🌱 How could Ontario’s hotel wage vote reshape the convention center expansion?

Hello Ontario! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How could Ontario’s hotel wage vote reshape the convention center expansion?
• How a heartbreaking loss in Ontario sparked Mira Costa’s 11-1 surge

Also on today's calendar: Bingo Comedy Dinner Live!!!!.

Today's riddle: My brother swallowed a box of firecrackers. - Is he all right now? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Partly sunny and warmer, with a high of 81 and low of 49 degrees.
• Friday: Mostly sunny and very warm, temps: high: 78, low: 49.
• Saturday: Sunshine and beautiful, with a high of 74 and low of 49 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Ontario voters will decide hotel workers' pay and future of major developments (dailybulletin.com) — Ontario residents will soon vote on two union-backed measures that could raise hotel workers’ minimum wage to $30 by 2030 and overturn approval of a 600-room hotel tied to the Ontario Convention Center expansion. City leaders and hotel workers are sharply divided, with some warning about lost development and others urging the council to respect thousands of local petition signatures.
   

• All Ball Sports: Mustang rebuild turns into reload (easyreadernews.com) — High school hoops fans will recognize Toyota Arena in Ontario as the stage where Mira Costa’s boys team suffered a heartbreaking CIF Division 1 title loss last season, then unexpectedly reloaded. The story details how largely untested seniors and emerging juniors have powered the Mustangs to an 11-1 start, alongside a promising 6-5 opening stretch for the girls squad.
   

📸 Around Ontario

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Ontario

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★ Featured events ★

Friday December 19

• Marlon Wayans
  Ontario Improv, 4555 Mills Cir, Ontario
  7:30 pm

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Other local events

Saturday December 20

• Bingo Comedy Dinner Live!!!!
  Epic Events Center , 12469 Foothill Blvd , Rancho Cucamonga
  6:00 pm

Sunday December 21

• Marlon Wayans
  Ontario Improv , 4555 Mills Cir , Ontario
  6:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 18

• Economic Development Committee Meeting
  Pomona Chamber Office , 320 S. Thomas Street , Pomona
  9:00 am
• Book Club Holiday Party
  Chino Hills Community Center , 14250 Peyton Dr , Chino Hills
  10:00 am
• Smarty Pants Storytime
  Claremont Helen Renwick Library , 208 N Harvard Ave N , Claremont
  10:15 am
• Preschool Story Time In-Person
  Perris Library , Perris
  10:30 am
• Children's Bilingual Story Time at the Wildomar Library In-Person
  Community Room , Wildomar , Jurupa Valley
  10:30 am
• Laundry Me, LLC Ribbon Cutting
  City of Fontana Calendar , Fontana Chamber of Commerce 8491 Sierra Ave , Fontana
  11:00 am
• Share a Holiday
  Pomona Valley Mining Co , 1777 Gillette Rd , Pomona
  11:00 am
• Marybelle Transportation Service, LLC Ribbon Cutting
  City of Fontana Calendar , Fontana Chamber of Commerce 8491 Sierra Ave , Fontana
  11:30 am
• CHRISTMAS LUNCH: DECEMBER 18th; LOCATION CHANGE
  Tasty Buffet & Grill , 12 Rancho Camino Dr #103 , Pomona
  12:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• ⚠️ Neighbor Alert – Grey Fox lane/ E Scout Ct-Archibald Ranch
  Hey neighbors reminder not to leave any valuables in your vehicles, I accidentally left my car unlocked last night. And I know they will be back… (Nextdoor Archibald Ranch)
• ⚠️ Magnitude 3.14 earthquake reported
  Dec 16 at 8:04 PM PST: 3.1140373951006 magnitude earthquake occurred near Devore, CA. 376 neighbors felt it. (Nextdoor )

• Home Depot posted a job opening for Warehouse Maintenance Associate in Ontario. Apply here.
• Costco Wholesale Corporation posted a job opening for Stocker in Ontario. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Ontario here.

🗞 Nearby News

Chino

• Two Apprehended, Weapons and Narcotics Seized in Chino Hills Raid (crimevoice.com)
• Recruiters earn high marks with college outreach (ca.gov)
• Gardeners demonstrate simple hack using old cardboard boxes: 'Seems to work the best' (thecooldown.com)

Montclair

• Montclair's Rising Demand For Luxury Used Cars (bakercityherald.com)
• Montclair residents tell council member to resign after sexual harassment case (sbsun.com)

Upland

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-- The Patch AM Team

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