CHINO - It was supposed to have happened later rather than sooner, but the Heman G. Stark Youth Correctional Facility will formally close by the end of the month. And just as quickly, the state Department of Corrections begins a multi-million dollar project to transform the youth prison into a part of the adult California Institution of Men and expand its inmate housing operation in the Chino Valley. A prison riot in August damaged facilities at the nearby California Institution for Men ad >>

Several jurors cried as Guillermo Ruelas described his experiences at the hands of youth correctional counselor James Shelby. "He said, 'You know what I want,"' Ruelas muttered, fighting back tears. "Knowing you're in a spot where you're trapped makes you feel violated." Ruelas is one of four former wards who alleged they were sexually abused by Shelby while incarcerated at the Heman G. Stark Youth Correctional Facility in Chino from 1999 to 2004. Shelby denies the char >>

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CHINO HILLS - Derek Brown scored 15 points to lead the Chino Hills High School boys basketball team to a 56-38 victory over visiting Walnut in a CIF-Southern Section Division 1A first-round playoff game on Friday night. Brown, who will play collegiately at San Jose State, said he knew the Huskies had to overcome their slow start. "Coach told us we are too hyper, and we need to calm it down," he said. The Huskies, who won the Sierra League and are the top-seeded team in the div >>

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the Chino Valley Unified school board has approved major cuts to its budget. The board on Thursday evening approved about $12million in cuts and is depending on negotiations with employee unions for another $12million in cuts, officials said. About $5.4million of the cuts came from increasing K-3 class sizes to 30 students per teacher next year, eliminating high school librarians and athletic transportation as well as discontinuing the International Baccalaureate programs at Don Lugo High >>

The last piston-engine combat aircraft, the Douglas AD Skyraider, will be the subject of a lecture hosted by the Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino on March 6. The lecture begins at 10 a.m. and will be followed by a flight demonstration of a restored Skyraider. Organizers of the event say the Skyraider was conceived during World War II as a plane which could be based on an aircraft carrier and be used to dive-bomb the enemy. >>

On Wednesday, February 24, 2010 7:00 p.m. at Chino Valley Community Church (in the worship center) 14601 Peyton Drive, Chino Hills a meeting will be held to update the community on the latest happenings regarding the power lines planned to run thought Chino Hills. The City of Chino Hills is extremely disappointed with the California Public Utilities Commission action to approve Southern California Edison's Tehachapi Renewable Transmission Project on a route that cuts right through Chino Hills >>

Chino Hills Police report that there has been an increase in vehicle burglaries in the City of Chino Hills. Thieves are targeting items that are not easily identified but are easily removed from vehicles. The theft of third row seats from popular SUV's (Sport Utility Vehicles) is the newest trend in vehicle break-ins. According to Lieutenant Stephen Smith, "It takes a thief less than one minute to unlatch and remove that third row seat because they are designed for easy removal."  >>

By Melodie Henderson

"Self-Help" will be performed at 8 P.M. Feb. 12-13 and 19-20 and at 2:30 P.M. Feb. 14 at Seventh Street Theatre, 13123 Seventh St. in Chino. Ticket cost is $15 general admission and $12 for students and seniors. Box office: 590-1149. By Melodie H. Magouirk Check your worries at the door - Chino Community Theatre's season opener is for laughs only. In the director's notes, Jeff Deards says of Norm Foster's "Self-Help" that a farce can be the hardest thing to pull off well. While it's t >>

The Chino Valley Fire District issued a warning to alert local business of individuals and organizations suggesting they represent the fire department in order to perform expensive fire inspections. Fire officials have received information that several individuals and organizations are claiming "quarterly fire inspections" are necessary for businesses in Chino and Chino Hills, then charging high prices for the inspections. This has been followed by aggressive and professional colle >>