Monday, May 21, 2012
A new teaching style gives students a chance to learn online at home.
C.J. Morris Elementary fourth grade teacher Tara Noelte is head over heels about using a new teaching style in her classroom. For the past few months, she has utilized the “Flipped” method of teaching. Flipping the classroom is a concept where the teacher videotapes and posts lessons online for students to watch at home on their laptops. Noelte’s students each have personal MacBook laptops for both school and home use through the school’s innovative iImagine One-2-One laptop program. When the fourth graders come back the following day, they engage in activities based on the lesson that they viewed the night before. During a recent lesson, they learned how to convert fractions and decimal numbers. For their homework, students …
Southland utility companies are urging customers to keep their dogs secure when utility employees enter their property. The effort is part of National Dog Bite Prevention Week.
As part of National Dog Bite Prevention Week, Southland utility companies today joined their counterparts statewide to urge customers to keep their dogs secure when utility employees enter residential and business properties. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, dogs bite about 4.5 million people every year in the country, and about 20 percent of the injuries require medical attention. Although children are the most common victims, dozens of utility employees in California are moderately to severely injured by dogs each year. The utilities circulated the following tips to provide a safe environment for both pets and utility employees: The statewide public information campaign is being conducted by the Southern …
Thousands of people across Southern California took in the view of the solar eclipse.
People throughout Southern California gathered individually and in groups Sunday to take in the enthralling view of a late afternoon solar eclipse. Mt. SAC's Randall Planetarium offered the public a chance to view the solar eclipse through its specialized telescopes. The eclipse started at 5:24 p.m. and ended at 7:42 p.m., according to Griffith Observatory officials. A solar eclipse happens when the moon moves in front of the sun from a particular viewpoint on Earth, obstructing a portion of the sun's visibility for a time. At it's peak at 6:38 p.m., Sunday's eclipse made 85 percent of the sun invisible to greater Los Angeles. It was the most complete solar eclipse this region will experience until 2071, when a 91-percent eclipse will be …
The Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder will stay open until midnight to accept voter registration forms.
Today is the deadline for Walnut and Diamond Bar residents to register to vote in the June 5 Presidential Primary Election. This election features national and state races. The campaign for U.S. Congress has longtime Rep. Ed Royce (R-Calif.) running against Hacienda-La Puente Unified School District Board Member Jay Chen, a Democrat, and D’Marie Mulattieri, a community volunteer with no stated party affiliation, in the newly formed 39th District. Senate Republican Leader Bob Huff (R-Diamond Bar) is running against Democrat Greg Diamond, a workers’ rights attorney in the 29th District race for state senator. On the Assembly side, Assemblyman Curt Hagman (R-Chino Hills) is running against Democrat Gregg D. Fritchle, a social worker, in the …
The council also will consider approving $1.6 million in planned Capital Improvement projects.
The Walnut City Council Wednesday night will consider adopting a $19.8 million budget and approving $1.6 million in planned Capital Improvement Program projects. The proposed 2012-13 budget includes $19,766,160 in projected revenues and $19,755,780 in expenditures, for a surplus of $10,380, according to the staff report. Earlier this month, city staff and the council had a budget workshop where they discussed the financial outlook. City Manager Rob Wishner said at the workshop that the budget projections are very conservative. “Again, we are pleased to present a balanced budget,” he said. “Our resources do exceed our appropriations for the proposed fiscal year by a small margin, but that’s a compliment given what we see and experience……
According to Caltrans schedule closures are part of the High Occupancy Vehicle lane construction project.
The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will fully close a portion of the San Bernardino Freeway (I-10) today. According to Caltrans schedule closures are part of the High Occupancy Vehicle lane construction project. Here is the schedule of closures: Monday, May 21 to Thursday, May 24 · 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. – Southbound I-605 connector to eastbound I-10. · 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. – Northbound I-605 connectors to I-10. · 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. – Northbound I-605 Valley Boulevard on-ramps. Westbound I-10 · 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. - Frazier Street. Baldwin Park Boulevard and Francisquito Avenue on- and off-ramps. · 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. – Up to 3 lanes from Puente Avenue to I-605. · 11 p.m. to 4 a.m. – Full freeway…
Sunday, May 20, 2012
The crash on the eastbound Pomona (60) Freeway, just east of the northbound Orange (57) Freeway, was reported about 4 a.m., a CHP officer told Patch.
A DUI motorist is suspected of causing a rollover crash that blocked all lanes of the eastbound Pomona (60) Freeway in Diamond Bar early Sunday. The crash just east of the northbound Orange (57) Freeway, was reported about 4 a.m., California Highway Patrol Officer Ed Jacobs told Patch. The lanes remained blocked for a short time and the motorist suffered minor injuries, Jacobs said. Charges were pending.
The teams played their final league games of the season and picked up their trophies.
Walnut Pony Baseball Saturday finished their season with some league championship play and a closing ceremony. League board members and coaches gave out trophies to teams in the Foal, Shetland, Pinto, Mustang, Bronco, and Pony divisions. Championship games also were played, with the Gators besting the Titans in the Shetland Division. The Beavers won the Pinto Division over the Titans. The Sun Devils beat the Gators in the Mustang Division. The Bronco Division’s Sun Devils defeated the Wildcats, and the Sun Devils in the Pony Division also earned a championship, beating the Titans. Click here for more information on the standings. The ceremony also included the naming of the players on the various All-Star teams, which will continue on …
On Sunday the moon will pass in front of the sun, transforming sunbeams across the Pacific side of earth into fat crescents and thin rings of light, according to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
There will be a chance for Walnut residents to spot the annular eclipse Sunday, in which the moon will cover as much as 94 percent of the sun. Hundreds of millions of people will be able to witness the event, according to NASA. In Los Angeles, the sun will be nearly completely covered by the moon at roughly 6:40 p.m. To see an animated map of the time and coverage expected in the Inland Empire, please click here. The annular path will begin in southern China. Traveling eastward, the shadow will quickly sweep along the southern coast of Japan. where the amount of time the sun will be covered will reach five minutes, experts said. In the United States, the eclipse will begin around 5:30 p.m. Pacific time. For the next two hours, a moon-…
Saturday, May 19, 2012
Congressman Joe Baca introduced a bill that could cut off federal transportation grants for Los Angeles World Airports unless it sells Ontario International Airport to inland cities.
An Inland Empire congressman has introduced a bill that seeks to cut off federal transportation grants for Los Angeles World Airports -- including LAX -- unless the city-owned agency sells Ontario International Airport to inland cities, it was reported today. Rep. Joe Baca, D-Ontario, introduced the bill Friday. He told the Riverside Press-Enterprise that he is tired of "delay tactics" that he said the City of Los Angeles is using to keep control of the Ontario airport, 36 miles east of the Los Angeles city limits, the Riverside Press-Enterprise reported. Several cities, including Diamond Bar, Walnut, Industry and Claremont, have joined forces to call for the airport's sale. Passenger traffic has dropped by a third and the number of …
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Melanie C. Johnson
9:35 am on Monday, May 21, 2012
Awesome photo Christian! I featured it so that it is now the lead photo for this story. I hope you don't mind. more ›