W e e k l y COLTON COURIER Features, Lifestyle & News You Can Use!
Vol 143, NO. 27
THIS WEEK Gloria’s Corner
Congressman Becerra visits Inland Empire
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SBCUSD 2015 Valedictorians
C Fees to be imposed for conservation of land
PHOTO/ANTHONY VICTORIA Congressman Xavier Becerra (left) signs an American History book for Maricela Ferguson.
By Anthony Victoria
ongressman Xavier Becerra (D-Los Angeles)-invited by attorney Eloise Gomez-Reyes to speak to residents
at her Grand Terrace home on May 26--gave his commitment to helping the Inland Empire grow as a region. “For the time I continue to be in Congress, I have to make a com-
mitment to you,” he said. “You have proven to work for the folks that live here. The Inland Empire deserves to have the best hospitals, Becerra cont. on next page
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COURTESY PHOTO The Delhi Sands Flower-loving Fly, which has caused headaches for the City of Colton for over two decades.
By Anthony Victoria
he Colton City Council passed an ordinance on Tuesday May 5 that will establish mitigation fees for fund-
ing the preservation of natural Ordinance No. O-07-15 calls for ecosystems within the boundaries the addition of a chapter to the of the Hub City Centre plan area-- city’s municipal code to authorize in accordance with the West Valley fees for applicants interested in Habitat Conservation Plan WVHCPcont. on next page (WVHCP).
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Click It or Ticket Campaign Starts May 18th
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nce again, The Colton Police Department is reminding motorists to Click It or Ticket. As part of the national seat belt enforcement campaign, law enforcement agencies around the country will be stepping up enforcement May 1831, including one of the busiest travel weekends of the year. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, nearly half of the 21,132 passenger vehicle occupants killed in crashes in 2013 were unrestrained. At night from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., that number soared to 59 percent of those killed. That’s why one focus of the Click It or Ticket campaign is nighttime enforcement. Participating law enforcement agencies will be taking a noexcuses approach to seat belt law enforcement, writing citations day and night. In California, the minimum penalty for a seat belt violation is $161. Officers will be conducting nighttime’ seat belt enforcement operations during the two week Click It Or Ticket mobilization to help lower California’s traffic deaths. In addition to these special patrols, officers on routine patrol will also be looking for unrestrained drivers and passengers to stop and cite. California statistics reveal that 500 unrestrained vehicle occupants died in 2013. Almost twice as many males were killed in crashes as compared to females, with lower belt use rates too. Of the males killed in crashes in 2013, more than half (54%) were unrestrained. For females killed in crashes, 41 percent were not buckled up. “If you ask the family members of those unrestrained people who were killed in crashes, they’ll tell you—they wish their loved ones had buckled up,” added Corporal Mendez. “The bottom line is that seat belts save lives. If these enforcement crackdowns get people’s attention and get them to buckle up, then we’ve done our job.” For more information on the Click It or Ticket mobilization, please visit www.nhtsa.gov/ciot.