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Coffee with the Chief May 2016

18 May 2016 Leave a comment

A nice group of community residents came out on a gloomy morning to hear the latest from Rialto Police Department. Lt Smith stood in for Chief Deanda who was at a meeting honoring one of Rialto Police finest.

Lt Smith spoke about the changes in the uniforms

Lt Smith spoke about technology and training. One training peice is a interrogration training 95 people have attended various trainings. The Chief is looking to increase the amount of money the city allocates to the Police to make sure that Rialto Officers are highly trained. Training in Dispatch has also been developed and more Dispatchers have been hired and trained.

New vehicle tech like innovative bars for the new fleet of SUV’s will help make sure PIT manuvers will be done safely. New generation of camera is coming out and Rialto Police is phasing in the new tech and holds lifetime warranty on camera placement.

Legalization of Marijuana has made it nessicary for more training on being able to decifer if somone is under the influence of marijuana while driving for Rialto Traffic and Patrol officers. This is one of the many consequences of allowing Marijuana Use under the idea that Marijuana is medicine.

Bike team has been reinstated and will be working at the scools to help with traffic and safety. They also went through a training on how to safely use their firearm when on the police bike. Lt. Smith said that because these officers are more exposed by the type of vehicle they are using the need for the officers to be able to remain safe is vital.

Lt Smith praised Sgt Nelson on his work in the traffice department. Sgt Nelson spoke about the addition of two motor officers that will help with the added truck traffic due to the mass influx of truckers that are not obeying the laws of the road. Lt Smith said that truckers are following onboard GPS rather than posted truck routes. This is very interesting because Mayor Robertson promised that her warehouses would make sure that truckers obeyed the truck routes.

Lt Smith spoke about two armed robberies that went down within 15 minutes of each other. What was awesome was both suspects were aprehended and a stolen gun was taken off the streets.

Lt Smith spoke about using data to effect change in crime trends and having officers cross trained to help effect more crime outside of their assigned areas.

We also heard from the Narcotics team and they told us that Marijuana is becoming a bigger problem for Rialto Youth. Rialto youth are using Marijuana more than Tobacco and Alcohol. Rialto has an ordanance that bans medical Marijuana shops within the city of Rialto. Shutting them down is not as easy as going in and closing the doors. The Narcotics team must be able to prove that sales are going on within the shop. They also have to maintian the products seizied or the city could be liable for the value of the products seizied if the case is not won by the county.

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Team Of Strategic Partners Help Teach Local Students About Historic Local Food Production

14 May 2016 Leave a comment

The team from Inland Empire Youth 4 Today planned a field trip for the students from the environmental team at Dollahan Elementary. The environmental team is a club at the school that is responsible teaching students to care for the earth and keep their school clean. The leadership of the group Inland Empire Youth 4 Today told Rialto Now that they have watched opportunities for inner city youth to attend field trips and learn by more than just tests and white boards drop dramatically so they looked for another way to get the students learning from outside the classroom.

Students looking over the orchard with family owner John Adams

The perfect opportunity made its self available when the family of the last historic Orange Grove in the city of Rialto decided to sell off a major portion of the farm to a developer seeking to develop high end condos. “We didn’t want this grove to leave without impressing young minds with the historical importance of this Orange Orchard” said the groups PR person. John Adams the family member that owns the property now has said that his plans were to maximize space and grow an abundance of product and variety of fruit.

A new area under development for weddings and events

The students and parents were able to learn about Mulberries and taste them. They also tasted Peaches and Oranges straight off the tree. Students learned about a Banana that they grow there that tastes like Vanilla Ice Cream and a plant that grew fruit that tasted like Root-beer. The students also learned about grafting a growing technique that is used to grow new trees off of other trees.

Students learning about grafting

Mrs. Valencia the school club adviser said that “there is no better taste than fruit right off the tree” everyone had a great time and they learned so much about Local Farming and the science that goes behind it. Inland Empire Youth 4 Today said that they have tried to get local leaders to do more for local youth but the people in power refuse to help the children of the Inland Empire unless it lines the pockets of the politicians friends pockets.

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Niagara Water Gets Caught Lying To Local Rialto Reporter

11 May 2016 Leave a comment

When our staff found out about the Grand Opening ceremony at the Niagara bottling plant we decided to head up and see who was there and get some great video and pictures. What we were met with were lies and fear from the Mayor of Rialto Deborah Robertson and the executive staff at the Rialto Niagara bottling plant. Mayor Robertson saw our staff getting out of their vehicles and she darted into the building. Once inside our staff were met with some questions on who we were with then a lady from Niagara Water Came out and told us that press and media were not allowed in their Grand Openings. Well as you can see from the video above apparently that only applies to Rialto because in Pierce County the media was given full access to the Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting.

So what does it say about a company that allows local elected mayors to use them to keep people out of informing the public through good ole fashioned reporting methods?

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Niagara Bottling Holds Super Secret Grand Opening Of Rialto Factory

11 May 2016 Leave a comment

by rialto-now in Andy Carrizales, Ca, City of Rialto, Colton, Currupt, Deborah Robertson, Ed Scott, Fontana, Grand Terrace, Inland Empire, Joe Baca Jr, Rialto, San Bernardino, West Valley Water District Tags: bad business, niagara, niagara water, wasting water

When a major business or development opens up in any city the business wants the community to know. Well apparently not if your Niagara Water the flagship warehouse the future tax generator for the city of Ontario had a Grand Opening today and blocked access by normal everyday people like the ones that but their product.

Nothing seemed to odd about this grand opening until we reached the inside of the doors. The only people allowed in were the IMPORTANT people. You know these people its Mayor Deborah Robertson and Ed Scott and the staff members from local Congressional and Assembly offices the IMPORTANT people. We found it odd that we made it through the door only to have Mayor Robertson send a Niagara Water employee out to send us packing. Only makes sense that Mayor Robertson would be controlling who had access to this grand opening since she is a large part of the reason we have been flooded with massive warehouses, increased truck traffic and nothing but back breaking labor jobs for Rialto youth.

You may be asking yourself why would a warehouse in Rialto be sending tax money to Ontario? Ontario has been in this warehouse game for so long that they anticipated when they would be out of room for new warehouses so they began to structure deals that tied companies new endevors into the Ontario tax base. So our lovely Mayor in all her ill advised glory welcomed three new warehouses into Rialto and we will get ZERO tax dollars for years to come. That means all of the additional costs that come with these warehouses are ours to bare without any help from tax revenue. According to the cities website tax dollars are a big deal to the viability of the city:

Sales tax is one of the largest revenues for the City of Rialto. However, the City only receives a small portion of the total amount paid in Sales Tax. Only $.10 of every dollar spent in sales tax in the City of Rialto actually goes directly to the City of Rialto. Another small percentage goes to the City through the Measure I program. Please see the following breakdown of your total sales tax dollars.

Is Mayor Robertson your Mayor the the warehouses Mayor?

So if tax money is so important to the city and we see so little of every dollar spent here why would the city welcome in businesses that have tax arrangements with other cities? Many believe it has to do with the massive amount of money the warehouse industry has given to council member Scott, Mayor Pro Tem Baca and Mayor Robertson.

The Mayor is aligning herself with a company that pumps your tap water and then puts it into bottles and then sells it back to you. This business technique reminds me of the popular movie The Lorax where multiple characters show zero regard for the environment and only care about profits.

Mr. Inland Empire Interviews Eisenhower Football Coach Al Brown

05 May 2016 1 Comment

Written by: Mr Inland Empire

Hello Rialto readers and Football fans we have a very special treat for you. Do you miss the days where Eisenhower Football was the top program in the Southern California region? Do you long for the type of student player development that prepares our high school athletes for where ever their post high school travels take them? Are you ready for some FOOTBALL?????

Well if you answered yes to those three questions we have the interview for you. Last week we were given the first honor to sit down with Eisenhower High School Football Coach Al Brown. We thought today would be the perfect time to post this interview due to the fact that Eisenhower Alum Ronnie Lott will be heading out to Rialto on Monday to host an assembly for the student athletes and school.

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Rialto Public Safety Resources Coming Under Attack

04 May 2016 1 Comment

by rialto-now in Bad Commerce, Budget, Ca, city attorney, City of Rialto, Colton, Crime, Currupt, Deborah Robertson, Ed Scott, Fontana, Freinds of Rialto K9, Friends of Rialto K9, Grand Terrace, Inland Empire, Joe Baca Jr, Public Safety, Rialto, Rialto Police Department, San Bernardino, SWAT

December 1, 2015
I’d like to give a big shout out to Mike Hayes from the city of Rialto for restoring our lights back of the canine training yard.
Thank you Mike and team!

The photo above was taken from the Freind’s of Rialto Police K9 Facebook page. The team said let there be light and apparently the city made it so. So why now are the lights gone and people from the program upset over recent actions?

Rumors began swirling last week that Rialto Public Safety agency has been targeted by a select number of city council members over a vendetta from a very tense vote over what events should be labeled city events and have access to the Tax Payer General Fund Account.

Late last week we were made aware of the action to shut down the Freinds of Rialto K9 training yard. Apparently a couple of people who sit on our collective city council including the mayor were upset that the mayors efforts to cover her tracks in causing $10,000 to be lost from the Tax Payer funded General Fund in connection to the Mayors State of the Woman event. The details are not clear at this point but we do know that the K9 Training Yard operated by the 501c3 Non Profit Freinds of the Rialto Police K9 program has been red tagged and lights, training boxes and demo car have all been removed without a valid reason from the City of Rialto. According to reports we have received the City Leaders and the Chief of Police are experiencing some memory loss because they claim to have no prior knowledge of the improvements to the K9 training yard. What is funny is the Rialto K9 Friends Association was recognizied for the efforts that Eagle Scouts Tyler James and Trevor Benson made to bring shaded seating and lights to the Freinds of Rialto Police K9 training yard.

As you can see is the efforts of the work on the K9 training were part of a public meeting of our city council so why are they playing dumb? The efforts to upgrade the training area were so open knowledge that the department gave out awards to tyler the youth involved in rasing the funds recived and the award was covered in the Rialto Record Newspaper.

We spoke to Cheif Deanda today and he gave us his word that this effort with the K9 training Yard was not politically connected in any way. He also said that his abilities to speak freely were constricted by the ongoing investigation. What exactally is being investigated was not made clear but Cheif Deanda told us that once the investigation was over things would be made available.

Keep checking back as we will update the story as information comes in.

Eisenhower Seniors Flex Their Big Brains As They Cross The Finish Line

29 Apr 2016 Leave a comment

On Wednesday Eisenhower High School Seniors were honored for finishing High School with a 3.5 GPA or higher as they close into finishing the senior year. This year 86 students in a senior class of 521 students obtained at least an overall GPA of 3.5 and 21 of these student finished with a 4.0 GPA. These numbers are on the rise as last year 83 students obtained the level of 3.5 GPA overall.

On top of these Rock Star kids there is a double Valedictorian and Salutatorian. Both pairs finished with the same exact GPA’s

Valedictorian – Betcy Gaspar Nicacio & Alexa Chocoza
Salutatorian – Cristal Martinez-Ramirez & Amber Reveles

Career Center Advisor Nancy Samir Sehsah posted this about her rising star students:

I had such a great time holding today’s photos shoot with our 86 seniors with 3.5 and above GPAs. These kids are, truly, amazing. ‪#‎ikemob‬ ‪#‎classof2016‬‪#‎scholars‬

We believe that it is staff like these that are the reason more students are rising to the top in academic success. If we get an press invite to graduation we will be seeking out these rising stars.

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Shooting Outside Eisenhower High School

28 Apr 2016 1 Comment

by rialto-now in Ca, City of Rialto, Crime, Inland Empire, Rialto, rialto unified school district, youth Tags: Eisenhower High, shooting

As the news of daily deaths ring through the city of San Bernardino there are reports rolling in this morning that there was a shooting outside of Eisenhower High School yesterday just after 3:30 pm so far were not hearing of any reported deaths or injuries but there are reports of a gun being found and two unidentified men being arrested.

Reports are that School District staff have been reported to keep a certain student out of classes and to report this student to campus security right away. Were withholding the name of this student but as we get more information we will update this post.

Rialto Police Issues Traffic Citations In Massive Multi Agency Traffic Assignment

26 Apr 2016 Leave a comment

On April 20, 2016, a multi-agency school traffic safety sweep was conducted.

This operation was a proactive policing effort focusing on traffic safety around local schools in the City of Rialto. It is important for students to be able to travel safely to and from school.

The goal of this operation was not only to enforce traffic laws, but to educate motorists and pedestrians around local schools.

Twenty-four police officers from the Rialto, Redlands, and Fontana Police Departments participated in this operation. Enforcement was conducted at 20 of the 29 schools within the Rialto Unified School District. 70 citations were issued for various violations and 49 warnings / educational stops were conducted with students and motorists.

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Rialto Area Congressman Re-Election Campaign Suspected of Removing Challengers Signs

26 Apr 2016 Leave a comment

by rialto-now in Ca, Colton, Congressman Pete Aguilar, Fontana, Grand Terrace, Inland Empire, paul chabot for congress, pete aguilar, Public Safety, Redlands PD, Rialto, San Bernardino

In a Press Release sent out by the Campaign for Paul Chabot for Congress an accusation of vandalism, theft and trespassing against the current congressman Pete Aguilar and his campaign. Two years ago when both men ran for the highly contested seat Pete Aguilar ran a dirty campaign full of mailers, TV commercials and ad lies about Candidate Paul Chabot according to Paul Chabot. From the looks of this Press Release the Paul Chabot campaign isn’t going down without a fight. See the Press Release below:

LEADING CANDIDATE CHABOT CALLS ON CONGRESSMAN AGUILAR’S CAMPAIGN, TO RETURN 100’s OF STOLEN SIGNS

Signs stolen from private property across
31st District likely represent felony theft

April 26, 2016 – Today, the Paul Chabot for Congress campaign condemned continued vandalism, and theft of hundreds of campaign signs by opponent’s campaign throughout the 31st Congressional District, likely representing a felony crime. Chabot calls on Aguilar’s campaign to immediately return the property.

Yesterday an eye-witness observed suspects removing “Paul Chabot for Congress” yard signs and replacing them with “Aguilar for Congress” signs. A police report was filed and an investigation is ongoing; however, reports of yard signs being stolen out of people’s front yards have started pouring in from around the congressional district. In Aguilar’s hometown of Redlands, the Chabot for Congress campaign estimates 90% of its supporters’ yard signs have been stolen.

“Crime continues to rise across California and it’s unacceptable that a campaign of a Member of Congress would be directly adding to that increase,” said Chabot.

“This is a perfect example of why we desperately need to elect leaders who have first-hand experience fighting crime,” continued Chabot. “As a Reserve Deputy Sheriff for the past 20 years I have fought criminals just like the ones witnessed trespassing on private property, vandalizing, and stealing property. I fully expect the Aguilar campaign to immediately return our property and comply with the police investigation.”