundreds of inquiries about the opportunity for local business to operate at Ontario International Airport. As chief operations officer for the airport, Atlas thought it would be great to put together a forum to field some those questions. The Ontario International

Meaghan Steffek and her best friend, Julia Jacobson, were giddily chattering a few months ago about the possibility the women could be living in the same town again for the first time since they had been at school together in South Dakota. "We were both so excited," Steffek said in a phone interview

Ontario Mills is holding a job fair 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Oct. 25 in Fashion Alley on the southwest end of the shopping center. More than a dozen retailers will participate, including Ann Taylor, Calvin Klein, Forever 21, Loft Outlet, Michael Kors, and Under Armour. Both seasonal and permanent jobs are ava

A big-rig driver was charged Thursday, Oct. 19, with vehicular manslaughter and reckless driving in the deaths of 13 people aboard a bus in a 2016 crash on the 10 Freeway near Palm Springs. An investigation found that the driver violated various federal regulations related to drive-time limits and s

The city and Pomona College have settled two lawsuits challenging the upcoming Pomona College Museum of Art. The settlements against Citizens to Save College Avenue and Claremonters for Honest Governance were announced during the October 10 city council meeting and following a closed session meeting

John Barrett-"Jack" to his friends-has a couple of standby jokes. The first one has to do with his US Army rank during World War II, "PFC," or Private First Class. "You know what that is?" he asked. "That's a private, buckin' to be a civilian!" The other involves asking folks if they'd like to see h

On October 10, three years after the city council voted unanimously to take over our local water system from Golden State Water, the same five council members voted to accept a generous proposal by Golden State to put an end to the failed attempt. We can now definitively quantify the cost of this fi

The League of Women Voters of the Claremont Area announces our Food for Thought event to be held on Sunday, October 22 at 2 p.m. at the Hughes Center, Padua Room. (Please note change of date.) Jose Zapata Calderon, PhD, will discuss "Intersectional Coalition Building: Strategies for Responding and R

Claremonters wanting to learn more about how to help the homeless are invited to the city's community homeless summit on Monday, October 23. The free meeting, which will take place in the Padua Room at the Alexander Hughes Center, will provide information on how to effectively communicate difficult

A California Highway Patrol officer was taken to the hospital with minor injuries after the unit he was in was involved in a Rancho Cucamonga crash with a tractor trailer Thursday, CHP officials said. Officer Jesus Garcia, spokesman for the department said the unnamed officer - who worked out of the

RANCHO CUCAMONGA >> Dunkin' Donuts fans can rejoice, the coffee shop chain is slated to open its third San Bernardino County location in Rancho Cucamonga. But those wondering how soon they can order an iced coffee and munchkins will have to wait until early 2019, the East Coast company said. The per

There's so much suspense looming as the eighth season of AMC's hit post-apocalyptic TV series "The Walking Dead" returns at 9 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 22. Not only is the episode slated to be a nail-biting series kick-off, but it's also the milestone 100th episode of the Emmy Award-winning series. The b

Sometimes it seems as if every local reference in old movies, most of which involve Pomona or Cucamonga, must have been brought to my attention over the years. But then along comes a fresh one. Reader Dot Cosentino-Phillips was watching "The Very Thought of You," a 1944 drama about romance during wa

Granados' name will be engraved in a small plaque and installed in front of one of 3,200 trees that will be planted along Foothill Boulevard (historic Route 66). "We picked a Chinese pistachio tree for him; it will look very beautiful when it blooms. We plan to visit often and place flowers at the t

A theater production based on the Oscar-winning DreamWorks animation film, "Shrek the Musical," will be presented at Center Stage Theater in Fontana on weekends from Oct. 20 through Nov. 12. "Once upon a time, there was a little ogre named Shrek ..." And thus begins the tale of an unlikely hero who

In a nod to Norco's history with the California Rehabilitation Center and its time as a U.S. Navy base, the city is hosting a wheelchair basketball tournament Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 21 and 22. According to a written release from the city, "on March 18, 1947, the first competition in history betwe

Rep. Norma J. Torres (D-Pomona) and Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-San Bernardino) were recently joined by U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta for a tour of the Chaffey College InTech Center (Industrial and Technical Learning Center) in Fontana to see how federal grants can jumpstart public-pr