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CALIMESA Chlebnik proposed as voting delegate The City Council is expected to review a plan at its meeting today to name Councilman John Chlebnik as the voting delegate for the upcoming League of Cities national conference.

Fair Boosts Awareness of Highland Businesses Discover Highland Night Will Be Held From 4 to 9 P.M. Saturday at the Highland Village Plaza On Boulder Avenue at Base Line.

HIGHLAND A few thousand residents are expected to turn out for an evening of fun and entertainment Saturday. Thirty to 40 businesses and organizations are going to set up shop in the Highland Village Plaza at Boulder Avenue on Base Line. A health fair and a car and motorcycle show are also part of the event, dubbed Discover Highland Night.

Tot Taken in Carjacking Found

FONTANA The nightmare for Lilia Leano and her family ended late Sunday when a police detective brought her some good news: Noah Samuel Leano, her 1-year-old son who was taken in a carjacking earlier that day, was found safe and unharmed, still in his car seat in the back of her Ford Expedition.

Colton Truck Traffic in Crosshairs

COLTON The big rigs barrel up and down the street just across Gracie Villarreal's backyard wall. Every time she hears the noise, Villarreal thinks an earthquake is on the way.

Veteran Fond of Telling Stories

SAN BERNARDINO Retired Air Force Col. John B. Lawson shared his experiences with his children through stories containing lessons in life. "He taught through stories. He would relate some story from his own life that would illustrate a life lesson that we could gain and relate that story to our experience,' said his daughter Candee Corliss of Sherman Oaks.

New Law Helping Revive Cases Database Credited with 'Cold Hits' Hike

A new state law requiring convicted felons to submit DNA samples to a state database has resulted in 14 DNA matches from crime scenes in San Bernardino County. Since January, the sheriff's crime lab has received 14 "cold hits' from a national FBI database known as Combined DNA Index System linking suspects to unsolved crimes, said Craig Ogino, director of the sheriff's crime lab.

'Cold Hits' Help Bring Closure

Since January, the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Crime Lab has received 14 DNA matches linking suspects to crimes. The DNA matches, referred to as "cold hits,' are attributed to Proposition 69, a California law passed in November requiring convicted felons to submit DNA samples to the state Department of Justice. Among some of the cases now finding closure and the circumstances surrounding them:

China Says Death Toll From Typhoon Talim Up to 95, with 30 Missing

1byap> BEIJING The toll from last week's Typhoon Talim has risen to at least 95 dead on the Chinese mainland with another 30 people missing, the government said Monday.

Issues Aired at Labor Brunch

In a year marked by the break-up of the AFL-CIO, Service Employees International Union and Teamsters, Inland Empire union leaders spent Labor Day accentuating what they had in common. This year it's a disdain of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and President George W. Bush.

Area Base May House Hundreds

About 400 people dislocated by Hurricane Katrina are scheduled to fly in to March Air Force Base on Thursday, where they will be housed for 90 days, according to Riverside County Supervisor Marion Ashley. At an AFL-CIO-sponsored Labor Day event in San Bernardino on Monday, Ashley said a hangar at the Riverside base would be used for relief efforts.

Quitting Job 'Worth It' to See Son's Team Win Myron Enos of Ewa Beach, Hawaii, Quit His Job As a Truck Driver On Oahu to Attend His Son's Games in the Little League Western Regionals in San Bernardino in August. The Team Went On to Win the Litt

Nothing was going to separate Myron Enos from his dream. Not losing his $60,000-a-year job.

Standards Differ On Cell Phone Etiquette

They're the ones who gab on their cell phones in public bathrooms. They answer them during job interviews. They talk on them at weddings.

Area Traffic Less Chaotic Over Holiday

Inland Empire freeways were safer this Labor Day weekend, data as of 7 p.m. Monday suggested, with no fatalities recorded by the California Highway Patrol in San Bernardino County and just one in Riverside County. Eight people were killed in traffic in San Bernardino County alone during Labor Day weekend last year.

Flood Officials to Meet Use Analysis Bug

Warnings of devastation from a hurricane's direct hit and its attendant flooding echoed for years in New Orleans. Similar forecasts of catastrophic fire-and-flood dangers resounded for decades in San Bernardino County. In both cases, the alarms have been observed more in the breach than action by those with the power to do something.

San Bernardino Resident, Manuel Aybar Rehearses an Orchestra at the Royal College of Music in London After Being Accepted Into an Elite Group of Aspiring Young Conductors Working to Launch Their Conducting Careers. Aybar Receives Constructive Criticism

In an international search for musical talent, only 17 people were chosen to go to London to conduct an orchestra composed of some of the world's finest musicians. Manuel Aybar of San Bernardino, was one of just three Americans selected to participate. After years of soul-searching and exploring the world, Aybar returned to San Bernardino to fulfill his dream of becoming a professional conductor. And this summer has brought him closer than ever to fulfilling that dream.

Things to Do

Museum volunteer open house REDLANDS The Education Division of the San Bernardino County Museum is holding its New Education Volunteer Open House from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday, at 2024 Orange Tree Lane.

Illegal Immigration Hits Home

(Editor's note: This is a twice-weekly column written by Conor Friedersdorf, who is managing The Sun's blog, or special Web site, on immigration issues. The blog is designed to provide a forum for opinions and information on immigration. The blog is at www.beyondbordersblog.com) Though I scan the Internet each day for news and commentary about immigration, I'm often more informed and impressed by the e-mail I receive from readers. Since this column and ...

Groups Annoyed with Wait

ATLANTA They are trained men of action. That's why they came. They were ready to rush to the aid of the hundreds of thousands of people devastated by Hurricane Katrina.