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‘Diaper Bandit’ Charged With Robbing Stores in Long Beach A 23-year-old man was charged today with stealing diapers from a several stores and leading police on a pursuit, resulting in the injury of a child, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced. Darrion Tyrone Parker (dob 3/25/94) of Los Angeles pleaded not guilty to eight felony counts in case NA107882: six counts of second-degree robbery and one count each of fleeing a pursuing peace officer’s motor vehicle causing serious bodily injury and resisting an executive officer. Prosecutors said between December 2016 and November 2017, Parker allegedly pilfered diapers with the threat of force from several super markets and retail stores in the Long Beach area. On Nov. 15, a store employee reportedly confronted Parker in the parking lot about stealing merchandise before the defendant fled the location. Authorities were notified and a police pursuit began, prosecutors said. During the chase, Parker allegedly crashed his vehicle into another car and severely injured a 6-year-old passenger. Following the collision, Parker reportedly attempted to escape on foot but was ultimately apprehended and taken into custody, prosecutors added. The defendant is scheduled to return to court on Nov. 29 for a prehearing conference in Department S01 of the Los Angeles County Superior Court, Long Beach Branch. If convicted as charged, the defendant faces a maximum possible sentence of 18 years in state prison. The case is being investigated by the Long Beach Police Department.
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San Bernardino What Are The Best Sheriff’s Deputies Public Library Board Ways To Achieve Involved in Traffic President Dr. Clark California’s Collision, Indiana St Renewable Energy Named Best California and Whittier Blvd., LA Library Trustee Targets?
That’s the answer Arun Raju, director of the Center for Renewable Natural Gas at UC Riverside, is searching for. Raju recently received a $146,000 grant from Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) to examine the proposed 100 percent Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) and explore options that can help achieve emission reduction goals more efficiently and at lower costs. State officials have approved requirements for the power grid to consist of
50 percent renewable energy by 2030. However, discussions also are underway in Sacramento to further tighten those requirements to 50 percent as early as 2025 and 100 percent by 2045. “California has some of the most ambitious renewable energy targets in the world,” Raju said. “The good news is that significant progress has been made. But the enhanced targets – if enacted – will require subSee Page 3
As a child growing up in San Bernardino, Dr. Milton Clark’s weekly Saturday visits to the central library on Arrowhead to read started him on a path of academic achievement that culminated in his earning a Ph.D and a distinguished academic career as a faculty member for more than 30 years before retiring as the Associate Vice President for Undergraduate Studies at Cal State San Bernardino. He has also returned his fondness for public
libraries and their value in communities such as San Bernardino by serving on the San Bernardino Public Library Board of Trustees since 2005 and as its president since 2007. That time period marked a decade of the city’s economic challenges since the national economic crash of 2008 that culminated in San Bernardino filing for bankruptcy in 2012. The economic challenges SBPL faced in that See Page 3
On Thursday, November 16, 2017, around 7:30 p.m., a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department patrol vehicle was involved in a collision with another vehicle at Whittier Boulevard and Indiana Street. According to the Sheriff’s Department, the deputies were responding to an emergency call when the collision occurred. The force of the collision caused the deputy’s patrol vehicle to run off the roadway and hit three pedestrians, a mother and her two children. Both children were
boys, ages seven and nine. The second car struck a third vehicle, causing injury to two additional adult pedestrians in the crosswalk. Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics responded to the scene. One child died at scene and the other child was pronounced dead at the hospital. The mother is in critical condition. Seven people were transported to local hospitals, five with relatively minor injuries, including two Los Angeles County Sheriff See Page 4