San Bernardino Press MONDAY, AUGUST 11, 2014 - AUGUST 17, 2014
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VOLUME 1, NO. 15
San Bernardino students ready for school Man killed in by Vickie VĂ©rtiz flash flood at Mount Baldy
-Photo by Terry Miller
While many Inland Empire students are still swimming in public or home pools and enjoying their summer vacation, schools in San Bernardino City Unified (SBCUSD) and other districts started their academic years Monday,
August 4. Hundreds of students showed up ready to learn with a renewed excitement about what the school year, new friends, and new teachers will have to offer. The San Bernardino Sun reported that SBCUSD opened
a new school, the H. Frank Dominguez Elementary, while it renamed Little Mountain Elementary to Bob Holcomb Elementary, named after the longest-serving Please see page 4
Audiojack: A breakthrough in education which takes our imagination to another level When my friend invited me to an event at the Sonos Studio in LA to experience a sound movie, I didn’t know what to expect. After some welcoming drinks and snacks, we, approximately 40(?) guests, chose our seats in a semicircle around Audiojack creator and founder David Tobin. Each chair was equipped with a blindfold, a pen, and a notepad. David then gave us a short introduction of what was about to happen, asked us to turn our phones off, relax, put the blindfolds on, and
by Jennifer schlueter focus on our imagination so we could create a story along with the sound movie. As soon as the room got quiet, I listened to my first Audiojack - an “audio-based movie with no words, no music, no video, only sounds,” as the website describes it. I heard rain, doors squeaking, footsteps, horses trotting over cobble stones, someone running through grass, etc. - at least, these were images my mind produced according to these sounds. After a second play of the Audiojack,
we were asked to write down the story our imagination had sparked, and after the third, we had time to refine our stories. I had thought about a girl in 19th century France watching a guy running away from someone. Secretly, she followed him into a cave, where an unknown creature tried to harm the intruders; however, they got away. “Is anyone willing to share their story?” David wanted to Please see page 2
On Sunday the San Gabriel Mountains experienced heavy rainfall and created a “flash flood” condition that overflowed Bear Canyon Creek, Mt. Baldy. Joohwan Lee, a 48 yearold resident of El Segundo, was driving northbound on Bear Canyon Road when his vehicle was caught in the flash flood. The force of the mud and debris pushed his vehicle 200 feet south on Bear Canyon Road where it then came to rest against a tree. San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department deputies patrolling nearby located Joohwan Lee’s vehicle, and with the assistance of the San Bernardino County Fire Department, Joohwan Lee was extricated. However, Joohwan Lee succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene. Deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department San Dimas Sheriff’s Station responded and assumed control of the investigation. The Los Angeles County Department of Coroner, who identified Joohwan Lee, is yet to determine the exact cause of death. Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department San Dimas Sheriff’s Station, Sergeant Rodriquez, at (909) 450-2700. If you prefer to provide information anonymously, you may call “Crime Stoppers” by dialing (800) 222-TIPS (8477), or texting the letters TIPLA plus your tip to CRIMES (274637), or by using the website http://lacrimestoppers.org.