Press Releases

New York Times bestselling author Gabrielle Zevin will visit the Ovitt Family Community Library on Tuesday, September 27, 2016.  The Library is sponsoring Ontario Reads, a community wide event which features Zevin’s optimistic, uplifting book The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry.  The author visit will begin at 6:00 PM and will end at 7:30 PM, allowing participants to discuss the book and to have their questions answered.  The talk will be followed by a book sale and signing.  Light refreshments will be served.  All are welcome.  The Ovitt Family… Read More

Officers from the Ontario Police Department’s DUI Enforcement Team will be deploying this weekend to stop and arrest alcohol and drug-impaired drivers in the department’s ongoing traffic safety campaign. DUI Saturation Patrols will deploy on Friday, September 9, 2016 between the hours of 6 p.m. and 2 a.m. in areas with high frequencies of DUI collisions and / or arrest.

The Ontario Police Department is asking for the public’s help to locate a missing 11 year old girl.

Jael Parker was reported missing by her parents at about 3:33 p.m. this afternoon. The young girl left for a bike ride at about 2:00 p.m. and has not returned. She normally rides near her apartment in the 2000 block of South Euclid and not known to venture far from the complex.

The Ontario Police Department Traffic Unit will be conducting a DUI/Driver’s License Checkpoint on Friday, September 2, 2016, at an undisclosed location within the city limits between the hours of 6:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m.

The Ontario Police Department is looking for teenagers and young adults to join our Ontario Police Explorer program. If you are 14 through 20 years of age, have no felony convictions, of good moral character, and have a minimum 2.0 GPA, please join us this Thursday, September 1st, 2016, at 6:00 PM, outside the front doors of the Ontario Police Department. 

The Ontario Museum of History & Art is excited to debut its new team of volunteer Gallery Guides for exhibits in the Fall of 2016. What is a Gallery Guide? Gallery Guides are friendly, engaging, trained volunteers that greet visitors, provide exhibit information, and have fun conversations about the artwork and artifacts in the Museum’s galleries.  Gallery Guides are vital in forging bonds between the Museum and the community.  Open to high school students and adults, this is the perfect volunteer position for individuals that are enthusiastic, enjoy working… Read More