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More than 1,000 people took to the grassy area in front of the Miller Park Amphitheater in Fontana on Saturday, Jan. 13, to protest against school district policies they say socially transition children without parental consent. The crowd waved signs calling for an end to abortion and proclaiming their rights as parents to be involved in their children’s lives. Several American flags peaked over the heads of the crowd decked in T-shirts with sayings such as “Leave Our Kids Alone” in large bold letters as a Christian worship band opened the rally. The rally and march Saturday joined a growing...

D.C. Fontana, who helped craft the lore of “Star Trek” and developed one of its signature characters, Spock, as the first female writer for the 1960s television series, died on Tuesday at a hospital in Burbank, Calif. She was 80 and lived in Los Angeles. The cause was cancer, according to her husband, Dennis Skotak. Ms. Fontana was part of the “Star Trek" universe from its early days, working alongside its creator, Gene Roddenberry, on the series as a story editor and writer. The original series, which premiered in 1966, introduced audiences to Captain Kirk, the United Federation of Planets...

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Build America Bureau has finalized a direct loan of $225 million for the Interstate 10 Corridor Project, a critical step forward for one of the most highly anticipated regional transportation and mobility improvements in Southern California. Construction will begin in early 2020 on the four-year project in San Bernardino County, which will include the installation of express lanes (also known as toll lanes) between the Los Angeles County line (near Montclair) and Interstate 15 (just west of Fontana). The low-interest federal loan, which closed on May 3, is through the Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation...

full title: California police discover secret shooting range, weapons and thousands of rounds of ammo hidden underneath gangster's home California authorities stumbled upon a secret underground shooting range hidden beneath the home of a known gang member. Officers with the Fontana Police Department's gang unit came across the hideaway while executing a search warrant at the home on Thursday night. 'While searching the house a man hole was located that led to an underground hiding area and an additional underground area that was being used as a shooting range,' the department said in a press release. Inside the range they...

More than 146,000 people attended the Saturday-Sunday outdoor event, according to organizers. The victims were identified as Derek Lee, 22, of San Francisco; Alyssa Dominguez, 21, of San Diego; and Roxanne Ngo, 22, of Chino Hills, the San Bernardino County coroner’s office said. Lee and Dominguez died early Sunday and Ngo died early Monday. The causes of death were under investigation. “We were deeply saddened to learn about the deaths of three people who attended the festival this weekend,” Hard Summer spokeswoman Alexandra Greenberg said in a statement. “Our sincerest thoughts and condolences are with their family and friends.” Hard...

A 4.3 earthquake was reported Saturday morning near Fontana, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 5:54 a.m. The quake was felt over a wide area of the Inland Empire, Orange County and eastern Los Angeles County, according to the USGS. There were no immediate reports of damage or injury. According to the USGS, the epicenter was near the intersection of Sierra and Fontana avenues. It was followed by two small aftershocks.

FONTANA, CA -- Breitbart News has learned that 46 illegal aliens, mostly women and children originally destined for the U.S. Border Patrol station in Murrieta, CA, were bused instead Thursday to the St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Fontana, roughly 45 miles north. The 46 are among several hundred Central Americans who were caught crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas and have been transferred to California since. "The faith calls on us to do this," San Bernadino Diocese spokesperson John Andrews told Breitbart News. He said that the aliens would, in less than 24 hours, be driven from the church in...

Authorities are searching for an “aggressive” mountain lion that killed a German shepherd in a Fontana backyard Wednesday and kept returning to the home despite being shot at by police. About 3:30 a.m. a resident in the 4100 block of Fox Borough Drive heard his dog crying out and went outside to find a large mountain lion standing over his dead 100-pound German shepherd, the Fontana police said in a statement. http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-aggressive-mountain-lion-search-20140305,0,6377684.story#ixzz2v9UKdfWZ

Week 5! Coming from hopefully sunny California.

FONTANA, Calif. (KTLA) — Controversy is heating up in over 14 high-powered, semi-automatic rifles purchased by school police in Fontana. The $19,000 worth of weaponry was purchased a few months ago by the Fontana Unified School District Police Chief Billy Green. The rifles were ordered back in October — before the deadly school shooting in Newtown, Conn. — but officials say they hope they’ll prevent any future tragedies. Some school board members objected to the move at the time, but on Wednesday night, the board voted unanimously in favor of dispatching the rifles.

This week, it's Springtime racing in Southern California and the Auto Club 400 and the Nationwide Royal Purple 300. Grab a drink and a towel and let's hang with the movie stars and lay around by the pool. Prayers for all our active duty and reserve troops, retirees and their families and this nation in these turbulent times.

Authorities have found the remains of a missing pregnant teenager at a landfill in Corona, authorities said Thursday. Investigators began looking for the remains of 17-year-old Anyssia Katherine Escamilla in May after her boyfriend admitted that he killed her and dumped her body in the trash. The remains were found Wednesday afternoon, said Sgt. Billy Green, a spokesman for the Fontana Police Department. Crews spent 70 days searching landfills in Rialto and Corona for Escamilla's remains. . .

FONTANA, Calif. — Authorities say a pack of escaped dogs mauled three young siblings in California, leaving a 5-year-old girl in critical condition. Police Sgt. Jeff Deckers says the dogs — a mastiff and four pit-bull mixes — escaped a Fontana backyard Monday afternoon and attacked a mother walking with her four children. Deckers says the mastiff pulled the girl from her mother's hand and shook her violently. She has a punctured lung, broken ribs and bites and is on a ventilator.

FONTANA, Calif. -- What goes around comes around, and in Brian Vickers' case, it came around at pole-winning speed Friday at Auto Club Speedway. With a lap at 183.439 mph (39.250 seconds) Vickers claimed the top spot for Sunday's Auto Club 500 Sprint Cup race, the second event on the 2009 schedule for NASCAR's foremost series. Vickers, whose No. 83 Red Bull Toyota was wrecked after contact from Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s Chevrolet in last Sunday's Daytona 500, rebounded smartly from that catastrophe, edging three-time defending Cup champion Jimmie Johnson (183.164 mph) by .059 seconds at the 2-mile speedway.

WELCOMEFREE REPUBLIC NASCAR RACING LEAGUE < The Sharp AQUOS 500 CALIFORNIA SPEEDWAY - FONTANA Race: September 2, 2007 - Scheduled Green Flag: 8:15pm/et ESPN TV: ESPN NASCAR Countdown: ESPN - 7:00pm/et Practice Dates/Times/TV Practice: Friday, August 31, 2:30 - 4:00pm/et TV-SPEED; and Saturday, September 1, 7:00 - 7:45pm/et TV-none Happy Hour Practice: Saturday, September 1, 8:10 - 9:10pm/et on TV-SPEED Qualifying: 2 laps for positions 1-43, Friday, August 31 at 6:10pm/et, TV-SPEED, re-air at 1:00am/et;

Week 2, and it's Off to California with a banjy on muh knee.. What'll happen this week? This thread is posted on a weekly basis during the season and is intended for folks to get together on a family-safe thread, have a little fun and share a little bit about the sport, your favorite drivers and keep the conversation out of the mud and weeds while doing it. We also run a Ping list, if you would like to be added, let one of the race thread posters (normsrevenge,WestCoastGal,glock rocks,NYTexan) and we'll make sure you're on it.

Bottles, rocks and fists flew during lunchtime Friday at Fontana High School. Students poured out of classrooms around noon when, they said, a fire alarm rang. They then saw what they described as a racial or gang-related riot erupting among about 500 students on the quad of the campus near Citrus Avenue. Some flocked to the chaotic melee with their cell phones taking pictures and recording video while others fled to get out of the way. Helicopters circled over the school. "There were fights everywhere girls and guys," said Dalila Lizarraga, 16. Campus police officers sprinted across four lanes of...

WELCOME TO FONTANA CALIFORNIA -THIS WEEKS RACE- SONY HD 500 Pre-Race Show: NBC - 7:00pm/et Sunday, September 3rd - 250 Laps (500 Miles) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NASCAR Busch Series AMERIQUEST 300 Saturday, September 2nd, 150 Laps (300 Miles) TV: TNT - 10:00pm/et Qualifying: Saturday, September 2, 6:40pm/et Qualifying: 2 laps for all positions. Cars will be impounded. TV coverage live on Speed. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Friday Practice: Friday, September 1, 3:05 - 4:35pm/et, TV-none - On Trackpass Saturday Practice: Saturday, September 2, 4:00 - 5:00pm/et, TV-none - On Trackpass Happy Hour Practice: Saturday, September 2, 5:35 - 6:20pm/et on TV-NONE LISTED - On...

This thread is dedicated to everyone affected by the hurricane. God bless and keep them. Please help those who are suffering. And, as always please send your support for our troops who are protecting us. Race Schedule:Sony HD 500 NBC HDTV Sun. 7 p.m. Ameriquest 300 NBC HDTV Sat. 8:30 p.m. Sony HD 500 Bud Pole Qualifying - SPEED Sat. 5:20 p.m. Note: This is an impound race, practice is on Friday 6pm. All Times are ET

AUTO CLUB 500 CALIFORNIA SPEEDWAY SUNDAY FEBRUARY 27, 2005 2pm ET Busch Race- Stater Bros. 300 FX Sat. 5:30 p.m. Auto Club 500 Bud Pole qualifying FX Sat. 3 p.m. Truck Race American Racing Wheels 200 SPEED Fri. 9 p.m. All Times are ET CALIFORNIA SPEEDWAY, FONTANA CALIFORNIA Track Facts Land Total Site 568 acres Speedway Interior 130.7 acres   Track Information Track Size Two-mile D-shaped oval Track Width 75 feet wide with 15-foot apron Turns 1-2; 3-4 14-degree banking Front Stretch 11-degree banking; 3100 feet in length Back Straightaway 3-degree banking; 2500 feet in length 21 turns, 2.36...