MActor

Col. Robert Miller, commander of the base logistics squadron, sits in his office at March Air Reserve Base. Miller has been acting in community theater for many years and is now in rehearsals for a Rialto production of the English play "Dead Ringer." (Karon Horta / The Press-Enterprise)

Hwy

Traffic flows on Highway 395 between Shadow Mountain Road and the northern city limits of Adelanto. Area residents want a section of the road widened. (Jay Racz / The Press-Enterprise)

BPatch

Colton police Officer Robert Drey displays the city's new police patch, which he designed. It will be phased in gradually. (Steven Medd / The Press-Enterprise)

Plant

This power plant in Grand Terrace, sold by Southern California Edison under the rules of deregulation, now is owned by the Riverside Canal Power Co. and is idle. (Roberto Hernandez / The Press-Enterprise)

Camera

Joy Meredith, owner of the Crystal Fantasy gift store on North Palm Canyon Drive, says downtown surveillance cameras "could be a powerful tool for the police" in fighting vandalism and break-ins. (Carlos Puma / The Press-Enterprise)

Copter

Sgt. Steve R. Bertling stands next to one of two helicopters purchased recently by the Riverside County Sheriff's Department. The new copters can fly higher and faster and carry more people. (Silvia Flores / The Press-Enterprise)

DSkate

Saul Osuna, 13, rides his skateboard in a downtown Banning parking lot after school on Monday. Currently, skateboarders are allowed to zoom along on sidewalks outside business areas, but with some restrictions. (Katie Orloff / The Press-Enterprise)

Friend

Jerome Star, 14, a California School for the Deaf student, learns to use chopsticks during "Friendship Day." (Carrie Rosema / The Press-Enterprise)

TFatal

A pickup and a beer truck collided head-on Monday at Mission Trail near Bundy Canyon Road. The driver of the pickup was fatally injured. The beer truck's driver was not injured. (Thomas Kelsey / The Press-Enterprise)

TPaper

Jo Ann Snodgrass, owner of Paperback Shack in Temecula, poses in her store. She says that some youngsters are voracious readers. (Greg Vojtko / The Press-Enterprise)