The 18-year-old victim told nurses at Redlands Community Hospital that he was walking near Oxford and Brockton avenues about 6:30 p.m. when a black four-door compact car pulled over and 10 men in their 20s got out.

"They circled him and made gang references and beat him up," said Redlands spokesman Carl Baker.

Anyone with information is asked to call Redlands Police Dispatch at (909) 798-7681.

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Speakers will be Tamara Ross, the San Bernardino County deputy district attorney, who first made me aware of child prostitution and its prevalence in the Inland Empire back in January, and Zonta member Susan Munson, of the Orange County Human Trafficking Task Force.

 A Zonta press release said, the "workshop will provide information on the current situation, what is being done to increase awareness of the problem, what signs to look for in our youth and things, we as members of our community, can do to help eradicate the ever growing problem of teenage prostitution and exploitation."

Seating is limited, a Zonta spokeswoman said. To make your reservation, please contact Sue Kovacevich at 909-792-3291 before Wednesday, April 22. There is no charge for the workshop, however if you wish to include lunch, the ticket price is $20.

Police said the body had been in the wash between four months and two years.

Two hikers walking their dog near Riverview Drive on March 30 discovered the remains and called the police. Officers found clothing and hair they suspect belonged to the victim, but no identification.

San Bernardino County coroner's investigators say the woman was black, 35 to 65-years-old, 5-feet-2 to 5-feet-6 inches tall and had short, tightly curled black or brown hair. She had suffered a broken nose within two years and a broken right rib within two weeks to two months of her death.

She wore an off-white tan or brown "Active" brand tank top and a pair of tan or brown polyester blend pants. Anyone with information may call Redlands police, (909) 798-7681.

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The shell, which was determined by the sheriff's bomb and arson team to be inert, was found by workers at the California Street landfill about 11 a.m. in a trash container.

Police said they are investigating where the shell came from.

The proposed project is a 14,350-square-foot Walgreens drugstore with an additional 2,040-square-foot retail space built on the northeast corner of Eureka Street and Redlands Boulevard. The corner is currently home to the now-abandoned McEwen's Furniture Gallery building, which was slated for demolition had the project been approved.

The Planning Commission denied the project on Aug. 12, 2008 with a 6-1 vote. The project's developers, Provident Investment Properties, appealed the decision to the City Council on Oct. 21, and again Tuesday.

A passerby called Redlands police about 2 a.m. to report a reckless driver in a Ford F150 truck in the 1400 block of Brookside Avenue. Officers arrived just as 26-year-old Gabriel Paul Espinoza was approaching the apartment complex's guard with a sword, said city spokesman Carl Baker.

He was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon. The guard was not believed to be injured.

Espinoza apparently argued with the guard and then jumped in his truck and tried to run him over twice, even driving down the sidewalk, after the guard walked away, Baker said. The guard jumped in a bush to escape the truck.

Police declined to say what the dispute was about.

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Kenneth Harris, 45, and Thomas Murray, 19, entered their pleas in San Bernardino Superior Court during their arraignment.

Redlands police say the two men assaulted Vincent Richardson, 41, late Saturday in a Redlands Boulevard parking structure after first arguing with him near the Redlands Mall.

Richardson was found unconscious behind an animal hospital across the street. He died Sunday night at Loma Linda University Medical Center.