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From Debra Dorst-Porada’s Instagram:
“THE GRABER FAMILY CORDIALLY INVITES YOU TO A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING ΤΟ LEARN ABOUT THE RE-OPENING & FUTURE PLANS FOR THE GRABER OLIVE HOUSE
“TUESDAY JUNE 10TH, 5:30PM TO 6:30PM GRABER OLIVE HOUSE “CASA DEL OLIVO” 315 E 4TH STREET, ONTARIO CA 91764 LIGHT REFRESHMENTS PROVIDED. NO RSVP REQUIRED.
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For those who missed my prior post on the topic, the city of Ontario announced mandatory weekly car removal from the street to allow street sweeping.
If your side of the street is scheduled for sweeping, and your car is still on the street, you would get a ticket.
After Ontario revealed the signs, it stated that the fines wouldn’t be enforced until the first full week of May.
So beginning in early May, I religiously ensured my car was off my side of the street by Wednesday noon.
Until Ontario restated that the fines wouldn’t be enforced until the first full week of JUNE.
Who does Ontario think it is? The Transportation Security Administration?
But I kept on moving my car through the end of May, every single week.
After a month of enforcement delay, Wednesday June 4 rolled around. And I reminded myself that I REALLY needed to move my car that morning before noon to avoid a ticket from the city.
You can guess what happened next.
I remembered to move my car…at 2:30 in the afternoon.
And found a $50 ticket that was left at 12:57 in the afternoon.
On the day that it REALLY counted.
I immediately tried to pay my fine online, but the (handwritten) ticket hadn’t been entered into the payment system yet.
I’ve been advised that it may take as long as a month to record the ticket in the payment system.
Sadly, I’m not counting on the system to forget about it.
Even though I have a REAL ID.
For people at Ontario International Airport and other airports throughout the United States, May 7 is REAL ID Sort of Enforcement Day.
For people on certain sides of streets in Ontario, California, today is another type of enforcement day.
For months, we have been told that if your car is parked on the street during street sweeping day, enforcement and fines will begin during the first full week of May.
But will the city truly enforce it?
13th Biennial Ontario Open Art Exhibition
Including Rebecca Steen’s contribution
(Dog picture from Imagen 3)
Spotty Internet at my Ontario, California home since the latest rainstorm and wind. Off the laptop, on the phone (on cellular).
Ontario’s Measure Q sales tax increase is funding infrastructure.
““This is a big measure for us,” he continues. “It’s going to bring in anywhere between 65 and 95 million a year in extra funding for our community.” The majority of that is going to be used for capital improvement projects like infrastructure, and so we’re really trying to make sure that our strategy for Measure Q means being transparent in where residents can see the money in their community.””
Ever since I started working from home in March 2020 (while I was still at IDEMIA), I’ve gotten used to having work-related brainstorms at 3:30 am.
So it’s Sunday at 3:30 am and I had a brilliant idea for a Wednesday Bredemarket post.
While drafting that post on my phone, I discovered an UTM-related issue in Friday’s Bredemarket post.
I couldn’t fix it on my phone, so I got up to go to the computer.
Then the house shook and a nearby car alarm went off.
We’ve had a lot of earthquakes in the 3-4 range lately.
As long as they stay small, I’m fine.
Now back to my brilliant idea…
Are there/will there be too many Dollar Trees in or near Ontario, California?
This used to be my Alpha Beta, a grocery store chain acquired by Kroger and Albertsons.
Then it became a 99 Cents Only Store. (Actually a 99.99 Cents Only Store, but close enough.) And we know what happened there.
Now this location, on Mountain Avenue near D St. in Ontario, California, is slated to become a Dollar Tree. (Actually a Dollar Twenty Five Tree, but close enough.)
Just like the former 99 Cents Only Store on Euclid near Francis, which has already reopened as a Dollar Tree.
And just like the three Dollar Trees within a two mile radius in Ontario, Upland, and Montclair.
Maybe it’s just me, but I doubt all of them will survive. The dollar store market hasn’t gotten appreciably better.
Jay Littleton Ball Park in Ontario, California was destroyed by fire this week.
From the ABC7 story:
The historic baseball field was built in the 1930s with a wooden frame grandstand.
It’s owned by the city and operated by the public works agency. It was designated a historic landmark back in 2003.
It’s been renovated several times, but officials said there was still likely a lot of old wood in the structure, which is dry and burns quickly.
The Ontario Eastern Little League is sponsoring a GoFundMe for repairs.
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