San Bernardino County

More than two tons of cocaine--with a street value estimated at more than $113 million--was seized at two San Bernardino County locations, authorities announced Thursday. Nearly half the cocaine was found at a Fontana residence and the rest was recovered at a business in Bloomington, said San Bernardino County Sheriff's Deputy Cheryl Huff. Agents also seized 76 pounds of marijuana in the raids, which occurred Wednesday.

A woman whose historic Ontario home faces foreclosure was evicted after city officials said they caught her selling its period flooring, baseboards and other fixtures on the Internet. A Superior Court judge granted the city a warrant last week to vacate and secure the classic Mediterranean Revival home, locking out owner Kim Shewalter. "They changed the locks," said Shewalter, 46, who let her home go into foreclosure after her mortgage payments adjusted to $6,500 a month.

Measure Redlands Unified School District J -- School construction bond -- 100% precincts reporting Votes % -- Requires 55% vote -- Yes 18,065 66 No 9,374 34 -- San Bernardino Measure -- 100% precincts reporting Votes % -- L -- Utility users tax -- Yes 18,745 80 No 4,653 20 -- San Bernardino Community College District Measure -- 100% precincts reporting Votes % -- M -- College skilled career...

Ventura County sheriff's detectives have arrested a 72-year-old Thousand Oaks man on suspicion of sexually molesting a teenage boy and possession of child pornography, authorities said Friday. Janusz Kalita was arrested at his home Thursday morning without incident, authorities said. Investigators searched the residence and discovered an undisclosed number of pornographic videotapes and photographs, including amateur photos of several youths. Kalita had been under investigation since late October, after the department was notified of his involvement with a boy, now 14, who had been his neighbor six years ago in San Bernardino County, authorities said.

My mother, a child of the San Bernardino County city of Redlands, has always been fond of reciting an old country-song verse favored by her Oklahoma forebears. Dear Okie, if you see Arkie, tell 'im Tex's got a job for him out in Californy. Within the rhyme lies part of the answer to a riddle that has caused head scratching in Hollywood and other elite opinion-making precincts of our state: How did Sen. Barack Obama lose the state so badly, despite such a visible, noisy surge of support?

San Bernardino County prosecutors charged two brothers with bribery Thursday after they allegedly slipped an envelope containing $15,000 in cash to the chief of staff for county Supervisor Josie Gonzales. Arshak Kouladjian, 53, of Glendale and Vartan Kouladjian, 45, of Pasadena pleaded not guilty in a San Bernardino County courtroom Thursday to a single count each of felony bribery of a ministerial officer.

The body of an Ontario man who was beaten and then kidnapped from his home was uncovered in the San Bernardino Mountains on Saturday, five days after he disappeared, authorities said Monday. Santiago Contreras, 33, had been shot to death and was found on a mountain slope near California 138 in the Valley of Enchantment, but it was unclear when he was shot, according to Ontario Police Det. Jeff Higbee.

Redlands police on Monday announced the arrest of four teenage boys on suspicion of sexually assaulting two high school girls. The girls said they had been repeatedly attacked after being invited into a home for a drink. One of the girls told police she thought she had been drugged before the incident, which occurred Friday in the 1400 block of East Brockton Avenue. Police spokesman Carl Baker said the girls, ages 14 and 15, were walking home about 5 p.m.

Citing health and safety concerns, the city of Ontario next week will dramatically reduce the size of a homeless encampment known as Tent City by expelling those residents who cannot prove clear ties to the city. Starting Monday, anyone who can't provide documents showing they once lived in Ontario will be given a bus or taxi ride back to where they came from. The homeless will be fitted with color-coded bands around their arms or wrists that will designate their status.

Dozens of Ontario police and code enforcement officers descended upon the homeless encampment known as Tent City early Monday, separating those who could stay from those to be evicted. Large, often confused, crowds formed ragged lines behind police barricades where officers handed out color-coded wristbands. Blue meant they were from Ontario and could remain. Orange indicated they had to provide more proof to avoid ejection, and white meant they had a week to leave.