Champion Newspapers

06/10/2026

A gathering will be held tonight (June 10) at the McCoy Barn to view a Caltrans virtual meeting on the widening of the S-curves.

Carbon Canyon residents, neighbors, and homeowners associations are uniting against the proposed widening of the switchbacks, referred to as S-curves, on Carbon Canyon Road between Carriage Hills Lane and Azurite

06/09/2026

Chino Hills sales tax? Discussion on Tuesday, June 9 at 6 p.m.

The Chino Hills City Council will discuss the possibility of placing a one-cent sales tax measure on the Nov. 3 ballot when it meets at 6 p.m. Tuesday, June 9

06/05/2026

Sycamore Academy will relocate to a parcel next to Christ Lutheran Church and Preschool for a period of three years.

Parents, teachers and residents packed the Chino Planning Commission chambers on May 20 and clashed on the temporary relocation of Sycamore Academy of Science and Cultural Arts to a parcel

06/03/2026

The 100th anniversary celebration is scheduled for Saturday... Story here:

Chino Boy Scout Troop 201 will celebrate its 100th anniversary from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 6 at Chino Community Building, featuring pinewood derby races, dunking the scoutmaster

06/03/2026

Current election results involving local candidates (as of 10:42 a.m. Wednesday)

State Superintendent of Public Instruction
(top two only)
*Sonja Shaw 1,044,164 24.9%
*Richard Barrera 795,471 18.9%

San Bernardino County Fourth District Supervisor
*Curt Hagman 24,232 59.47%
*Christina Gagnier 16,489 40.47%

Congressional District 31
*Gil Cisneros 54,288 56.6%
*Eric Ching 25,778 26.9%
*Erskine Levi 15,890 16.6%

Congressional District 35
*Norma Torres 37,414 56.3%
*Mike Cargile 29,060 43.7%

06/01/2026

Chino and Chino Hills police officers and employees of California Institution for Men and California Institution for Women ran five-mile routes Monday afternoon during the 40th annual Southern California Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run.

(Photos by Josh Thompson/Chino Valley Champion)

The Southern California Special Olympic Games are scheduled for Saturday, June 6 and Sunday, June 7 at Cal State University-Long Beach.

The Inland Empire-area torch run relay began just before 12:20 p.m. with Chino Hills Police Department employees starting at Riverside and Peyton drives, going south on Peyton and east on Chino Hills Parkway before handing off the lit torch to employees of the Chino Police and the California Institution for Men and California Institution for Women, near Ramona Avenue.

From there, the Chino officers ran east to Central Avenue, north to Phillips Boulevard and handed the torch to Montclair Police at Monte Vista Avenue.

Montclair police handed the torch to Ontario Police, which will hand it off to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department and California Rehabilitation Center employees, who will then give the torch to Corona Police.

05/27/2026

Getting to the bottom of a smell.

A drilling rig can be seen on Pipeline Avenue at Rosewood Way where workers are decommissioning a “cathodic protection well” to investigate the source of a bad odor that neighbors

05/25/2026

The City of Chino and Chino American Legion Post 299 held its annual Memorial Day ceremony this morning at the Chino Community Building, drawing approximately 300 people. The event featured speeches, tributes and the placement of wreaths in honor who gave their lives during each era of conflict.
(Photos by Josh Thompson/Chino Valley Champion).

05/25/2026

Chino resident and Air Force veteran Joe Valdez, who served as a weapons mechanic during the Vietnam War, embarked on a flight with veterans to tour the nation’s memorials in Washington D.C.

Chino resident and Air Force veteran Joe Valdez, who served as a weapons mechanic during the Vietnam War, was praised for his sacrifices by nonprofit Honor Flight Southland as he

05/25/2026

Plays, concerts, performances to be shown in style.

With no discussion, the Chino Valley School Board on May 7 approved a $43.6 million performing arts center at Ayala High School to be funded with Measure G bond money