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There’s a first world problem Louis Brewster Fans, media need to show patience in Tony Stewart investigation Home → News Graphic: The numbers on Los Angeles’ officer-involved shootings In light of the controversy and protests in Ferguson, Missouri after the officer-involved shooting death of teen Michael Brown, this organization... By Daniel Tedford and Sarah Favot | 2 hrs ago San Bernardino County leaders: Trust key in police-community relations Fontana Mayor and African-American community leader Acquanetta Warren remembers growing up in Los Angeles near Watts, at age 7 finding herself in the middle of one of the most violent events in its history — the Watts Riots. She, like man... By Leslie Parrilla and Ryan Carter | 32 mins ago Education Six candidates vie for two Rialto Unified school board seats Trials Flak over FBI informant causes stir in Inland Empire terrorism trial Shootings Two women shot in leg in separate San Bernardino incidents MOST RECENT STORIES Community Rialto Unified holds first safety fair Rialto firefighter Austin Miller shows Alejandra Ortiz and Raymundo Cerrano Jr. an engine’s equipment at the Rialto Unified School District’s first safety fair Saturday at Charlotte Werner Elementary School. About 90 minutes into the four-hour affair approximately 1,000 parents had arrived. The marquee events were two education workshops for parents, orchestrated by school district safety officers, according to the district. | 34 mins ago Community San Bernardino residents, volunteers clean up four vacant lots SAN BERNARDINO >> Volunteers worked quickly early Saturday morning, hauling out discarded tires and shopping carts, as well as pulling out overgrown weeds from four vacant properties in a 20-block area of the city known for high crime. Using shovels, weed-wackers and wearing gloves, more than 100 residents and volunteers from the Institute for Public Strategies’ Byrne Project neighborhood cleaned up the lots in the north-central area of the city. The cleanup took place... Liset Marquez | 39 mins ago Political corruption DMV records contradict Central Basin director Art Chacon’s claim COMMERCE >> Despite DMV records that say he hasn’t been able to legally drive a car since 2003 Art Chacon, a member of the Central Basin Municipal Water District board of directors, continues to claim that he has a valid driver’s license and continues to collect a $597 monthly car allowance from the district. Board members voted 3-2 in March to censure Chacon for his lack of a license and for his insistence upon collecting an allowance and mileage, but the board has... Mike Sprague | 48 mins ago Comic books and graphic novels A super 100th birthday for Superman, his creators in Tarzana TARZANA >> Tarzana may be home of the Ape Man, but it’s now dedicated to the Man of Steel. Superfans and stars of the 1950s TV series “Adventures of Superman” unveiled a curbside plaque in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Tarzana on Saturday celebrating the 100th birthdays of Superman creators Jerome Siegel and Joseph Shuster, and the inimitable Superman actor George Reeves. “It’s wonderful, and astonishing, all these years later,”... Dana Bartholomew | 1 hr ago Los Angeles Dodgers Los Angeles Dodgers’ Clayton Kershaw gives up two home runs in 3-2 loss to Milwaukee Brewers By Robert Morales robert.morales@langnews.com @RMoralesPT on Twitter Clayton Kershaw on Saturday night was trying to become the first Dodgers pitcher to win 12 in a row since Burt Hooton did it in 1975. But Kershaw, who is rapidly gaining support for not only winning the Cy Young Award but the National League MVP award, showed he’s human. Kershaw gave up a two-run home run to Ryan Braun in the fourth inning and a home run to Carlos Gomez in the sixth and that... Robert Morales | 1 hr ago Class conflicts Why Los Angeles ‘could be the next Ferguson’ Could Ferguson happen here? Some would say it already did — nearly five decades ago. Days of sometimes violent demonstrations in Ferguson, Mo., erupted after Michael Brown, an unarmed black teen, was shot dead by a police officer Aug. 9, allegedly in self-defense. At the height of the civil rights movement, the Watts riots were triggered after a... Brenda Gazzar | 2 hrs ago Sports Personal Diary wins for trainer Vicki Oliver in Del Mar Oaks DEL MAR >> The first question out of most onlookers’ mouths after Saturday’s $300,750 Grade I Del Mar Oaks involved trainer Vicki Oliver. Like, who is she? Oliver won only her second race ever at Del Mar and the first Grade I stakes of her career when Personal Diary pulled a 9-1 upset in the 1 1/8-mile turf race for 3-year-old fillies under jockey Corey Nakatani. It was quite a return for Nakatani, who’d missed the past three days of racing... By Art Wilson Correspondent | 3 hrs ago Golf Three share lead after day one of Inland Valley Amateur Golf Championship There was a huge turnout Saturday for the 30th annual Inland Valley Amateur Golf Championship as 124 participants, young and old, showed off their skills at Red Hill Country Club in Rancho Cucamonga. At the end of day one of the tournament, three players – Nathan Clark, Anthony Perea, and Greg Wells – were tied for the overall lead with a 1-under 71 in the championship flight. “The greens were really good today, and I made a lot of putts which is always... By Jason Nowa jason.nowa@langnew.com JNowa23 on Twitter | 7 hrs ago School shootings Colorado teen gunman’s threat deemed low-level LITTLETON, Colo. (AP) — A teen who fatally shot another student at his suburban Denver high school last year had been deemed “not a high-level of threat” after shouting a death threat against his debate coach three months earlier, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. The disciplinary records show that Karl Pierson, 18, was allowed to return to class in September, less than a week after he was demoted from captain of the debate team and said he... SADIE GURMAN, Associated Press | 11 hrs ago Political corruption Texas Gov. Perry says indictment is abuse of power AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Rick Perry said Saturday that the indictment against him was an “outrageous” abuse of power and vowed to fight it. “This indictment amounts to nothing more than abuse of power and I cannot and will not allow that to happen,” Perry said at a news conference on Saturday. Perry spoke a day after a grand jury indicted the Republican on two felony counts of abuse of power for making good on a veto threat. The... PAUL J. 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