RIVERSIDE
Curb Painting Service Warning

Curb painting service notices have been found on City of Riverside residents’ doorsteps. The notice asks residents for a voluntary donation to repaint address numbers on the curb.

The City of Riverside would like residents to be aware that such companies are in no way affiliated with or working at the City’s request. In addition, City of Riverside residents are not required by any City code to have home address numbers painted on the curb. The only requirement for addresses is they are visible from the home near the front door or other entry. Again, if you receive pressure to pay a “donation” or fee for service, you are under no obligation by any code to do so.

Residents are encouraged to report any suspicious or harassing activity to Riverside Police Department (951) 787-7911.

SAN BERNARDINO
SB Opens Call Center to Improve Customer Service

Quality customer service is about to improve with the advent of the new SB Direct call center. San Bernardino residents will now be able to reach the city government with one number for all of their non-emergency questions and concerns.

A kick off celebration for the new call center will take place on June 15, 2011, inside City Hall located at 300 N. “D” St. San Bernardino.

SB Direct, the one stop shop for all non-emergency calls can be reached by dialing the new easy to remember number, (909) 384-SBSB that’s (909) 384-7272. All calls will be sent straight to a highly skilled and trained staff that can assist callers with many general questions, open requests for service and forward calls to an appropriate person or department. The call center was created as a means to address and improve the current customer service. The new helpline will work to diminish reaching uninformed personnel, or being transferred back and forth. Constituents will receive a follow-up call from the call center staff regarding the status of their requests or to notify a caller if their service requests will be closed, along with an explanation.

FONTANA
Golf Tournament to Benefit Scholarship Foundation

The Wilmer Amina Carter Foundation Third Annual Golf Classic charity event on June 24, 2011 recognizes graduating students at Wilmer Amina Carter High School and other high schools in the 62nd District.

District 62 Assembly Member Wilmer Amina Carter is host of the tournament and awards dinner at Sierra Lakes Golf Course in Fontana. Registration begins at 11 a.m. and shotgun start is 12:30 p.m. The funds raised go toward college scholarships, internships and youth leadership training programs.

To participate or sponsor, call (909) 820-4406 or(916) 231-9851 or email glenda@lombardmgmt.com.

SAN BERNARDINO
Comments Sought for I-15/I- 215 Interchange Improvement

The California Department of Transportation and San Bernardino Associated Governments (SANBAG) will host a public meeting this month to present the results of the Draft Environmental Document for the Interstate 15/Interstate 215 Interchange Improvements Project in Devore.

The public meeting will be held Monday, June 20 from 4:30 pm to 7 pm at Kimbark Elementary School, 18021 Kenwood Avenue, in the Devore area.

Caltrans and SANBAG have been studying the proposed addition of one northbound lane and one southbound lane on Interstate 15 between Kenwood Avenue and Interstate 215.

The project also proposes to improve vehicle merging operations, add truck bypass lanes and connect local roadways, including reconnecting historic Route 66 to Cajon Boulevard.

The design of traditional circuits that carry electricity through communities served by utilities like Southern California Edison (SCE) is changing significantly for the first time in more than 100 years.

These distribution circuits have been one-way routes for electricity channeled from neighborhood substations to some 1,200 nearby homes and businesses each.

Components built into these power paths compensate for the natural drop-off in voltage, ensuring that the customer at the end of a circuit receives the same stable voltage supply as the one nearest the substation.

SCE has begun connecting large multimillion-watt solar power stations, with their fluctuating outputs depending on time of day and cloud conditions, to the middle of such circuits. To support this advance in distributed renewable generation, the utility’s grid engineers have launched the first major redesign of this aspect of the traditional power delivery system.

“Power delivery engineers have long recognized that smarter distribution circuits would be needed – two-way power paths that include a new generation of components that can sense and adjust instantly to fluctuating power conditions,” said Mike Montoya, SCE director of grid advancement.

“To support SCE’s decision to install large solar generation stations, our grid engineers have begun identifying, testing and helping the industry create these smarter distribution circuit technologies,” he said. “We are creating the future now.”

One example of this work is the inverter testing program at SCE’s Pomona, Calif. , laboratory.

Inverters used to convert the direct current output of solar panels to the alternating current customers use are connected to a grid simulator and subjected to real-world conditions.

SCE engineers are collecting and analyzing data to determine how best to enable the safe and effective deployment of inverters on the utility’s distribution circuits.

Lessons learned as SCE deploys its network of 1-to-10-millionwatt community solar plants, and upgrades its power distribution system, are being shared wi th other utilities and the solar industry to foster similar advances elsewhere.

SCE also announced today that four new solar power plants capable of providing 7 million watts of peak generating capacity (AC) – enough to serve 4,550 average homes – have been connected to the utility’s Inland Empire grid, enlarging SCE’s community solar network to 15 stations.

These new rooftop solar photovoltaic stations in Fontana and Redlands, Calif. , join 10 others, which have been serving the utility’s Inland Empire customers for up to three years, plus the utility’s first large ground-mount installat ion recent ly completed in the Central Valley.

Construction of the solar plants created 192 temporary Southern California jobs. SCE estimates its five-year solar project will result in 75 to 100 roof- and groundmount facilities and up to 1,200 new construction jobs.

“When SCE announced its solar PV program in 2008, our primary goals were to help speed up California’s deployment of solar generation while driving down the cost of photovoltaic panels for everyone,” said Mark Nelson, SCE director of generation planning and strategy. “We are on target to meet those goals.”

The Fontana installat ions involve three solar stations on more than 1.9 million square feet of leased warehouse roofs owned by Prologis and 35,000 photovoltaic panels.

In Redlands, SCE has built an additional solar station with 5,900 panels spread over 259,000 square feet of Prologis warehouse space.

Demonstrating its commitment to educational excellence, Edison International has pledged $1.25 million to fund scholarships for 125 high school seniors selected as Edison Scholars, the company’s annual scholarship program. The 125 scholarships reflect the company’s landmark 125th anniversary this year.

“These students are among the best and brightest students in the country, and we are proud to support them as they embark on their future,” said Theodore F. Craver Jr. , chairman and CEO, Edison International.

Each student can receive up to $10,000 in scholarships, beginning with a $2,500 college scholarship that is renewable for an additional three years. The 125 seniors selected were among more than 900 public and private high school seniors, in 14 states, who applied for the scholarships.

Edison International has awarded more than $3.2 million in scholarships to 464 Edison Scholars since 1993.

This year, for the first time, the number of awardees was expanded to include students in states where the company owns and operates facilities. Also, requirements were changed so recipients can attend any accredited U.S. university. The annual Edison International scholarship program focused on students living in communities where Edison International and its subsidiaries, Southern California Edison (SCE), Edison Mission Group (EMG) and Midwest Generation, provide service. The company has operations in California, Illinois, Iowa, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, West Virginia and Wyoming.

One hundred five students were selected from cities in SCE’s service territory, including Chino Hills, Inglewood, San Clemente and Tulare. A total of 20 recipients live in Illinois, Minnesota and Pennsylvania, where EMG operates.

To qualify for the scholarships, Edison Scholars had to be:

• high school seniors who lived, or attended a public or private school, in areas serviced by SCE, or attended an eligible high school in the designated area surrounding SCE’s San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station.

• high school seniors who attended an eligible school in a community where EMG or Midwest Generation operate.

• planning to attend an accredited four-year college in the U.S.

• full-time students majoring in math, physics, chemistry, engineering, materials science or computer science/information systems.

• students with a cumulative grade point average of 2.8 or higher.

• U.S. citizens or permanent residents.

For more on the Edison Scholars program, visit www.edison.com/edisonscholars.

ALLENSWORTH
Juneteenth at Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park

On Saturday June 11, 2011 from 10am to 4pm, Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park will host its annual Juneteenth Celebration. Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration of the ending of slavery.

Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park, site of the only California town to be fully founded, financed and governed by African Americans, is located approximately 42 miles northwest of Bakersfield.

On June 19, 1865, two and a half years after President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, Union soldiers landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the Civil War had ended and that all slaves were now free.

Come join the celebration with guest speakers, great entertainment, arts, crafts, and food vendors, and docents, in period attire, giving tours of some of the 22 historic buildings.

The park entrance fee is $8.00 per passenger vehicle, $50.00 for a bus with 24 passengers and less, and $100.00 for a bus with 25 passengers and more.

For more information and directions to the park, please call or email park staff at the numbers above.

HIGHLAND
Ribbon Cutting Of Sportswatch Bar And Grill At San Manuel Village

San Manuel Band of Mission Indians will host the Highland Chamber of Commerce and local elected officials at a ribbon cutting ceremony for the SportsWatch Bar and Grill, a new addition to the business portfolio of the Tribe. The ceremony will be held at San Manuel Village beginning at 10 a.m. on Monday, June 13 in front of the restaurant located at 27961 Highland Ave, Ste B at San Manuel Village.

Serving up cool, trendy food in a fun and friendly atmosphere, this gastropub style sports bar is a unique dining option for the region and the latest hospitality venture for the Tribe. Attendees at Monday’s ribbon cutting will get to sample some of the savory offerings ahead of the official grand opening on Saturday, June 18.

SportsWatch Bar and Grill joins Mi Cocina Mexican Restaurant and St. Bernardine’s Hospital Urgent Care in completing the latest phase of the development for San Manuel Village, a mixed use commercial, retail and hospitality center built and managed by Victoria Development LLC, the Tribe’s real estate development division.

RIVERSIDE
Riverside to Host 10th Annual Neighborhood Conference

The City of Riverside and the Riverside Neighborhood Partnership will welcome Riversiders to the 10th Annual Neighborhood Conference on Sat, June 4 at Cal Baptist University.

This year’s theme is “Give Riverside” – Give to Your Neighborhood, Your Community, and the Earth.

To register online, visit: www.riversideca.gov/neighborhoods/. Pre-register by May 26. Walk-ins are accepted; however, pre-registration is preferred for planning purposes.

FONTANA
World’s Largest Swimming Lesson™ Set For June 14

The Mayor and City Council invite the public to participate in the World’s Largest Swim Lesson on Tuesday, June 14. Thousands of kids and adults at aquatics facilities around the globe will unite to set a new global record for The World’s Largest Swimming Lesson™ (WLSL).

The Fontana Aquatic Center, located at 15610 Summit Ave, the Don Day Pool, located at 14501 Live Oak Ave, the Heritage Pool, located at 7350 W. Liberty Pkwy, and the Miller Pool located at 17004 Arrow Blvd are official Host Locations for the 2011 WLSL record-setting event, which takes place at 8 a.m.

For more information on this important and fun event, and to find out how you can join the WLSL record breaking at the Fontana Park Aquatic Center and Fontana Community Pools, call (909) 854- 5111 or visit www. wlsl.org.