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Week in Review: Ponzi; New City Hall, Library; 390-acre Wildfire

This week was busy for news in Diamond Bar. Here's all that was fit to post from July 4-9.

Monday, July 4

  • A vehicle smashed into a fire hydrant in Diamond Bar, .
  • Sharon Ishida, a teacher at Lorbeer Middle School, and Julie Huezo, an office manager at Diamond Ranch High School, after decades of working for the district.
  • Looking to beat the summer slump? .

Tuesday, July 5

  • A trio of PTA moms at Neil Armstrong Elementary School that lost up to $4 million in investors money.
  • Fourth of July in Diamond Bar .
  • With the new budget in hand, Cal State campuses .
  • Check out at Diamond Bar High School.

Wednesday, July 6

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  • School officials in a Ponzi scheme allegedly carried out by three mothers involved with the PTA at Neil Armstrong Elementary School.
  • Readers to initial reports of a Ponzi scheme allegedly carried out by three PTA mothers at Neil Armstrong Elementary School.
  • A charitable fund manager in Walnut pointed to what he said were indications that the investment opportunity allegedly offered by three Diamond Bar PTA mothers was .
  • Diamond Bar after a city council vote Tuesday.
  • A study of school spending by California Watch than neighboring districts.

Thursday, July 7

  • Sheriff's investigators arrested a Hacienda Heights man on charges that included for five months.
  • The city's summer concerts in the park series kicked off Wednesday night featuring the rock group, The Ravelers. .
  • A bill by Sen. Bob Huff (R-Diamond Bar) to allow trained school employees to administer emergency medicine to children suffering epileptic seizures .

Friday, July 8

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  • Sheriff's investigators said two Diamond Bar PTA mothers suspected of masterminding a Ponzi scheme .
  • Sheriff's investigators said in a Ponzi scheme allegedly carried out by three PTA mothers at Neil Armstrong Elementary school.
  • Ruth Milligan writes about and the attending challenges.
  • The Regional Chamber of Commerce of San Gabriel Valley .
  • Following a in Carbon Canyon, the South Coast Air Quality Management District .
  • An overturned semi-truck on the eastbound 60 freeway .
  • The L.A. County Board of Supervisors , like neighboring Rowland Heights.

Saturday, July 9

  • The Pomona Unified School District is The district's attorney Kasey Haws said the surplus land could be a good source of revenue for the district.
  • A two-year-old pit bull, Tank, is at the Inland Valley Humane Society and .

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